Emigrate

[EmeraldRose]

My Pleasure

At last, a faster beat and beautiful heavy guitars! Drums that drive you on through the song! Another catchy tune, and in this song Richard's improvement as a singer can really be heard. Again, very reminiscent of earlier Emigrate. This is a song you can just put on and have in the background, great to work along to.

It will be interesting to learn the meaning/inspiration for this song when it is posted on Facebook, since the lyrics leave it rather open to interpretation.

ER's Scorecard: 7.5/10

[EmeraldRose]

Well now, we can't have that!

Giving Up

This is the song that was teased during the Rammfire promotional video, and it is even better than the snippet we heard there. A scream of defiance, interspersed with reminders that Emigrate isn't going anywhere. The guitars are heavy and the riffs are as promised in the Rammfire teaser. Very solid, classic Emigrate sound. Giving Up is reminiscent of the sound on the first album.

It does feel a bit repetitive, and a faster beat would have been nice, but overall good sound.

ER's Scorecard: 7/10

[Maya]

Nop, I can't continue listening the album without them.

[EmeraldRose]

Waiting for them

Do I sense the sarcasm smiley?

[Maya]

More song reviews to come today, during work breaks. Feeling pretty good today

Waiting for them

[EmeraldRose]

Yay! YouTube decided to work again! Actually a really good interview. No Rammstein bashing and it is nice to hear them talking about the creative process.

More song reviews to come today, during work breaks. Feeling pretty good today

[EmeraldRose]

YouTube is not cooperating right now, I will have to watch it tomorrow.

[Maya]

Richard listened to you @ER

Source: http://loudwire.com/emigrate-richard...ilent-so-long/

[EmeraldRose]

Born on my Own

After my first listen, I was disappointed in this song. It was slow. It wasn't catchy or heavy. Nothing really stood out. Then I listened to it on a very bad day of missing my dad, and it just clicked. The lyrics really caught me up and now it is one of my favorite songs on the album. It is dark and moody and depressing. It is the end of the world and the futility of everything.

It contains what I think is my absolute favorite line on the album: "Flames in waves, so beautiful."

Richard's singing is very well done, and I truly love the keyboards in this song. The guitars are classic Emigrate. This song shows pain and suffering. Like much of the album, giving up any premade thoughts about this song helps it to shine.

ER's scorecard: 9/10 (only wish the song were longer, it ends too abruptly)

[EmeraldRose]

Rainbow

I really like how this song starts out, musically. It has both a harder and lighter quality (I know, might not make sense) and we get the "classic" Emigrate guitar sound. It's fast and catchy. Though Richard talks about this album being so much darker than the first, this song is actually very sweet. As a parent, I can definitely relate to his feelings about his child. In fact, our youngest children are only a few months apart in age, so I very much relate to the feelings this song brings out when I think of my kids.

Musically, Rainbow is very catchy and fast. While I love this song (for the personal reasons above) it may not appeal to many fans, simply because it is sort of saccharine. Particularly as it directly follows two songs that are most definitely written with less...pristine...intention. However, I think Rainbow gives us a good showing of how much Richard's voice has developed since the first album.

ER's scorecard: 10/10 (personal score) 8/10 (regular fan album score)

[EmeraldRose]

I understand why, I use to copy the text before sending it, I have lost really long texts......

Yep, I do that sometimes. Usually hitting the back button will bring it back too, but not on this Forum. Oh well.

[EmeraldRose]

Hypothetical

Again we have a song that makes no secret at all that it's about sex. Hypothetical does it better than Rock City mostly because Manson fits this song better than Lemmy fit his. The sound is very Manson-like with an Emigrate undertone in the guitars. This song also seems to fit the overall tone of the album better than Rock City did. As far as guest songs go, this one works. It could be on a Manson album or this one, and works equally well. Overall, the sound is more Manson than Emigrate, which is most of the reason for the lower score.

Based on interviews, Richard sent this song to Manson already basically done. I have to be honest, I can't envision Richard singing this song at all. Manson has definitely stamped it as his own.

ER's scorecard: 7/10

*First write up was better, but I can't remember what I said. Same basic stuff though. Stupid internet.

[Maya]

I understand why, I use to copy the text before sending it, I have lost really long texts......

[EmeraldRose]

Ok, I will do a couple more today. Have to admit I was super irritated when the internet ate my last one, so I haven't gotten back to it. I will do them today.

[Maya]

@ER I'm waiting for your review of the next track, I read both and listen to the song after...