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Staind - The Illusion Of Progress Audio CD

A fair review of the Staind "The Illusion Of Progress" 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 Staind reviews here, or go back to the Staind tabs.

Staind Band: Staind
Title: The Illusion Of Progress
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: This Is It 2: The Way I Am 3: Believe 4: Save Me 5: All I Want 6: Pardon Me 7: Lost Along The Way 8: Break Away 9: Tangled Up In You 10: Raining Again 11: Rainy Day Parade 12: The Corner 13: Nothing Left To Say

Best Staind album to date!
But as I listened to the CD from the beginning to the end, I realized I loved every single song on this album! And it gets better as you listen to it more often. I didn't have big expectations when I first listened to this album, as I had only just liked one and one song from their previous albums. Aaron Lewis has the most amazing voice in the entire rock business, and the songs from Illusion of Progress have such an amazing melody, it just makes you really want to listen to the album, and listen to it again and again. There are soft songs, acousting songs and really upbeat catchy songs. My personal favourites were "Devil", "The Corner", "The Way I Am", "All I Want", "Pardon Me" and "Schizophrenic Conversations".

In the end, it's an album where you'll never feel like skipping a song! Definately worth buying. Best of Staind so far! Thumbs up!.


Time to call it quits


Listen to the song "Believe" of this album, and then listen to "Right Here" of Chapter V, the music is 99. Staind's Illusion of Progress album was disappointing. 99% the same, the vocals follow the exact same key, the only thing different is the Lyrics.

When a band starts reusing old music and add new lyrics to it, it's time for them to call it quits.

I use to love this band, but Illusion of Progress is the last album I will by from them.


Bought for my Son - he loved it.
He really liked it of course and even I liked most all the CD. Bought this for my son as a gift. I didnt know much about this band. Seems popular - and as I said - I liked several of the songs too.


So so CD.
I do have to say though that this is their weakest CD. I'm a big fan of Aaron Lewis and Staind. The music's not hard enough to be interesting and it's not soft enough to be interesting either. It's in this weird kind of middle zone. There are a few songs I really like such as Lost Along the Way, Tangled Up In You, The Corner & Nothing Left to Say but the rest of them blend together way too much. It's hard to distinguish when one song ends and another one begins. The good thing about this release however is that Aaron's vocals are top notch as usual. As far as the lyrics go, I could take them or leave them. If you are a fan of earlier Staind, this definitely won't be an album I could see you enjoying.


Not the same band rock music we know..Pop Rock at best,,
It seems their music is getting softer. Staind is descending as a band as each album is released. This album is terrible and his singing sounds repetitive. Dysfunction was their best material and it's what most of their fans could relate to. Bring back the old Staind. We want screaming and hardcore riffs.


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