Musea Art Review #44 The Addictions - cd
TomHendricks474
Title: “The Addictions”
What is it? 11-Song CD
Technical Quality:: Above average on music -
playing and vocals, and cd cover art.
Innovative Quality: None. Nothing here done first
in either music, lyrics, or performance. The
sound is generic rock band sound throughout.
Review:
This is a hard cd to review because first of all
it obviously took a lot of time to record - the sound
is fine, the musicianship solid, the vocals, and their
are two main vocalists here: Jason Richard, and Beth
Richard, are all professional and well done.
(I prefer her voice though both are first rate rock voices.)
Yet at the same time there is not one drop of
individuality here. It is as if they wanted to copy
every band ever recorded over the last 40 years,
and blend them into one generic rock band sound.
Also, though all are good musicians
and energetic players, none of the band stands out
for any reason. It’s as if the producer is saying
sound like everyone else when you play and sing.
“Kiss Me” is the best party song, “Alright” has the best
lead guitar break, and “Early Morning” is probably the
best song over all. But no song is completely successful.
I think they would have a great album here IF they
called themselves the Generic Band, or the Sound Alikes.
ANY listener will see that everyone involved in this
project , worked very hard. How about
taking just as much time to find a hit song - a single hit
- a well crafted memorable song with memorable
lyrics from a seasoned songwriter.
IF the Addictions are just a party band that wants to
sell a cd on the side -this if fine. IF they want to
have a recording career - they need to get great songs
from great songwriters - and go beyond technical
excellence to some real innovative musciainship.
Contact Info:
www.theaddictionsmusic.com
www.electricfactoryrecords.com
Overall Grade 2.5 out of 10.0
Grading system: 9-10 Highest grade - Life's work of
a master (ex. Collected plays of Shakespeare, collected
symphonies of Beethoven) 8-9 Single best work of a
celebrated master's career. 7-8. Best work of an era or
genre or decade. 6-7 Best work of the year. 5-6 Very
good. 4-5 More good than bad. 3-4 Average amount
of good = amount of bad. 2-3 Mostly bad with some
redeeming parts. 1-2 Nothing redeemable. 0-1 So bad
it is offensively bad and outrages the reviewere for
taking up that time in his life - just awful.
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Tom Hendricks tomhend...@cs.com
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