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3 Doors Down
The Better Life
This is 3 Doors Downs’ debut album The Better Life which, in my opinion is the best of their three albums so far and the least commercial (Each album has sadly been more mainstream than the last). Most of the songs I believe are easily the heaviest and most original songs by them that aren’t completely repetitive unlike their other two albums and Brad has some of the best lyrics he’s written from the entire album. So here we go…
3 Doors Down is:
Brad Arnold-Vocals and Drums
Matt Roberts-Guitars
Chris Henderson-Guitars
Todd Harrell-Bass
Brad played drums on the album because they had no permanent drummer at the time.
Republic/Universal Records
1. Kryptonite 3:56
Easily the most recognized song from the album and a solid song as well. The
first minute has the song going nice and softly with some good guitars and drumming. The bass, however is, as with pretty much the rest of the album, nothing special excluding a couple songs. The lyrics are nice and catchy, but I find this to get boring after a few listens. 4/5
2. Loser 4:24
A fairly solid track, the lyrics are okay and the music is pretty quiet for the first half. At 2:30 there is an awesome guitar solo that kind of is repetitive, but the entire band plays along with it making it some of the best music the band has ever done. After that’s over the rest of the song repeats the first half. 3.5/5
3. Duck and Run 3:50
One of my favorite tracks from the album, “Duck and Run" has some nice lyrics about how tough it is living in the world and great music, with some of the best bass from Todd and great guitars, but the drums aren’t that good. The song can get somewhat repetitive, but is still a solid track from the band nonetheless. Personally I would give the song 4.5 stars, but I don’t want the review to be to biased. 4/5
4. Not Enough 3:14
The beginning of the song has a nice intro with some guitar and okay bass, at :28 seconds the guitar (with a following bass) gets nice and heavy, then slows down after a bit and Brad starts singing about love and how he can’t share his feelings or something like that I’m not really sure. The song trades back and forth from being slow to heavy before fading out and ending. 3.5/5
5. Be Like That 4:25
This song is one of the saddest songs by 3 Doors Down I’ve ever heard. The song can really choke me up, with some excellent music in all departments including an acoustic guitar in the background and excellent (saddening) lyrics this is the one song I will remember 3 Doors Down for, for the rest of my life. 5/5
“He spend his nights in California, watching the stars on the big screen."
“Then he lies awake and he wonders, why can’t that be me?"
“Cause in his life he is filled with all these good intentions."
“He’s left a lot things he’d rather not mention right now."
“Just before he says goodnight, he looks up at me and he says,
if I could be like that, I would give anything."
“Just to live one day, in those shoes."
6. Life of My Own 3:58
Another of my favorites from this album, unsurprisingly starts of slow but builds up around the one minute mark. The lyrics in this song are pretty much about living your own life, feelings, and learning along the way. The music is nice with good drumming, but the song mainly focuses on the lyrics, making it one of the catchiest songs lyrically on the album. 4/5
7. Better Life 3:07
The title track without the first word the. This is deffently the best song on the album musically. The bass mainly follows the guitar, but is still excellent and the drums are the best (in my opinion ) on the album. The lyrics are good, but not Brads best. This is the song on the album save Be Like That. Again, personally 5 star song, but once again don’t want to be to biased. 4.5/5
8. Down Poison 4:21
A really great, heavy intro tricked me into thinking the first time I listened to this that
this would be a heavy song, but slows down quickly. The song gets heavy with the bass sometimes, but the inclusion of the acoustic guitar can get annoying. Drums are average and electric guitar is nice. The lyrics are great and I really how Brad sings the entire song. The outro gets heavy out of nowhere and is really awesome with the bass and drums. 5/5
9. By My Side 3:16
Another heavy intro with some of the best guitar and bass work I’ve heard on this
album throughout the song. The drumming holds everything in place well along with the bass on the verse and pre-chorus. Brad sings the song very well and the first guitar solo is really good, but seems a little out of place to me. If the song was longer it would have been better and the second one is nice and quick, but there is no need for it. The song goes out well fading. 4.5/5
10. Smack 2:29
The shortest song, while nice and heavy the songs seems boring to me and the ending isn’t that good. The instruments are good, but nothing really stands out. The lyrics I thought weren’t to good. I almost want to say that the band tried to make a punk love song, but fail miserably at it. I would have to call the song the runt of the album. The song isn’t bad or anything just boring. 2.5/5
11. So I Need You 3:50
I really love the intro with the guitar and affects, whatever it is. The song is clearly a
love song, but it’s really good actually. The bass is pretty bland and drums are okay. I liked the guitars and the lyrics if I read them before I heard the song I would think that I wouldn’t like, but it’s a nice surprise overall. I don’t think it was really a good ending for the song though, By My Side would have been a good ending. 4/5
Overall this is a great debut album from 3 Doors Down and the singles aren’t the best to go by whether or not to by the album. I really can’t believe though that this is the same band that released the dismal Seventeen Days. Overall, I would have to give The Better Life 4 stars out of 5. Please let me know what you thought of my review.THX!
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Album Rating: 3
I remember being obsessed with this album back in 6th grade. Ahh, good times. This album had like 4 good songs, but then the rest I wasn't really thrilled with.
good review
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Great review but 3 doors down bore me to death.Terrible radio rock.
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very good review...i love 3 doors down. 
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What? Other than that you think the band is horrible.
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I saw 3 Doors Down live a couple of years ago. They were OK but they had nothing that moved. Our Lady Peace opened for them and stole the show for me. I got this album for 2 euros and haven't listened but once or twice.
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Terrible radio rock.
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No arguments here. Except that Nickleback is even worse.
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Originally Posted by "Holland, 1945
Oh my.
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erm, thats just my opinion.....
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I wish that the people that said this was a good reveiw would vote that it was.
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i voted
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THX!!! Other people please vote for it to so I can at least be ranked thx to all that do!
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hey. my rating went from 111 to 121. DAYUMN
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Originally Posted by chillbee
hey. my rating went from 111 to 121
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I'll vote for you.
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Kripes you rule.. because you were pretty much the only person to give a sh*t about my SYL review. I haven't heard enough of this band to give an unbiased opinion, but I do know your review was excellent.
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THX toaster135 your'e gonna go on my favs list. Keep makin' reveiws cause that was a good one.
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Be nice, man.
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I just want to have a ranking and my other two reveiws weren't commented on much or voted on (although I admit the Candiria one was bad).
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It was interesting for a while when it was released back in the days, but got boring pretty fast. Hearing 'Kryptonite' in clubs every couple of months is ok, but generally this is nothing appealing anymore to me.
Too generous for my taste.
2.5/5
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*GASP* HOLLAND, 1945 IS SOMETHING VAGUE/ELIMINATOR JR. ARENT, YOU?
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Don't forget Scarox.
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So you're not denying you're Elim.Jr. and Som. V ( would explain the way you write revs).
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