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AFI - Crash Love Audio CD

A fair review of the AFI "Crash Love" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all AFI reviews here, or go back to the AFI tabs.

AFI Band: AFI
Title: Crash Love
Rating:
Release Date: 2009-09-29
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Torch Song 2: Beautiful Thieves 3: End Transmission 4: Too Shy To Scream 5: Veronica Sawyer Smokes 6: Okay, I Feel Better Now 7: Medicate 8: I Am Trying Very Hard To Be Here 9: Sacrilege 10: Darling, I Want To Destroy You 11: Cold Hands 12: It Was Mine 13: Fainting Spells (From Decemberunderground Sessions 2006) 14: We've Got the Knife (Demo from Crash Love Sessions) 15: Where We Used to Play (Demo from Crash Love Sessions) 16: 100 Words (From Sing the Sorrow Sessions 2003)

Crash, Love (short and sweet review)
From a musical standpoint, this album is great. Crash Love is another step in the ever evolving AFI sound. Jade continues to be an amazing guitarist/musician. The guitar layering, solos and rhythm give this cd a very full melodic sound. Davey's vocals are strong and powerful (sorry, no screaming in this one kids). The bass lines and drums pull everything together giving it that special AFI sound.

From a song standpoint, the lyrics are (as you would expect from AFI) amazing. Davey continues to provide words which paint a vivid picture in your mind throughout each song. The songs themselves range from fist pumping, to heart string pulling. There is really a wide range of experiences with each song.


Bottom Line
*If you like Sing The Sorrow, and December Underground you will most likely enjoy this album.
*This is Rock, not punk. (I don't mean that in a negative light, I mean from a musical perspective)
*If you want hard, fast, punch you in the face punk rock, you will probably be disappointed.

Additional Note:
The cd doesn't do these songs justice in my opinion. I saw them perform many of these live recently, and the power from a live show really makes these songs stand out.


If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say...
Especially when they put so much effort into their albums. I hate to rag on bands. AFI definately put a lot of time and heart into this album and it shows. It definatley shows. They really go above and beyond any other album they've released to date here musically with excellent guitar work and very solid drum playing. Vocally, I want to say it sounds the same as 'Sing the Sorrow' and 'Decemberunderground', but then again, it doesn't. He definately steps up the melody and expands his vocal talent in many ways on this album.

Yes, they've definately gotten a lot better since the early days of 'Answer That and Stay Fashionable'. A lot, LOT better. Well, let me take that back. They've gotten more talented in writing unique and diverse songs with lots of complexity and different sounds, however, they HAVEN'T gotten better. To me, I grew to love the AFI of 'Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes', 'Black Sails in the Sunset', 'Art of Drowning', and, let's not forget the epic 4-song EP, 'All Hallow's Eve'. AFI at that time were hands-down my all-time favorite band and to this day I pop in their early work (anything before 'Sing the Sorrow') and play the album start to finish. And I know bands evolve, grow mature, and move on to bigger and better things, but my biggest gripe with AFI is they give no advertence to their previous work that got them to where they are.

I guess they'll never return to the days of old. I knew they wouldn't but with each album I hope that they'll have a song to reminisce on and bring back the spark that I felt with 'Art of Drowning' the first time I heard it or the first time I heard their version of 'Halloween'. But I guess that's a cue to move on. And I hate to say goodbye to such an amazing band that was one of my biggest inspirations growing up (hell, 'Very Proud of Ya' was a Christmas present from my brother when I was 14', some 13 years ago), but I can see that AFI has already left a long time ago. It just took me this long to finally see it and finally accept it.

As far as the album, it's full of great songs but it's not my type of music. I only purchased in hopes of hearing some old AFI. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone after punk rock or any old AFI fans. I wouldn't even recommend it to 'StS' or 'DU' fans, either, as it is almost a completely different sound from anything else.

3/5 stars for a once good band, 1/5 stars for the album (I don't like it, but I could see how others could so no offense to anyone who enjoys it)

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Very good album
However, the polish it gains makes it drift away from Sing the Sorrow. Crash Love is a very good album, it's pure AFI for sure. Take the difference between Sing the Sorrow and Decemberunderground, and apply it to Decemberunderground to get an idea about how Crash Love sounds!.


music librarian
I am so hooked on this album. I have all AFI albums and enjoy them - whichever musical direction they take. It is all I listen to now. I had to listen through it a few times before I really "GOT" it. It is their best album to date. .


An okay album, but not what I was expecting
Maybe a bit of throwback to the Pre-Major Label days (Black Sails and before), but I was sorely disappointed. When Davey Havok said this was the album he was most proud of I was expecting something phenomenal. This album isn't BAD. . . just not what I was hoping for. .


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