"You and I are mortal, but rock 'n' roll will never die."
What a fantastic way to open an album :D Reel Big Fish get straight to the point with the very first track on this fantastic album, delivering bouncy guitar loveliness that you cant help but get lost in. It's probably the not only maturist album brought out by the guys, but also the most guitar driven. There's a lot more depth and *toonz* in the riffs of this album than in the trumpets and/or whatever, heh. But it's still done in a gorgeous blend of bounciness that really makes Reel Big Fish stand out.
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Most people's favourite track on the album, Where Have You Been? is a great post break-up number that is actually a rather suprising feature for the band. The song could quite easily be of a more *standard* emo punk-pop band, but RBF manage to not only give it there own edge, but do it better too.
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Straight after that wonderful little song we go into the real anthemic number of the album. It starts of with a great lil mini-sketch, which gets rounded off at the end of the song, that just adds to it's great personality. As with before we get to see a wonderful depressing topic performed in such a musically uplifting manor that the urge to sing out loud usually breaks through. Personally, i absolutely adore the build up that starts just over halfway through that leads to the real sing-along chorus at the end. =)
"This song is brought to you in part by all the suckers who still believe in love, this ones for you..."
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Now what makes this album so amazing and non-repetitive is the fact that latter on we see such unique tracks that really shows that the band aren't limited to just rocking along. An acapella version of New York, New York works suprisingly well, as well as a nice little (almost entirely) instrumental track; Sayonara Senorita. But what really stood out for me was the above track, an unexpectedly emotional ballad. Yea okay its rather depressing, but when you think into the songs more, the whole album is! It just makes such a great emotive and bouncy listen that i assure you, you won't regret. Buy this album. Now =)
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