Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-93682
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 76:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 516 Mb
Nuno
and the boys split this album into three parts based on the three sides
of every story: “Yours” “Mine,” and “The Truth.” They rather cleverly
weave their political views into some songs, while they don’t cram
anything down your throat either. Once again, I listened intently to
Nuno Bettencourt’s guitar playing. Although, I didn’t hear the fire I
witnessed on “Pornograffiti,” I still heard some funky playing.
This
release seemed to be more constructed than previous releases; not
controlled, but more compartmentalized and that was the band's purpose
by dividing the album into three sections. “Yours” (songs 1-6), deal
with political views. “Mine” (songs 7-11) has some romantic overtones.
“The Truth” (songs 12-14) have some progressive offerings. Clocking in
at seventy-six minutes, "III" is a lot of music to digest. I did get a
little bored near the end because the mood changes from song to song in a
strange way. The music is still good and taking a few minutes to listen
closely will help you appreciate their direction.
Gary Cherone
really uses all his vocal ability on this disc. You can see why he was
chosen to front Van Halen (albeit briefly). I find it odd that Nuno has
said he always wanted to be Eddie Van Halen and then Gary got to sing
with him. It’s funny how the music biz works.
Since this disc didn’t
have any Top 40 hits, you may not have heard most of the songs here so,
if you haven’t heard this CD, consider this fresh music from Extreme.
I do like the Martin Luther King Jr. speech in “Peacemaker Die.” It gives the song and the band's lyrics more depth.
(roughedge.com/cdreviews/e/extreme.htm)
01. Warheads (05:18)
02. Rest In Peace (06:01)
03. Politicalamity (05:04)
04. Color Me Blind (05:00)
05. Cupid's Dead (05:56)
06. Peacemaker Die (06:03)
07. Seven Sundays (04:18)
08. Tragic Comic (04:44)
09. Our Father (04:02)
10. Stop The World (05:57)
11. God Isn't Dead? (02:02)
12. Rise 'n Shine (06:22)
13. Am I Ever Gonna Change (06:56)
14. Who Cares? (08:19)
Not an album that's as listenable as PG
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