 | Butch Walker The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker...
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| 3.5 great | Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | July 28th 06 |
Butch Walker's never been one to evoke a luke-warm reaction- his steadily evolving musical style is about as offensive as pop music can be, and that's not about to change with the release of this semi-concept album, an attempt to stylistically and thematically tread the same ground as David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust did over 30 years earlier- the perils of rock n' roll stardom and the non-redemption through indulgence.
Through T. Rex/Bowie aping numbers like 'Hot Girls in Good Moods' to countrified rockers like 'When Canyons Ruled the City', The Rise and Fall... is a record that flows smoothly, only occasionally dropping in quality on the flip side of the record. The choice takes from the album are lead single 'Bethamphetamine', a glammy Lou Reed-type number which reverses the classic riff from Sinead O'Connor's 'Mandinka,' the haunting Broadway-style ballad 'Dominoes' and the Bowie-esque 'Taste Of Red.'
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| 3.0 good | samthebassman | May 8th 07 |
An album of over the top glam rock, which I can only guess was written with good times & parties on Butch's mind. A fun album that should be taken for what it's worth and nothing more. This will be the soundtrack to a few drinking sessions at my place in the very near future.
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| 3.5 great | noisy | September 12th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | mppwns | June 10th 10 |
| 2.5 average | tuff | October 30th 07 |
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