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Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar Audio CD

A fair review of the Dashboard Confessional "A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar" 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 Dashboard Confessional reviews here, or go back to the Dashboard Confessional tabs.

Dashboard Confessional Band: Dashboard Confessional
Title: A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
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Release Date: 2003-08-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hands Down 2: Rapid Hope Loss 3: As Lovers Go 4: Carry This Picture 5: Bend and Not Break 6: Ghost of a Good Thing 7: Am I Missing 8: Morning Calls 9: Carve Your Heart Out Yourself 10: So Beautiful 11: Hey Girl 12: If You Can't Leave it Be, Might as Well Make it Bleed 13: Several Ways to Die Trying

great emo CD
i like a lot of the songs and memorized a few. i'm not a huge fan of emo but this is a good cd.


its ok
someone bought because I like Texas is the Reason Jawbreaker and Fugazi
I didn't like it much Hands Down So Bueatful Hey Girl and Will Not Break wrere ok.


The greatest dashboard cd ever!!
i have every dashboard cd, and i personally think this one is the best. i am a huge fan of dashboard confessional! i love their style of music, mixing melodic acoustic with sorrowful lyrics. some of my favorite songs are Hands Down, As Lovers Go, Carve Your Heart Out Yourself, and Several Ways to Die Trying. anybody that is new to dashboard confessional, u will love them!!! i totaly recomend buying this cd!

Hands Down 5/5
Rapid Hope Loss 5/5
As Lovers Go 5/5
Carry This Picture 4/5
Bend and Not Break 3/5
Ghost of A Good Thing 4/5
Am I Missing 5/5
Morning Calls 4/5
Carve Your Heart Out Yourself 5/5
So Beautiful 4/5
Hey Girl 5/5
If You Can't Let It Be, Might As Well Make It Bleed 4/5
Several ways To Die Trying 6/5

Hope this review was helpfull!.


You're chasing the ghost of a good thing!
" I loved the other DC albums, where it was just an acoustic guitar (sometimes drums and bass) and Chris Carabba, wearing his heart on his sleeve on every song. This is the album that defined Dashboard Confessional as a "band. So this album made me a little nervous, wondering if I could still feel that passion with a full band. The answer. . . of course! This album is breathtaking, and the drums are excellent, guitar work of John Lefler is amazing, and the harmony vocals are perfect. Lefler has a style that sounds so lush and beautiful and compliments perfectly with Carabba's. The feeling of this album is less raw than the previous, but even with all of the extra instrumentation, it is still Carabba's voice and lyrics that make this album truly great. From "Hands Down" to "Several Ways To Die Trying," DC has entered into a list of great bands such as Jimmy Eat World and Counting Crows that feature great music, vocals, and better-than-most-band's lyrics. My favorite songs are: Hands Down, As Lovers Go, Carry This Picture, Bend and Not Break (my favorite song on this album), Ghost of a Good Thing (a raw, acoustic song that is very heartfelt), and Carve Your Heart Out Yourself. Each song has a different sound to it and there is no song on here that you will want to skip. Because of this album, the sky is the limit for Dashboard. Also, what makes this album truly worth buying is that is has an enhanced limited edition DVD of DC playing R. E. M. covers from their album "Automatic For The People. " It's so good that I immediately bought that REM album. DC is here to stay, so sit back and enjoy!.


This is what music is supposed to be.
Raw, unfiltered human emotion. Powerfully written. It doesn't get much better than this. Definitely one of the greatest CDs ever written. If you knew Dashboard before this album. . . forget what you know!! This album is actually good. Yeah I agree with Kenny a lot of emo these days is just lame and uninspired. Look at Taking Back Sunday, Funeral for a Friend, and Brand New.

But then there are gems like this album, Thursday, Thrice, The All-American Rejects, one From Autumn to Ashes album, and Poison the Well. The emotional content in emo is unmatched by any other genre and that's what makes emo the best. If I'm sad and I want to cry are you gonna make fun of me for being human? You gotta be a pretty meek person if you would. Or if I want to scream at the top of my lungs with Poison the Well with tears in my eyes? (who's the whiny wuss now Ken?)

Anyone that still likes Green Day obviously doesn't know what real music is and therefore should not be allowed to review music. They were decent back in the day but have made enough mistakes to really suck now. Mainstream lame-os. If you were to call me a lame emo kid you would be wrong. Some of my favorite stuff is just downright brutal freakin hardcore!! And to tell you the truth I don't just like emo/hardcore I just like really well written music. Even a couple pop songs here and there. I just tend to favor emo because. . . well for all the reasons mentioned above. "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera. I think she and her music stink out loud but that song is actually well written and it has a good messege you can't deny that. So who's opinion is more valid? Someone who listens to *shudders* Green Day or someone who listens to GOOD MUSIC no matter what the genre.

If you've made it this far on the page you obviously like this kind of music. Just swallow your pride and buy it. This is one of the few CDs you will NOT regret buying if you're a fan of emo or good music in general. Very few bands have put out a CD this high of quality. Very little bad is to be said about this CD. Not perfect but here's a quick breakdown. . .

Choice tracks:
Hands Down
Bend and Not Break
Ghost of a Good Thing
Am I missing
So Beautiful
If You Can't Leave it Be, Might As Well Make it Bleed
Several Ways to Die Trying

The other tracks are not bad but those are the best ones. Overall a 92/100 for A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar.


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