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5.0 out of 5 stars
"Found" Art, April 5, 2005
I came upon this purely by chance. I thought of a guy's name. "John Smith." . Straight out of the air. One thought led to another, which led me to this album on Rhapsody. I listened. I liked. Sweet synchronicity? Or new path towards the white, back buckled jacket and a nice, padded room? You be the judge!
I just like the wall of sound, the biting lyrics and the heavy dissonant effect of these full frontal assault tunes. Makes U2 sound platitudinous, in contrast. Fresh, lively, vivid stuff here.
"Calling to the Outside" is probably the signature song. Relentless rock. a la The Cure.
In fact, if I were to compare this band it would be half Cure/ half Sonic Youth. If you can fathom up that amalgam, you can probably talk yourself into at least listening to the Amazon samples of this group. I'd suggest listening to and purchasing the whole CD though. The more I listen, the more I'm convinced these guys might actually be rock stars!
Edited to mention that this is the best new rock band I've listened to in the past ten years. These dudes SLUG! Please, anyone who reads or mildly peruses my reviews, do check this band out!!
Beatles calibre? Pretty damned close!
BK
BK
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different from pure, but still as good, October 14, 2001
A Kid's Review
Great album. If your expecting the same punk-rock as the amazing Pure, then your expectations are wrong. Instead you get strong guitar ryths, along with great vocals. If your aq metal-rock fan, this is for you. Opening with the classic, Paralyse, a song of pure metal brilliance, the album goes on from there. The only weak point, in my opinion, is the single ' beutiful day', which just does not seem like 3 Colours Red. Apart from that, Paranoid People and Be Myself are the finest songs 3 Colours Red have Done. Enjoy!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What Happened To 3CR?!, June 21, 2007
Ok i can't keep it in.....What the *bleep* happened to this band between the debut 'Pure' and this album.
Pete Vochovic the main songwriter/singer/bassist morphed into Mr. Sensitive and has delivered typical no-balls "quiet touchy feely verse/loud chorus" music. Maybe he wanted to explore more emotionally orientated music but with his songwriting talent he could have made it sound much better than this, he was trying far too hard to be Mr. Sensitive.
As a fan of the band from their debut album even seeing the band live a few times this album is an extreme let down.
As another review mentioned there is a band called The Wildhearts who they are highly connected with (3CR's guitarist Chris McCormack is brother to Wildhearts ex-bassist Danny McCormack). The Wildhearts are much, much better.
In closing isn't it ironic that Pete Vuchovic now has a hard rock/metal/punk band called Bassknives (EP called 'Come On You Motherf*****s')?!!!
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