I know that its unfashionable on this board to like Bounce, and by no stretch of the imagination am I saying that its the best album BJ have ever done (yes, I once said that it was, just in case anyone remembers- mainly looking at Tom there- but things change), but it has recently occured to me exactly what I do like about it, so I'm going to tell you, whether you're interested or not.

Most people say that Bounce was a step in a bad direction for BJ. I disagree. I think it was a step in an interesting new direction. The rock songs are a lot heavier: just look at Undivided, The Distance, Hook Me Up, and listen to the guitars in them. If there's one problem I've had with the band before now, its their neglect of heavier sounding songs. At the other end of the scale, we have the return to form of the epic rock ballads: Right Side Of Wrong, and to a lesser extent Joey. With heavy rock songs at one end of the scale, and epic ballads at the other end, IMO Bounce had the potential to be a classic BJ album.

The only problem is, it was a bit of a half-assed attempt, more of a baby step in the right direction. The length of the songs, production, use of drum computers, and lack of what I call "aggressive instrumentation" (basically where the drums, guitars etc. demand to make themselves heard) let it down a bit. But if they carried on further into this direction for the next album, but rectified the mistakes, I for one would be very happy

Keep On Rockin'

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