The Leaving Song (part 1) is my favorite song. If you have got this album, pop it into the PC and download SYNESTHESIA. IT's absolutely incredible, one of my favorite songs ever.

AFI=amazing. Nuff Said. ;)

ok, here is how it works AFI is a good band. whenever a band becomes really mainstream their music changes and hence they are called sellouts. With a majority of these bands the original music was good. Original blink was great, original AFI was better, however if you look at Sing The Sorrow with an open mind you will appreciate it. TAOD is way better BSOTS is the best. haha none of what i said made any sense.

i own every afi lp/ep and it's true that afi is a band that grows on you. originally i didn't even think the record was that great, but after awhile it grew to be one of my favorite records of all time. afi is a great band, jade is an awesome guitarist, hunter's bass playing is cathy as hell, adam has made great beats, and davey's vocals are something you just don't find anywhere else. but it's the honesty that brings out the greatness of this band. that's why afi is one of the greatest bands of all time, because they're powerfull and meaningfull. true afi fans would die for the band.

[QUOTE=Sep]The Leaving Song (part 1) is my favorite song. If you have got this album, pop it into the PC and download SYNESTHESIA. IT's absolutely incredible, one of my favorite songs ever.[/QUOTE]

That won't work for me. It gives me a "no input file specified" notice after the initial screen that says "Enter Secret Site". :(

sing the sorrow
 

yeah, dancing through sunday, leaving song pt II, death of season, bleed black and paper airplanes are all excellent songs. the album rocks, so does art of drowning especially days of the phoenix and smile, havent heard much of the other albums. i think sing the sorrow is by far the best afi album yet.

i totally agree, both albums completely rock. by the way everyone who thinks the album was afi's worst album yet because you think youre too hardcore, you dont know sh*t.

[QUOTE=TheBurntOrange]ok, here is how it works AFI is a good band. whenever a band becomes really mainstream their music changes and hence they are called sellouts. With a majority of these bands the original music was good. Original blink was great, original AFI was better, however if you look at Sing The Sorrow with an open mind you will appreciate it. TAOD is way better BSOTS is the best. haha none of what i said made any sense.[/QUOTE]
all of it made sense you retard, taod is the art of drowning, bsots is meant to be black sails in the sunset, but isnt 'in' spelt with an 'i'? and anyway what would be the point if it didnt make sense? waste of time if you ask me

[QUOTE=RollerQueen]That won't work for me. It gives me a "no input file specified" notice after the initial screen that says "Enter Secret Site". :([/QUOTE]

Do you have MSN? I could send the song to you. [email]itchy_bum_hole@hotmail.com[/email]

;)

this is an emo side of AFI and they pulled it off good... i like the cd.. but i also like their old stuff like blaks sails into the sunset and the art of drowning AFI is a good band

[QUOTE=mirrorwave]can't belive the negative vibes bout the album. In my opinion it was awsome, in mind the best album to come out last yr bar none. Ok it's not hardcore punk anymore but bands move on develope and either better themselves or fade into nothin. AFI hav bettered themselves on this.
Listenin to black sails u get some quality songs but the album blends in sounds the same. Art of drowning moves on becomin more varied n inspirational, but sing the sorrow does the job for me.
If u like punk listen to early afi, if u appreciate decent songs and clever lyrics(if sometimes overstated) then purchase sing the sorrow. Wasn't off my cd player for months. It isnt punk it doesnt hav a catagory but it rox.[/QUOTE]


Sumed it up really well there :thumb:
I really like their old stuff aswell, but like you said i think they've devolped heaps from that era of music. A good cd all round by a great band in my mind, still i would like to see them playing some of their old skool tunes and not completely losing that streak they have in em

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]The album got alot of hype, and alot of kids seemed to be really excited about it, so I thought I'd give it a listen....

