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intereact!Evanescence
Retail Price (not our price): $18.97
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Manufacturer: Wind-Up
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
The Daredevil soundtrack provided a nice boost for this previously unknown quartet from Little Rock, Arkansas. Evanescence's songs "My Immortal" and the imposing "Bring Me to Life" are clear standouts in the film, mainly because they work so well with the dramatic, eerie undertones of the storyline. They reappear here on the band's debut, alongside a selection of similarly brooding tracks that evoke pensive artists like Tori Amos and the Cranberries. Vocalist Amy Lee has the kind of voice that can cause weeks of insomnia, but on songs like "Tourniquet" and "Haunted" she belies the music's sinister mood with evenhanded spirituality, thoughtfully letting some light shine through the tempest. --Aidin Vaziri
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) I'm Going Under... [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This album had my attention from "Going Under" to "My Immortal {Rock Version}" (If you have the bonus song.) Anyways, I love this album so much, and after buying it...I'm still listening to it. Amy's voice is so haunted and just plain beautiful!!!2) Hello and Good Enough are their best songs ever. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
1. Going Under - The intro to the CD. It's a lot harder than a lot of pop-rock I tend to hear these days and that's good. The opening riff is extremely uncomplicated yet it does it's job quite well. This was their 2nd single. According to Wikipedia this song is about the emotional and physical abuse Lee dealt with in a previous relationship. Much sadder now that I know what the lyrics are totally based on. Must've broken her in two...Also fun to sing and actually dance in the shower to. >_> 5.5/52. Bring Me To Life - first single, doesn't bring much new to the table but it's truth is what held ground. relate-able lyrics about being half yourself without a love. a true love. same riffs you've come to expect thus far, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. you can hate me for doing so, but i love this song. still. it came out April 22nd, 2003 and even on February 22nd, 2008, it stands as strong as ever. stronger even! 5/53. Everybody's Fool - I love the message in this song. I knew it had some reference to pop stars by watching the awesome video which gave us insight in 2003/2004. But looking at Wiki, I see that it's a bit deeper; Amy saw her sister glamorizing pop stars such as Christina Aguilera and was pissed. She wrote this song in retaliation for her disgust for what she's now become. Sure, her music may be harder, but a pop star, she is.Now that I've said that, it's contradicting, but humans on a whole are contradicting so it takes nothing away from the song. In fact, she may not have hate for Christina or Britney directly, but that lifestyle; the way they WANT you portrayed when you come out is probably fuming to her. 5.5/54. My Immortal - Their most famous ballad, hands down, MTV-wise and probably otherwise. To me, it's for very good reason: it's soft, as portrayed through the video and the album version but the only (big) difference is the ending; on the main album version, it stays soft, but in the video and on track 12 here, right before the end, the softness breaks, and the bass guitar is once again brought out. It was the perfect time to do so, and sends you skyrocketing emotionally. A bittersweet tale.I *LOVE* the end of the video when she holds her head between folded arms, like a child, as if all is doomed because of a love gone wrong. Their best video still. Single 4 (from this album) and Single 2 from the sophomore effort are close. 5.25/5 (6/5 for the video, not included on this disc)5. Haunted - A song that starts off with a brief, lite and lovely hip-hop beat. It gets harder though, featuring bass guitar done by Francesco DiCosmo too, who's done all the guitar work thus far, and the brief solo run, mid-song, he does is catchy.The lyrics don't go anywhere new really, until Amy pleads, "raping me." and you're like What?! Yes, she really says that! The beginning is my favorite part. 4.5/5.6. Tourniquet - A tale of suicide believe it or not. You must look some of these things up to actually "get" it. I thought this was just about a lost soul (human), praying to be redeemed, and bettered.That turns out half-true, and the rest is that the person HAS committed suicide, asking, as they lay dying "Am I too lost...to be saved? Am...I...too...lost?" finally, meeting with death...Didn't like it the first time I heard it in '04 after Christmas (bought it for my buddy Ebony who LOVED it, and was only disappointed that the band version of My Immortal (track 12) was missing on the original) because I was so not into any thought, religious then. I was just sick of it and this song reminded me of that.But now I see that it's deeper than I thought. And for that it gets props. 4.5/57. Imaginary - "In my field of paper flowers, ... "I lie in myself for hours", etc, etc. A relate-able mid-tempo. If you're numb and can barely feel anymore, then this song is for you. Repetitive riffs, but what's important is that it's relate-able. 4/58. Taking Over Me - Not too bad at all. It doesn't step out of the predictable zone, but I do like the lyrics, "Who can decide what they dream? And dream I do." Not much more to say. It's got the pretty vocal, it's got the bass guitar but not much new is here. 3.5/59. Hello - This was the first song that I heard mentioned on a review or two about their second album, that I had not known at all. Everyone was praising it saying that Amy was unable to channel anything as good as this heartbreaking ballad after the debut. So I checked it out Summer '07.I wasn't let down one bit. In fact, I was all the more enchanted. This song has no metal fabrications whatsoever. It just is. It's real and raw. Very heart-wrenching. I'll just say it's about her now dead-for-years sister and the reality that she's left behind; next to nothing for Amy to see or hold onto but pain, loneliness and true emptiness...here, she reminisces and reveals what she's felt since her absence, but on The Open Door ('06), a track Like You which is similar in vein, spouts how Amy wants to be just like her little sister; DEAD.The ending to Hello is truly mesmerizing; the way she holds the note, then goes lower and lower in key is UN-forgettable and won't let go. BEST track by them I've ever heard between both albums, and popular for very good reason. 