Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown
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Artist: SwitchfootEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Music Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Soundtracks:
- Meant To Live
- This Is Your Life
- More than Fine
- Ammunition
- Dare You To Move
- Redemption
- Beautiful Let Down
- Gone
- On Fire
- Adding To The Noise
- 24
Music reviews of The Beautiful Letdown
Music Review: A letdown? Never!
Rating: 5 Stars
It feels so strange to me that I never cared to check out this album. Maybe because I was hearing about it so much, everywhere, every day, I figured it would probably be just another old boring pop album. And was I in for a surprise when my mom was sane enough to buy it and put it in the CD player! See for yourself...
Meant To Live: Awesome opening track! If I'm correct, this was featured in the Spiderman 2 movie, and that got it some major popularity (including a little more mainstream attention for Switchfoot). Jon Foreman does great with the vocals. Very brilliant song! One of my favorites. Highly recommended.
This Is Your Life: One of my number 1 songs of all time! This, in my opinion, is the very best song on the album. It's one of those songs that really seems to stick with you for a long time (without having you get sick of it). This is certainly my kind of song. I love the strange and mysterious electronic sound they give it in some places...it has brilliant programming and sound loops. A must-listen!
More Than Fine: Very good song! I like the tune a lot. It's one of the more "poppy" songs on the album, but it's nice. It has a great beat, and great guitar pieces. I wouldn't say this is my number 1, but it is certainly of my favorites.
Ammunition: This is a very fun, fast song! It's certainly a favorite. The lyrics are a bit sad, however, it doesn't get in the way of overall sound of the song. Everything is great and rocked out! It really kicks up some energy after the previous three tracks.
Dare You To Move: Originally off of their third album "Learning To Breathe". This, no doubt, is the other very best song on the album (and also my other number 1). Absolutely incredible song. It's probably one of Switchfoot's biggest hits. It's just awesome! It really has that "hard-not-to-love" quality. It, in my opinion, is one of the best songs in Christian music that has been recorded.
Redemption: This one picks up right where "Ammunition" left off. It's not quite as fast, but still fun and driving. The way the did the intro is simple, but brilliant...it starts off with nothing but a quiet (but fast) drum beat and a nicely textured guitar, but it gets you excited and rushing about what's coming next. All in all, this is a very awesome, fun, driving song...and maybe it's just me, but it never loses the fresh excitement.
Beautiful Letdown: Alright, this might sound a little weird, but this is the only song that can reach into the "letdown" category...not all the way, just a little. It's not that bad of a song, the beat is cool and the vocals a great, but I tend to get a little bored closer to the end of it. It does get a slightly boring sometimes (at least in the car), but I'm warming up to it.
Gone: Don't we all love this song? I don't see why someone wouldn't. I loved it immediately when I first heard it. The sound is very fun, cool, and easily liked most everyone. The lyrics are very good, clever, and even funny at times. If you haven't heard this song already, what are you waiting for?
On Fire: This is the first ballad we get. Normally, I get bored with most ballads, but I don't see how I could ever dislike this one. There are too many ways to describe how good this song is. There's something about the way they sing it all that really blows me away. You've got to be crazy to dislike this song.
Adding To The Noise: Now we get to a fun song again, reaching back with a similar feel to "Gone", only it's faster. This is an absolute classic! Very clever. The main guitar part is simple, but perfect (or "classic rock" as my dad has described). The lyrics are great..."If we're adding to the noise, turn off this song / If we're adding to the noise, turn of your stereo, radio"...very cool and clever idea for a song. Gotta love it!
24: Here, we have a ballad again, which is just as good, if not better, than "On Fire". This is one of those songs that's so amazing in every way, it just leaves me speechless...that's why I can't write the biggest comment on it. The vocals are seriously beautiful and blend together perfectly, and everything else is just as good. All I can say now is that this is a perfectly killer song, and if I recommend any song on the album, I recommend this the most.
...and that's "The Beautiful Letdown". It's so much better than I ever thought it was. It seems I enjoy and appreciate it more and more every time I listen to it. If you haven't checked it out yet, try listening to some clips
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