Audio CD review:
3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]

3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]

Band: 3 Doors Down Title: Away from the Sun [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD] Rating: Release Date: 12 November, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: When I'm Gone 2: Away from the Sun 3: The Road I'm On 4: Ticket to Heaven 5: Running Out of Days 6: Here Without You 7: I Feel You 8: Dangerous Game 9: Changes 10: Going Down in Flames 11: Sarah Yellin' 12: This Time

Editoral Review Away from the Sun is pretty much everything one could want from a contemporary American rock record--terrifically catchy melodies, soaring choruses, meaty playing, and lyrics that reach for meaning. Mississippi's 3 Doors Down will forever be known as the "Kryptonite" band--a reference to the runaway hit from their debut disc, The Better Life--but not for a lack of trying on their part. In other words, a disc crafted with radio in mind. The title track and album opener "When I'm Gone" are grand, wide-screen suites with big guitar and even bigger themes, while "Here Without You" is a fat, earnest weeper Bono would envy. In fact, there's nary a clunker in the bunch, although a certain sameness pervades the band's writing, a point exacerbated by vocalist Brad Arnold's everyman contralto. Still, 3 Doors Down juggle the hard/soft dynamic deftly, alternately recalling Stone Temple Pilots, Creed, Train, and their ilk. --Kim Hughes .. You can see a complete list of all 3 Doors Down discography, or go back to the 3 Doors Down tabs