6/510. My Last Breath - This song could have been gold. The been-there-done-that sound of the bass really, really sounds good here. No complaints in that regard. But the arrangement doesn't totally do it for me. But after the bridge, the bass kicks back into the chorus and I love it. 4/511. Whisper - Not bad vocal-wise till her voice goes up and then up at the end, a few times then it's a bit iffy. Not off-key but almost like it wants to. But the problem here is the lyrics. She's pretty much said this all in another song. And the chants in the background towards the end are kinda cool yet kinda weird. Not scary, just kinda weird. (: 4.2512. My Immortal (Band Version/Video Version) - Just Like the first describes it, it's like the first but gets hard at the end, stirring emotions. A touching, slow ballad. 5.5/5Cover Art: B+ -- Very pretty in a pale kinda way.Inside Art: B -- Not much to work with but the little symbols on page 1 and two, and at the end are cool. The one page where the band is is awesome too. Amy just lies there, waiting...Songwriting: C -- Can become repetitive and tiresome, but it's usually relate-able to the down-and-trotted.Vocals: C++ Soaring at best, enchanting when she's restraining.Vocal Emotion: C++ -- Better than the vocals I suppose. Could be wrong.Production: B- -- Predictable metal-ish riffs with the power of the bass guitar are only so varied (meh) yet the occasional hip-hop pop feel comes through your speaker also (good). The calm ballads (Track 4, 9 and 12) are the only ones that have minimal to no noisy production and I prefer those overall.Length: B- (Wish it were at least 13 tracks...)4.6590909090914.66 stars.Overall: AIn the end I must say that Amy has talent; her songwriting, though limited to 2-3 subjects is not too bad and the arrangements for some of these tunes are enchanting.HOWEVER, if you know the real back story to some of these songs, it's Moody who should get most of the praise. Sure, Amy brings it to life but without Moody, this album would never be! My Immortal is about his grandfather that passed, and not about just any relationship. The song takes different shape once you know that! However, we all know songs are something different to us all so, meh. :PLeave comments as you feel. This is all my opinion.3) 12 songs, not 11 [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I've ordered this CD a few weeks ago and become a CD with 12 songs - the worldwide hit "My Immortal" in 2 versions (with piano & with electric guitar solo)... nice surprising. And "Bring me to life" (song nr. 2) is with Paul McCoy as guest vocalist, but that's no news.4) Oh... my... gosh! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If there was an option to rate this with ten stars out of five, I would do it. The sad, mournful songs touched my heart. The Open Door explored more territory; there were happy songs, too. In this CD there is no aboundance of it. But sad songs make you reflect on the sad things that happened in your past. Evanescence is a way to "get it all out". Each song is a masterpiece, and as a group they create something utterly out of this world.Of course, you have to like the type of music. Some people think it's goth. Yes, it is. Some people think it's heavy rock. Yes, it is. But there's so much trash in that genre nowadays that some people mistakedly bunch it up with the wierd, dark type- My Chemical Romance, for example. I'm not saying that you can't like Mcr and Evanescence both, but they're not the same. Evanescence takes that genre and make something utterly and hauntingly beautiful.I hope you have the privilege of owning this cd someday.5) (4.5 stars) FALLEN EXPLORES THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR ( Amy Lee and Evanescence seek salvation from the darkness) [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I like Fallen. I like Evanescence. And I love Amy Lee. What a passionate, haunting, and angelic voice! Evanescence's Fallen (2003) is a beautifully poetic metal plea for salvation from the hell of emotional suffering and hopelessness. Goth-metal? Could be. There is an electric guitar dominated goth-metal edge to much of the music on Fallen, but powerful piano ballads carry significant weight here, too. Call the music of Evanescence what you want, but it's Amy Lee, with her captivating vocal expressions, that is the main attraction here. She sings with such emotional depth and acuity, that her credibility seems beyond reproach. Every word is meaningful, and every sentiment plausible. She's more than convincing when she pleads to God in Tourniquet:Will you be on the other sideOr will you forget me?I'm dying praying bleeding and screaming,Am I too lost to be saved?Am I too lost?With song titles like Going Under, Bring Me To Life, Haunted, Taking Over Me, and My Last Breath, the distance between salvation and the abyss is short, and the emotional crisis critical. Sometimes Fallen is an impetuous tempest of turbulent passion, and sometimes it is a fragile, grieving cry. But it is always profoundly intense, and always extremely emotional. And consummately unforgetable.