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Freedom Child is not only a well recorded and produced album, but this is one of those albums that knocks it out of the park with nearly every song. There are few albums that can manage catchy, well written songs on nearly every track with very little filler. Now, with that said, here comes the critical part of this review.
The Script has really come into their own with this album. They've definitely hit their stride. However, they're also taking just a few too many musical cues from Maroon 5. In fact, this album has lost a little too much of The Script's uniqueness and spirit and now sounds just a little too much like Maroon 5 (or pretty much any generic pop band). I should qualify that statement about Maroon 5. They sound a bit too much like Maroon 5 circa "Overexposed" and "V". Even Maroon 5 has fallen into the trap of not sounding line Maroon 5 recently. As for The Script, I liked the sound on "#3" and "No Sound Without Silence". Though, between "#3" and NSWS, I could tell The Script was heading in the direction of "Freedom Child".
It's not that this album is not listenable. It is, very much so. It just isn't very representative of what I would expect The Script to sound like at this stage. They've proven they can write great songs. Now, instead of heading down the generic pop route, I'd rather see them take some risks and try to do something that isn't quite so generic. I want to hear solid bands like this take chances and produce unique stuff. The Beatles back in their heydey never rested on their songwriting laurels. They always strove to make an album that was unique and didn't sound like their previous. Yes, they still sound like The Beatles at the core, but the albums are unique in and of themselves. I want to hear The Script challenge themselves to take some risks and make something more exciting than taking their well written songs and wrapping them in a generic pop bow.
As for the mixing, it could do with a tad bit of help here and there. Note, these qualms are minor. Some samples seemed to have clicking noises (Arms Open intro), were cut short or the samples just didn't properly fade. If samples are intended to end abruptly, then it should sound intentional, otherwise the mixing seems amateur. You may hear this in headphones more than via speakers.
Overall, I love the album for generic pop sound that is, but I also expected to hear The Script take more risks like they did with "#3" and bring out their own unique "The Script" sound rather than trying to sound like Maroon 5.
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