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Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown Audio CD

A fair review of the Switchfoot "The Beautiful Letdown" 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 Switchfoot reviews here, or go back to the Switchfoot tabs.

Switchfoot Band: Switchfoot
Title: The Beautiful Letdown
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-06-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Meant To Live 2: This Is Your Life 3: More Than Fine 4: Ammunition 5: Dare You To Move New 6: Redemption 7: The Beautiful Letdown 8: Gone 9: On Fire 10: Adding To The Noise 11: Twenty-four

This is not a BEUATIFUL LETDOWN!!!!!!!!!
The "Big Three" in terms of best songs are: "Meant to Live" (which is the best song on this album), "Gone", and "Adding to The Noise". Despte the title, this album was NOT a letdown, but it WAS beautiful. Despite the fact that Switchfoot claims not to be Christian, there are some Christian-sounding lyrics such as in Gone, it talks about gaining the world, but losing your soul, which is a statement of Christ and a biblical principle. It opens with the hard, head-bangin' guitar of "Meant to Live", but changes pace a little bit with "This Is Your Life". Then it's kind of a lull until "Gone", and then "Adding to The Noise". The last song, "Twenty-Four" is probably the worst song on this album. I think that albums should have a really up-beat intro on the first song to catch your attention. This, along with all of Kutless' albums, most of dc Talk's albums, and Switchfoot's sophomore album, "New Way To Be Human" have this attribute that is key, in my opinion, to a good album and to finding out whether a band really wants to get your attention or not. Pick up this CD, you will not regret it. .


A true masterpiece
I got this at about the time it came out, a little over five years ago. It's really rare that truly great music could ever break it into The Top 40, but Switchfoot seemed to have defied that with "The Beautiful Letdown". Back then I enjoyed it quite a bit, but in between then and now, I've become a serious musician, albeit I'm still young, but have learned to enjoy this album tenfold more. Although the media loves to categorize bands, it's not that easy to define Switchfoot. On this album, they provide heavy guitar and drums that are reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, then go to acoustic guitars and industrial-sounding keyboards, then to a reggae vibe, and a mixture of even more. Read on to discover what a classic album this is.

"Meant To Live": A heavy, melodic guitar riff and groovy, hammering drums are featured throughout this song. A Switchfoot classic, with a huge-sounding, epic end.
"This Is Your Life": A beautiful, huge-sounding song that combines acoustic guitars with electronica-sounding keyboards. A steady, catchy pace with larger-than-life sounding choruses make this another classic.
"More Than Fine": Features an industrial-sounding beat with nice acoustic guitars, beautiful vocals and a positive vibe. A really beautiful and meaningful song, this one is really well-written.
"Ammunition": Starts off with a heavy drumbeat that always reminds me of Led Zeppelin. The throbbing bass comes in, then the guitars, which remind me a bit of The Police. This is a fast and energetic song in the punk vein, with quite social lyrics. Another perfect song!
"Dare You To Move": Another one of Switchfoot's biggest songs, featuring a slow, graceful beat, and acoustic guitars that go to power-chord electric guitars in the chorus. Another song that shows their skill for crafting huge-sounding songs, and how great they sound!
"Redemption": A shorter, faster song in the punk-sounding vein of "Ammunition", only this song's a little softer. I love the choruses in this song, they're lyrically positive and musically melodic.
"The Beautiful Letdown": The longest song on the album, with the lyrics being one of the big things here. Power-ballads reminiscent with a nice vibe to it.
"Gone": A personal favorite of mine, this one is a punkish song with a strong reggae influence. Again, the lyrics are crucial and go perfectly with the beat. A fun song and one you can listen to over and over!
"On Fire": A beautiful and inspirational ballad featuring lovely piano work. This is one of the songs on the album that I haven't heard in a while, and the first time I re-listened to it recently, I almost went to tears! Truly a wonderful ballad, one of those to play at weddings!
"Adding To The Noise": More industrial keyboards are featured here, and punk-metal guitar riffs are included, as well. A short, fun song that's got a steady beat and a good energy, another personal favorite of mine.
"Twenty-Four": A slower, reflective song that was written the night before one of the band members actually turned 24 years old. A nice way to close off a classic album.

Having re-discovered this album, this is going to be a hot item in my player for some time! Switchfoot truly is a great band and this is one of the best rock albums of this decade. Very highly recommended. Thanks for the time, and peace.


great cd
It is in amazing working condition and it plays perfectly. i loved this cd. There are no problems what so ever and i love listening to it.


I had to buy it
. YES, there's a band that can make such a great music, it's called: "SWITCHFOOT", excelent, perfect, great, awesome, jewel, masterpiece, etc, etc, etc.


Love this album!
Switchfoot does come on my local Christian channel. As a Christian, there are only a few secular bands that I will listen to. . . so they get listened to. I thought this album to be very positive. It took me back to my teen/young adult years. I am glad I purchased this cd, albeit it was a bit scratched. I can listen to it on my computer. . . just not my car cd player. .


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