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Cheshire Cat---the best album
The songs are great! Especially Carousel and wasting time. I love the intro of carousel. I always wanted to hear that intro in one of their concerts, but it never happened. Oh well!

hmmmm........
These are the exact same songs that are on Buddha. Buddha was way better, but this album still rocks......A little......
blink is punk
alright many people say Blink-182 is not punk and i say those people can F*** OFF.this album is punk belive me i know punk my favorite bands are Bad Religion, Sick of it All, Black Flag, G.B.H., Hatebreed, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, NOFX, and The Circle Jerks.now i will admit these guys sold out after Dude Ranch but thats okay.now this is punk-pop but sometimes it is on the edge of those two things.sometimes it even slips over to the pop side of things but most often it is punk.with songs like sometimes, touchdown boy, and does my breath smell make this album a good punk-pop album.they address some very big punk-pop issues like girls, Tv, and jacking off.all the songs are fast, funny, and just over all good.so dont give Blink-182 s*** before you have really listened to it.
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Though possessing a heavy-duty indie history featuring such luminaries as the Pixies,Mission of Burma, and Throwing Muses, Boston is also famed for its booze-sodden Irish exile rock. And the Dropkick Murphys--clearly influenced by the Pogues at their most uproarious--are the cream of the present crop. Yet this is not simple jigging traditionalism. Despite employing bagpipes, mandolins, and tin whistles to add Celtic flavor to their sound, these guys are full-blown punks, harking back to the immediate post-Pistols era of the Angelic Upstarts. The riffs here are fast, heavy, and purposefully uncomplicated. The vocals are an impassioned gabble, usually building to terrace chants, while the lyrics are consumed by the plight of the working class in modern-day America and the need to keep a tight grip on Irish history. The Pogues' Shane MacGowan contributes a garbled but charismatic rap on the racy "Good Rats." The Murphys are also capable of heartfelt acoustic numbers, as evinced by the melancholic and impressively melodic "The Torch." Read more

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Niiice
What an awesome cd... i bought a flogging molly cd as well but dropkick murphy's are better by FAR!!

Bloody and bruising and fun
As I write this review, I'm still nursing myriad bruises and minor injuries from spending the entire Dropkick show in the pit two days ago.This band is one of the rare few that's just as good live, not to mention an incredible amount of fun.
know the feeling of eating too much sour candy?
thats exactly how this album feels! you know, some irish songs and influences are good, but this is ridiculous. when 95% of your lyrical content is irish at least keep it interesting.(spicy mchaggis jig??? what the....?) so i say if your even interested in this cd or something 95% irish, get drunken lullabies or swagger by flogging molly instead, if you dont already have them. id also recommend the new murphys cd "the warriors code" if you want faster irish music done good. i give it 2 stars because its not nearly as bad as some of the other stuff out there. oh yeah rocky road to dublin kicks arse....thats about the only reason to even put this cd on. easily the worst DKM album ... Read more

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great great great album, but.....!
first, i love this band and this album is a total classic and takes me back a few years. i would put this album on par with rancid 2000 and life wont wait. it defiantely is not as good as out come the wolves and their debut. i dont think any rancid album could be worse than indestructible.
Let's go-go-go!!!
I am a Clash fanatic who was tired of the lack of punk music from the 70's and early 80's. I saw Let's Go bought it and put it in my car CD player. I listened to it every day for a week and absolutely loved it. At first I was skeptical but man is it catchy. Some great songs and lyrics if you can understand them. But hey its not about clear vocals....The bas lines are awesome and almost rocka billy in some places but it all works. Classic tracks include Harry Bridges, Salvation, Radio and Nihilism but in a way all the songs have merit. I am still playing this CD on the way to work and it gets me ready for anything the day can bring on. I am glad that even an old punk rocker like myself can still be revved up by music.
Rancid's Best, Question about Earlier Post...
to anybody reading this review new to rancid, get this album, along w/ wolves. really if you just think their okay, you could stop collecting their cd's. however if you really like them i suggest getting every album you can from them except maybe Indestructable...i downloaded that one.
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A fine rebellion
Thank God for Fat Mike. Every time I get depressed about the state of the nation, his Fat Wreck Chords releases an inspiring, combative agit-prop proto-punk album full of revolutionary zeal.
Still strong
Dead FM is a solid effort put out by Strike Anywhere.It didn't really know what to expect going into it, but i was pleasantly surprised.I never really expected it to live up to Exit English or Change is a Sound, but it's close behind them.I've always loved Strike Anywhere for their hardcore style vocals, fast beats, and sing along parts.They have strayed away a little from the more hardcore type songs and a couple of songs are pretty catchy.The album has a good amount of songs although they are pretty short.Favorite songs are "prisoner echoes", "how to pray", "speak to our empty pockets",and "allies".Overall i'd give Dead FM a 4 compared to a 5 from their previous other two albums. ... Read more

