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ALBUM: Red Letter Days Lyrics
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Wallflowers
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Closer To You
Empire Of My Mind
Everybody Out Of The Water
Everything I Need
Feels Like Summer Again
Health And Happiness
Here In Pleasantville
How Good It Can Get
If You Never Got Sick
See You When I Get There
Three Ways
Too Late To Quit
When You're On Top
Red Letter Days Reviews
Wallflowers
After listening to Breach, the follow up to the hugely succesful album Bringing Down the Horse, one thinks that along the way The Wallflowers lost what so many fans loved about their music; catchy tunes and identifiable lyrics. Well I can say with pride that The Wallflowers are back in a BIG way. With their fourth studio album, Red Letter Days, Jacob and the gang get back to their roots and rediscover the art of great songs. This freshly prepared CD gives listeners what they have also longed for, an album that can be played from beginning to end.
It opens up with "When Your On Top" a summer song that has sing along lyrics as well as one of the catchiest hooks ever. Jacob really finds his voice on jazzy twanged songs such as "Closer to You" and "Three Ways." But he still knows how to get a point across in commanding songs like "Everybody Out of the Water,"(the strongest of the bunch)& "Everything I Need." Some of the tracks have great meaning and can be related to a very peronal point in his life. Songs such "Health and Happiness" and "How Good it Can Get" deliver the substance of the record. By record's end you will be able to go back to the beginning to get another dose. If you own Bringing Down the Horse and were disappointed by Breach this makes up for it tremendously. BOTTOM LINE: Wallflowers' best album to date.
Red Letter Days, the fourth album from The Wallflowers, is composed of insightful lyrics, catchy tunes and genuine talent. The music of the group, written by frontman Jakob Dylan, has been classified as traditional American rock; it isn't a style produced according to current trends, but is sure to have staying power and be pertinent for years to come.
The album includes a blend of upbeat rock songs and slower ballads. Powerful tracks like "Everybody Out of the Water" and "See You When I Get There" alternate with the more subdued melodies of songs such as "Closer To You" and "Three Ways."
So far, Red Letter Days has gotten similar response to The Wallflowers' 1996 release Bringing Down the Horse which sold over 6 million copies and earned a Grammy due to hits like "One Headlight" and "Sixth Avenue Heartache."
The music of Red Letter Days has been compared to that of rock legends such as Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and U2. It is an impressive album that is worth a listen for rock and pop fans alike.
On Top
Like BDTH, the lyrics in this album are smart! ---("emo" rockers: do all your songs have the same subject? Answer: yes.) --- And yet again, the music is remarkable. I did miss the presence of some nice lap steel solos like on Invisible City, but the superb way in which all the instruments work together sends a shiver down my spine! This album is a great variety of powerful rock (everybody out of the water) to a mellow anecdote (here in pleasantville). I also enjoy the accompaniment of Courtney Kaiser on 9. Overall, who couldn't like this CD?
I liked this album more than "Breach," not because I didn't like Breach, but because I felt this album was a better mix of songs. Breach was a little too mellow for my tastes. This album is also a little different from Bringing Down the Horse. It seems a little more upbeat on songs like When you're on top. It has a great rock vibe that's a little more fun and a little less dark.
of Their Game
I have been Wallflowers fan for several years and consider them one of my favorite bands. Thier quirky lyrics and not-too-hard style of rock really appeals to me (other musicians with this sound, that I like are Train, Counting Crows, and Damien Rice). Jakob Dylan is a fantastic songwriter with a very unique voice. Though I still think that "Bringing Down the Horse" is their best effort, I found "Red Letter Days" excellent as well. It's worth buying just for "Feels Like Summer Again," a truly haunting song.
Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan may have learned the art of ambiguity from his famous father, but as he opens up on the group's bittersweet fourth album he emerges as a true individual. The band's first release since the departure of guitarist Michael Ward, who came on board to make the four-million-selling 1996 album,
Bringing Down the Horse
, finds Dylan raking over the details of his personal life in close detail. "I think I made a mistake / I think I pushed when you said away," he sings on "If You Never Got Sick," while using blunt tracks like "Too Late to Quit" and "Health and Happiness" to get in further jabs at the woman who did him wrong. To accompany this outpouring of emotion, the band infuses its midtempo Americana with fizzing electronic effects and hard backbeats. It's the Wallflowers' most adventurous and rewarding album yet.
--Jaan Uhelszki
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