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Light Grenades
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List Price: $18.97
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Manufacturer: Epic
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828768385227
Label: Epic
Manufacturer: Epic
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Epic
Release Date: 2006-11-28
Studio: Epic
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Editorial Reviews:
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A rare case in which a band actually gets better with time, this California hard rock quintet seems to have finally grown into its skin on its fifth album. Casting off the dated slap-bass funk and pointless nu-metal angst of its early years (well, mostly), Light Grenades is not only a worthwhile follow-up to 2003's A Crow Left of the Murder--the expansive disc many fans consider Incubus's best--but shows improvements all around. Singer Brandon Boyd has learned to temper the words he plucks out of the thesaurus with genuine heartbreak, while the rest of the group proves it can do a lot more than offer up nonstop grooves. --Aidin Vaziri
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Exquisite
Comment: I don't remember who or what turned me on to Incubus. I also don't have any idea how I managed to miss this when it was released year before last. What I do know for sure is that their two CDs Make Yourself and Morning View (from 1999 and 2001 respectively) are two of the most treasured and regularly played in my collection.
I came across "Light Grenades" in a recent edition of "Attitude" magazine. It was 'The Sex Issue' and in a feature called 'Lust In Music', a delightful-looking young man called Eyo told us that this album was his favourite to "get jiggy to". I was intrigued, obviously, and immediately placed an order.
Eyo describes the album: "It's nu-metal but softer," he says. "I like the album because the lyrics are about love and relationships. It puts you in a headbanging/mosh pit frame of mind which is great to have sex to."
Well, I'm celibate so I don't know about any of that but what I do agree with is that the music on this disc - heart rending one minute, head-banging the next, is exquisite. And that's before we even get to the singing and the lyrics. As always, lead singer Brandon Boyd's voice seems to reach into your chest and grab you by the throat at the same time and it just refuses to let go. It's brilliant.
Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, this is one of my best buys of the year and I just can't seem to stop playing it. No favourite tunes here; as far as this listener is concerned, every single song is a winner. A highly recommended disc. (And many thanks to my man Eyo).
Incubus is: Brandon Boyd (vocals, percussion); Michael Einzinger (guitar, piano, Rhodes, string arrangements); Jose Pasillas (drums); Chris Kilmore (turntables, Hammond B3, Moog Voyager, Rhodes, Mellotron, piano, Marxophone, Theramin) and Ben Kenney (bass, vocals).
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Summary: Change of opinion
Comment: When I first heard this album, it didn't really strike me as anything special. It was different from the Incubus I knew and loved, and I wasn't sure I even liked it. However, last night as a total fluke, I ended up listening to it. Maybe I was too young to appreciate it then, or maybe my tastes have just changed, but suddenly at least most of the songs sounded great! I hadn't noticed the dynamics of songs like "Oil and water" and "Rogues" before, focusing almost solely on "Dig" and "Anna Molly." The album still has its flaws, of course. There are a few moments in "A Kiss to Send Us Off" where the vocals are off, and some songs don't necessarily reach their full potential, but overall, it is a job well done for Incubus.
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Summary: Good Songs, but Maybe a Bit Over Produced
Comment: Finally for the fans of Incubus the wait is over. Ever since their last release of A Crow Lift of the Murder fans of the band have been "on-hold". On their sixth album "Light Grenades" Incubus doesn't disappoint. yet doesn't go above & beyond it's past releases. The song material is good, yet some lyrical content was slight disappointing.
Brendan O'Brien produces this album who has done previous albums and overall the production is good, yet some songs sound too compressed and over-produced. It lacks the fierce emotion in the vocals of singer Brandon Boyd that I loved in past Incubus releases. Songs on this album include "Quicksand", "Anna Molly", "Love Hurts" and the title track of "Light Grenades".
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Summary: I find this album amazing...
Comment: but what some may say shows that they "sold out" or are "losing the magic" I just see as change which has always been in their catalog and varied ways to get there point across.
It's weird but Oil and Water and Anna Molly are pretty much the first Incubus songs that I can shake my butt to! Sure, that's a bad thing to some but I love it!
Incubus has always put their emotion in the forefront with the awesome vocals and that is still here. The production to most of the songs is varied to a tee. (Check out Quicksand and then Dig and then A Kiss To Send Us Off).
But most of you know what this album entails so far. It did come out in 2006 and many of you have had the pleasure of it being ingrained in your very minds or having to live with this "disappointment".
Thank goodness that I am on my way to join the former and that this is my second favorite album by Incubus. The underrated A Crow Left Of The Murder being my first. But honestly, this one might grow to being the best.
The only "weak tracks" in my opinion are Light Grenades (it's just there) and Pendulous Threads which just goes on. They are both heavy ??? but don't go anywhere really, especially LG. But that's my opinion.
Earth To Bella Part II is another headscratcher but it's tolerable. It's just nothing like the first. It's quieter and then you hear Brandon harmonizing over and over. It's kinda freaky. LOL
Key tracks thus far are:
Anna Molly
Dig
Oil And Water
Paper Shoes
Earth To Bella Pt.I
4.5 stars.
I think the biggest surprise for me is how almost all the songs sound different. Yes, we're used to that with my favorite band ever. HOWEVER, it has a bit of everything for all old and new Incubus fans. HOWEVER, if you didn't like A Crow Left Of The Murder, I'm afraid that you should pass on this. It's all about the slower mid-tempos focused on love gone bad. I have always loved the softer side of them and this is why this album is my second favorite, possibly on the way to being my favorite.
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Summary: Worst Incubus CD yet
Comment: As a longtime fan of Incubus, I thought Crow Left of the Murder was a great move for them. That was the direction I thought they needed to move and really showed them growing up. Light Grenades is HEAVY on LIGHT and LIGHT on GRENADES. It really has no soul and nothing to grab onto. It's just an empty disc with a track or two that are worth listening to. I haven't listened to the disc since it first came out. I was hoping Brandon and the boys would channel a little more angst about the state of the world and put aside the teenage emotions. Perhaps that's as far as they are capable of going. Let's get back to more Megolmaniac style writing and passion. Light Grenades is a major DUD.
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