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Blows everything out of the water!!!!
Dude Ranch makes EOTS and TOYPAJ look like the worst albums ever.Except for the blink's self-titled album, the record beats everything they have ever done.I was entertained through out the whole album and every song was as good as the last, particulary "Emo" which actually reminds me of some of Jimmy Eat World's old stuff.The guitar is actually really good compared to blink's other records (i.e. Degenerate, I'm Sorry, Waggy) though it definately isn't anything close to something like Jimmy Hendricks or Van Halen, but who cares :)To sum it up, your blink-182 collection is not complete without Dude Ranch!

Still sets the bar after all these years
It's been almost ten years now since Blink 182 released Dude Ranch (oh God, I'm getting old!) , and yet it still sets the bar for what a pop-punk album should sound like.While "Enema of the State" may have sold more albums and truly made Blink 182 a household name, many people were introduced to Blink 182 via the radio single "Dammit (Growing Up)".While many simply placed the cd back on their shelves after they played that song out, many others discovered that they were quickly falling in love with Mark, Tom and Scott and the rest of the "punk" rock movement of the late 90's.While I'm sure Tom Delonge's voice was an awful shock to many who purchased Dude Ranch after hearing "Dammit", older fans as well as new recruits were addicted.Dude Ranch starts off with the best formula Blink had to offer; Mark and Tom trading off vocals over a fast punk rock beat.If "Pathetic" didn't/doesn't do it for you, you should probably put down the cd.However if you find it hard to wipe the smile off your face, you'll find out that the rest of the album is truly a punk rock classic."D*ckips", "Apple Shampoo", "Emo", "A New Hope" and "Josie" (which had some small success as the follow up to Dammit)are my favorites, but their are really no bad songs on Dude Ranch (although I don't usually listen to "I'm Sorry" anymore).This is the last time Blink 182 would sound this way for an entire album. Scott Raynor would leave the band and be replaced by the more talented Travis Barker, but whose drumming is truthfully less "punk rock" than Scott's was.Tom's vocals would become overproduced, and Mark's catchy little bass solo's would become almost non-existent.I'm not sure how this album comes or will come across to those who discovered Blink later in the band's career, but I can speak for all of the older fans when I say that Dude Ranch is a true classic, that can never be replicated or replaced.*****

One of blink's best
I'll admit that blink 182 is NOT true punk.True punk and catchy are two words that aren't supposed to mix.But I still feel that they are good musicians.Another thing that I get sick of is hearing how they are rip-offs of Green Day.Green Day hadn't even gone mainstream yet when blink formed (1992).
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One of the last documents we will see from the great Bradley Nowell.
Let's face it: Sublime had charisma; they had energy; they had it all, but they weren't exactly the tightest band when it came to live shows. Not that it mattered; Sublime's performances depended upon many things: energy; spontanaeity; and, ultimately, what their audiences gave them in return. But even then, those things didn't elevate the shows to godly heights. Sometimes... well, more than sometimes, Brad was simply off his nut, and all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't tighten things up as they should have been.
THE BEST
This is by far the best of Bradley. You can hear him but his heart in every song on this cd. RIP Bradley Nowell

Eh definitley not the best...
DO NOT GET THIS CD IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY OWN 40 OZ AND SELF TITLED.
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Great ... not so great for greatest hits
I first would like to say I am not an avid fan of The Offspring but I was familier with some of their songs.This album really should contain more songs, especially since the one disc can hold many more. That being said, all the songs on here are great, but I do expect a little more from a greatest hits album ... Where is Bad Habit?

