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Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace | 
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| Artist: The Offspring
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 443
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 702908
UPC: 886970290821
EAN: 0886970290821
ASIN: B0018OAPAW
Release Date: June 16, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - Factory Sealed - Shipped from Florida via USPS First class mail. We ONLY sell what we have in stock. NO back orders here.Import Edition
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| Tracks:
| » | Half-Truism | | » | Trust In You | | » | You're Gonna Go Far, Kid | | » | Hammerhead | | » | A Lot Like Me | | » | Takes Me Nowhere | | » | Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? | | » | Nothingtown | | » | Stuff Is Messed Up | | » | Fix You | | » | Let's Hear It For Rock Bottom | | » | Rise And Fall |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Absolutely awesome! July 21, 2008
Until now i thought Conspiracy of One was their best album but even after giving this just one listen i'm starting to change my mind.I was slightly disappointed with the last album (Splinter) but this soooo makes up for it.Thanks Offspring
 Guys, just stop polishing everything! June 22, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
My god, when will they stop this?! I know it's unfair to compare, but with 'Smash', Offspring really created something that was unique, insightful yet FUN. Then with Ixnay they manged to replicate that (almost) and even turn slightly serious with 'Gone Away'. From then onwards something weird has happened. Pretty Fly, O. Prankster and Hit That are 3 of the worst songs ever connected to a punk band. It's not that they're catchy or cheesy, they simple show how commerical and polished the Offspring have become.
This album contains about 6 different Snare Drum sounds alone. Stick a mic in front of it, plug in to an 8 track and record. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED GUYS! The beauty of the Offspring used to be they spoke to everyone in a way that reverberated. Now all i'm hearing in 2008, is catchy chorus after catchy chorus. Album after album. Listen to 'Gone Away', 'Self Esteem' or 'Come Out And Play' then listen to 'Takes Me Nowhere'. See what I mean? The Offspring have become all Image no substance.
Oh, and acoustic guitars turned Greenday into non-punk garbage. Take note please as i'm sure Kristy wasn't worth it!
Better than I hoped! June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After 12 years as a fan I was worried about this album as I'm not a huge fan of Hammerhead. I saw them at Download festival last weekend and they played a few more new tracks & I instantly started getting very excited, its brilliant. I don't think it will get the Band many more new fans or have much chart success but for us life long fans its spot on!. Well done guys
WOW June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is another AMAZING album by the offspring. From the 1st to the last song there is no dull moment. i bought it the day it came out even though i happened to be in france i thought its worth 16euro and it was!! if u dont know whether to get it just try teh samples on here of check the songs on youtube!!
BUY IT!!
6 out of 5!! haha
A different direction, but sounds good. June 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm writing this review as I listen to the album for the first time, so all you're getting is my first impressions of the songs and a brief summary.
1. Half Truism - A good, chart-friendly, typically Offspring style singalong. Fst punk verses with a half-tempo chorus. Better than average but nothing special.
2. Trust in You - Sounds like the title song from the Smash album. A fast averagely good punk song of the type the Offspring do very well. Think 'The Long Way Home'.
3. You're gonna go far kid - Kind of dancy with a slow dragging chorus. I'm not overly impressed with this song. Puts me in mind of Panic at the Disco.
4. Hammerhead - Starts quite fast and heavy. The lyrics appear to be from a soldiers point of view. Changes 2/3rds through to a half-tempo chord-heavy punk rock number, kind of like the first track from 'Americana' (can't remember the name right now). The lyrics seem to now be about a school shooting, which is odd.
EDIT: Just listened to this song again and I like it very much.
5. A Lot Like Me - This is a totally new style for an Offspring song but I like it alot. This is how every Coldplay song should sound. Very emotional chorus. The song builds very well.
6. Takes Me Nowhere - Energetic up-tempo song. Sounds very much like 'Kick Him When He's Down' from 'Ignition'. In fact, it wouldn't sound out of place on that album.
7. Kristy, Are You Doing Ok? - I really like this song. It starts like a slow Feeder song, which isn't the best compliment, but soon becomes very listenable. Again, a totally different direction for the band. Quite poignant lyrics.
8. Nothingtown - Bouncy up-beat song that sounds like a mix between Less Than Jake's 'History of a Boring Town' and those bouncy 'minority' type songs that Greenday insist on doing. Not very good. I didn't listen to all of this as it got boring very quickly.
9. Stuff Is Messed Up - Hmmm... When this started I thought I was listening to Marylin Manson's 'Beautiful People'. In fact, if it were heavier you could imagine the lanky dead guy himself performing this. Quite good though, in a childish way.
10. Fix You - Starts like Greenday's 'Wake me up when September ends' but thankfully gets alot better. Another one in the new direction they've taken. I'm liking this song quite a bit. It's very emotional. If I didn't know better I'd say it was lifted from a Jimmy Eat World album, and that's no bad thing.
11. Let's Here it For Rock Bottom - Mid-speed rock number with a 'Police' style verse and a full-on rock chorus. Good chart friendly Offspring fodder with a singalong chorus that goes on forever toward the end. Will be a good crowd pleaser when played live.
Bit of an after-thought here: it sounds like Bon Jovi. Don't know what to make of that...
12. Rise and Fall - If this isn't a deliberate satire of Greendays 'American Idiot' then I'll eat my own hair. Even the album artwork that accompanies the song would suggest the similarities are deliberate. A very 'happy' rock song. Would sound good on the radio if they had the guts to play it and endure the inevitable Greenday comparisons.
It really, really does sound like 'American Idiot'.
Conclusion: I very much like this album.
There's no arguing here - they've gone in a very different direction with 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace' but, for me at least, it's a good direction. The endless 'Pretty Fly...' crap was starting to get annoying and this doesn't have one song that sounds like that.
I've only given it 4 stars because there are a lot of the die-hard 'Ignition' fans out there who are gonna hate this.
Personally, I think this has a much more mellowed adult feel to it. That's not really something you want from a punk band but in this instance it's worked very well.
If you like Jimmy Eat World, Greenday and 'Denial, Revisited' from Conspiracy of one then you'll like this.
If not, then just put 'Ixnay...' on and wait for the next album. I wouldn't hold your breath though...
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