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Album: Evanescence - 'Evanescence'
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One more day!
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lol everyone and their mom is gonna choose the deluxe instead. :] i mean, why not?
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^Haha true, in some countries they have to order another shipment of the Deluxe since some stores only ordered a few and others didn't.
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I just double checked to make sure HMV is carrying the Deluxe edition, and thankfully they are
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Still waiting lol I am getting impatient
still in LOVE with Secret Door
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^Haha true, in some countries they have to order another shipment of the Deluxe since some stores only ordered a few and others didn't.
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well i hope they ship A LOT. i want them to get those good sales.
i'm nervous to find out what the sales projections will be. i forgot who else is having an album out. hmmmm.
well, it's my 29th bday today. and tomorrow is the release..and friday is the concert. if i died on saturday i'll be at peace
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well i hope they ship A LOT. i want them to get those good sales.
well, it's my 29th bday today. and tomorrow is the release..and friday is the concert. if i died on saturday i'll be at peace
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Perhaps, you'll die this night.
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Loudwire: 4.5/5
Evanescence, ‘Evanescence’ – Album Review
“Hello, hello, remember me? / I’m everything you can’t control.” From the very first chorus off ‘What You Want,’ the lead single from Evanescence’s new self-titled release, the tone is set.
There are very few women in the rock genre that can compete with the soaring, angelic, powerhouse of vocals that are Amy Lee, but she’s more than just a singer; you’ve got to dig pretty deep to discover all that Lee has to offer. Along with her ever-changing band, she’s crafted some of the most dynamic rock tunes of the past 10 years.
Her lyrical content dissects the fine line between love and hate, gut-wrenching longing, and true despair and combines them with crunchy guitars, ethereal orchestral accents, and of course, her alluring piano tones. The songs Evanescence deliver are undeniably their own, and a sound and style that their fans have come to hunger for.
The new disc, ‘Evanescence,’ delivers on all of the aforementioned, and while Lee and company explore some new elements, the sound is signature Evanescence through and through. Lee has perfected the art of meticulously building a song brick by harmonious brick from start to finish, adding textures, tone and emotion and letting it flourish throughout. In the end, each song has been spun into a true work of art.
With ‘The Change,’ the vocals start off soft and sweet and as the band builds the melody behind her like master musical craftsmen. The vocals amplify, as well, just in time to take them back to basics during the chorus. It’s that versatility that makes Lee so good at what she does.
‘My Heart is Broken’ starts out with Amy Lee spinning a haunting intro on piano, right before her vocals kick in and soften up the sound, “I will wander ’til the end of time, torn away from you.” In a peculiar way, It’s within this despair where Lee finds her strengths. Then the song kicks in with the rest of the band but continues to be driven by the piano, a place where Lee seems to feel most at home. The juxtaposition between the sweet, rapturous, piano hitting a brick wall of crunchy guitars and driving drums ironically seems to make perfect sense in the overall construction of the song.
‘Erase This’ is another up-tempo rocker in the vein of ‘What You Want,’ both anthemic tunes that will undoubtedly find their best fit on a live stage where the band can truly unleash the power that feels a bit under wraps when coming through earphones. Not to say that these songs are weak by any stretch of the imagination, they’re just primed and ready for a live setting.
‘Lost in Paradise’ is one of those songs where if you shut your eyes, you’ll be transported to another place and time, if there were such a thing as a rock ‘n’ roll lullaby, this would be it. Lush vocals accompanied by a beautiful arrangement of strings, is that a harp we hear Miss Lee? (We heard she learned to play harp in her down time!) Amy’s stark vulnerability is at the forefront of this tune and her ability to pull the listener into her songs is an undeniable force that few have truly mastered yet Lee seems to do with ease.
Songs like ‘Sick,’ End of the Dream,’ and ‘Never Go Back’ are where the band behind Miss Lee really gets to show off their chops through skyrocketing soundscapes. Chugging guitar riffs, bombastic bass lines, and the thumping drums carve out the path for Lee’s vocals to traverse and it truly feels like the music is taking the lead and her iconic voice is simply following the path less followed, as only Amy Lee (and perhaps Robert Frost) would do.
‘Swimming Home’ is probably about as close to a straight up pop song that Evanescence is going to get. There’s an anticipation for the band to kick it up a notch on this track but that never happens, leaving more room for Lee’s lush vocals to fill the void. The smooth choruses projected the heavenly feeling of jumping from one billowing cloud to another, surrounded by only the warm glow of Lee’s voice.
Evanescence have the innate ability to deliver songs that leave even the humblest of listeners thinking the song was penned just for us. These shared emotions throughout the songs remind us of how we’re all connected, even if in the smallest of ways, and sometimes it’s that simple connection that we’ve been searching for the most.