*sigh*

While a few tracks are somewhat interesting, the over-all product is repetitive and predictable. It seems that they have a very set formula....They seem to use the pop-punk up-tempo beats that they'll throw in there and the painfully cheesy pop-choruses as "filler" for many of the tracks that, themselves, seem to be filler.

Up-points of the CD included the dreary "Leaving Song Part 1 (track 11, not to be confused with the current single). The two singles aren't bad compared to the rest of the album, a sure sign of a bad CD.

"Death of Seasons" seems to be a desperate attempt to hold onto their harder edged roots, but it soon falls into yet again another typical AFI pop chorus.

"The dissapointment" is just that: a dissapointment. It starts out decent enough, with a nice little bass line followed pretty closely by the drummer, with a decent vocal entrance, however it is ruined when the vocalist decides to shoot for those over-used high-notes he seems to adore for the chorus.

It's possible that they are capable of more than this, but that in of itself makes "Sing the Sorrow" that much more pitiful.

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Everybody has their own opinion on the subject but if this cd is so bad why was it voted best punk album of 2003 by revolver magazine. You don't know what your talking about when you say it's repetitive and predictable who are you to judge afi on their intentions of this album, you say they are trying to hold on to harder edged roots. It's afi they are who they are, they aren't trying to be something they're not if you don't like so what don't slander afi's good name.

I just love afi i have all of their cd's and the ep's and two vinyl format albums, this cd is just as good as black sails or art of drowning if not better i'd give it a 5 out of 5

I hate what afi have become, now when i go to a show there are a million 14 year old girls with afi shirts on, if I had bought an afi t-shirt when i first got inot them, everyone would of had a go at me for standing out and trying something differant (****n pop-punk kiddies, should stay at raves and leave 'punk' shows)

[QUOTE=meeeeeeeeeeeeee (returned)]I hate what afi have become, now when i go to a show there are a million 14 year old girls with afi shirts on, if I had bought an afi t-shirt when i first got inot them, everyone would of had a go at me for standing out and trying something differant (****n pop-punk kiddies, should stay at raves and leave 'punk' shows)[/QUOTE]


You know what pisses me off? People who dislike a band because other people like them. Even if the music hasn't gotten any worse, those kind of people are like "OMG IF I LIKE AFI I NOT HARDCORE!!!!!11111 MuSt TrY vErY hArD tO bE dIfFeRaNtZ!!!!!!!!!1111111oneoneone"
I personally felt the album was one of their best, the singing was better, the guitar was better, the bass, drums, and songwriting were better. The songs didn't sound the same from one song to the next in this one. I was listening to Black Sails in the car, and I would look back and see that 2 or 3 songs went by, while I still thought it was the same song. (If that makes sense...)
Don't get me wrong, I loved Black Sails and I loved the Art of Drowning even more, but I just felt that before Sing the Sorrow their music was very repetitive and similar-sounding. That's my opinion.

i think sts is good but not as good as the others. i also think that (not all) but SOME people only sat that sts sucks because now afi is more popular and they are only saying that to sound cool. iduno if anyone on here does it but i know a few people who suddenly hate the music just cuz more people like it. dumb. ok flame away.

whats with all you people who discrminate against all the 14/15 year olds who like or dont like afi? i am that age and i love afi's music. and no i don't think i am punk or hardcore or any of that crap i just like them. get over it.

[QUOTE=AlkaliSkiba]Is Art of Drowning good?
I really wanna get it :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Art of Drowning was easily one of their best cd's. Get it. :thumb:

Cheese
 

Art of Drowning rules. :thumb:

[QUOTE=silencethesheep]whats with all you people who discrminate against all the 14/15 year olds who like or dont like afi? i am that age and i love afi's music. and no i don't think i am punk or hardcore or any of that crap i just like them. get over it.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree

