This album is pretty consistently terrible. The things that have stuck with me after one listen:
+ A Teardrop to the Sea isn't as interesting as you might be first led to believe. It goes absolutely nowhere and the chorus is Bon Jovi by the numbers.
+ We Don't Run through to Blind Love is absolute dreck. We Don't Run is the best of the stretch, but that's not saying much. We All Fall Down could have been Miley Cyrus' next single.
+ Who Would You Die For is pretty cool and my second favourite of the collection (so far). The electronic ambience at the start is very interesting and very un-Jovi. I like it. Would have been cool if they could sustain that level of experimentation throughout the whole song, because it's pretty standard after the first minute-ish when the band kicks in, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I like it!
+ Fingerprints is okay. Nothing special, but it's okay. I feel like the end guitar solo is mixed too low.
+ Life Is Beautiful. This song isn't. Is this a Lost Highway outtake? It's pretty forgettable.
+ I'm Your Man is my absolute favourite song since Right Side of Wrong. What. A. Song. I guess it's technically nothing fancy, but it's just a great old-fashioned rock song and that's enough for me. No "get off your knees and live!" No blatant attempt at writing a hit. Just a great upbeat song. I love the keys. Subtle, but great.
+ Burning Bridges. I don't know how I feel about this song. It's not even really a song, it's just a thinly veiled **** you to the record company. It's interesting, but...yeah. I don't know how I feel about it.
The only songs I can see myself returning to are We Don't Run, Who Would You Die For and I'm Your Man. Maybe Fingerprints too. The rest is just varying degrees of bad.
Glad to read so many other people are enjoying it though!
Last edited by Mr. Happy; 08-21-2015 at 10:59 AM..
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