For The Love Of The Game [ENHANCED]

Pillar

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: February 26, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Essential Records
• ASIN: B0012QGOYW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,415 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Review
Pillar's For the Love of the Game definitely rocks! It's so hard to find quality music that actually has purpose and meaning. For the Love of the Game is not only great music, but it s encouraging and challenging at the same time it s music that matters. When I m listening to music before a baseball game to get myself psyched up, Pillar is at the top of my playlist. --Mike Maroth, Major League Baseball pitcher

Product Description
Pillar's For The Love Of The Game is big, fun, infectious rock and roll that further solidifies Pillar s position as fearless leaders in the Christian Rock world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best Album yet, March 10, 2008

By	Matthew Clifton (Everett, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Honestly, I've never been a huge Pillar fan. I liked a number of songs off of their previous albums, but there were so many tracks that just didn't appeal to me at all, like they were underproduced or just filler songs. I went to the Pillar website a little while back and they mentioned that they believed this would be their best CD yet, and in the past they had written songs just to fill out the CD. When I first looked at the case and saw there were only 10 tracks, I was a bit disappointed, but I figured as long as they were all good songs it was totally worth it. After all, its rare that I find a CD with that many good tracks on it. This CD makes it sound like it was effortless. Every song is great, there isn't one song that I consistently skip. I can see people complaining about it because perhaps there is a lack of variety, but honestly, its different enough for me and this is exactly the style of music I love. If you liked Skillet's Comatose album (whose previous albums I didn't care much for also), I'm willing to bet that you'll like this CD as well.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Return Of The Hard Rock Anthem, April 9, 2008

By	K. Fontenot "Prairie Cajun" (The Bayou State) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

With so many rock bands out there trying to come up with the next anthem tune, it's nice to see that Pillar has returned to their anthemic ways with "For The Love Of The Game." This time around, Pillar is rocking harder and heavier and still manage to squeeze in some melodic tunes. Unlike their two previous albums, the late 80's/early 90's metal and hard rock influences bleed through. I can hear a little bit of Def Leppard and a whole lotta Skid Row (especially in "Reckless Youth," which borders on plagiarism). There are plenty of songs to shout to that beckon one to remember tunes like "Frontline." Some of the highlights of this album include the title track, "Get Back," "Turn It Up" and the wonderful "Smiling Down." My personal favorite tune is "State of Emergency."

Hard rock fans will rejoice with this album and its sound so rooted in hair metal and hard rock. This is not only an uplifting album, but a great album to relieve stress to. Highly recommended to anybody who loves great hard rock, nu metal, and hair metal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back and better Then Ever!, February 26, 2008

By	MIKEMAC (IL) - See all my reviews

My boys are back and ready to give you 9 anthems and 1 slow song that will make you cry. Most people didn't like the reckoning, I did, but it was missing the WDWGFH anthems, this cd has returned to give it to you hard, and this cd is the closest to dc talk's Jesus Freak with a bold message but could reach to Christians and Non due to the music. This cd will help bring you back to God, if your not a Christian and want to rock hard, you will still love this cd, Pillar is what the name means, HARD and Cannot be moved easily.