Critics will continue to struggle with what to call Evanescence’s overall sound, and that’s part of the beauty of the band. As hard as people try to paint them into a corner, they refuse to stay in one place. The baroque baroness of rock and her loyal following don’t need to slap a label on Evanescence; they just let the music do the talking. Evanescence fans waited a long time for this one, and we think it was well worth the wait.
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JAM!Showbiz: 3/5
Evanescence
Evanescence
The more things change, the more they stay the same for Amy Lee. Evanescence’s leader introduces another new lineup — and flirts with electronics occasionally — on this third CD. But the basic formula hasn’t changed: She wails about love and death over a dramatic goth- metal amalgam of craggy guitars, moody keyboards and sweeping orchestrations. Assuming you still care.
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Artist Direct: 5/5
Evanescence truly come to life on their self-titled third full-length album.
There's a pronounced vitality surging through these twelve songs, rising from the band's willingness to go out on a musical limb. Certainly, hallmarks of the Evanescence sound remain intact—swirling synths, anthemic choruses, and heavy riffs—but the quintet never plays it safe, and that's why Evanescence remains their best album to date and a new classic.
A classic orchestral hum ignites "The Change" as frontwoman Amy Lee declares the end of a love she can't bear to quit announcing, "Say you love me, but it's not enough".
Lee opens up more than ever before as she seamlessly segues from symphonic hypnosis on the verses to stadium-filling choruses. There's a theatrical undercurrent flowing beneath Lee's words that ebbs and flows with Terry Balsamo's entrancing guitar and Tim McCord's bass chug. The keyboards entwine with the vocals for pure rock gold.
On "My Heart Is Broken", a gorgeous piano intro rises alongside Lee's vibrant vocal delivery as Will Hunt's airtight drumming propels the tune into another realm. Balsamo and Troy McLawhorn's tandem six-string attack builds in unison during a swirling exercise in ethereal heaviness on "The Other Side". The record's centerpiece is the elegantly dark ballad, "Lost in Paradise". It's in "Paradise" that Lee's genius floats to the forefront most prominently. She paints a poignant picture of yearning for redemption from heartache crooning, "We've been falling for all this time and now I'm lost in paradise."
Meanwhile, "Sick" exists on the opposite end of the spectrum. It's a fire starter of a track sharpened with a chaotic metallic edge by Balsamo's bruising. Lee also schizophrenically harmonizes with a raw passion that's impossible not to feel. It's like Korn by way of Depeche Mode.
Everything culminates during "Swimming Home". Electronic production cascades into Lee's impenetrable delivery, oscillating between soaring and sensitive. She channels Portishead with an operatic bravado befitting of a timeless film score. It's an incredible closing moment for Lee and Co.
Evanescence represent modern rock at its finest, and this album is further proof. They manage to experiment while staying unshakably infectious. That's not an easy feat, and few acts manage to do that. Evanescence is spacey, soaring, strong, and utterly alive.
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MisforMusic: 4/5
Since forming in 1995 with members Amy Lee and Ben Moody Evanescence’s line up has changed several times over the last 16 years but singer, songwriter and pianist Amy Lee is still the acclaimed driving force behind this band. Having produced 2 previous studio albums, ‘Fallen’ 2003 and ‘The Open Door’ in 2006. The buzz surrounding their latest release, being 5 years in the making album, has been huge since they started recording earlier this year and was it worth the wait? – hell yeah, it’s amazing!
Overall the entire 12-track album (plus an additional 4 bonus tracks) is one powerful rock tune after another. Choosing not to take a different direction with this album, it is every bit the Evanescence style and sound that have provided them with success thus far. Amy’s vocals are dominant, the melodies, guitars, drums and piano combinations are addictive. No doubt this will be as successful as the previous ‘Fallen’ with the accolades to follow.
First track and first single off the album “What you want” draws you in from the start “hello, remember me?/I’m everything you can’t control” poignant lyrics that make you listen, delivered with passion and meaning. Starts with the drums bring on guitars and subtle piano, powerful epic sound. As with most Evanescence releases you can hear the desperation from within the track.
Straight into another equally addictive rock ballad “Made of Stone,” which transforms into classic vocals and piano followed by guitar riff, before back to rock finish. “The Change” with lyrics such as “I’ve been screaming on the inside” describes a real emotional ending to an important relationship, which we can all relate to.
