Staind - 14 Shades Of Grey
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Track List: 14 Shades Of Grey
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Album Details: 14 Shades Of Grey
- Release Date:
- 05/20/2003
- Label:
- Elektra / Wea
- UPC:
- 075596288224
User Reviews: 14 Shades Of Grey
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Removing the Stain
, May 21, 2003Reviewer: Max - See all Max's reviews4 of 4 Yahoo! Users found this 14 Shades Of Grey review helpful After buying the new album, and seeing the free show last night at the Wiltern in LA, it is clear that Staind is over the adolescent rage phase that powered Tormented and Dysfunction. Instead, the band continues on the path set by Break the Cycle, with more crafted songs and confident, positive lyrics. You could almost say that 14 Shades contradicts the underlying darkness and anger that propelled Staind to such prominence in modern rock. Undoubtedly, many fans may feel betrayed by the bands shift in their style of songwriting. Yet this change reflects the groups maturity and especially Aaron Lewis self-acceptance. While nothing in the new album is going to immediately push listeners away, the strength and success of Shades will depend on whether there is enough emotion to pull the listeners in. ... -
14 shades
, July 24, 2006Pros: the first 5 songs
Cons: the rest of the album
what happened to the staind from break the cycle?????
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Pro Reviews: 14 Shades Of Grey
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Staind broke through the nu-metal murk in 2001 with Break the Cycle because the band landed upon a rather ingenious formula -- toning down the aggression and turning up the emotion, all the while returning to the Alice in Chains-styled grunge that began the whole alt-metal mania of the '90s. Evidently, American audiences were hungry for big sensitive guys with tattoos crooning ballads, since Break the Cycle and its single, "Been a While," were inescapable throughout 2001, and soon Staind had eclipsed even its mentor, Fred Durst's Limp Bizkit, in popularity, raising expectations for the group's third album, 2003's 14 Shades of Grey. What they've delivered is a record that follows through on the neo-grunge and soul-baring, sensitive journal entries of Break the Cycle. There are plenty of loud guitars here, but the overall sense of aggression has been tempered considerably as Aaron Lewis' thoughts and feelings take the forefront, with the music used as coloring for his emotion. That means there's not much visceral kick in the rhythms, nor are there head-snapping hooks in the riffs, or catchy melodies. Like a metallic variation on emo, where expression trumps any other consideration, Staind is all about how Lewis is feeling -- whether it's about the world, love, his daughter "Zoe Jane," or his idol, "Layne." The tempos, even when fast, let Lewis emote, and he does so with a full-bodied croon, something that sounds particularly jarring when he sings "f," which he does a lot, often in choruses. The croon, the profanity, and his obsession with documenting his emotions in detail -- an obsession with his feelings on the level of second-wave sensitive '70s singer/songwriters who also reveled in the specificity of their situations -- are in full bloom on 14 Shades of Grey, and they have the net result of either making listeners empathize completely or turning them off completely. That specificity of situation might, in fact, make the audience that connects with this smaller than the legions who loved "It's Been a While" -- particularly because there are no songs with hooks, let alone hooks as undeniable as that -- but those who connect with Staind will likely find this more consistently satisfying than Break the Cycle. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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