Offspring Rocks!!!
And so does this compilation. It has most of their hits and features 1 previously unreleased song, a song that was previously only available on a soundtrack, a remix of the "The Kids Aren't Alright"(atleast the european version has it) plus a hidden track! Ofcourse you could say that there could have been more songs on it and some essential songs are missing, but thats the nature of greatest hits compilations. There isn't a single greatest hits compilation out there that doesn't suffer from the same problems. And the songs that are on it are all either good or great so you can't go wrong with this one.

Offspring, Greatest Hits
Excelent CD, wonderful songs!Absolutly, the "greatest hits"I would reccomend this product to anyone who likes punk music.Quality of product was excelent, and i was overall very impressed with this purchase overall. ... Read more

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The Only Rise Against You'll Need
Revolutions Per Minute is probably the only great Rise Against album. I don't have their new album or the one that came out before it, but the band seems to keep making music that sounds exactly the same on each album. The reason this album is their best is because their musical formula works very well on this album. The opening track, "Black Masks And Gasoline" is pretty good and gives the listener an idea of the kind of emotion and lyrics that will fill the rest of the album. Other stand out tracks are Broken English, Voices Off Camera, and To The Core. To The Core is a really short but very violent piece of music; Voices Off Camera is a catchy track, and Broken English is one of Rise Against's best songs. If you like this album, you'll like their other albums, but this one is all you need. Their other albums contain music that sounds just like this, just not as good in terms of lyrics and instrumentation. I think that after this album, Rise Against went down the path to mediocrity.

Like the Angel, that you are! MASTERPIECE- 9 Stars
This is my second favourite CD of all time behind FFAF and also my second favourite band. THis CD is so killer and every track on this thing is amazing and a masterpiece on it's own. Like the angel and black masks and gasoline are my two favourite songs of this but every song is good. If you are a fan of cool punk of the street, pick this up and put wind breaker on, prepare to be blown away.
Darn Good!
This CD may be the best one they ever sell. "The Unraveling" is good, but a little too hard rock for me (you should still get it), and "Siren Song of the Counter Culture" is too much of softer rock. Here is a list of the songs and their ratings: Read more

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Most posthumous albums are shrouded in a sense of morbid nostalgia and grim curiosity. In Sublime's case, there was also some cruel irony to contend with: the California nuevo-punk outfit's promising self-titled major-label debut and commercial breakout was released barely a month after frontman Brad Nowell's death from a heroin overdose--and their de facto demise. But such was the Long Beach band's longtime following that raiding the vaults, however sparse, was inevitable. Released 18 months after Nowell's death, Read more

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what the heck happened?
Dude, this CD has absolutely no good songs on it. The tracks just seem like they were tossed together on the spot without any practice first. Not to say I don't like Sublime though, because I have their debut and it's really good. This CD however is weak and ought not to be purchased.

The inevitable leftovers - Buyer beware
The insticnt to cash in on their well-earned reputation as a landmark band of the nineties was perhaps too much for the surviving members of Sublime to resist, hence this release.
I never get tired of this...
I have been a Sublime fan for years and I have to say this is my favorite album.It's like an old friend, when you come across it you just get so happy!This is one of those cds you can take out at any time and listen to.Of all the songs, "Badfish" just makes me happy, and I find myself missing it often.I have owned this cd probably ten times and it keeps "disappearing".I am getting ready to order it again because I can't live without it!I am also getting "Sublime" since my husband wants that one again.We have really crappy friends...Not that I blame them.The only thing that I dislike about Sublime is that they won't be making any new albums.This album is worth the $12 or so, it's also worth buying over and over again. ... Read more

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wow
If you like the offspring buy this album. All of their best songs are on it and it comes in dual disk which has a dvd too

