![]() However, after the listens this song is very good definitely and rock song with a driving guitar line. Electricity- 4/5 It took me several listens to begin to like this song, mainly because the intro is so rock and the lyrics don’t match it. One of the many songs to just sit back and chill to.Ħ. This song definitely gives a far away psychedelic feeling. ![]() Inner Light Spectrum- 5/5 An amazing song and one of the first that SA sings and he does and amazing job. One of the best songs on the album and probably the best 311 single to date.ĥ. Beautiful Disaster- 5/5 Great song with a hard rock intro sliding into the reggae hinting guitar solo and sliding back into the rock riff with distant almost distorted voice giving the song a far away feel. Galaxy- 4/5 One of the hardest rocking songs on the album yet as the hard intro comes in immediately SA comes in rapping giving the song another meaning and feel. The reggae mixed with the rock blends perfectly and gives a psychedelic feel ominous of 311.ģ. Many different styles blended into one known as 311. Prisoner- 5/5 Another song away form the norm. The title song gives you a taste of what the album is going to be starting with the rock intro and falling into the reggae ending. Almost every song is great and it is completely off the norm yet it is amazing.ġ. Filled with many effects and tons of totally different music the album journeys through many forms of music also combing ones not usually seen together. Despite the slightly awkward song structure, it is the strongest track of the album.Many critics say Transistor is one of 311 worst albums however this is 311 best album ever including the new album Don't Tread On Me. ![]() About three minutes in, the song somewhat abruptly shifts gears with an excellent P-nut bass solo that sounds straight out of the YES repertoire. The track shifts back and forth between ethereal and crunchy guitars better than any song since Evolver’s “Beyond the Gray Sky”. Veteran producer Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Metallica) does a flawless production job on the album closer, “And a Ways to Go”. The repetitive chorus “So weightless, weightless/All weightless, weightless/We’re all weightless, weightless/ Everyone of us is weightless”, in the context of the music, actually drives home the theme of the song without sounding redundant. “Weightless”, an airy but energized track, is one of the catchiest songs in the band’s catalog. The song’s twin cousin “Count Me In” combines a crafty mix of ska, power chords and wa-wa pedals with some less crafty lyrics, “We’re not living the Dream/We’re living the Life”.ģ11 saves the best for last with the last quarter of the album. “Sunset in July/Rockers by my side/And time is flying by/Ba da dop dop da dee-yah”. Lead single “Sunset in July” is the perfect radio friendly summer anthem: solid production, a catchy hook, innocuous upbeat lyrics, floating vocals and some scat thrown in for good measure. Hexum explores the lessons he learned from his drug days over a Caribbean/ska groove on “Trouble”, only to come to the conclusion that the problem was the six inches between his ears, “The bullshit, the trouble was coming from me, honestly”. The raging alt rock is bolstered by S.A.’s hip-hop interludes and a funk solo from lead guitarist Tim Mahoney. “Where would be/Without the Wild nights/Barely getting by/The days of getting high”. “Wild Night” continues the party with drug fueled nostalgia. sing/rap interplay, and a chorus of “Let me introduce you to the excitable crew/This is just how we do/Ticking like a Time Bomb, watch me go off”. Rolling Stone, a publication that has never given the band a three star rating or higher, described the album as “blunt, dimwitted, (and) completely formulaic”.Īlbum opener “Time Bomb” kicks off the retro 311 love fest with upbeat guitars, Nick Hexum and S.A. Detractors, on the other hand, will point to the same old frat dude reggae rock and lame lyrics of pseudo-philosophy and self-adulation. Clocking in at less than 30 minutes and with only eight songs, there is little room for dub inspired filler (see Transistor) or forays into indie rock influences ( Uplifter). For fans, this material represents a return to form - the tightest, most focused album in years. Their 10th studio release, Universal Pulse, does little to bridge the divide. So maybe polarizing is another word to describe 311. Musically, depending on whom you ask, 311 puts out a consistently infectious melding of rock, reggae and rap or they continue to put out a formulaic, white middle-America hijacking of said genres. despite only moderate mainstream success, and even rapper/turntablist S.A.’s Martinez’s on-stage dance moves haven’t changed. The Nebraska alt rockers have had the same lineup since 1992, continue to sell out arenas around the U.S. If there is one word to describe rap/funk metal fusionists 311, it is consistency.
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