Breaking Benjamin – 2004 – So Cold EP
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Title: So Cold EP
Label: Hollywood
Released: Nov 23, 2004
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#So Cold (acoustic)
#Blow Me Away (from Halo 2)
#Lady Bug
#Away (live)
#Breakdown (live)
Review:
An EP named for the huge single. Features an acoustic version of the song, two new songs (Blow Me Away and Ladybug), and live versions of Away and Breakdown. Ladybug is so-so, and the live tracks aren’t anything super special, but the acoustic So Cold is very well done, and Blow Me Away sounds more like what should have been on We Are Not Alone.
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Breaking Benjamin – 2004 – We Are Not Alone
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Title: We Are Not Alone
Label: Hollywood
Released: Jun 29, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#So Cold
#Simple Design
#Follow
#Firefly
#Break My Fall
#Forget It
#Sooner Or Later
#Breakdown
#Away
#Believe
#Rain
Review:
I actually had So Cold for a while before bothering to check out the rest of the album. It’s a decent album, however Saturate is a better CD than this. The Billy Corgan co-produced songs kinda drag the album down a bit (Rain and Forget It), and I could have done without “Rain”. Naturally, the Japanese release has an extra song (Ordinary Man) which would have been better suited to being on the real album! This is the original version with the acoustic version of Rain, not the full-band re-release.
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Breaking Benjamin – 2002 – Saturate
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Title: Saturate
Label: Hollywood
Released: Aug 27, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#I Wish I May
#Medicate
#Polyamorous
#Skin
#Natural Life
#Next to Nothing
#Water
#Home
#Phase
#No Games
#Sugarcoat
#Shallow Bay
Review:
The first time I heard ‘Polyamorous’ I kinda went ‘eh’. Then the second album came out and I downloaded them both, and I liked it (and the rest of the album) the second time around. I actually listen to this quite a bit now.
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Michelle Branch – 2001 – The Spirit Room
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Michelle Branch
Title: The Spirit Room
Label: Maverick
Released: Aug 14, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Everywhere
#You Get Me
#All You Wanted
#You Set Me Free
#Something To Sleep To
#Here With Me
#Sweet Misery
#If Only She Knew
#I’d Rather Be In Love
#Goodbye to You
#Drop In The Ocean
Review:
Another Tiff CD with tons of poppy goodness. I’d say the songwriting and musicianship is better than most, however.
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Boy Hits Car – 2006 – The Passage
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Boy Hits Car
Title: The Passage
Label: Self Released
Released: Mar 28, 2006
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#As Day Fades…
#Tonight
#Escape the World
#Sound of a Breaking Heart
#These Burning Memories
#Windswept
#Love’s Subtle Scheme
#Forever and a Day
#Everything
#You Don’t Care
#Beneath the Sea’s Bed
#This Song for You
#All the Love We Hold Inside
#Passage
Review:
This album was over 4 years in the making. Actually, I didn’t think I’d ever see a third album from these guys, as after parting ways with Wind-Up, they broke up. Fortunately, they reformed, and picked up right where the self-titled disc left off. A completely self-released effort, The Passage is brimming with, as they would put it, ‘love, passion, fury, and energy’, all in abundance. I’m very pleased with the disc, having bought it mostly unheard. 🙂
Apparently, I was one of the first 500 people to buy the disc (directly from the website, which is the only way to get it right now), so I got a packed in video cd with a ton of live clips set to the track ‘Escape The World’.
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Boy Hits Car – 2001 – Boy Hits Car
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Boy Hits Car
Title: Boy Hits Car
Label: Wind-Up
Released: Jan 23, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#The Rebirth
#Lovecore (Welcome To)
#As I Watch The Sun F**k The Ocean
#I’m A Cloud
#Man Without Skin
#A Letter From Prison
#Unheard
#Going To India
#Turning Inward
#Benkei
#Before We Die
Review:
Too hippie for the mainstream, but they rocked hard! I saw them open for Finger Eleven at Showplace (along with Drowning Pool), and loved them having never seen or heard of them before. They utilize the acoustic to electric and back again type of song structure a lot. Plus their lead singer will jump off 60-foot scaffolding into the crowd at shows. How cool is that’
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Boy Hits Car – 1998 – My Animal
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Boy Hits Car
Title: My Animal
Label: NMG
Released: May 5, 1998
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Hope
#Clear
#I’m A Cloud
#La Playa
#Happy
#Mr. Loh
#Make Me Pure
#A Letter From Prison
#Fury ‘N’ I
#Benkei
#In The Lateness Of A Day
#My Animal
Review:
Had to get the indie!! I prefer the more polished sound of the self-titled though.
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David Bowie – 1997 – I’m Afraid of Americans
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: David Bowie
Title: I’m Afraid of Americans
Label: Virgin
Released: Oct 14, 1997
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: CD-Single
Autographed
Tracklist:
#I’m Afraid of Americans V1
#I’m Afraid of Americans V2
#I’m Afraid of Americans V3
#I’m Afraid of Americans V4
#I’m Afraid of Americans V5
#I’m Afraid of Americans V6
Review:
I picked this up mainly because Trent Reznor was involved, but it is a cool song. There’s a couple of remixes on here, and the Ice Cube remix is pretty good.
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Bon Jovi – 1994 – Cross Road
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Bon Jovi
Title: Cross Road
Label: Mercury
Released: Oct 18, 1994
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Livin’ On A Prayer
#Keep The Faith
#Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
#Always
#Wanted Dead Or Alive
#Lay Your Hands On Me
#You Give Love A Bad Name
#Bed Of Roses
#Blaze Of Glory
#Prayer ’94
#Bad Medicine
#I’ll Be There For You
#In & Out Of Love
#Runaway
Review:
Tiff had the greatest hits’ except Prayer ’94. That version sucks.
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James Blunt – 2004 – Back to Bedlam
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: James Blunt
Title: Back to Bedlam
Label: Custard / Atlantic
Released: Oct 11, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#High
#You’re Beautiful
#Wisemen
#Goodbye My Lover
#Tears and Rain
#Out of My Mind
#So Long Jimmy
#Billy
#Cry
#No Bravery
Review:
“You’re Beautiful”. It’s a pop record. He has a whiny voice. It was cheap! Tiff likes it!
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