St. Jude (Special Edition/Parental Advisory) [Digipak] [PA] - Courteeners (The)

Advantages: Quality Album, Rebellios Rock and Roll, Intelligent Lyrics, Natural and Flowing, Exciting Sound
Disadvantages: A couple of weak links in terms of tracks

...compliments. St. Jude however allows the band to form its own personality, shake of their tagline and become "THE COURTEENERS". Meeting the hype at every level St. Jude is a gem of an album that is set to become an indie fans favourite. Fresh and Unique the Courteeners have delivered an album of rigorous, rebellious, modern rock and roll that is set to storm onto the indie scene and silence the mediocre bands that have dominated the music scene for many years up until now. Catchy melodys and articulate lyrics features on many of the tracks on St. Jude although don't be fooled as they arn't about to join the Indie Pop club. The intensity throughout the album is ever present and after one listen you will admire the creativity of such an exciting although honest album. Society is primarily the focus of the album generating harsh lyrics, biting sounds... Read review

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Advantages: Better than its rivals
Disadvantages: Live sound better than its album sound

...The Courteeners are a four piece indie band hailing from Manchester. They formed in 2006 but have known each other since they were ten. Liam Fray (lead vocals/ guitar) Michael Campbell (drums/ backing vocals) Daniel Conan Moores (guitar) Mark Cuppello (bass) The Courteeners were signed up to Polydor in 2007. The band's first album 'St Jude' under the Polydor banner was released on the 4th April 2008. Three songs have been released from this album 'What took you So Long - chart position 20' 'Not Nineteen Forever 19' and 'Now You Didn't, no You Don't 35'. The Courteeners have been hyped up for a while now, thanks to a burdgeoning fan base in home city Manchester which has been spreading countrywide. The N.M.E have helped spread the word and the band have been selling out shows months in advance for sometime now, including... Read review

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Advantages: Shows Linkin Park can completely change and still be as brilliant as ever
Disadvantages: Not all fans approve, some disagree with the change.

.... Bleed it out has a genre of alternative/nu metal, and peaked at #29 on the UK singles chart. 5) "Shadow of the day" [4:50] - The third song from the album to be released as a single, being officially released on 16th October 2007. Shadow of the day opens with a reverse/edited keyboard loop, which was experimented with several times before the final one was decided. The guitar elements are all clean, until after the second chorus where distortion elements come in. This is the second longest track on the album, and does not contain any vocals from Mike. Also the end of the album version of the song is an instrumental, which then leads into the beginning of What I've Done. 6) "What I've Done" [3:25] - The first song from the album to be released as a single, being officially released on 7th May 2007. What I've done is definitely the most... Read review

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