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Published on March 9th 2004
These days they're closer in feel to the Foo Fighters than the Stray Cats, but The Living End continue to craft appealing punk songs with strong musical roots and an undeniable appeal. With Modern ARTillery The Living End capture time and time again that intangible quality that makes a good pop song so damn enjoyable. You can hear this in the single "Who's Gonna Save Us?," the Joe Jackson feel of "Tabloid Magazine" or the album opening "What Would You Do?." It's entirely a feat in songwriting that the lighter tunes here are as every bit as engaging as the hard-rock bravado of 2001's Roll On.
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Anyone who likes music at all will love this album. This is the album that got me hooked on this band. Many people will abandon a band if they grow as musicians...i for one will not. This cd frickin' rocks...pick it up ASAP. I just got this album. I loved Roll On. This album is more like a Good Charlotte album than Roll On. That's bad news bears. Chris' guitar work is mediocre at best. The melodies are weak. There's very little to like about the album in whole. Roll On kicked so much ass. What the hell happened? just in reply to the person who said "all you americans who think roll on is better, get the S/T and tell me roll on is still better".....or something along those lines, sorry if i misquote. wow. does this shit kick Blueline Medic's ass for australian rock music or what? definitly a good album. i look forwards to getting the earlier one. S/T was good, but Roll On was better. There isn't a song on S/T that comes close to Carry Me Home or Don't Shut The Gate. All you americans who haven't listened to the S/T, pick it up and THEN tell me Roll On was a better album. solid album. the opening track is about as good of a pop song as can be written. perfect. there are some duds though, that johnny song is lame and a few others that kinda drag. solid overall though. Imagine what would happen if Trombino recorded a 150-member choir. Oh, the harmonies! After a few listens, this album has grown on me. It's very different from the previous albums,but carries itself in a pretty well. I love "Short Notice". Overall, it rocks, just not as hard as "Roll On" i agree with the few and say "Roll On" was their best effort. but this record is something you shouldn't sleep on either. doobies. and deoderant. roll on, is that cd about rolling doobies or is it roll on deodarant? Yes, the new album is a little different from their older stuff, but still very good. I thought it was so-so on first listen, but the second time around it kicked my ass. That's a good sign. no way, they haven't lost their edge. listen to songs like short notice and hold up, and then tell me they've lost their edge. i'm also willing to bet the songs that have been polished up on record are fantastic live. You all are goddamn nuts. Roll On was a bunch of arena rock crap, this is crap, too...the first full-length and the EPs were SOOOO much better. Catchier, better guitar/bass/drums on those, for sure. When will we stop buying into this "the band is just maturing" shit? How about, the band has lamed out and lost their edge? Yuck. This is a good album. Well, it's better than good. If I had never heard the band before, I would be impressed with most of the songs on Modern Artillery. HOwever, it's hard not to be disappointed after Roll On. Great album. THE ROOM is an amazing song. Funny, I didn't know the album cover makes a album suck or not. I thought it was all about the music? In this case, album cover not the best, but musicly it's excellent. Just saw them live and they ROCKED! this album cover does look like something good charlotte would do. it also looks like something that the living end might do or have done in the past. I agree with sickboi, i am a little disapointed with this, roll on was way better-oldpunker- i don't like this very much. it has some great songs, but still doesn't really do it for me. Roll On is their best album. I'm very excited for this album. I've loved everything The Living End has done so far, and I look forward to picking it up. Living End fucking rules. Modern Artillery is so far for me, the best album of 2004. i can't stop listening to it. wow this album cover looks a lot like something Good Charlotte would do. the description of the music made me not want to hear it. blech. 'Tabloid Magazine' sounds a lot like 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' at times, so I'm not too suprised someone else heard that... but giving AMG's review a read it is pretty similar (well, that comment). not to be a dick but did you really listen to Tabloid Magazine and think Joe Jackson! or did you grab that from allmusic? i like guttermouth Modern Artillery is wicked, i love the new directio that they seem to be taking, I prefered they're self-titled to Roll On, and this has everything . I love these guys, this album is way stronger than Roll On, also an awesome disc A bit too glossy compared to Roll On, but definitely better than 95% of the "punk rock" that comes out today. Love em or hate em...you can't deny Chris Cheny's guitar capabilities....Imagine him and Brian Setzer dueling guitars for a track....wheeeew you really shouldn't praise a band base upon their reputation. This score is for the album cover. Absolutely horrendous. they changed their name back from billy talent? I doubt they ever top Roll On, but this is still a great album. Relies heavily on a singalong formula with very little instrumentals, but it works well. Plus, "The Room" has to be one of the best songs the band has done. After all the hype I heard, I still think "Roll On" was better. |
