Artist: Daughtry
Title: Break the Spell
Genre: Hard Rock / Alternative
Release Date: 18th November 2011
Label: Sony Music
Album Review
DAUGHTRY is a band gathered around Chris Daughtry, who is a winner of American Idol #5. ‘Break the Spell’ follows a self-titled debut and sophomore album ‘Leave This Town’. Josh Paul, who used to play bass for SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, may try to give it a harder credit and the album opens with a solid riff in ‘Renegade’ reminiscent of JUDAS PRIEST, but the rest is more a boy-band Hard Rock or metro-sexual Hard Rock. It’s just far too tidy and too pretty. After ‘Renegade’ the album also lost much of my interest as it just all became one big sludge of music - songs so much alike it was more like listening to a long-lasting song with unremarkable nuances, therefore it feels like the album has one good song and the rest is just plain boring. Yes, the vocals are not bad, the band is not bad regarding skills, but it just lacks a genuine oomph, genuine power and emotion, which makes the listening experience tedious and mediocre. Listen to it on a radio when you’re really bored, but my recommendation doesn’t go further than that.
Tracklist
01. Renegade
02. Crawling Back To You
03. Outta My Head
04. Start of Something Good
05. Crazy
06. Break the Spell
07. We’re Not Gonna Fall
08. Gone Too Soon
09. Losing My Mind
10. Rescue Me
11. Louder Than Ever
12. Spaceship
Line-up
Chris Daughtry - lead vocals, rhythm guitars
Josh Steely - lead guitars, backing vocals
Brian Craddock - rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Josh Paul - bass guitars, backing vocals
Robin Diaz - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Websites
http://www.daughtryofficial.com / http://www.myspace.com/daughtry/music
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 6
Sound: 6
Total:6 / 10