Bbest part of this collection is that they skipped any filler
I think we can all agree that the only good Offspring songs are the one's they play on the radio. Finally you can have them all on one CD. The best part of this collection is that they skipped any filler, such as rare or new tracks.

offspring
im a verry big fan of the offspring and this albem gots a lot of great hits. but im very disapointed the music cd wont play in my cars cd player but plays fine in my home player, and the box says dual disk cd/dvd videos the dvd disk doesent have any videos on it it just plays their songs and shows a picture of the album that song was on. i was looking forward to seeing the video. if y likewasting your money on crap than by this album but y whould be better of buying some of their other great albums. ... Read more

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PURE CRAP!
This is the most sorry Cold album to date. If you want to hear them in their prime buy the self-titled album, or "13 ways" even the cheesy "Year Of The Spider" (the start of the decline) OWNS this! Scooter's (lead singer's) newest project "The Witch" is even worse. Rock is supposed to have guitars, and I don't even hear a bass in this entire album, the drumming is very faint at best, the vocals get annoying and whiney. PLEASE COLD GO BACK TO YOUR OLD SOUND!!!! Save your money buy something REAL.

A Different Kind of Cold
I have been a long time fan of Cold.The newer more mellow Cold is definately the best sound they have produced yet.The third album "Year of the Spider" is not too far behind and that is for sure, but the old cold was not as emotional and vocally talented as the the new Cold.Cold has lost some talent intramentally, yet I don't see this as a bad thing.Scooter Ward is so talented vocally there is no need for instruments to attempt to drown him out.Give ward the stage!This fresh sound from cold is certainly implemented in the title track, as it is only ward and his beloved piano for the most part of the song.The intruments are there but there is certainly no need.The song writing ability of Ward can not be matched by anyone in the rock genre.This is a kind of parent-friendly grunge-flavored soft rock that 1-ups every kind of alternative rock out there which seems to be all screams and F-bombs nowadays.If you like rock this is the album for you.If it doesn't hit the spot the first time try round two and you will agree.

A Different Kind Of Band
This album is a huge transition for Cold. Since their last album, "Year Of The Spider" the band has had to deal with the loss of both guitarists, being let go from their record label, a public lashing from tour mates Evanescence and Scooter Ward's ongoing personal issues.
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Great Stuff for the whole family
I love how Me First and the Gimme Gimmes put a punk rock twist on some good classic tunes. Whats more surprsing is that my mom and my step dad love them too. Scary huh? These guys are great, they make songs rock and more fun than they were before.

Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
Punk reworking of standard rock classics and show tunes is OUTANDING.The vocals and guitar work are great as is the sense of humor the boys put into the album Good stuff!Great for parties.

Fun idea - Hilarious Song Selection
These guys surely did "Have A Ball" putting this recording together.The idea's a great one, and the song selection is so twisted that it either had to turn out GREAT or fail terribly.Luckily it is the former, and being a musician myself I would have loved to have been in the studio for these sessions.I'm sure it was a party start to finish!The only reason it didn't get a 4-star rating from me is the fact, that for me, it isn't something that would stay in the CD player for long periods of time.But it is a great idea carried out very well by what sounds like a bunch of fun lovin' guys! ... Read more

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AAH! TURN IT OFF!
Matt let me borrow it, so I forced myself to listen to the whole album, and it was horrible! Like Kiss!
Awesome Album
I have 'In the Wake of Determination' but I think this is a solid album.Every song is performed well and they're all extremely well written.The stand out songs are: 'Until The Day I Die','Anthem of Our Dying Day','Sidewalks',and 'Swallow the Knife'.This is a great punk/hardcore album and Story of the Year is one of the best bands out there.

