Not an Angel

City Sleeps

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 28, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Trustkill Records
• ASIN: B000VDDBQG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #51,379 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Despite this Atlanta quintet's abundance of leather and tattoos, the digestible slabs of hard, melodic rock on their debut album sound as squeaky-clean as they come. But where carefully sculpted, highly polished production has sounded the death knell of many a decibel-heavy emo/punk/rock record, Not An Angel benefits from the severe scrubbing at the console. Melodic to their radio-ready core, City Sleeps (something of a misnomer) melds a love of volume to a penchant for wearing their hearts on their sleeves. For every chorus of "Be a man / Don't let her do that to you," a handful of songs pine for the ladies with the shameless ache of youth. Lyrically surreal moments--Jesus as a real-life mannequin, a girl who kisses "like a prototype"--bridge the gap from machismo to heartbreak, but just when Not An Angel moves dangerously close to taking itself too seriously, the band jerks into an odd time signature, drops a military snare-drum roll, stomps on the distortion pedals, and soldiers forward. In a just world, then, City Sleeps should climb the backs of contemporaries like Fall Out Boy and their chart-topping pop/punk ilk. Unlikely, perhaps, but stay tuned. --Jason Kirk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally released, great album!, October 14, 2007

By	The DosRod ".ll." (MA United States) - See all my reviews

This record should have been released about 2 years ago, but business issues kept this great music under wraps. They treated a few cities to live shows at small venues in the meantime, and even shot a music video that can be seen at their myspace page, among other places online.

I heard all of the songs on the album a long time ago, and it was one of the rare collections of songs that made me want to listen straight through over and over again. I find new albums in recent years often have only a couple good songs on them, and really good albums may have 3 or 4 notable tracks. This album has only 1 or 2 songs that I Don't like.

Tracks 1 and 12 are basically just intro/outro. Tracks 2 through 8 are all very catchy and varied. I can do without tracks 9 and 10. Track 11 is a mellow, emotional finish. There is generally a lot of emotion in these lyrics.

Best selection? You be the judge, based on your taste. My opinion is Track 5 - Walker's Ridge, but 2-8 and 11 impress me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wake-Up, January 9, 2008

By	Gregory Jewell (cheboygan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very good cd. Reminds me a little bit of the Outfields music. Pretty solid from top to bottom. Check it out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great. Thanks!, June 9, 2009

By	Jason Willis - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Would definitely buy from this seller again. Came very quickly and in condition that was stated. Thanks!