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North
Something Corporate
Retail Price (not our price): $9.98
Release Date: 2003-10-21
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Okay   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Not as good as Leaving Through The Window. Most of the songs get boring fast. The best song is 21 and Invincible.

2) The Same, Yet Pleasingly Different   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
`North' is the sophomore offering from Dana Point, CA punk/pop quintet Something Corporate. This album is everything the first album was, and conversely everything the first album was not. The music remains catchy and hook-laden, mostly built around the very capable musical and lyrical abilities of pianist/frontman Andrew McMahon. `North', however, is more sombre, more introspective, and more grown-up than `LTTW'. The lyrics tend to be more poignant and cynical, and the tone of the album is generally somewhat darker than their previous release - thanks in no small part to the fact that it was recorded during a dismal time of the year in Seattle. By no way does that mean the album is of lesser quality than the first - in fact, this is a much better body of work. The writing is much more intricate and mature, the lyrical lows are more gut-wrenching and the lyrical highs feed the soul much more than the first album. The songwriting talents of guitarist Josh Partington come more to the forefront as he contributes four tracks to the album including the first official single, "Space". In all, while the first album might be called a "fun" album or a "party" album, this is much more representative of the potential of the band, and should go a long way to segregating them from the slough of So-Cal "punk" knock-off bands that seem to be everywhere these days. That's not to say there aren't a couple of fist-pumpers on this one though - `Space' will be sure to be heard on dance floors across North America, and '21 & Invincible' is a cynical anthem to young adulthood. These are counterweighted with the lovely `Me And The Moon', a questioning look at mental breakdown spawned by an article McMahon read about a woman murdering her husband, and `Miss America', yet another lament for the intense stress that being on the road places on a relationship.Having a decent producer in Jim Wirt has definitely paid dividends here - production quality on this album is better, much better than `Leaving Through The Window'. The musicianship has improved, and so has the vocal quality. This disc is everything I expected it to and to my pleasant surprise, much that I didn't expect it to be.

3) Soco rocks, but this doesn't beat leaving through the window   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
SoCo is still my favorite band and this album is definately wroth owning, it's just that leaving through the window is still my favorite. North just doesn't have the same charm.

4) Yet another example of an amazing band   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
When I first heard about this young Orange County-based group, I dismissed them as yet another SoCal pop punk act, but I was quickly proven wrong. Their use of piano dominates their music and creates a unique sound. Their most popular song to perform live just happens to be a 9 1/2 minute piano balled called "Konstantine" and despite the fact that this song was never released traditionally on any full Something Corporate album, it remains a favorite of most of the band's fans. The lyrics throughout their albums are poignant and it's obvious that the fans relate to them immensely. On their first album for Drive-Thru Records; "Leaving Through The Window" they discuss young love, girls with low self-esteem, high school grudges as well as many other typical teenage subjects of angst. But, on their follow up release "North" the band's growth as artists as well as as people is evident. With song topics ranging from a desperate houswife killing her husband ("Me and The Moon"), to growing up and moving on with your life ("21 and Invincible") this band secured its foothold as more than just another SoCal pop punk band. Something Corporate has bridged a gap between the traditional young pop-punk fans to college aged twenty-somethings and beyond. Even iconic 80s drummer Tommy Lee considers himself a fan.

5) North   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is my favorite CD of all time. It's very mellow and relaxing, but still upbeat. You can't beat SoCo!