Prettydam good
this album intorduced me to story of the year, not the new wake of determination which i find pretty disappointing. this basically got me into screamo (not too intense - stuff like the used and silverstein). overall its a very good album, not perfect but pretty dam good. it only took me one or two listens to get into it and there are no songs that are too bad. and the hero will drown is AMAZING.. the perfect song in my eyes... excellently timed screaming, beautiful guitar, pretty good lyrics. if in doubt just download songs 1 through 3. ... Read more

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Pretty good soundtrack but why not just turn on the radio?
More songs from the 70's,,, Yeah! Anyhow, I grew up a little after this era but these songs were still popular in the 80's and were blasting out of car stereos at all of the parties. I already have most of the songs from this soundtrack on album or cd, so I don't think I will be getting this one. I'm glad to see that some of younger generation can appreciate these classic tunes.
Let's Go Space Truckin'
The soundtrack was better than the movie. The best musical moment during the film was when Space Truckin'(#9) was played.
BOWIE? FLOYD? ZEPPELIN?
Suffffraggettte City was barely in the movie...BUT I LOVE IT! and a Pink Floyd cover? Have you heard such a thing? Please. WHERE WAS SOME LED ZEPPELIN...Whole Lotta Love would have kicked this movie up a notch and the soundtrack...Jimi is saweeet! Let me stand next to your FIRE! ... Read more

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Every generation of high schoolers needs a band to express the angst and agony specific to 14-to-18-year-olds. At present, that band is the Offspring. Their songs are aimed squarely at a younger crowd, from "The Meaning of Life" to "Leave It Behind" to "I Choose," and especially "All I Want" and "Change the World". Their occasionally insightful lyrics are anything but obscure, which is actually refreshing; there's real pain behind "Gone Away," and "Way Down the Line" taps into the common fear among the younger crowd of turning out just like our parents. Musically, the Offspring are hardly complex, but then complexity isn't a requirement. This is music to play at full volume, bang your head to, and annoy your neighbors. Cool. Read more

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Great Release, Similar to Smash's style.
Each Offspring album is a bit different in its own small way. Although, this is the one probably most like their breakthrough masterpiece Smash. If you enjoyed Smash a lot, like I did, then this should be the next in line for you to try out. Not saying that their newer stuff is somehow not as good, they just have a slightly different sounds that the earlier two. This follow up just shows how The Offspring are keeping their punk rock style sound strong with each release. It's also a really good follow up album. My favorite tracks are probably "Gone Away", "I Choose", "Amazed", and "Me & My Old Lady". Here's everything else rated...
average...large decline gets started.
ignition, smash, and self-titled are amazing albums!...but what about this? the follow-up to smash....not nearly as bad as the dreck that came after this album, but nowhere near as good as anything before.
awesome offspring album!
this has got to one of the offspring's best CDs, next to smash, and ignition! some of the songs like: "me & my old lady", "mota", "cool to hate", and "don't pick it up", are kind of wierd, but the other songs are awesome! some of the best include: "the meaning of life", "gone away", "i choose", "amazed", "all i want", "change the world", and just all the other songs that i didn't say was weird. the intro song is awesome, because it's spoken by jello biafra - and dead kennedys are like one of my favorite bands - so that's a huge plus! i think this is like more of an expiremental re-make of smash, and i'm just glad they didn't over do it, they just did it right. so anyways, if you're new to the offspring, you might wanna start with smash, or ignition, so you can get a better taste of their true sound. but if you already know who the offspring is - get this now! ... Read more

