Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-17 rating:
The Formula. It Just works.
This is offspring. No doubt. Nor do you even get a feel that that they have been going since the early 90's. I still prefer Ignion and tunes such as dirty magic & The Kids arnt alright etc are a couple of the best songs they ever did but who cares right.

This definatley feels like a band running on top form and to be fair I was not expecting much. I felt their formula was getting stale and boring and skipped the last album so I was actually a bit shocked when I saw this for sale... ...here we go again. But I took the chance and glad I did.

As soon as the opening track goes on the smile goes up and u'll be turning the volume to max and maybe even secretley jumping around your room.

Definatley a feel good album even if you have not heard any offspring before this album will appeal.

Nottingtown feels like it's going to roll into one of their other tunes from Conspiracy of One but never quite does.

There are a few slower songs on the album to break up the pace such as Fix You.

If you like the offspring then this is nothing revolutional. If this is your first album then this is a brilliant intro.

But i've listend to this album and not found myself going for the next track button. I think that says enough.

If you have not got any of their back catalogue i'd recomend Americana for similair fun & Ignition before they used a winning formula.

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review by: Tom Goss date: 2008-09-22 rating:
At their best
I can't believe how good this album is. It's still got that recognisable Offspring sound yet manages to be orignal at the same time. The only thing I don't understand and gets on my nerves is that it's not in a proper case but a flimsy bit of card instead. Still, the album itself really rocks

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review by: Wildo date: 2008-09-19 rating:
Awesome!
This album is awesome! This is one of The Offspring's best albums, up there with Americana and Ixnay On The Hombre! Half Truism is one of their best songs, nearly as good as The Kid's Aren't Alright! Buy this album!!!

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review by: date: 2008-09-06 rating:
Rise and Fall
I have followed the Offspring for many years and I feel Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre were their best work although I also enjoyed their earlier albums. They had so much energy and passion at that time.

It all seemed to go wrong after Americana. Where has all the power gone in their songs? Now their songs are now boring and emotionless. Looking at the reviews I thought this album would be a return to form but unfortunately not. It's just a lot of fast guitar playing for the verses and melodic singing for the chorus. They just sound like all the other pop punk bands that are around these days. I'm sure today's teens will just lap it up but the Offspring I loved are gone.




review by: date: 2008-08-02 rating:
good to have you back
if you like the offspring you will like this album if you dont like them by now this will do little to change your mind as they are doing the same as before but with a slightly stronger brand of petrol in their tank
the pace is pretty frantic from the off only slowing to display a little more depth on the exceptional kristy are you okay? and the beautiful fix you
besides these the punk pace and attitude flow with abandon and it feels like its 1994 all over again
you get that wonderful rush that you got when you first listened to smash all those years ago yes it really is that good
if you are a fan you owe it to yourself to get this and wash the dirty taste of americana out of your mouth

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