[QUOTE=anti-social_guitarist]i own every afi lp/ep and it's true that afi is a band that grows on you. originally i didn't even think the record was that great, but after awhile it grew to be one of my favorite records of all time. afi is a great band, jade is an awesome guitarist, hunter's bass playing is cathy as hell, adam has made great beats, and davey's vocals are something you just don't find anywhere else. but it's the honesty that brings out the greatness of this band. that's why afi is one of the greatest bands of all time, because they're powerfull and meaningfull. true afi fans would die for the band.[/QUOTE]


I'd die for the band just look at my username and think about it

good band good album ok review

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Quote:You know what pisses me off? People who dislike a band because other people like them. Even if the music hasn't gotten any worse, those kind of people are like "OMG IF I LIKE AFI I NOT HARDCORE!!!!!11111 MuSt TrY vErY hArD tO bE dIfFeRaNtZ!!!!!!!!!1111111oneoneone" Unquote

When other ppl say wot I'm thinkin i love it. how true, i h8 that kinda crowd, music is about the songs, the inspirations and the feelings it expresses not about whether ur social status will go up or not if u listen to it. AFI are one of the few bands i desperately wana see live, and i hav to clarify that this is my personal fav album of all time, it jus does something that no other album out there does, it feels right and i'm praying AFI can release another album like this, not exactly the same, jus with a the feel to it and variation.
And whoever said one for the emo kids is clearly some1 insecure bout wot they listen to, theres no need to try so hard, u like wot u like.

[QUOTE=Guitarman1234]good band good album ok review[/QUOTE]
ok review now thats bein generous sum body else plz review this album and do it the review it deserves

Let's hope that the person who DOES do another review for this album doesn't use the annoying, imbecilic misspellings that you did. plz, wot, u, some1, ppl... Those words should be censored. Lazy little kids...

And this album is still pretty good. I've had it a year and I still take it out from time to time.

The Spice
 

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]i want to kill the singer of this band he annoys me to much...but the band without the singer are good[/QUOTE]

man your a dick AFI without Davey is like chips without dip they taste good but theres no spice. Davey is the spice...THE SPICE IS DAVEY....DAVEY...DAVEY....THE SPICE!!!!! :naughty: :naughty:

i personally thought that it was a great albumlots of awesome songs on it but they have taken a new change but they have done it well BUT i'd rather older stuff though i have and listen to sing for the sorrow alot

This album is obviously different from the others. A.F.I. music is progessing from album to album, but all their album's are kick *** so why complain. Black Sails In The Sunset is easily their best album, but this one is very good too.

-Miseria Cantare (The Beginning)
This is a little chant song at the beginning but it actually sounds really good.
-The Leaving Song Pt.II
Great song. Love the little guitar intro and the overall sound makes you think it like the other albums.
-Bleed Black
This is when the tides start to change and you can tell it won't be like the other albumsstarts out like anot so fast, ahh like nice pace i guess not fast not slow. Then you get to the chorus and it breaks out to a hard sound but then breaks down to acoustics but finishes strong.
-Silver and Cold
This is really different than most of there stuff, but proboly the best song on the cd. More slow-paced, but not too slow.
-Dancing Though Sunday
this one gets you back into the album fast paced and with a metalish like solo.
-Girl's Not Grey
The catchy song on the album. Brillant, just Brillaint, thats all i have to say.
-Death Of The Seasons
This is like nothing they have done before, plus Davey says ****. but has a cool techno section which i like alot. My second favorite song on the album.
-The Great Dissapointment
a slow song to calm you down after Death of The Seasons over five min. long but a good song plus I like it when the bass comes in.
-Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
Fast song but breaks down in the middle but comes back hard. The more of and Old School A.F.I. song .
-The Celluloid Dream
Very good song not much to say other than that.
-The Leaving Song
The slow song on the album. Great lyrics and i like the guitars on it too.
-...but home is nowhere
starts out slow put hitshard on the chorus. Good song to end the album with.

the review didn't cover all the songs, I personally liked this album alot for the bass. Hunter is an awesome bassist.

hmm sayin a song is great with lil explaination means nothing, depth is needed, i agree the music rules but without ilaborating why, then that means nothing.