Transcending into passionate piano, and haunting vocals on ‘My Heart is Broken’ with lyrics like “release me, I can’t hold on” make this one of the best tacks on this album, inspired and beautiful. “The Other Side” continues on this personal journey, lyrically reflects post relationship thoughts/feelings, “I will always be waiting, come and take me home” the percussion catches your attention during this track.
With track such as “Erase This,” give the listener goose bumps, this is one of them, Amy vocals are persuasive, and clearly emotionally founded.Slowing down for “Lost in Paradise” with soft vocals, piano and strings that launches again into something more elevated and progressive – lovers rock.
“Sick” catchy melody and hooks, is an obvious choice of single, although it is hard to predict which tracks the record company will choose to release next as singles to promote the band best, off an album full of quality tracks. Followed by another one of my single favourites “End of the Dreams,” both tracks would appeal to established fans and new supporters. They both sum up the bands overall style and remain in your memory long after hearing them.
“Oceans” & “Never Go Back” reminded me of where Kelly Clarkson gets her inspiration, Amy’s style and talent seems effortless, only when she is live can you appreciate just how powerful her vocal performance is.“Swimming Back” beautiful track, an perfect end to what would be this album without the remaining 4 bonus tracks. The haunting keyboards are perfect therapy. Melancholy lyrics, featuring – delicate harp, ideal for closure. Additional track “New Way to Bleed,” is one of my personal favourites, I totally got into the arrangement and related to the lyrical content, this music will touch your emotions. “Say you Will,” “Disappear,” “Secret Door” complete the bonus tracks.
Fans of the band will embrace this album and a new generation of rock music lovers will fall for the quality and energy of Amy Lee style anthems. The band commences a sell out international tour this month. Tickets for some gigs may still be available if you are prepared to travel, however as already stated most gigs have already ‘sold out.’
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Digital Spy: 4/5
It's been a long time coming for Evanescence fans. After a brief hiatus in 2006 which saw the goth-rock group undergo some extensive re-structuring, fans were teased with prospective release dates of new material that were continually rescheduled. Question is, has their third, self-titled LP been worth the agonising wait?
As trailer single 'What You Want' proved on its unveiling this summer, the band's melodious rock sensibilities remain firmly in tact. "Hello, hello, remember me?/ I'm everything you can't control," Amy Lee declares over roaring guitars and classical strings, reinforcing their medieval influences as opposed to the electronic sound they've been purporting.
"I actually started getting inspired around that time with synthesizers and stuff," Lee explained of hearing MGMT's record for the first time. Second single 'My Heart Is Broken' would strongly beg to differ, with a dashing piano riff skittling over growling guitar strums serving as a backdrop for her emotive alto-soprano. 'Lost In Paradise' continues the trend as a black-eyed rock ballad of towering string sections and lyrics of despair and heartbreak.
However, 'Erase This' is possibly where the electro persuasion creeps in. "I'm waking up in someone else's life," Lee delicately trills over a swirling piano hook that wouldn't sound out of place in an early '90s trance-off, though by the song's end Evanescence's trademark rumbling guitars and dainty strings creep in; and truth be told, we wouldn't want it any other way.
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All Music Guide: 3.5/5
Difficult births are no stranger to Evanescence. Nothing ever quite seems to come easy for Amy Lee, yet the five years separating Evanescence’s 2006 sophomore effort The Open Door and its eponymous 2011 album were relatively quiet, the band undergoing some lineup changes -- not to mention a switch of producers, from Steve Lillywhite to Nick Raskulinecz -- but nothing comparable to the messy departure of Ben Moody between the group’s first two albums. Such comparative calm is reflected within the grooves of Evanescence, which is less tortured tonally even if it remains quite dramatic. Lee’s default mode is to sing to the rafters, her operatic bluster sometimes overbearing when her settings are gloomy, but Raskulinecz pulls off a nifty trick of brightening the murk, retaining all of the churning drama but lessening the oppression by brightening the colors and pushing the melody. While there’s hardly a danger of Amy Lee removing her thick mascara, she’s not pouting all the time; there’s some shade and light here, some variety of tempos, enough to give Evanescence the illusion of warmth, not to mention a fair share of crossover hooks. It’s aural candy for aging goths and tortured tweens alike.
