Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
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Track List: Liberation Transmission
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- Everyday Combat
- A Town Called Hypocrisy
- The New Transmission
- Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
- Can' Stop, Gotta Date With Hate
- Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)
- Everybody's Screaming!!!
- Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters And The Story Of A Lonely Girl
- 4:AM Forever
- For All These Times Son, For All These Times
- Heaven For The Weather, Hell For The Company
- Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances And Messed Up Chances)
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Album Details: Liberation Transmission
- Release Date:
- 06/27/2006
- Label:
- Epic Japan
- UPC:
- 4547366025354
User Reviews: Liberation Transmission
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A nice surprise
, July 25, 2006Reviewer: Julia - See all Julia's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Liberation Transmission
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Liberation Transmission is the third effort from Lostprophets, though it's debatable whether many (at least stateside) remember much of the Wales postgrunge troupe outside of the massive success of their 2004 single "Last Train Home." The band is down to five players this time around, following the 2005 departure of drummer Mike Chiplin, but with the enrollment of Josh Freese (the Vandals, A Perfect Circle, etc. etc) behind the drum kit, you can be assured the rhythm section's backbone is adequately covered. For much of the album from its red/black/white color scheme and extended song titles to the band's newly austere yet fashionable images Lostprophets seem to be musically capitalizing on the sonic guitardriven splendor that initially thrust them into the public's eye, while visually appealing more to fans beyond the confines of the Hoobastank/ Linkin Park crowd. In conjunction with the aforementioned color palate, there's an underlying wartorn theme of bleak, frustrated, and fed up sentiments propelling the vaguely antimilitaristic feeling of early songs. And even if the band's motivations don't appear to be politically driven all the way through, they still seem to be relying on a general life disillusionment to rally behind with a resounding cry. Tracks like the urgent fury of "Everyday Combat" and the impassioned "For All These Times Son, For All These Times" are guitarcrashing, keyboardlaced explosions of sound amid a steady backdrop of emphatic background vocals. But then they throw in numbers like the playful bounce of "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)" and the slight funkgroove of "A Town Called Hypocrisy" to show a bit more welcomed flexibility than just brash, bottled aggression. Empowered lead single "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" is definitely trying to recreate the magic of "Last Train Home"; while it comes close in its opening reliance on the more fragile edge of Ian Watkins' voice, the eventual buildup into surging chorus never quite reaches that lofty level of cathartic explosion, even in its proclamations of "Standing on the rooftops/Everybody scream your heart out/This is all we got." Though really, that song speaks for the rest of the album. Even with its stirring moments compared to their contemporaries there is much variety here to enjoy Liberation Transmission seems to find Lostprophets trying harder to recreate their sound instead of pushing it forward. - Corey Apar, All Music Guide |
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Welsh nu-metallers Lostprophets formed in the Cardiff satellite town of Pontypridd in 1997 following the breakup of Public Disturbance, who featured Ian Watkins on drums and guitarist Mike Lewis. Recruiting guitarist Lee Glaze and drummer Mike Chipli...Full Lostprophets Biography
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Pros: Addictive
Cons: Are there any?
On listening to the album a few songs seemed to remind me of other songs I'd heard in my childhoos or other bands. Nothing I could pinpoint though, but it is all good, as it just means I like this album even more. It's like I had listened to it before. Rooftops is a fun song, however not my fave. Though definitely a good single to release and draw in hoardes of new fans. I could list a bunch of awesome songs and describe but I won't bother... just go and buy the damn thing. You won't be disappointed. ...