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| 4.0 excellent | DuckLake20 | March 10th 08 |
Alkaline Trio’s sophomore full-length album, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, marks a strong departure from their previous works in Goddamnit! Much of the latter contained lyrics mostly dealing with the dark side of life, with a dark edge to it but had lighter melodies and long riffs with no vocals. In MICF, the dark side has almost completely taken over in some ways. One song after another expresses self-loathing and hatred for unnamed persons and situations. It expresses a rather murderous thirst for vengeance and violence, such as seen in the fifth track, Sleepyhead (Hey there sleepy smile/I see you brought your bedroom eyes/ I’m assuming you want to keep ‘em/ I’m assuming you reckon you won’t). While still highly witty and at times amusing, it is a much more angry album then their first effort. MICF is also more compact, with less of the long riffs very common in Goddamnit!
Overall, Alkaline Trio morphed their sound quite a bit between their first and second albums, but in the end there is still enough in common that fans of Goddamnit! will almost surely find something to enjoy.
Recommended Tracks: Sleepyhead, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, Radio
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| 4.0 excellent | FamousAtticus | October 26th 20 |
A truly excellent album by Alkaline Trio. Love Madam Me and You've Got So Far to Go. And of course, the song that introduced me to Alkaline Trio almost 20 years ago, RADIO. Such an aggressive and emotional record. There was no sophomore slump by ALK3 with this one.rMy favorite tracks from the record (in no order): Madam Me, You've Got So Far to Go, Fuck You Aurora, She Took Him to the Lake and Radio.
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| 4.5 superb | StonedManatee | May 10th 19 |
I'VE GOT A BIG FAT FUCKING BONE TO PICK WITH YOU MY DARLING IF YOU RANK THIS LOWER THAN A 4.
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| 4.0 excellent | haley | December 15th 18 |
Easily one of the most fun punk rock albums I've heard to date.
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| 0.0 | Nicksput | November 17th 17 |
Alkaline Trio returns with a slightly more mature effort than their debut. This album is a bit slower, darker and sappy than Goddamit. No one makes whining about girls more fun than the Alkie's as they are really sarcastic, and have a superb ear for melodies. I think they have one of punk's better drummers too. Gotta be in the right mood to listen to this. I think it's easy to overlook because of the overall mood, but most of the songs on here are excellent. Best songs are Radio, the title track, Fuck You Aurora, Keep 'em Coming, Got so far to Go and Tuck me In.
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