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Lit - Atomic Audio CD

A fair review of the Lit "Atomic" 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 Lit reviews here, or go back to the Lit tabs.

Lit Band: Lit
Title: Atomic
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-01-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Something to Someone 2: Last Time Again 3: Addicted 4: Lipstick and Bruises 5: Everything's Cool 6: Happy in the Meantime 7: Drop D 8: Sunny Weather 9: Next Time Around 10: Slip 11: She Comes 12: Live for This 13: Over My Head [*]

favorite lit album
i dont know why nobody really likes this album i think it's amazing

something to someone 5/5-awesome opener great lyrics good song all around

the last time again 4/5-pretty good song pretty good lyrics

addicted 4/5-a good song used to be one of my favorites 'til i listened to it about a million times

lipstick & bruises 3/5-the first and really only single it's an ok song it just sort of faded as i listened to it

everythings cool 5/5-one of my favorites all out awesome

happy in the meantime 5/5-a ballad another of my favorites great song

drop d 4/5-good song all i can really say

sunny weather 5/5-another of my favorite songs funny too

next time around 5/5-amazing song the pre chorus is awesome

slip 5/5-slower song really good though

she comes 5/5-good semi-speedy song great lyrics

live for this 4/5-good song

over my head 5/5-a bonus track and a great song all around

great cd i don't know what everyones problem is with it but i love it .


Don Gilmore will ruin any band's momentum
You know those albums where just about every song is basically "just there"? This is one of them. Which you can hear on this album. I mean, I don't fail to see Lit's merit at all. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite artists. However, producer Don Gilmore turned this album into a milquetoast nothing type thing. The lyrics are still just as clever as they've ever been and Jeremy Popoff has some good riffage. What's lacking in this is songs with real mmmph. I can't get over how hollow the production is and there's only a handful of songs worth listening to. Those songs aren't even great. I like "The Last Time Again", which is fine; "Happy in the Meantime" shows they can make a good ballad and "Slip" is the only remotely interesting thing. "Over My Head" is decent and has backing vocals from Aersomith's Steven Tyler.

This album is so lackluster and it's a shame to admit. At one point, Lit was my favorite band; I basically liked everything they did. Here, they sound milquetoast and mainly it's because the producer made it sound even more bland this time around. He also produces for Linkin Park, by the way.

Seriously, you only need this if you want everything done by Lit. Buy Lit, A Place in the Sun, and Tripping the Light Fantastic. Those are actually really good albums.


Two Stars for Two Good Songs
After hearing My Own Worst Enemy on the radio dozens of times I decided to give the band a try. There are only two good songs on this album: Something to Someone and Everything's Cool. The store I went to didn't have the CD with that song on it, but this one was only $5. 88 so I bought it. What a dissapointment. You can tell the band didn't even put much effort into this album because there isn't even a booklet to go with it, there's just a paper with the tracklisting on it. I will admit that all the songs are catchy but they're also entirely shallow and generic. This CD was a big dissapointment.


what happened?
the songs on atomic are boring and redundant and simply do not display the talent that they showed on their previous effort. this cd is a major letdown especially in contrast to their excellent album, a place in the sun. it may grow on me will more listening, but i dont foresee that. its a good thing i only paid $5. 88 for it!.


Generic pop-rock, but catchy as all hell
5 star reviews are reserved for albums that are flawless, albums that have tons of replay value, and albums that surpass anything else even similar in it's genre. Looking around at all these 5 star reviews leads me to believe that alotta people out there don't understand the rating system. Lit's "atomic" has none of those things, but that doesn't mean its bad either. If your a die hard pop-punk/pop-rock fan, then by all means give this one a shot. However, if you're just getting into pop-punk, try blink 182, Sr-71, American Hi-fi or Mest first. "atomic" may be catchy, but thats about it.

Standout Tracks Include: Everything to everyone, Lipstick and bruises, Everything's cool and The Last Time Again.

Album Flaws: None really, because except for the fact that every track is generic, "atomic" is pretty solid. .


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