A not particularly intelligent album review (boo, hiss!)

Breaking Benjamin's "Phobia" as seen here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phobia/dp/B000GFRJ44/sr=8-1/qid=1156845227/ref=pd_ka_1/202-3232611-9807001?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

Bloody hell, that's a big 'un (ooer!)

After owning it for a couple of weeks I've decided to "bless" you all with my "opinion" for each individual track and then the album as a whole.

It's not going to be smart or funny, or even very factual.


1. Intro - Does the job, quite dark and haunting but not quite long enough. 6/10

2. Diary of Jane - Powerful verse, driving chorus, raw energy and fire, very very good. 9/10

3. Breath - Tragic but powerful, soaring at times, excellent bass line. 9/10

4. You - Pretty weak, stinks of filler, morose and rubbishy. 3/10

5. Evil Angel - The intro is Breaking Benjamin By Numbers, some predictable rhymes, but really picks up about 50 seconds or so into it and ends up not too bad. 6/10

6. Until the End - One of the rare "soft ones". Quite good, the change of pace is nice, decent chorus, un-necessary shouty bit though. 7/10

7. Dance with the Devil - Dark and distant, rather bleak sounding despite it being a love song. 7/10

8. Topless - Bad. The last 40 seconds save this from getting a 2. 3/10

9. Here We Are - Very weak verses, decent chorus. Meh. 5/10

10. Unknown Soldier - More filler, basically. Sounds too amateurish. 4/10

11. Had Enough - Very good, something most of us can relate to. Sums up our chaotic thoughts pretty well. 8/10

12. You Fight Me - Haunting and hollow, tragic with a good chorus. Verses are a little 80's sounding, which isn't necessarily a bad thing at all. 7/10

13. Outro - Much, much better than the intro. The same basic premise but sliced and diced, injected with some fire. It sounds like the world is dying. 8/10

14. Diary of Jane [Acoustic] - Good song but this version is a little weedy, to be honest. 6/10

Er, some kind of conclusion is needed, I guess?

Well, it's a little hit and miss, but the good is very good with the bad just being blandy and only one truly awful song.

Um, 73 Mars bars out of a giraffe.

Real updates coming soon!

Hi folks! Please ignore this, I'm only hosting it here because PUTFILE is a big pile of fucking shite.

P.D.A.

Public Displays of Affection, to be precise.

I witnessed one of these on the train today.

I used to be of the belief that teenagers and young twenty-somethings could get away with it, and anything older was just plain wrong, but I've changed my mind now.

I think that everyone should feel free to publicly show affection, with a little moderation obviously, and that it can help relationships to blossom.

They say that a third of marriages fail, but, to be honest, they all lose their fire and passion. It's hard to keep it blazing when you've both been working all day then have to go shopping or look after the kids. I mean, when do you find time for that affection? Why not show each other that you're still in love when you're out and about.

So, couples, grope and kiss your way to a happy marriage.

(With your partner, obviously. Sometimes you people sicken me)
















Parrots have the right idea.