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New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo 2 Audio CD

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New Found Glory Band: New Found Glory
Title: From the Screen to Your Stereo 2
Rating:
Release Date: 2007-09-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Kiss me 2: It Ain't Me babe 3: The Promise 4: The king Of Wishful Thinking 5: Stay (I Missed You) 6: Love Fool 7: Iris 8: Don't You (Forget About Me) 9: J'y Suis Jamais Alle 10: Crazy For You 11: Head Over Heels

NFG Never disappoint
I do love New Found Glory. . and that love was spawned by the original "From the Screen to Your Stereo" which also exploited my love of well-done covers.

From the Screen to Your Stereo 2 is longer than the first, with eleven tracks as opposed to seven. Although a lot of albums these days are pushing out closer to twenty tracks I find the quality of those tracks is lacking. I prefer to spend my money on good music-instead of a lot of music.

My favorite track on this album would have to be the cover of "Kiss Me", a song I've always loved-but give it a beat, speed it up a little bit and you have one heck of a happy camper. "The King of Wishful Thinking" is incredibly similar to the original, just a little peppier, and NFG's rendition of "Iris" is heartbreaking, but still carries the bands unmistakable imprint of fun. Another genius instrumental track is also included in "J'y Suis Jamais Alle". The guest appearances of other artists, on covers of their own tracks, is a nice touch on this album. I particularly enjoy the way "Stay" is presented as a duet between Jordan and Lisa Loeb.

Whether you're a fan of New Found Glory, or just a fan of good covers definitely check out this album. . . and the first one too. ;).


My favorite band ever!
My favorite track on the the album is Johnny Cash's "It ain't me babe. I love New Found Glory! This CD is a must have for New Found Glory Fans. " It's fun to sing along to and it just makes me smile. From the Screen to your stereo 2 is another great New Found Glory work!.


best covers album ever!
This is the best choice of cover songs you will ever hear. New Found Glory never disappoints live as well as on record. They are always fun, and make the songs just as fun! Must have for any pop/punk fan.


awesome
This cd sounds like what NFG originally sounded like. whoever gives it a 1 star doesnt like NFG. So if people give it a 1 star, then they started listening to "Catalyst" on.


It Isn't What It Ain't
New Found Glory, who I've never really cared for with their other work, now gives a whole cover album, with not just any songs, but songs from movies. I've always loved covers, the takes that artists give to known, old classics. Some of the best are covered very finely in this album, and unless you are just so stubborn in love with the originals, you can't help but love them.

"Kiss Me" adds new life to the teen romantic comedy song, that we now have to thank for so many bad ones. This is a rather impressive take on the song, improving some elements, before losing some in the chorus. "It Ain't Me Babe" creates a new genre in the form of punk rock-bluegrass. The song is exactly what its genre suggests, interesting to say the least.

"King of Wishful Thinking" continues the trend of guest spots on the album, with Patrick Stump, but rather than taking over the song, he adds for a rather appropriate background vocal, that makes for a great song, that'd I'd never heard of before this cover. "Stay (I Missed You)" is a cover of Lisa Loeb, featuring, Lisa Loeb! Now, I've never liked Loeb, and she's become sort of a running joke in the music world. But amazingly, she really adds a great element to a cover of her own song, making this another great track for the album

"Lovefool" is great on the verses, but falls short on the chorus, and makes for one of the weaker, but still great, tracks on the album. The classic love song known as "Iris" is also covered rather nicely, with verses by Will Pugh of Cartel. Both verses and chorus alike come off in unexpected amazing ways, that add another level of emotion to the song, making it less sappy than the original radio smash-hit.

The next song, that's French in title is a rather short instrumental, and a useless filler in the album, and even though its the lowlight of the album, it still isn't bad, it just doesn't fit with the rest of the album. "Crazy For You" is another good song that's a duet with Max Beamis of Say Anything, and though the song has could have been better, it's still pretty good.

As the highlights, "Head Over Heels" is an amazing cover of the Tears for Fears classic, that as much updates it, as much as it is a fun pop-punk love song. The last minute of the song also not only takes out the song on a high note, but takes the album off into the sunset of pop-punk greatness.

But wait that's not all, "Don't You Forget About Me" is another great take on a great song, with a little of a hardcore element of the song that works amazingly well, and combined with the stellar vocals, and excellent guitar work, this could be the best cover of the song, period.

And that's not all, "The Promise" which is most famous as the Napoleon Dynamite credits song, is covered to such a perfect degree, it could actually be better than the original with its great verses, and even more amazing chorus. And even though it has an element of pop-punk, it still has an unexpected element of emotion, that really makes this song.

Overall, it may be short, but every moment is pure gold, and makes for one of the best, if not the best pop/punk album of the year. This album is totally unexpected, with its surprise elements of great vocals, amazing emotions, and flat-out incredible guitar playing, you can't help but love, and buy this album.


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