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| Face to Face - How to Ruin Everything Classification: Pop Band: Face to Face Tracks: - Bill of Goods - Take-Away - 14 Hours - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - New Way - World in Front of You - Why Would I Lie? - Unconditional - Shoot the Moon - Graded on a Curve - Fight or Flight - Waiting to Be Saved - Double Standard - Compromise - How to Ruin Everything - Nothing Succeeds Like Success [*] - Anybody Listening? [*] My Favorite album period I've had this album for awhile (since early 2002) but I just thought to write a review of it to tell people how good it is. I've only recently become a Face to Face fan so I only like their newer stuff (Ignorance is Bliss and up). I got this CD after hearing they were good, looking them up and hearing a few song clips. I wasn't terribly interested in them but I thought they were pretty good. When I first listened to it, I liked a few of the songs but wasn't crazy about it. But the songs kept growing on me and I started liking them more and more. The thing I really like about this album is I kept listening to songs which I once disliked and I thought, "What the crap, this song is awesome!!". It's like gradually getting a new awesome CD, always finding out that I like these songs. I really suggest this album. It's got a raw feel but it's not unbearable and the singer has an awesome voice! I like melodic punk rock and that's one of the reasons I Love F2F. Good not Great... Ever since the release of Ignorance is Bliss, a person does not know what to expect when a new face to face album hits the stores. This in not necessarily a bad thing, I am one of those people that thinks that "Ignorance is Bliss" is a great album even though it was great departure from their earlier works. The album following Ignornance is Bliss, Reactionary, was an attempt by face to face to win back the some of the fans that Ignorance is Bliss aliented. Face to Face made a conscious effort to write more "punk rock" tunes. Their newest album, titled How to Ruin Everything, more or less picks up where the last album left off. How to Ruin Everything is definetly not a bad album, but it is not a great one either. Although it has many of the same elements as face to face's previous great works: fast guitars, harmonizing background vocals, catchy melodies, etc, the listener gets the feeling that something is missing. This might also be because the 2nd guitar Player Chad Yaro's presence is no longer there. Having said all that, this is still a solid effort from face to face. There some really gems showcased throughout the album. Songs such as "The New Way and "The World in Front of You" are as genuine additions to the face to face catalog. But as a previous reviewer said, there is a lot of filler on this album. If you can rummage through the filler, you'll be presently surprised. Trever and the gang still have a few surprises left after all these years. Back to The Roots Although Reactionary was indeed a release that was to help alleviate the disgruntled fans of Ignorance is Bliss, it's this album that takes them back to their true Roots of punk rock. The now trio rocks through all 15 songs with amazing riffs and background vocals that make you yearn for more releases of this "true" style of punk and not corporate and mainstream style they offered previously. Just when I thought these guys were getting on the verge of burning out and dissolving into the now undefined and indistinguishable rock scene, they release this amazing record to put all the old fans back into frame of mind that these guys can still kick a** after all these years. Buy Face To Face How To Ruin Everything at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
