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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0094637059227 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol MPN: 70592 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: March 06, 2007 Studio: Capitol Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Relient K's fifth CD is a diverse modern rock album that's so varied at times it sounds like a mix tape. "Take the Fifth" pulses with lush, Beach Boys-y harmonies, "Forgiven" is a piano-driven tune that sounds like early U2, and the dueling guitar feedback that opens "I Need You" displays deeper punk rock heaviosity. "Faking My Own Suicide"--a great tune powered by Death Cabby vocals, ironic yet playful lyrics, and a killer classic rock organ--seems destined for a movie soundtrack. The true standout is of course "Deathbed," an intense eleven minute ode to regret co-starring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Relient K have not only weathered lineup changes (the bassist and guitarist are new here) and mainstream success without "selling out" and foregoing their introspective messages of faith and hope. But they've made the best album in their career in the process. --Mike McGonigal Album Description: Relient K's fifth album in seven years and the follow-up to 2004's mmhmm. Special Deluxe Package w/bonus DVD of Five Score and Seven Years Ago also available. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One Step Forward, One Step BackWe all know that nothing can ever match up to the mesmerizing feel of the 'Mmhmm' album, and we will never regain the original Relient K sound. And yet, 'Five Score and Seven Years Ago' is--against my better judgement--still pretty awesome. The album's opening song 'Plead the Fifth' gets you right from the start, with such a drawn out intro that it would be silly to resist. Then we rush right into 'Come Right Out and Say It', which sounds kind of irritated and fed up. After that is 'I Need You', ... Read More Rating:  - I'll come right out and say it: AWESOME ALBUMHistorically, I'm a fan of bands like Third Day, Jars of Clay, and the Newsboys. Switchfoot was kind of my "transitional" band to the punk scene. After their "A Beautiful Letdown", I decided to take the leap and go for a full-out punk band, so I bought Relient K's "MmmHmm". Only then did I learn that this album has been hailed as Relient K's move from flippant teen punk to a slightly more mature, serious overall tone. Oh, well; my favorite prior work from RK was "Getting Into You", anyway, so that's ... Read More Rating: - One of the Best of 2007 Period.There were a lot of records released in 2007 and a few awesome albums, like the Knife's "Silent Shout" and James Morrison's "Undiscovered" while 2007 also saw successful commercial releases like Rhianna's record "Good Girl Gone Bad" and Alicia Key's comeback record. For the most part, Relient K's "Five Scores and Seven Years ago" went past most people's radars and was largely misunderstood by such publications as "Rollingstone" calling them "Insipid" and "Bland". I took that criticism in when ... Read More Rating: - MasterpieceMusically, this is Relient K's most impressive CD so far. They show a lot of talent in including the all acapella "Plead the Fifth" and the 11 minute epic "Deathbed" is nothing short of a masterpiece. Although the rest of the songs did not produce a mainstream radio-hit like "Be My Escape" provided from Mmhmm, the songs are absolutely better than any of the junk you will find listening to on the radio. The lryics are catchy and positive, and the new more piano-driven songs sound great. I know some ... Read More Rating:  - Where'd my favorite band go?I used to feel like Relient K and I were growing up together. The choppy punk sound and wry lyrics, from the goofy "Hello McFly" of their first release, to the genuinely theological "I Am Understood?" of "Two Lefts Don't Make a Right. . . But Three Do," was music I related to. But then their music veered sharply into the current fad of whining, melodramatic teen rock. It seems as though, lyrically, Relient K has not just stagnated, but reversed course and become less mature than their earliest ... Read More |
