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Songs From An American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude

Everclear - Songs From An American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude Audio CD

A fair review of the Everclear "Songs From An American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude" 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 Everclear reviews here, or go back to the Everclear tabs.

Band: Everclear
Title: Songs From An American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude
Rating:

Release Date: 2000-11-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: When It All Goes Wrong Again 2: Slide 3: Babytalk 4: Rock Star 5: Short Blonde Hair 6: Misery Whip 7: Out of My Depth 8: Good Witch of the North 9: Halloween Americana 10: All F***ed Up 11: Overwhelming 12: Song from an American Movie, Pt. 2

Oops...
2 Good Time for a Bad Attitude is a big let down for me. Everclear's Vol. I bought it the day it came out because I'm a big Everclear fan, but after all this time, it's my least favorite Everclear album.

There is one standout track, Good Witch of the North. This was supposed to be a big rock album, so it's ironic that the best song on here is an acoustic love song. Overwhelming is a good song, but Art Alexakis already recorded it as a solo song, so it's not too exciting here. It's old news by now. Misery Whip is probably the best rock song. The riffs are great and it rocks! It's a song about rough sex, which is a little too much for me, so maybe I don't like the song that much, but it's a good song. Song from an American Movie pt. 2 had the potential to be one of Everclear's best songs, but I don't think it comes close. Many fans love this song, but I don't. I think the melody is extremely boring. You can't really have fun singing along to it. And the words are just ok. The song is about life, and moving on from a divorce and being with your family, which is a great subject, but sometimes the words don't make sense to me. It seems a little forced.

The rest of the record is either mediocre (When it All Goes Wrong Again, Rock Star) or very bad (Babytalk, All [messed] Up). Everclear labeled this as a rock album and some people loved it as a rock album, claiming Vol 1 Learning How to Smile was too poppy, but I think they've been fooled. Although Everclear is a rock band, rock is not what Everclear has always been about. Good songs is what Everclear has been about, and this album is lacking that. When you substitute rock for good songs, it doesn't really work, and that's what happened here. Although I love this band, I do not love this album. If you're looking for some Everclear music that rocks, go with "Sparkle and Fade" or "World of Noise," because those albums are made up of great songs.

Not Everclear's Best
That's Enough To Get 3 Stars. I May Be The Only One Who Does'nt Like When It All Goes Wrong Again, I Do Like Rock Star, Out Of My Depth, And Song From An American Movie Part 2.

Worth the Wait!
I had already downloaded half of it, but its really not like owning the album itself. As I live in England, I've been waiting for this album for ages. So it finally came out in the middle of April, and it has not disappointed.

It picks up where Vol. 1 left off: Volume 1 was really optimistic but this album is much more pi**ed off. But it really does take you on a journey.

It opens with single When It All Goes Wrong Again, which really sets the tone for the whole album with heavy guitars and drums and Art's distinctive voice getting angry in a catchy sort of way.

Slide is the next track. It wasn't one of my favorites when I downloaded it, but I like it more now. Its also catchy and musically similar to the first track.

Babytalk, however, is very different. It is groove-based and journeys into the kinda rock-rap genre, which Art then turns around and sort of derides in Rock Star, which is about innocent dreams of fame. Short Blonde Hair then shows where it went wrong. Its a great song, beautiful and typically Everclear in sound. Its lyrically about how people don't like him any more and think he's just 'That stupid guy with the short blonde hair' but how he doesn't care.

The next track, Misery Whip, is a song about taking out anger, and taking it out on yourself. Its not my favorite track, but its quite good. The next song, Out Of My Depth, is related to the pressures of fame. It, and the next track, Good Witch Of The North, are softer ballads.

Next we have Halloween Americana, a cool instrumental reminiscent of El Distorto De Melodica. Next is All F. . . Up, which is the reason for the Parental Advisory label. It is really heavy fast rock.

Next is one of the best tracks, the gorgeous ballad Overwhelming, which is about his ex-wife and how she has treated him, like her 'pathetic little loser, someone she can ignore' and how he's 'not gonna let her overwhelme' him any more.

The final track is what Song From An American Movie Pt. 1 should sound like, its the same song, except in a way better arrangement. It is a beautiful songs which says things simply but wonderfully and can make me cry.

Songs From An American Movie Volume 1 was one of the most classic pop albums ever. Songs From An American Movie Volume 2 now stands as one of the most classic rock albums ever.

This Is not the best of everclear But is still ever heven.
If you have ever listened to everclear before you now what I'm taking about. Hi, open minded reader this is among the cd's that Make you love music so much. These lyrics arn't as much from the heart as those of "So Much for the After Glow", "Sparkle and Fade" or even to a lesser extent "Songs From an American Movie Volume 1: Learning how to Smile". Some of these songs are very nagative tords life like "OverWhelmed" Others are just an exceptence of what life is Like "Misery Whip" and "Songs from an American Movie 2". I think that these lyrics were writen during a difficult time for (lead singer) Art because these lyrics were writen when the band was prepareing to break up and this was for his solow album. These lyrics were writen before those of volume 1 and thus these lyrics have a more pesimistic view on life than volume 1. Why? because these lyrics were written rite after his devorce and his relationship with his daughter was in the balance. All and all this is an amazing cd which deserves to be listened to many times.

Great c.d
Some of the songs sound alike, but I like the way it sounds. All songs are great especially All F***ked up. Everclears best c. d definitely. Better than their old junk. Great rock c. d. Don't be discouraged by songs from an American movie vol. 1. This c. d is much better, and is a lo more like rock.

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