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DiscountDelight - Stanley Climbfall
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $9.61
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Manufacturer: Dreamworks
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0600445039728
Format: Enhanced
Label: Dreamworks
Manufacturer: Dreamworks
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks
Release Date: 2003-05-13
Studio: Dreamworks
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Summary: Good follow-up to the band's excellent debut
Comment: Two years after releasing their platinum debut album, NO NAME FACE, in 2000, Lifehouse gave their eager fans STANLEY CLIMBFALL. The material on STANLEY CLIMBFALL doesn't quite feel as fresh as the songs on NO NAME FACE, but there's enough originality to create another collection of good songs. The greatest song here is probably the hit "Spin", which gets the album off to a fine start. Other highlights include the strong "Take Me Away", "My Precious", and the potentially-moving "Wash". The rest doesn't seem like filler songs, but there's nothing really outstanding - or, for that matter, original - about them. Singer/guitarist Jason Wade's lyrics are heartfelt, and though they're about God, they could just as easily be translated as being romantic. ("Take Me Away" was used in a romantic scene from the second season finale of SMALLVILLE.) Though it's neither as strong nor as fresh as Lifehouse's outstanding debut, STANLEY CLIMBFALL will please the band's many fans.
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Summary: Underestimated!
Comment: This album was not received by the public very well, and I'm not sure exactly why. I bought it just because I'm a lifehouse fan, and I had to complete the trilogy. It is just as good as "No Name Face" and alot better than their new album. I strongly suggest picking this one up if you are a fan or their work.
the best songs are;
Take me away
Sky is Falling
Wash
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Summary: a solid second effort
Comment: lifehouse's second album "stanley climbfall" seems to have dodged the sophomore slump with solid songs such as "spin", "take me away", "out of breath" "stand, climb, fall", "am i ever gonna find out" "sky is falling". Jason Wade's lyrics are less angst ridden than in the debut "No Name Face". It seems that in the first album, the songs are about someone searching for something or for someone in his life. "Stanley Climbfall" is about finding this something or someone and holding onto it. An example is the song "Sky is Falling". Our narrator in that song seems to have found some meaning in life or found his faith, but seems to be questioning it with the words " i'm alive, but can i breath?...i have eyes, but can i see?... the sky is falling and noone knows..." This record is different than "No Name Face" for certain and while I sort of miss the tension in the lyrics of the searching for someone or searching for meaning in life, there seems to be a kind of new tension in the songs of "Stanley Climbfall". I think Jason Wade's writing talents triumph once more and Lifehouse avoids the so-called "sophomore slump".
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Summary: Great music
Comment: I enjoyed listening to the two latest Lifehouse CDs and just had to have the third. It was just as great as the other two.
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Summary: A few diamonds hidden in sleeping pills...
Comment: Lifehouse jumped to fame with 'Hanging by a moment' which was the biggest hit of 2001. It was a good song but I think once people realized it was written about Jesus and not some girl...they got a little creeped out.
This CD kicks off with a similiar tune 'Spin'. God that video makes me naseous! And it's Seanless (he'd just joined right after they shot it)! Buuut its forgiven...I like the song! And since you can't understand half the words Jason ever sings you can really ignore the 'Jesus Im IN love with you' hints :p...(just a disclaimer Im teasin about all that here...I have high respect for people who have spirituality no matter what it may be!)
Spin is Followed by 'Wash' (this sounds like bad washing machiene instructions :p) again another catchy 'alternative' tune. 'Sky is falling' keeps you interested and then 'Anchor' hits...and its literally an 'Anchor' in the sense that its a sleeping pill...and the following songs don't seem to have a spark of caffiene to wake you up!
'Stanely Climbfall' the title track sticks with this trouble the only difference is the lyrics are so touching that its forgiven...and 'Out of Breath' trys to breathe a little life back into any vibe you had going pre 'Anchor'.
But then...then a glorious thing happens: JUST ANOTHER NAME! This song is to damned good for this CD...If Jason and Rick (the main writers and now only members :p well Brynn joined too I guess) had just written a CD in style of 'Just another name' they woulda had the years most played CD! The song is a catchy tambourine driven number about a girl who was sucked in by fame and forgot who she was...honestly this song is one of my favorites of ALL TIME! Seeing Rick live having his day with that tambourine also gives it an extra boost :p.
'Take me away' isn't as phenominal in the same way as 'Just another name' BUT its still amazing. The lyrics (when forgetting their Christ meant) are sweet and the music is true rock to its soul! Brilliant!
'My precious' tries to make you forget that you were just woken up by some of the best music ever and 'Empty Space' doesn't help...
'The beginning' really tries to end this CD on a great note...until you realize the song is damn near 5 minutes long!
Overall its a snoozer with about 6 great hidden songs...and 3 masterpieces out of those.
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Editorial Reviews:
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When you come up with the most-played radio hit of the year, there is no need to wrack your brains for a follow-up. Lifehouse, who earned such a distinction with 2001's highly addictive "Hanging by a Moment," shrewdly stick to the emotional guitar-rock palette of that breakthrough single for most of their second album. "I wouldn't change a thing," frontman Jason Wade declares on the searing "Spin," and the band follows through on powerful, life-affirming tracks such as "Wash" and "Take Me Away." Produced by Ron Aniello (Days of the New), mixed by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, U2), and written primarily between tours, this is the kind of ambitious and endearing album that suggests its makers won't settle for anything less than global domination. --Aidin Vazari
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