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  • Issued : 20 May 2008

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : B001106502
Format : CD Label : Universal
Issued : 20 May 2008 Item sourced from : USA
Number of Discs : 1

3 Doors Down

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Like many heavy guitar bands who surfaced at the tail-end of the '90s, 3 Doors Down have reverted to comfortable old habits in their advanced years, shedding some of the post-grunge trappings of their hit album in favor of a slightly more conventional sound, one where classic rock mixes it up with '80s metal. Not that the boys have gotten fun on their eponymous 2008 album. Some of the cavernous murk has lifted, some of the sonics have straightened out, replaced by something that's heavier yet still leaden -- as typified by the opening Train, which lurches with the intention of turning into a Southern-fried Skynyrd rocker but never quite does -- but the group is inherently indisposed to having a laugh. Naturally, a group this earnest does sing about matters of life and death, as on Citizen/Soldier, a salute to America's National Guardsmen, that wound up being used in a National Guard recruitment ad in the year prior to the release of 3 Doors Down, but there's heartfelt searching, like when singer Brad Arnold complains that It's Not My Time, or the many times he decides he just has to be himself, thereby exhorting his fans to do the same. All this moodiness is set to guitars that surge, not really riding any riffs but rather pushing his pleas forward on Walls of Sound so compressed and cleansed they wind up sounding like mush. And that's the ultimate irony of 3 Doors Down as they mature: try as they may to pour out their angst-ridden hearts, by riding out their success and smoothing out their music they've turned into mildly aggro background music at malls and movie theaters across the nation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Credits

David Angell(Strings),  David Davidson(Strings),  John Catchings(Strings),  Kris Wilkinson(Strings),  Heather Sturm(Engineer),  Johnny K(Engineer),  Johnny K(Producer),  Kirk Kelsey(Engineer),  Kirk Kelsey(Producer),  Mike Paragone(Engineer),  Andy Wallace(Mixing),  Brad Arnold(Group Member),  Chapman Baehler(Photography),  Chris Henderson(Group Member),  Christopher Kornmann(Art Direction),  Christopher Kornmann(Design),  Doug Sonders(Cover Photo),  Doug Sonders(Photography),  George Marino(Mastering),  Greg Upchurch(Group Member),  John O'Mahoney(Mixing Assistant),  Kris Wilkinson(String Arrangements),  Matt Roberts(Group Member),  Steve Beers(Assistant Engineer),  Todd Harrell(Group Member),  Kirk Kelsey(Digital Editing),  Sandy Brummels(Creative Director),  Tom MacKay(A&R)

Songs

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    1
    Train
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    2
    Citizen/Soldier
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    3
    It's Not My Time
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    4
    Let Me Be Myself
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    5
    Pages
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    6
    It's the Only One You've Got
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    7
    Give It to Me
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    8
    These Days
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    9
    Your Arms Feel Like Home
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    10
    Runaway
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    11
    When It's Over
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    12
    She Don't Want The World

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ルー・リードは私の神様  |  愛知県  |  不明  |  04/October/2009

    正統派モダンロックって、いいなぁやっぱり。「Let Me Be Myself」は、名曲中の名曲! とても大好きな一曲です。ブラッドのヴォーカルって、もちろんハードでヘヴィなやつも、完璧に最高なんだけど、彼の声って、バラードでもすっごく味があっていいんですよねぇ。グッと引き込まれます。全体的には、飾り気のない、ありのままの男気溢れるロックって感じが最高!普段は不器用で土臭いロックしか歌わない人が、好きな女性の為に、ぎこちなくバラードを純粋に歌う‥的な匂いがするんですよ、Let Me Be Myselfは(笑)ハードな曲ばかりの中に、ふと、そんな泣かせるバラードがあったりすから、もうクラッときます(笑)一匹狼的なところが、なんか好きです。正統派アメリカンロックは最高だ!

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ybolic  |  東京都  |  不明  |  08/July/2009

    大好きです3DD。このアルバムも一切の脚色なしでグングンとロックを聴かせてくれます。骨太サウンドというのはよく使われる表現ですが、彼らは骨だけサウンド。ソリッドな男気がかっこいいです。

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  • ★★★★★ 

    へっぽこ  |  不明  |  08/August/2008

    前作が国内盤出なかったから今作も…と思いきや!内容はというと…冒頭の3曲は鉄板でしょう!セルフ・タイトルということで今作への意気込みも感じとれるし、過去最高の作品じゃないでしょうか?

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