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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly Amazing!!, February 27, 2009
I can't say enough about this album. When I first heard their single "Undead" on the radio about a month ago, I was hooked. I bought their album after checking out some of their other songs on YouTube, and now the album hasn't left my player since the day I bought it. It is the only thing I listen to right now.
I am not a fan of rap and this band definitely has rap splashed across their style, but it works and it works really well! Many of their lyrics are extremely vulgar and offensive to the point of being comical. Most of these lyrics are in songs about partying, drugs, and sex, so it fits well. Other songs provide powerful lyrics about their lives, relationships, and the messed up world around them. All-in-all, their words are powerful when they need to be and good careless fun when they don't need to be. Atop their well chosen lyrics are catchy beats and great tunes. I've been waking up with one of HU's songs stuck in my head almost every morning lately.
There is not a bad song on this album. I love them all! I have been introducing many people to this band and everyone has been impressed.
A little about each song (with a rating out of 5):
1) Undead (5/5) - My favorite on their album, clearly mixing the melody from Ozzy's "Crazy Train", but enhancing it with their own musical style
2) Sell Your Soul (4/5) - Good song, more rock based, favorite part is when it breaks away into "my heart beat stumbles, and my backbone crumbles..."
3) Everywhere I Go (5/5) - Great song. Definitely one of those songs based on partying, for example "when the cops show up, they're gonna get the finger, and I don't give a f**k, cause I'm the designated drinker!"
4) No Other Place (4/5) - Good catchy beat, lyrically a little weaker than their other songs, but the lyrics are still catchy
5) No. 5 (5/5) - One of my favorites, makes me want to take a shot and pop a 40!
6) Young (5/5) - One of their best songs, more rock based, powerful lyrics and powerful beats
7) Black Dahlia (5/5) - Also one of their best songs, powerful lyrics about a relationship gone awry, "I used to be lovestruck, now I'm just f**ked up"
8) This Love, This Hate (4/5) - Good song, has a very "hip-hop" Linkin Park sound to it
9) Bottle And A Gun (4/5) - Good song, good catchy beat
10) California (5/5) - One of the songs that gets stuck in my head, great sound
11) City (5/5) - One of my favorite songs, dark lyrics about the destruction of the city, "the city looks so pretty, do you wanna burn it with me?"
12) The Diary (5/5) - Also one of my favorite songs, great beat and really good depressing lyrics about a life wasting away, "I f**kin' swear that I care, but it's hard when you stare, into the bottom of a bottle, that is empty and bare"
13) Pimpin' (4/5) - Good song, good catchy beat
14) Paradise Lost (5/5) - Great song, deep lyrics about life and beyond "Just let me burn, it's what I deserve, God of mine, am I lost, in your eyes?"
These 14 songs weren't enough, I checked out some of their unreleased songs and was extremely impressed with those too. Songs like "Circles", "Pain", and "The Loss", are so good, it makes me wonder how they didn't make the album. If there is anything I would complain about with this album is that these songs weren't included:
A) Circles (5/5) - Really good but sad song, uncharacteristically soft
B) Pain (5/5) - One of their best songs, I have no idea how this didn't make it on the album!
C) The Loss (5/5) - Great song about suicide, "I won't cry, it'll be fine, I'll take my last breath, push it out my chest, 'til there's nothing left"
This album is the best I've seen in years. It meshes together many styles of music in a unique and extremely catchy way. It is like Linkin Park meets Beastie Boys with a side of Eminem. I highly recommend this album, or this band in general (since so many good songs haven't even been released). This album is a "must-have"!!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Zombies..., July 7, 2009
Highlights: "Undead", "Everywhere I Go", "Young", "Black Dahlia"
Reasoning behind the little sticker on the cover becomes pretty clear with a listen through the opening track, "Undead." But, parental advisory doesn't ruin an album (unless you're 7). In fact, the first three songs on the album (which include "Everywhere I Go") aren't your generic alternative hip-hop (if there is such a thing as generic alternative hip-hop.) "No. 5" isn't exactly a stand-out, but it's holiday alter-ego certainly is (a separate single, entitled "Christmas In Hollywood", uses many similar aspects to "No. 5".) "Young", the next single is pretty catchy and even includes a harmony with school-age children (who, ironically enough, can't hear the album due to that aforementioned sticker.) In fact, the harmony could be compared to child actors who star in R-rated horror movies. A few songs pass by almost unnoticed, until Hollywood Undead extends this invitation: "the city looks so pretty. Do you wanna burn it with me?" Smokey the Fire Safety Bear says "Don't burn pretty cities." I know, clever. "Pimpin'" shows that rappers ain't the only ones who be yelling "**** the police." Unless you want to classify these guys as rappers (it would be in your best interest to). Hoobastank comes on my playlist right after this CD. Way to kill the mood.
Overall, Swan Songs earns 4/5 stars.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album, September 3, 2008
I love the album, especially Diary, Pimpin', and Paradise Lost (pretty much all the new songs are excellent. I would have taken off a star because I'd have liked the cd to include some more light hearted songs like Btches, Turn off the Lights, Scene for Dummies etc. These can easily be found online so who am i kidding throw the HU up!
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