NEEDTOBREATHE
''THE HEAT''
AUG 28 2007
LAVA/ATLANTIC
52:35
1. Spare The Time/0:36
2. Restless/3:56
3. Again/3:41
4. Return/4:27
5. We Could Run Away/4:08
6. Streets Of Gold/3:29
7. More Time/4:24
8. Signature Of Divine [Yahweh]/4:04
9. Looks Like Love/4:18
10. The Heat/3:52
11. Nothing Left To Lose/4:21
12. Moving On/3:09
13. Washed By The Water/3:28
14. Second Chances /4:36
Aaron Bowen /Additional Personnel, Piano (Electric)
Seth Bolt /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Terry Connell /Additional Personnel, Trumpet
Jim Gailloreto /Additional Personnel, Saxophone
Tom Garling /Additional Personnel, Trombone
Will Hunt /Additional Personnel, Programming
Anthony J. Resta /Additional Personnel, Guitars
Bear Rinehart /Guitar, Harmonica, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Bo Rinehart /Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background)
Set Free Christian Fellowship Choir /Additional Personnel, Vocals
Joe Stillwell /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Mark Ward /Vocals
Peggy Ward /Vocals
REVIEW
by Jared Johnson Let's just say that these boys from South Carolina didn't exactly scrap their plans to conquer the world after their critically acclaimed 2006 debut. The band's sweeping, arena-friendly alternative rock returns on this ambitious follow-up. In the short year since Daylight's release, the band's music made it onto television (The Evidence, MTV's Laguna Beach), movies (Employee of the Month), and at major sporting events (the 2006 World Series). They also toured with Train and Collective Soul, the latter of whose frontman Ed Roland shares producing credits on this album with Rick Beato (Shinedown). Whether deliberately or not, there seems to be a distinct likeness to both of their tourmates' sounds, as Needtobreathe combines Train's mastery of mid-tempo adult alternative with Collective Soul's pulsing, straightforward rock. The group dwells less in the Coldplay/Travis corner of the sonic universe this time, sounding more like After Edmund and early-career Oasis. There is no runaway single like "Shine On," although first single "Signature of Divine (Yahweh)" has its share of rich, sweeping gusto. Now that the cat's out of the bag (i.e. their sound no longer commands an aura of mystery and intrigue), the boys seem to have lost just a touch of their pioneering spirit, buut that cannot distract from the album's strong, approachable rock that plays best when cranked to a "10."
''THE HEAT''
AUG 28 2007
LAVA/ATLANTIC
52:35
1. Spare The Time/0:36
2. Restless/3:56
3. Again/3:41
4. Return/4:27
5. We Could Run Away/4:08
6. Streets Of Gold/3:29
7. More Time/4:24
8. Signature Of Divine [Yahweh]/4:04
9. Looks Like Love/4:18
10. The Heat/3:52
11. Nothing Left To Lose/4:21
12. Moving On/3:09
13. Washed By The Water/3:28
14. Second Chances /4:36
Aaron Bowen /Additional Personnel, Piano (Electric)
Seth Bolt /Bass, Vocals (Background)
Terry Connell /Additional Personnel, Trumpet
Jim Gailloreto /Additional Personnel, Saxophone
Tom Garling /Additional Personnel, Trombone
Will Hunt /Additional Personnel, Programming
Anthony J. Resta /Additional Personnel, Guitars
Bear Rinehart /Guitar, Harmonica, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Bo Rinehart /Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background)
Set Free Christian Fellowship Choir /Additional Personnel, Vocals
Joe Stillwell /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Mark Ward /Vocals
Peggy Ward /Vocals
REVIEW
by Jared Johnson Let's just say that these boys from South Carolina didn't exactly scrap their plans to conquer the world after their critically acclaimed 2006 debut. The band's sweeping, arena-friendly alternative rock returns on this ambitious follow-up. In the short year since Daylight's release, the band's music made it onto television (The Evidence, MTV's Laguna Beach), movies (Employee of the Month), and at major sporting events (the 2006 World Series). They also toured with Train and Collective Soul, the latter of whose frontman Ed Roland shares producing credits on this album with Rick Beato (Shinedown). Whether deliberately or not, there seems to be a distinct likeness to both of their tourmates' sounds, as Needtobreathe combines Train's mastery of mid-tempo adult alternative with Collective Soul's pulsing, straightforward rock. The group dwells less in the Coldplay/Travis corner of the sonic universe this time, sounding more like After Edmund and early-career Oasis. There is no runaway single like "Shine On," although first single "Signature of Divine (Yahweh)" has its share of rich, sweeping gusto. Now that the cat's out of the bag (i.e. their sound no longer commands an aura of mystery and intrigue), the boys seem to have lost just a touch of their pioneering spirit, buut that cannot distract from the album's strong, approachable rock that plays best when cranked to a "10."
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