OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
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Artist: OneRepublicEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Music Label: Interscope Records
Soundtracks:
- Say (All I Need)
- Mercy
- Stop And Stare
- Apologize
- Goodbye, Apathy
- All Fall Down
- Tyrant
- Prodigal
- Won't Stop
- All We Are
- Someone To Save You
- Come Home
- Apologize
Music reviews of Dreaming Out Loud
Music Review: I'm Hearing Voices That Say Stop and Stare and Buy
Rating: 4 Stars
Ryan Tedder is the hottest thing in the music world right now. Everything he seems to touch either turns to gold, or mush. Whether it's the current #1 "Bleeding Love," Ashley Tisdale, or even Blake Lewis. And if that wasn't enough, his own band has been the phenomenon on the phenomenon MySpace. But due to all that success, Tedder still wasn't ready to put out an album for the band. But then came "Apologize" remixed by Timbaland, and even though they didn't have a big credit for the phenomenon, they took the cover of Rolling Stone, and became the biggest thing in music. Then they realized they didn't have an album out. The result, is the best pop/rock CD of the year, and certainly the surprise album of the year.
The album starts off amazing with, "Say (All I Need)" which takes on an epic feel all its own, and immediately gets you drawn into the album. "Mercy" could be considered extremely radio-friendly, and standard pop/rock fare, but as a album song, not on radio, the song actually works quite well But if the song ever did cross the line, than love with the song would quickly sink.
Their current phenomenon, "Stop and Stare" which seems like it's fixing to crack the top 10 of the carts, and for good reason. The song has a very nice structure, starting off slow, before building up to, and taking off at the chorus in an unexpectedly amazing effort, that could be the highlight of the CD.
The original version of "Apologize" is next, which starts off with violins, and a soft piano, with a slow clapping in the background. The only thing really different between this and the remix is Timbaland. I personally don't care for this version, reminding me more of Fort Minor's "Remember the Name," without the rap. This version is also somewhat less emotional, as it seems pretty straight-up.
"Goodbye Apathy" is also pretty straight-up, and the structure stays relatively the same throughout the song, without really ever taking off. "All Fall Down" continues the trend, and ends up seeming overdrawn and rather boring. "Tyrant" starts off good, starts to fall apart towards the end, as again, it's too drawn out. But it a shortened version could be good for rock radio.
"Prodigal" could again be better on structure, and somewhere towards the beginning of the song, it takes some elements from, "Across the Universe," which may sound strange, but it's there. "Won't Stop" gets the album back on its feet again with an upbeat, poppy tune that is again one of the highlights of the CD. "All We Are" hints at some country pop elements in its verses, but jumping to its chorus, which feels uneven, but still winds up good.
"Someone to Save You" actually continues another bad trend of bad song titles that are again, overdrawn. The song would have been better if it was titled, 'Honesty'. But for the song itself, yet another highlight that is well-done from verses to chorus, to bridge, and back again. And at the last minutes of the song, it has with an amazing ending, that takes elements of The Beatles, The Afters, and mixes in themselves for good measure, making for an amazing song.
"Come Home" is a piano driven track that is exactly what type of song as its amazingly accurate title says. An emotional song that some may criticize for being unoriginal, but it's still good with its rather impressive chorus. And for the 13th track, we have the song that started the phenomenon, the remixed version of, "Apologize." Simply put, no apologies needed with this song.
Overall, a great debut, and probably the best thing to come out of MySpace. An impressive band that is still searching for their sound, which makes for many a hit, but just as many a miss. The best pop/rock album of 2007, and I'll be looking forward for the follow-up album, and the continued success of OneRepublic.
But wait! That's not all! If this review wasn't long enough, there's bonus tracks that you'll find if you get the album from venues such as Target. I imagine you could also find them on their MySpace also. Since there's so many, here's the best of them.
Dreaming Out Loud: Surprisingly, the title track isn't part of the actual album, but still a very good song that has more of a darker tone in its verses, before breaking into a rather impressive chorus that doesn't fail to impress, before going back to its verses that don't seem to fit the song.
Hearing Voices: Another impressive track that is actually better than most of the songs on the actual album. The verses are great, and the chorus is soft but powerful, making for a great listen overall. And again, this song has a great structure.
Description of Dreaming Out Loud
OneRepublic considers its music to be influenced by everyone from the Beatles to U2, and anything in between. "We're no respector of genre," says frontman Ryan Tedder, "If it's a good song or a good artist whether rock, pop, indie or hip hop, they've probably influenced us on some level...nothing's new under the sun, we're a sum of a bunch of parts." They aspire to move their listeners the way Bono does onstage. "You go to a U2 concert and it's like church," Tedder says. "I'd love to make people feel like that. I don't want someone to just say, `Oh, nice voice, nice song.' I want that person to walk away and feel like he or she has had a religious experience; we want them to feel moved."The band was formed in Colorado by Tedder and high school classmate Zach Filkins. The pair moved to Los Angeles, where they picked up fellow Coloradan, guitarist/keyboardist Drew Brown and drummer Eddie Fisher. The band's most recent inductee, Brent Kutzle, plays bass and adds something extra to live shows with his classical cello. In addition to his work with his own band, Tedder is a Grammy nominated writer & has written & produced tracks with/for various other artists, including Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Lopez, Lil' Jon, Paul Oakenfold, t.A.T.u., Bubba Sparxxx, Tupac and uber-producer Timbaland. A remix of OneRepublic's song "Apologize" is featured on Timbaland's album, Shock Value.
The song "Apologize" explores the personal pain of multiple relationships gone awry and the necessity of moving on, while "Stop and Stare" describes the common frustration of getting to a place in life where you think, "How in the world did I end up here, this isn't where I wanted to be, watching what I wanted pass me by." "The lyrics have shades of melancholy, and there is a definite emotional undercurrent running through them," says the band. "If you can't tap into emotion, you're just selling catchy tunes."
If, like most of the pop-listening public, you heard Timbaland's chart-topping remix of OneRepublic's single "Apologize" before you heard the original, you may be mildly confused about what kind of music the band makes. Timabaland's signature electronic swizzles and "eh-eh-eh"s leave the impression that OneRepublic is a style-heavy outfit a la Maroon 5, but frontman Ryan Tedder's plaintive words and woebegone themes don't fall far from forerunners Keane, Coldplay, and the Fray. Dreaming Out Loud chisels away at the dichotomy. "Apologize," stripped of its swizzles, is a gorgeous modern rock song made all the more gorgeous by the urgency in Tedder's striking, unscuffed voice, and a lot of the songs on this record stack up similarly. Which is to say that, although tracks like "Tyrant" and opener "Say (All I Need)" wrap themselves around some seriously stylish production, substance is really this band's thing. A piano played by turns ferociously and tenderly drives the point home, and so do some choice lyrics; if you are inclined to choke up at feelings laid bare, check out "Goodbye, Apathy" and "Come Home" at your own risk. --Tammy La Gorce
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