Don't let the fallen slowly vanish from sight (Fallen - Evanescence)

Member Name: cornixregina

Product:	Fallen - Evanescence
Date:	31/07/06 (114 review reads)
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Advantages: Unique Vocals, full of emotion

Disadvantages: Too Short because you don't want it to end

This is one of the very few albums I have bought on the basis of one song and the only one I've bought even before the first single was released and I don't regret it. I first heard "Bring me to life" in the film "Daredevil" and knew this band were for me.

GOING UNDER - Stars with vengeful vocals and a crunching guitar baseline which gives way to a catchy chorus that you can't help wanting to sing along to.

BRING ME TO LIFE - Haunting piano and violins give way to pleading vocals. Then the guitars kick in shortly before the catchiest chorus you will ever hear. Hence why this their debut single from the album was number 1 for 4 weeks.

EVERYBODY'S FOOL - acoustic guitar and strings pave the way to crunching guitars and vocals with a spiteful edge to them but despite the spite there is sorrow too.

MY IMMORTAL - The most touching song on the album, makes you want to cry. Sung with so much emotion. One of the slower songw using just piano, strings and voilins for backing (although the single version varies slighly)

HAUNTED - haunting music give way to haunting vocals which flow nicely into a slightly faster chorus. Shows off great drumming and one of the singers highest notes which leaves you with a feeling of power.

TOURNIQUET - a floaty start to have the guitars kick in with a feeling of someone yearning relief from ther problems. Sung with emotion as always

IMAGINARY - Amy's haunting and atmospheric vocals start this one and the guitars to nothing but compliment it. The flow of it makes you feel like you are in a dream or a happy place within your mind.

TAKING OVER ME - a piano start to blazing guitars sung with lots of passion with hints of frustration to the voice you get the sense she is remembering things how they used to be compared to how they are now.

HELLO - this song takes you straight in and makes you feel for the person in the song. It is very emotional and atmospheric a slower slightly more sad one of the album but great all the same.

MY LAST BREATH - a more up tempo one that the last this features the roaring guitars again. The chorus is as catchy and pwerful as the rest and Amy's vocals power their way through the song.

WHISPER - screaming guitars give away to beautiful vocals with a slightly pleading edge to them. Great catchy song too which tells you not to turn away from them. Great end to the album


Now I read in another review that someone thought this album was depressing. I was going to put this anyway but after reading some of the bad reviews for this album it made me want to write this bit even more so here goes.

I have suffered with depression for over 5 years now and I found this album to be my saviour because it deals with issues I have faced or am going through.

Tell me of someone who has not felt down and wanted a way out, a release, to be rescued, felt like they are 2 people because they have to wear a "happy face" in public, lost someone special, felt alone, felt fake, encountered death, felt like they were losing control, going mad and so on??

I thought not.

So take a listen to this true to life album that you can identify with rather than one that refuses to acknowledge that all these issues don't exist and that everything is happy all of the time and the world is perfect.

Take a reality check and hear about both sides of life

Summary: a collection of true to life songs