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I remember earlier in the year when I heard that
Papa Roach were working on new material, I was so
excited as I have grown up loving Papa Roach and
have watched them burst on to the scene as one of
the best new bands back in 2000 to nearly fading
away from the scene to coming back bigger and better
than ever beating each and every previous record
release with their new records but then only a couple
of months ago I found out that the material was
new songs to be featured on a Papa Roach live album
which instantly made me think that the band are
cashing in and coning their fans to some degree
as I have never been a major fan of live albums,
but now the album is here I think it is fantastic
as it starts off with 5 brand new studio tracks
and then runs through 9 classic Papa Roach tracks
live where everything is kept in place from the
crowd reaction, to the between song’s banter
and the general frantic energy Papa Roach let off
on the live circuit.
The album kicks off with ‘Burn’ an
song that starts off slow but builds up in pace
over time to become a quite a heavy song, however
the vocals on the track sound a bit blurry and
distorted, they defiantly don’t seem right
which makes me wonder if this is a demo version
of a song or did Papa Roach really go for this
effect? Either way the song is alright but is
a bit of a letdown compared to previous Papa Roach
material.
The fun proper kicks off with ‘One Track
Mind’ the song opens with an amazing bassline
and the chunky guitar riffs come in and follow
on in style moments later, the song builds up
to become a massive radio friendly catchy number
that is bound to grow to be a sing-a-long fan
favourite on the live circuit in the near future.
‘Kick In The Teeth’ is the first
new song that I heard of Papa Roach and I loved
it straight away and it seems like it is a fan
favourite already because when I watched them
at Sonisphere festival the crowd was going nuts
during this song and so they should because the
song has a massive punk rock edge on it, it’s
witty, fun, energetic and overall one of the best
song’s that Papa Roach have written in a
long time.
Papa Roach are no strangers to slow song’s
and that is why they have made sure they have
the token slow song on this album and that song
is a brand new song called ‘No Matter What’,
the song is a massive rock ballad and is bound
to raise the roofs of future arenas they play.
‘The Enemy’ is the last of the new
songs and funnily enough it is a of mix of old
and new Papa Roach, it opens up with some guitar
riffs that are so similar to those of the song
‘Dead Cell’ and rocks out for the
next 3minutes and 38seconds, the song reminds
me very much of the ‘Infest’ era which
maybe I have been crying out for, for a little
while now.
The live part of the album is fantastic it features
the most classic Papa Roach songs such as ‘Getting
Away With Murder’, ‘To Be Loved’,
‘Lifeline’, ‘Scars’, ‘Hollywood
Whore’, ‘Between Angels And Insects’,
‘Last Resort’ and a few others.
The first live track on the album is ‘Getting
Away With Murder’ and the whole feel of
the recording makes you think that you are at
a Papa Roach gig as it opens with the crowd impatiently
screaming with Coby Dick shouting 40 seconds later
“I want to see everyone of you jumping,
now jump, jump” and then the song comes
into fall flow and Papa Roach nail it in true
style with the crowd loving every moment.
The start of ‘To Be Loved’ is defiantly
one of the highlights of the album as anyone who
has seen Papa Roach live known that they do a
short rendition of The Ramones ‘Hey Ho,
Lets Go’ before smashing into ‘To
Be Loved’ and on this recording you can
clearly hear how much they excite the crowd by
doing it and then continue to excite them with
such a smashing sing-a-long track.
The best live moments on the album for me are
‘Scars’, ‘Between Angles And
Insects’ and of course ‘Last Resort’
as they are some of my favourite Papa Roach song’s
and the biggest and best Papa Roach songs that
you can sing-a-long and generally go nuts to and
from the reactions of the songs on the album it
seems that pretty much every Papa Roach fan feels
the same as me.
‘Time For Annihilation’ is defiantly
a must have for all Papa Roach fans as it features
all the classic songs bundled in one package and
preformed live so you can recreate to a degree
the Papa Roach live experience whilst waiting
for them to come to your home town, and at the
same time you get to listen to 5 brand new Papa
Roach song’s, now that is what a call value
for money.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Jacoby Shaddix (Vocals)
Jerry Horton (Guitar)
Tobin Esperance (Bass)
Tony Palermo (Drums) |
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1. Burn
2. One Track Mind
3. Kick In The Teeth
4. No Matter What
5. The Enemy
6. Getting Away With Murder (Live)
7. ...To Be Loved (Live)
8. Lifeline (Live)
9. Scars (Live)
10. Hollywood Whore (Live)
11. Time Is Running Out (Live)
12. Forever (Live)
13. Between Angels And Insects (Live)
14. Last Resort (Live) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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