A beautiful, haunting, magical, masterpiece of Alternative Rock
5
By Alex_Harnar_618
1. Sweet Sacrifice - A catchy tune to have to hear first off the bat. I put it in my CD player in my car and it was hardcore and catchy, a good decision to start off the CD. As I listened to the others later on, I realized it wasn't the best, but it wasn't designed to be the best, it was an attention grabber, and it works. 9/10
2. Call Me When You're Sober - Ah, the beloved "single", which most reviewers argued was overrated. Well, it is like all the other songs, different from Fallen, so get used to it. If you can't deal with this song, you'll have to deal with all the others, as they are all different, which is good. The music video is amazing, by the way. Nice blend in this song, it differs vocally throughout the song, all the way to the end, not being the same like many songs by ANY artist nowadays, just using the same chorus over and over again. 9/10
3. Weight of the World - Didn't care for it at first, but it has grown on me like the others. This is why I am writing the second night after I bought it, I cannot write right after I buy something, it is too prejudice an opinion with so little information. Good heavy song, catchy vocals if you can understand Amy Lee, since she seems to blend words more in this album, perhaps singing too fast, I dunno. 8/10
4. Lithium - One of my favs. I loved the beginning where it appeared to be a piano solo, then suddenly BOOOOOM the rock starts and I was headbanging already. It has acoustics, piano, heavy music, good vocals, and is my seconds favorite song on the CD. It has it all. 11/10
5. Cloud Nine - Sort of haunted vocals and background music and chorus....I didn't like it to begin with and still am iffy about it. I just can't get as used to the anger she sings with in this song, you can feel it in her voice. Not one of the strongest vocal performances at the beginning, but the good part starts after the first minute of haunting music. Just that haunting part takes off a point for me. 7/10
6. Snow White Queen - Most do not know what to think, but I listened to it repeatedly since I love it to death. I always have a rule where I rank my top three favorite songs, and then the rest tie for fourth place since they are so awesome...well, if I DIDN'T do that, this would BE fourth place, it is such a good song. Catchy, especially at the end, and it uses a different sort of tone for the song. 10/10
7. Lacrymosa - My favorite of all! Mix of classical music (violins, woot!) and vocals propell this song. Chorus comes on strong and backs Amy up a lot, which I loved. Then it gets a tad bit hardcore toward the latter half of the song, which I adored totally. Reminded me sort of like Fallen's material, easy to catch the tune and recognize a hit. 12/10
8. Like You - Sort of soft for me. I heard several say it was their favorite, but I didn't think the second half of the CD after Lacrymosa had as good lyrics (and the song titles make me sick, like THIS one). The lyrics are not up to par, in my opinion. 7/10
9. Lose Control - The same ones that said "Like You" was their favorite hated this song. I was one of those that was the opposite, instead favoring this haunting song. It is virtually the same throughout except at the end it picks up, only to end....but there are enough hardcore songs, so it's alright for this one to not rock as hardcore. 9/10
10. The Only One - My absolute third favorite song. This one is as good as the other two favs of mine. It reminds me of my old favorite Ev song, "Missing", where Amy HAD to of recorded herself multiple times to get her voice doing what it does (either that or a backup vocalist sounds like her). Perfect mix of rock, and it SOUNDS EXACTLY like it belongs on Fallen, it has even MORE Fallen quality than Lacrymosa did! - 11/10
11. Your Star - Starts out rather bland, but picks up rapidly, but even though I hate the title, the lyrics are better than a couple of the latter half of the CD's songs. I'll get used to it, but mostly I agree with other reviewers: not up to par with other material on this CD. 7/10
12. All That I'm Living For - Mr. John LeCompt himself wrote this one and helped majorly, and it shows. He rocks the entire song out, and I loved it! It reminded me of Sweet Sacrifice since it begins strong and remains strong throughout, and it would have been a nice opener as well. Even though it's not the last song, I myself like to think Evanescence began with a rocking song and ended with one, since Amy Lee probably just added the last song for the heck of it, since it is so simple. 10/10
13. Good Enough - 10/10 up front. Just another perfect piano piece with miss Lee herself, great vocals, but nothing compares to My Immortal and Breathe No More, in my opinion, but this comes third in the list of Piano solos (actually I think there are only three, but meh it still rocks). 10/10