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Music/Listen/Repeat
At The Drive In have long been praised as one of the most innovative and extraordinary groups in music. However there was a time in their career when they were just finding their footing and growing into the monster they would become. The trial stage was "Acrobatic Tenement", but with this, their sophomore album "In/Casino/Out", At The Drive In displayed what they have been known for, for years now : Amazing song-writing. If you're not familiar with the early stages that the band went through to get to where they were, then this is of the utmost importance to listen to. Not just that, but it is even more evidence as to why At The Drive In was easily one of the best bands of the last 10 years, and one of the most inspirational and original groups to emerge in music.
arguably their best
Most ATDI fans I meet say that this album or relationship of command are their best albums.I would have to say this is, in my opinion, their best album.The energy and emotion throughout each and every song is clearly heard.Acrobatic Tenement was a good start and it had the energy and emotion but what that album lacked was the abstract lyrical content of Cedric and some polish on the music.The production quality is better, the music is cleaner or more focused and it is obvious at how much the band matured from the Hell Paso ep in '94 to this album in '98.The music and lyrics are not as basic on this album as they were on previous work.El Gran Orgo was not a bad ep but you can tell with a couple members leaving after the first full length there was not as much that could have stood out on that effort.I think this is what they were looking to do.Relationship maybe a bit more accessible and the music shows even more talent for them than this album but this album just captures the essence of what this band was for me.This is the album that really got me into ATDI.To me there is not one bad track on this album.If you are new to ATDI definitely pick this one up, it will be worth it.And to the reviewer below me, some of the greatest voices over the years have sung way out of tune.Bob Dylan, Lou Reed....just to name a couple, and they are heavy influences on lots of people.Out of tune adds to the effect of this band cause it was not meant to be a flawless album.This band was not meant to be polished, they displayed the raw energy,confusion,emotion of youth.I really don't think people care how Cedric's voice sounds, its the emotion behind it.Plus you should go pick up a Mars Volta album and hear Cedric wail on those albums.Than tell me he is not a good front man.

Just amazing
Well I've heard their other two major cds and this one never really stood out to me before. I saw they had releases a greatest hits compilation and listened to one of the songs on it from In-Casino-Out and found it to be very good. So I gave the rest of the cd a try and was just blown away by the incredibleness of it. Evey song has that tight sound to it, its just rock thats perfectly crafted. It's fun to listen to, I hear they had an amazing live show and the energy the music itself makes just lends to it. I feel like I'm right there watching them while listening to this masterpiece. My favorite songs are Hulahoop wounds and Lopsided. Overall though the cd doesn't have a bad song on it and is well worth the listen. ... Read more

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My favorite cd of 2003-2004
This cd is one that I played almost everyday for about a year. The first time I heard it I was blown away. It has great guitar playing, lyrics and vocals. Everything is just seems to be perfect. Dustin vocals match the lyrics' intensity and the rest of the band play at the same level. "Under a Killing Moon" and "Paper Tigers" were my favorite songs to begin with, but once I started reading lyrics all the songs became favorites. "Artist in the Ambulance" should have been a hit single if Island would have done their job right. It's a shame this album didn't go platinum. I think Coheed and Cambria record outsold this cd and it's nowhere near as good IMO. Anyways their new one "Vheissu" is pretty good but the guitar playing is not as good. Still check that one if you like them.

Quite a piece of work..
This album was the begining of a extraordinary experience for me.That being the band thrice.This is the first Thrice album I heard.Actually, I had only heard one song when I bought it, that being "All Thats Left."I usually don't buy albums based on hearing one song, so I don't know why I bought this album. Anyways,after listening to it, it was different that what I had expected to hear, but I was not disapointed.In fact, I listened to it alot at work the next few weeks, and it completely blew me away.
hard and powerful
It's a path that the band is traveling down.Each album is becoming more and more dynamic.This was the first album that I bought, after hearing the band on a local college station.After getting into the band I picked up Identity Crisis, and just recently Vheissu.I still feel that Artist is probably my favorite.The title track is especially powerful and dynamic.The emotions show through and it's easy to see how this is not any kind of superficial song or CD.Highly recommend this CD and any others that you can get your hands on. ... Read more

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Terrible Band and worst cover
Other bands have performed covers of Joy Division and most were pretty bad. The cover that fallout boy made of Love Will Tear us Apart is just plain crappy. The singing just sucks (for any songs by fallout boy), not even close to being as good as the original. The cover is a disgrace to Ian. If you want a good version hear the original.

