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Unwritten Law - The Hit List Audio CD

A fair review of the Unwritten Law "The Hit List" 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 Unwritten Law reviews here, or go back to the Unwritten Law tabs.

Unwritten Law Band: Unwritten Law
Title: The Hit List
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Release Date: 2007-05-29
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shoulda Known Better 2: Celebration Song 3: Rescue Me 4: Save Me 5: She Says 6: Up All Night 7: Welcome to Oblivion 8: Seein' Red 9: Teenage Suicide 10: California Sky 11: Harmonic 12: Rest of My Life 13: Blame It on Me 14: How You Feel 15: Lonesome 16: Cailin 17: Shallow 18: Superman 19: C.P.K.

What's the purpose of a re-recording?
Although the sound quality has improved on this CD for their older work, the songs lack the impact and originality of the originals. The majority of these songs sound very similar to the originals or have been produced in a manner so that they do not sound as good as the originals. I just don't particularly like the production of this new album although I still love the songs. I definitely recommend purchasing select songs (the new ones) instead of the entire album.


SUCH a bad idea
Unwritten Law has been on approximately 500 million labels through the years. I'm going to try to keep this short, there's not much to really say about this CD. Thus a true "greatest hits" is nearly impossible. So what we're left with is new recordings of songs that are almost 15 years old in some cases. I have heard CPK many, many times in my life, I've seen them perform it live many, many times in my life, but even Scott Russo, completely drunk on stage, is still better than this version. All of these new versions have lost their edge (seriously, what is with the "ooh oohs" in CPK?). Maybe I'm just old, and seeing these kinds of CDs makes me remember how much I once enjoyed a band, but at the same time, makes me remember why I gave up on their music in the first place. Enjoy the CD, but please listen to the originals to see how they were meant to be.


Worth the wait
It was worth the wait. Well, I've been waiting for this one since October when it was supposed to come out. Greatest Hits all redone. Some of the songs I like better than the originals ie Teenage Suicide, some of them sound about the same ie Up All Night and some of them need time to grow ie Shallow. None of them are bad. The 2 new tracks simply rock. Check this CD out, you won't be disappointed.


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