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   1. Skin - 3:09 (Roland) 2. Vent - 3:14 (Roland) 3. Why, Pt. 2 - 3:38 (Roland) 4. 10 Years Later - 3:46 (Roland) 5. Boast - 3:40 (Roland) 6. Turn Around - 3:38 (Roland) 7. You Speak My Language (Cover) - 3:24 (Sandman) 8. Perfect Day (With Elton John) - 3:48 (Roland) 9. After All - 3:44 (Roland) 10. Over Tokyo - 3:37 (Roland) 11. Happiness - 3:31 (Roland) Australia Import Version has extra song: Over Tokyo (unplugged) Released: 5.9.01 on Wea Records. The Song Breakdown: Skin - Rating: * * * Vent - Rating: * * * * Why, Part 2 - Rating: * * * * * 10 Years Later - Rating: * * * Boast - Rating: * * * * * Turn Around - Rating: * * * You Speak My Language - Rating: * * * * Perfect Day - * * * * After All - Rating: * * * * Over Tokyo - Rating: * * * Happiness - Rating: * * *
My Short Review: Blender is a changing point for Collective Soul. It starts a new sound for the band. It gets more away from their classic sound and becomes more metallic. All the songs are harder, but that isn't a bad thing. One thing the album lacks though, is a mainstream song. Such as Hints: "Shine", Self-Titled: several, D. Breakdown: "Precious Declaration", "Listen", Dosage: "Heavy", "No More No Less", "Tremble For My Beloved". Blender shoots out with a large marketing campaine and only delivers "Why Pt. 2" and "Perfect Day". Which in my opinion are lacking. I'm happy that the cover of Ed's solo song "Over Tokyo" appeared, which is a positive to the album. Overall Csoul fans had big hopes for this album, but it fell short. Sales for this album have never really picked up off the floor. As of now the album is certified gold, and still creaping up. - Anthony Moore My Rating: * * * * AMG Expert Review: : Blender it is, though blander might fit just as well — for all the protestations of good-time recording techniques and the fun of writing and recording this album, it comes across as a carefully constructed piece of pop, ready for radio, dancefloor, and movie soundtrack album (and maybe a shot on Dawson's Creek at the time of release). The music is all very pretty, the songs are professionally constructed, the performances are all tight and efficiently edited, and the entire construction lacks soul of any kind, never mind collective. Aside from the coldly pop nature of the album, there is the duet with Elton John — for which the mix is inexplicably softened to something approaching the mushy end of AOR, which is very much the place that people saw John inhabiting through 1999-2000. The end result is hardly distinctive enough to be of interest. Another element of confusion comes with the image that Ed Roland and the band have chosen to pursue this time around — namely, the presentation is straight out of the Y2K boy band image catalog. It becomes seriously mind warping when looking at the interior artwork, where it's obvious that this bunch hasn't been beardless boys for some time. One has to wonder where they thought their market was for this release. AMG Rating: * * Album Credits: Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing Jayce Fincher - Vocals (BG) Mike Lawler - Organ Bob Ludwig - Mastering Jack Joseph Puig - Mixing Ed Roland - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (L), Producer Bob St. John - Mixing Phil Tan - Engineer Butch Walker - Vocals (BG) Shawn Mullins - Vocals Greg Drew - Vocal Coach Rick Diamond - Photography David LaChapelle - Photography Mike Childers - Engineer Anthony J. Resta - Producer Will Turpin - Bass, Percussion Dean Roland - Guitar (R) Ross Childress - Guitar Jake Shapiro - Cello Steve Davis - A&R Shane Evans - Percussion, Drums Mickey Wade - Drum Technician Other Information: released: 10.10.00 on Atlantic Records and went Gold on 12.18.00. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