Beautiful, Amazing, Simply Wonderful
The CD:
Beautiful Acoustic CD
To the last reviewer, perhaps this is the more sensitive side of Fall Out Boy, but is that necessarily bad? Their acoustic stuff is AMAZING, or are you too obsessed about whether this is "real" punk music or not? Honestly, doesn't it matter more the MATERIAL IN THE CD, not the LABEL? Everyone has their own opinions on music and I'm going to express mine....
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Subjects:  1. Emo    2. Guitar (Acoustic)    3. Pop    4. Punk Revival    5. Punk-Pop    6. Rock    7. Rock/Pop   

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AFI is best hands down
afi is my favorite band. this is one of there great EPs. resembles Black Sails in the Sunset, but different. my 2 favorites are Halloween (Misfits cover), and Totalimmortal. great EP.
perfect
when i buy an e.p. i usually expect 1 maybe 2 good songs, a couple boring ones and basically something to snack on while waiting for the full length. and since they are only usually about 5 bucks, you cant go wrong. but all hallows is 12 minutes of the best afi material they ever released. while i guess its alot harder to make a perfect ep than a perfect album, this ep is perfect, every song on here is on my top ten favorite afi songs list. the sound of this album is slightly faster than black sails, but for the most part the style is very similar, except a little darker and creepier, hence all hallows. Alot of people say this sounds just like the misfits, not quite... i see the similarities, maybe fall children does a little. but seriously this is afi not the misfits. the ep starts with a creepy guitar riff that sets the mood immediatly. then it bursts into fall children; catchy, fast and energized. fall children was a fan song, and songs dedicated to fans are always great. then we go into a cover of the misfits halloween, fun song, probably the worst on the ep just because its not afi. The funny thing is that i think its better than the misfits version. The song is followed by spooky noises; it sounds like someone is strumming piano strings when you listen close, but it always makes me think of a haunted house. this goes on for a couple minutes, so it can get tiresome, but its cool, i think its a cool edition to the ep. then we get the boy who destroyed the world, some of the best lyrics afi ever wrote. this one is a little slower than the previous two, but probably better than the last two. last is totalimmortal, possibly afis best song. its the best one on here and one listen will confirm that for you. its fast, catchy, and magnificent. its by no way a cliche song, daveys vocals go all over the place. and he has something of a duet with jade who has a ghostly voice. When this ends, the only thing youll be thinking is "why didnt they write 8 more songs and make this a full length?" because 8 more songs of this calibur while may be immpossible, would make the best best album ever im pretty sure. so basically these are 4 songs that will stay with you forever, go get this, its just as good as any full length.

This is an amazing little piece of punk rock.
Okay, so basically, this EP sounds like a Misfits album, only the songs intelligent and are better written.I'm not saying anything bad about the Misfits.I like The Misfits, but this is just better.The best song on here, in my opinion, has to be 'Fall Children'.I can listen to that one over and over again, and not get bored of it.I also really like their cover of 'Halloween', and 'The Boy Who Destroyed The World'.'Totalimmortal' is alright, but it gets boring after a while.Overall, this is definately worth the 5 bucks I payed for it.If you're a fan of punk rock, you will really like this CD.If you're a fan of AFI's new stuff, you probably won't like this CD too much. ... Read more

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So excited!
This cd starts out with "The Truth", a great song with awesome fast and screaming guitar riffs and superb vocals by Matt Theissan. His voice and musicianship is getting better with each appearance. Then, "Apathetic Way To Be", Dave Douglas their drummer sings lead while Matt proves his lyrical brilliance with his play on words: "The half of me is all about apathy, and the other half just doesn't care. Yeah, being apathetic's a pathetic way to be." After showing that they can truly rock they give us 3 acoustic versions of three hits: Be My Escape, Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet?, and Overthinking.They finish with 2 soft songs that I have come to love.Things are looking insanely awesome if they keep this up for their next album due on February 6th, 2007

Amazing cd...
This cd is just a taste of whats to come for Relient K.And frankly, it can only get better.As their last release "Mhmmm" was quite amazing, with clever and witty lyrics, tunes that rock your sox, and with a god centered message about life in it's self and such; Apathetic Ep is one of the best ep's you will ever hear.They pack so much in with alot of acoustic guitar and piano, but give you just a little sneak peak of what's to come with , "The Truth" and "Apathetic Way To Be"."The Truth" is now probably my favorite K song at the moment.It combines their creative lyrics with an amazing change in tempo and tune.I give this cd a amazing two thumbs up!If you don't have, "Mhmmm" you should definetly buy it.