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Sputnik: 4/5
Metal-elitists have trouble taking Evanescence seriously, and understandably so. Many songs off of their debut album, "Fallen," were conceived in Amy Lee's teens and are likely the product of overly-dramaticized high school girly-girl angst. Much of that album certainly isn't the most convincing expression of pain, and skeptics are likely to have thought to themselves at some point, "are you really that miserable?" While a mild taste of heaviness is present on Fallen, the rif***e is far from brutal, and the songs were structured in a conventional format with poppy chord progressions and catchy choruses that integrated metal with mainstream rock. Stack that against a band with a lineup straight out of hell with guitars tuned below the brown noise and a larynx-mutilating frontman, and you know who true metalheads are going to prefer, but Evanescence doesn't write songs for them. No, Amy Lee is not a tortured soul, but that doesn't mean her music is uninspired. She's not the most gifted lyricist out there, but the subject matter has matured on each album along with her, and whether you're a purist or a freshly pubescent fangirl, you can't argue with the fact that this chick has one ridiculous set of pipes. After the five year hiatus betweeen "The Open Door" and the 2011 eponymous LP, it turns out she wasn't afraid to use them.
"Evanescence" kicks off pretty strong with "What You Want," a definite departure from earlier material, and easily the most cheerful and optimistic song in the band's short catalogue. It has everything you'd expect in a lead single, from a dance-friendly beat to stuck-in-your-head-for-a-week sing-along sections. Lyrically, it's similar to "Lithium" from "The Open Door," dealing with embracing happiness and positivity in the midst of bad times, instead of the darker themes you might expect from Evanescence. "What You Want" leads into the beefy "Made of Stone," my favorite track off of the album. It opens with a tasty downtuned riff courtesy of lead guitarist Terry Balsamo, later accompanied by a few well-placed reverbed piano notes, immediately creating the big-sounding atmosphere common on their previous albums. Heavy hitting triplets decorate the verses, and Lee's voice proves to be as powerful as ever in the chorus; the song's cohesive arrangment leads effortlessly into a bridge with chilling vocals, and a short guitar solo to usher in the final chorus.
Mid-way through, it becomes apparent that this album is less of an Amy Lee Show than the Evanescence of the past. The rest of the bands efforts are more impressive and interesting than before, after only a slight tweak of The Open Door's lineup. The riffs pack more of a punch, the drums use more difficult and complex rhythms, and there's an unpredictable element that wasn't there before. Awesome moments are scattered all over the album, like the head-bangable riff (dread-whipable in Balsamo's case) midway through "The Other Side," introduced each time by a key all the way on the left side of Amy Lee's piano, the distorted "Sick-of-it-all's" near the end of "Sick," and the eerie string conclusion of "Oceans." While the music has evolved over the five years of inactivity, it still retains the qualities that make up the band's sound, and is very much an Evanescence album.
If anything, I wish they would have experimented even more. I expected something a little bit more different from "Fallen" and "The Open Door," and would have loved to hear more of the heavily electronic sound used on the soothing album closer, "Swimming Home," which conveys the sense that you're floating peacefully underwater. Amy Lee cited La Roux and Bjork as big influences, so I was really hoping for something way out in left field compared to before, but the only songs that would be completely out of place on the previous albums are "What You Want" and "Swimming Home." Furthermore, despite the album being very consistent, there isn't really a massive song that completely stood out and blew me away.
Overall, "Evanescence" surpassed "Fallen" and "The Open Door," as well as my expectations. Lee's voice is even stronger than it was in the past, which is really saying something considering how impressive she's been throughout her career. The album is Evanescence's most musically interesting effort so far, and while it's still painted with moments of darkness at times, it's clear how the music has matured from the "Fallen" days. But don't get me wrong, you're still gonna hate it if you're an elitist.
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The reviews are better than I was expecting, especially from the rock magazines (which are the ones that count most). Does Kerrang give out 10/10 for many albums?
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The reviews are better than I was expecting, especially from the rock magazines (which are the ones that count most). Does Kerrang give out 10/10 for many albums?
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Some say that they rarely do. I'm surprised that they gave it a perfect score since during the Fallen days they were a bit "mean" to Amy though she's been getting lukewarm reactions during TOD (they would praise her then trash her, etc.) but for this era they've been getting great receptions from them.
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Great reviews!
The only other big releases (ha) I can think of for tomorrow are Martina McBride, Lauren Alaina, Joe Jonas, and Britney's remix album... Evanescence is really the only release I can picture selling over 250,000 first week.
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Currently #7 on the US Itunes store
Nevermind it's currently @#3
--My itunes copy finally downloaded . I can't wait to get the physical copy tomorrow .
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I bought my copy and I'm waiting for it to download now!
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Us Itunes
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Lost in Paradise is even more beautiful in HQ
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Secret Door, Lost In Paradise and New Way To Bleed are currently the most popular tracks on the album... and the album is #1 on iTunes... Next stop, #1 on Billboard!
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This album is so amazing I'm glad I waited for it
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Canada iTunes Update:
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i'm so happy. my email alert said that UPS will come TOMORROW!! *sits by the window like a daog in stalker mode*
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