Worm, The - Jimmy McGriff

Advantages: Just listen!
Disadvantages: Could maybe be a little longer? Only 30-ish minutes long.

...-heartedness of an average Irish folk band, and the stage presence of a heavyed-up Led Zeppelin with more energy! The album opens with an incredibly catchy harmonic riff at the beginning of "Apostasy", a brutal, yet meaningful, and somewhat balanced beginning to the MPC adventure. It then continues though, chucking out old favourites, such as "Human" and "Cult", alongside new favourites such as "Quick Fix" and "Food For Worm", and previously-unheard tracks, like "Jimmy Maypole" and "Tender Folk Song". They even managed to bring back a brand new recording of "Packaged Rebellion", which hasn't been heard since the demo was taken off their website back in 2004. It could just be me, but the atmosphere changes slightly in "Requiard"; an epic song with poetic lyrics that just make you think, but it's everything but a negative input to the experience. The album... Read review

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Advantages: Very divers and emotional album. Highlights of this album are the uptempos.
Disadvantages: On this album, the slower songs really demonstrate a weakness in instrumental and songwriting.

...A great CD for Jimmy Eats World, Bleeds American features some great songs, some good songs, and some misses. Highlights include radio favourites "Bleed American", "The Middle", and "Sweetness". On songs like "Bleed American" the listener is exposed to a darker, edgier side of Jimmy Eat World, and one almost wishes World would have expanded on this sentiment throught. However, the uplifting nature of the ablbum cannot be discounted- songs such as "Praise Chorus" and "The Middle" are great both for their melodies and messages, and are garunteed to make the listener want to get up and move. Near misses and misses include the down tempo songs, in which the repetetive nature of Jimmy Eat World's song writting becomes obvious and at times, painful and boring. In the long run, however, this flaw is by far overshadowed by the suberb lyrics... Read review

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Advantages: Better songwritting representing a more complete album
Disadvantages: Lacks originality

...The problem Jimmy Eat World faced in 2006 was the same problem that any band would encounter when trying to write a sixth studio album. What Jimmy Eat World wanted to say and wanted to do had been achieved. In over 15 years of the alternative rock circuit they have produced some outstanding songs which have rocked festivals and stadiums across the world. From this position many band may have tried to create a new sound, or deviated from their tried and tested song writing formula - Jimmy Eat World however have not. Without the tiniest intent of deviation from their familiar style, Jim Adkins and co's sixth studio album, "Chase This Light", had to be representative of their best song writing abilities and it is. What "Chase This Light" lacks in originality it more than makes up for in its improvement on previous Jimmy Eat World efforts... Read review

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