Will They Become Your Enemy After A Listen? (We'll Live And Die In These Towns - The Enemy)

Member Name: andyoz

Product:	We'll Live And Die In These Towns - The Enemy
Date:	25/06/09 (54 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A few excellent tracks

Disadvantages: To many fillers

This album came out in 2007 and was the bands debut. I bought this album by The Enemy on the strength of a few of their singles. Wasn't really sure how much would enjoy the album, the singles were good but the band seemed a little one dimensional. So how is the album, well here is what I think of the songs:

1. Aggro - Not a great song. The chorus is quite catchy but other than that there is not much to rave about on this song. 6/10

2. Away From Here - Excellent song. Lyrics that show the bands frustration at normal working life, and tell of how they want to escape from the rat race. At good breat a melody, cracking song. 9/10

3. Pressure - Another average song. Again there is nothing really wrong with it but not really anything right either. 6/10

4. Had Enough - Another big hit from the band. Good strong lyrics and a nice sound. Not quite as good as the other songs they released but still worth a listen. 8/10

5. We'll Live And Die In These Towns - Title track from the album. Shows a different side to the band, is much more chilled out and has a nice sound to it. Some good lyrics that make me smile, a good little song. 8/10

6. You're Not Alone - Best song on the album for me. Great drive to this one. Feels like a really big anthem. A great beat that kicks in and then the vocals kick in and sound awesome. A really catchy chorus that sticks in your head. I love this song. 10/10

7. It's Not Ok - Another decent offering, some strong lyrics and fast pace make this a real foot-tapper. 8/10

8. Technodanceaphobic - Another upbeat song, but again this one is just missing some of the magic of the big songs. 7/10

9. 40 Days And 40 Nights - Sounds very similar to the last one. Not a very good song. 6/10

10. This Song - Another good song. Slightly slower with a really good feel to it. Some excellent lyrics again make this a tasty little number. 9/10

11. Happy Birthday Jane - So how do they round the album off? Not well. It's a slower one that really lacks anything good. Just not a good way to close the album really, its not a bad song again, but its just not good enough. 7/10


So overall there are some excellent tracks on this album. But there are also alot of what I would call average songs that don't inspire you in any way. So not a bad album, but not worth paying full whack for. Look in the bargain section for this one.

Will give it a 7/10

Summary: A decent album but nothing special