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Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound Audio CD

A fair review of the Switchfoot "Nothing Is Sound" 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: Nothing Is Sound
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-09-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lonely Nation 2: Stars 3: Happy Is A Yuppie Word 4: The Shadow Proves The Sunshine 5: Easier Than Love 6: The Blues 7: The Setting Sun 8: Politicians 9: Golden 10: The Fatal Wound 11: We Are One Tonight 12: Daisy

A Review of the VINYL not the CD
I love switchfoot an incredible amount. The CD of this album is great. However, the LP version of this album is horribly mixed, has a mono feel to it and just fails to carry the record quality vinyl has. I was very disappointed by the sound of the vinyl version. .


YES
I bought it on a whim and I'm so glad I did! I can connect so well to these songs. This is the first Switchfoot album I've purchased. The lyrics just make sense, they're deep and insightful, and musically the songs are all very well written as well. In response to the reviews about not being able to convert files to mp3 format, viruses, etc. , if you have iTunes you shouldn't have any problems with the mp3 format, and if you buy the album new it shouldn't have that virus-enabling software at all - I got mine new and it didn't.

I especially like: Stars, The Shadow Proves the Sunshine, *The Blues*, Golden, We Are One Tonight.


"We are slaves of what we want"
" Great lyrics combined with amazing guitar riffs and drum beats made it one of my all time favorite albums ever. Switchfoot first came in the to the public eye with their 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown and their amazing singles from said album "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move. Before that time they had three other really great albums The Early Years: 1997-2000: The Legend Of Chin/New Way To Be Human/Learning To Breathe and they've come out with another album since this one, Oh! Gravity. , but in my not so humble opinion this is their best.

This is their first album with all five present members of the band, adding Andrew Shirley's guitar to their mix. Their sound is nothing short of incredible, not too heavy and not too light, it's the perfect mix to make up one great alternative rock sound. Lead Singer Jonathan Foreman has the voice of angels that flows perfectly with the bands amazing musical talent. Its not hard rock like Skillet (Comatose, Collide) and it snot punk like Reliant K (MMHMM), its simply great music.

Favorites on this album include "Lonely Nation," "Stars," "Golden," and "We Are One Tonight. "
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Some absolute gems in this album
While "Stars" got plenty of airplay on CCM and even a few secular stations, the edgier work on this disk is really where it shines. This is NOT Switchfoots best album -- opinions vary about that (I'm a pretty big fan of the latest "Oh Gravity") -- but it has some real stand out tracks beyond "Stars". I'd throw this criticism at "Stars," that it's really just quintesential Switchfoot, a relatively unremarkable recording because of how typical it is of the group. With that in mind, I know the tracks I favor might be the ones that cause most people to reject the album. "Politicians" is a solid metal-core effort and stands out for having the most straight forward and unleashed presentation of Switchfoots strengths musically. "Golden" goes where the other tracks don't by being less moody and melodic, perhaps it's edgy just for being such a light direction on a primarily brooding effort. This album grows on you, and it seems to be holding up better for me than "The Beautiful Letdown" after repeated listenings. I do find myself skipping through some tracks, but the ones I like justify my decision to buy this CD.


Nothing is sound
Now, to the review. First, to all the people who complain about this thing being protected- yes, it is irritating to try and put this on an iPod, however, that is not the reason to give a product a 1 or 2 star rating. This album to me has 2 parts- the first half being a stronger and more emotive half and then the other half of the cd. I've heard Switchfoot being called a "thinking man's band" and I have to agree with whoever came up with that assessment. This CD is more philosophical than most of what's out there today, and to me that's a good thing. My favorite track would most definitely be Politicians. I like how Jon questions subjects like modern society with even more questions. I enjoy the music and at the same time, it gets me thinking about the lyrical content. Personally, one of my favorite albums of the decade that can be appreciated by both Christians and non Christians alike. .


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