Review Summary: My personal favorite album ever. I love Ken Andrews and mostly every song is great. To Reccomend a few: Saturday Saviour, Sergeant Politeness, Smoking Umbrellas, Leo, Pillowhead, The Nurse Who Loved me. But get them all, just buy the album. You can Pre-or
Failure is a band that you may have never heard of, or may never hear anything from unless someone else (me) informs you about them. This album is , in fact, the best album i have ever heard outside of In Utero By Nirvana and Sergeant Peppers By the Beatles. A very Catchy album, and will have you singing along throughout and throughout. However, the spiral space downfall towards the end of the album may turn some people off, but be patient and brave, it will eventually get better. What i mean is, the last 4 or 5 songs will make you feel like you are in outer space, literally.
Failure is a band that uses many effects, writes very odd, bizzare and herion induced songs. However, somewhere in the Exciting trip experienced by the front man Ken Andrews, he and the band, managed to make a masterpiece:
1. Saturday Saviour- The album starts off with a great straight forward kiciking rock song. Unusual song possibly about a friend with benefits scenario. Very good insturmentals, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, All in all, one of the best 5/5
2. Sergeant Politeness- One of the best songs on the album. Great guitar riff kicking off the song, very fun, and has a slight solo in it. The lyrics, i dont completly understand and i have a completly dominant analytical pituitary. My personal favorite on the album, and it has something everyone can enjoy. 6/5
3. Segue 1- Pointless, freaking filler 0/5
4. Smoking Umbrellas- Very Upbeat, very Fun, very very very good song. Lyricallly a genius, very cool bass lines and guitar riffs througout. I personally, love the song. It keeps the very strong image of the beginning of the album. 5/5
5. Pillowhead- In your face, short, punk rock song. Fast paced, very very good. 5/5
6. Blank- Well, this is the first actual song that is pretty weak. The song is slowed down, has lyrics that are somewhat mediocre and macabre. The vocals aren't very good. The Song is long and drawn out, skip it if you need to. 2/5
7. Segue 2- Filler 0/5
8. Dirty Blue Balloons- Great song, somewhat of a lowered tempo, slowed down but still very very good. Best lyrics on the album, and very "Catchy" 4/5
9. Solaris- One of the first Space genre songs. A very cool riff, good lyrics awesome drums. Somewhat angry, and some angst is detected in the album. "I Want you to get out" says Ken Andrews. I really like it however, and so should you. Not as catchy as the other songs, but i mean, who really needs to sing along 4/5
10. Pitiful- Dating back to the beginning of the album, very in your face and Deathly Catchy. It is somewhat repetitive and longer than some of the other songs so the chorus is repeated over and over so it will stick in your head. I promise 5/5
11. Leo- My Second Favorite behind Sergeant Politeness. Like Pillowhead, very punk-rockish with a grungish insturmental feel. The lyrics are about well, a guy named Leo.
"Leo quickened his pace to his car. Broke into a sprint at 20 yards. " The chorus is pretty catchy as well "He finds it so hard to explain..." I Love this song and would definatly recommend it to everyone and anyone. 6/5
12. Segue 3- FILLER 0/5
13. The Nurse Who Loved Me- And now begins the Journey through the black hole. The next few songs will make you feel just like Neil Armstrong playing golf on the moon. The Nurse Who Loved Me is the only attempt at a subtle ballad of attraction to a female human being on the album. It was covered by A Perfect Circle, but was a really bad cover. Stick To Failure's Version. Pretty good. 4/5
14. Another Space Song- Haha, the title says it all. If this Song were written 40 years ago, Armstrong would have been listening to it or it would have been playing somewhere in the back ground, I really don't Like it. 2/5
15. Stuck On You- AHHH, stuck on you. Lyrically genius, i think failure actually had a hit with this song. I think it was covered by one those little emo bands, i heard it on my sisters ipod and was appalled completly. Very good song, The catchiest song you will EVER hear. If you like it or not, you will NEVER get it out of your head. 5/5
16. Heliotrophic-The Last two songs, very very very long, and somewhat boring. Lyrics only last for a short while, then the band just jams. Pretty boring actually 3/5
17. Daylight- Yet again, Boring, long, okay lyrics. ill give it 3.5/5
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