P.O.D. - Satellite
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Artist: P.O.D.Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-09-11
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Set It Off
- Alive
- Boom
- Youth Of The Nation
- Celestial
- Satellite
- Ridiculous
- The Messenjah
- Guitarras De Amor
- Anything Right
- Ghetto
- Masterpiece Conspiracy
- Without Jah, Nothin'
- Thinking About Forever
- Portrait
Music reviews of Satellite
Music Review: It's almost wrecked by its formula, but it's also too indulgent
Rating: 3 Stars
Having heard P.O.D.'s singles "Alive", "Boom", and "Youth of the Nation", and being a Christian believer myself, I had always wanted to buy this album and listen to it to really dig deeper into this band's message. I bought this album and was really looking forward to a great listening experience. This album made me lower my expectations of P.O.D. and its message.
I am not writing this review with the intent of bashing P.O.D., their fans, or this type of metal (for I am a fan of this type of music). I can understand why this album hit triple platinum and boasted the three big singles mentioned above. This band has big, surging alt-metal hooks and a pounding rhythm section that plays screaming heavy metal combined with rapping, with a little divergence into more melodic singing and occasionally some electronica.
The album's first problem is its incredibly front-loaded tracklist. The three singles are tracks 2, 3, and 4, which could potentially work out, but on a fifteen-track, fifty-three-minute album, there is too much unfamiliar territory to delve into after the fifteen-minute mark. I personally find it very nice when I can listen to an album that has music I've never heard before, but has a single every few tracks to keep me in familiar musical territory and allow me to feel comfortable listening to it. On SATELLITE, there's too much imbalance in that respect.
The second problem is the progression of music on the album. The band tries to experiment with some unique sounds, and sometimes it works, but once the album hits the middle section, the choruses all begin to sound similar. Lead singer Sonny is the most to blame here; he for whatever reason decided to put in choruses where all he does is scream one line anywhere from four to eight times in repetition, regardless of the song's tempo or mood. He does this on "The Messenjah" (I AM THE MESSENJAH! x4), "Anything Right" (I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT! x4), "Ghetto" (THE WORLD IS A GHETTO! x4), and "Masterpiece Conspiracy" (IT'S A MASTERPIECE CONSPIRACY! x4). All of these tracks fall in the middle of the album, which creates a feeling of sameness that really bears down hard upon the listener. "Ghetto" nearly works, with its slow bass and strings combined with shimmering guitar, but is ruined by its aforementioned chorus.
The final problem with this album is, oddly enough, a contradiction of the second problem: The album becomes too indulgent to the point where the feel of the album is one of severe misdirection. This is especially evident on the second half of the album, where tracks like the unneccessary instrumental "Guitarras de Amor" (essentially a copy of the much more interesting "Celestial"), the suddenly-thrash-then-suddenly-reggae "Without Jah, Nothin' (which sounds like a bunch of random ideas thrown together in a sloppy jumble), and the closer "Portrait", which alternates from brutal thrash verses then grinds to an uncomfortable halt with a slow, chanted chorus.
This album has some strong tracks, like the opener "Set it Off", the three singles, the prayerful title track, the funktastic rhythmic tune "Ridiculous", and the smooth acoustic ballad "Thinking About Forever" (which is a great religious track about following God throughout the changes in one's life). Overall, however, the album's frontloaded progression, the obvious lack of lyrical ideas on Sonny's part in the middle section, and the failed attempts to show experimentation that give the album a misguided, undirected feel, this album is definitely not spectacular. Three stars for the tracks that work, that make this album bearable but not hugely pleasant.
Description of Satellite
2001 release includes the bonus track 'Rock The Party' (RTP remix).The multi-hyphenated (rap-metal-hip-hop-reggae) foursome P.O.D. enjoyed indie success as a popular Christian metal band before their 1999 major-label debut, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, sold platinum, establishing P.O.D. as a secular sensation. Featuring the soaring single "Alive," the San Diego quartet's sophomore effort, Satellite, is even more a part of the nu-metal mainstream than its predecessor. Throughout, front man Sonny is more rapper than singer, especially on rhythmically forward, Rage Against the Machine-like songs such as "Boom," "Masterpiece Conspiracy," and the melodic yet mosh-worthy "The Messenjah." With positive, spiritual, and personal lyrics (several songs, including the title track, were influenced by the death of Sonny's mother), Satellite runs the gamut from lilting to intensely aggro, often within one song. In a nod to P.O.D.'s influences, special guests include Jamaican icon Eek-A-Mouse on "Ridiculous" and Bad Brains legend HR on "Without Jah, Nothin'." This cool reggae, meshed with offbeat punk power, is placed alongside mellower midtempo rockers, including "Ghetto," to round out a varied and stellar album. --Katherine Turman
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