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Howie Day - Stop All the World Now Audio CD

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Howie Day Band: Howie Day
Title: Stop All the World Now
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Release Date: 2004-11-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Brace Yourself 2: Perfect Time of Day 3: Collide 4: Trouble in Here 5: Sunday Morning Song 6: I'll Take You On 7: She Says 8: Numbness for Sound 9: You & A Promise 10: End of Our Days 11: Come Lay Down 12: This Time Around [*] 13: Standing in the Sun [*] 14: Brace Yourself [Acoustic][*] 15: Collide [Acoustic][*]

Fabulous!!
Howie Day has an amazing voice and has so many different styles and layers - I would highly recommend this to anyone!. One of the best cd's I've heard in a long time.


Just gets better with successive listenings
I think it depends on which record you happened to hear first, which sets in place your expectations for what Howie's music should sound like. First, let me say I much prefer this album to his earlier "Australia," which some reviewers feel was better.

"Stop All the World" has more energy, better production and is just a more well-rounded album. "Australia" is more personal, angst-filled and, in my opinion, a bit morose. There is passion aplenty on "Stop All the World," and after two years of listening, I still find myself blown away at certain passages or musical segments (e. g. , Brace Yourself and I'll Take You On). I very much look forward to Day's third album.


A truly great and talented artist
This is one of the best albums I have ever bought. Howie Day's album was released years ago and then got a re-release a while later. I first bought this CD in 2003 for the song "Collide", but then discovered that these are one of those one in a lifetime artists who has mega talent that is on the verge of becoming a true mega star. Hopefully Howie will realize that and get his personal life together because he has too much talent to let it go to waste. Unlike many of his other fans, I personally like his new and updated stuff then his old stuff. What I mean is that I like the "She Says" and "Ghost" updated versions better than the versions heard on his previous albums "Madrigals" and "Australia". Not to say those versions are bad, they just seem to lack the emotion that he uses in the updated versions. On Stop all the world now you will not find "Ghost", but you will find a bunch of other great songs. Lets start with "She Says", which is my favorite song of all-time of any artist I have ever heard. The lyrics and the emotion coming out of Howie's voice on this track are amazing (Throughout the whole song). Its also one of those songs that makes you think what its about. The first time you hear it you think oh so simple to know what he is singing about, but when you listen to it over and over you will develop different interpretations about the song. Would take to long to explain, just buy the cd and listen to this song. Some of the other songs worth mentioning are "Collide", which you should remember hearing unless you live under a rock. There is "Brace Yourself", and "Perfect time of Day" that are more pop/rock uptempo sounding. There are two terrific and under appreciated tracks like "Numbness of sound" and "You and a Promise", which are great, great songs. There are two more great songs that let you feel the emotion and talent that Howie has in his arsenal, which are "I'll take you on" and "End of our Days". If you get the rerelease you will also get 3 bonus songs and 2 acoustic songs. "Standing in the Sun" would have to be my favorite of the extra 5 songs and the other 4 are good too. Buy this CD and listen to it before Howie's next album comes out. Hopefully this year! A++++.


Irresistable!
I just had to get it for myself. After listening to this song over the radio for so long, I still found it too irresistable not to buy it. Simply irresistable, simply. . . gratifying. The song "collide" is exceptional.


I've changed my mind - this cd's amazing
But i was pleasantly surprised when I randomly picked this cd up in a CD lot on ebay - it was amazing. I made a review on his earlier cd, before I heard this one, saying that "Australia" and the "Madrigals EP" both were so much better than this one - that on this one, he had sold out. I was reluctant to let go of my previous assumptions on Howie, but even with the full band and not as much acoustic playing (I mean, "She Says" on the "Australia" CD is acoustic - and then he remade it on this one. Both are great, if you think about it. ), but even so, Howie's a showstopper!! His technique and singing style are unmatched. PICK AUSTRALIA UP FIRST, THOUGH. Both CDs rock, but get a sense of his growth first. He's a versatile performer and that's one of the best things about him. CHECK HIS MUSIC OUT - NOW. You won't be sorry. :).


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