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MTV Road Rules Soundtrack,Vol-1 |
| by:Jonathan
Mariante
Every road trip has to have some cool tunes to go with it, and these are
the tunes featured on the popular MTV series "Road Rules" (as I like to
think of it, the first soap opera on wheels!). I'm not an avid viewer of
the show, I must confess, but this collection of tunes they've put
together for the sounds track isn't bad. There are, of course, some "big
name" bands included here; Jimmy Eat World kicks off the disc with
"Bleed American", a hard rocking, punk flavored tune in the vein of
Offspring; we also have the Deftones on here with "The Boy's Republic",
a steamrolling, Sabbath/Pantera inspired hard hitter; and Hoobastank
(one of the strangest band names in the history of rock and roll, if
you ask me!) with "Crawling In The Dark", another rocking tune. Most of
the songs featured on here are modern style hard rock ditties, such as
Thursday's "Understanding In A Car Crash", which has a U2 flavor to it;
AFI with "The Nephilim", another fast-paced punk rocker; Thrice with
"See You In The Shallows", which has some 80's influence; 36 Crazyfists
with "An Agreement Called Forever"-lets just say this band lives up to
its name!; Haste with "Engine"; The Movielife with "Walking On Glass";
and The Rise with "The Fallacy Of Retrospective Determinism", which
has some techno and industrial flavorings, to name just a few. There are
also a few ballads thrown in here, beginning with Unwritten Law's
"Take Me Away", which is in the vein of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam;
Staind wannabees Sinch give us "Something More", which isn't much more
than a retread of "It's Been Awhile"; Dashboard Confessional with
"Saints And Sailors"; and The Get Up Kids with "Overdue", which closes
the album. This album is an enjoyable collection of tunes from some of
today's most popular modern rock/hard rock bands, as well as some up and
comers, which should appeal to their fans, as well as fans of "Road
Rules". One things I will say for this album, is that it is a good one
to bring on a road trip. At over seventy minutes, with twenty one songs,
it should keep any traveler entertained on a long, cross country
journey.
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