Music : Rise Against 'Appeal To Reason'

Album Info :

Artist : Rise Against
Album : Appeal To Reason
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: DGC / Interscope
ASIN: B001FBSMMQ
Genre : Hardcore & Punk, Rock, Pop

Description :

Chicago's Rise Against is anything but a single-minded musical outfit. An astounding fusion of unhinged power, ear grasping melodies, stimulating lyrics and the ability to reach audienced in both underground and mainstream circles, they have redefined the rules. To date, the band has released four albums plus a rare material EP, and a DVD called Generation Lost. Each of their past two albums have sold just shy of 1/2 million copies in the U.S. with each album garnering three full on Modern Rock radio hits. The first single is 'Reeducation (Through Labor)' hit radio airwaves in August 2008.

Album Review :

by. KYLE ANDERSON

With hardcore anthems that raged against teen apathy in the Bush era, these Chicagoans began as a thinking punk's alternative to the chain-wallet angst of groups like Good Charlotte and A Simple Plan. Then they cracked the Top 10 with 2006's excellent The Sufferer and the Witness — and now they're wondering out loud if their message got muddled on the way to the Warped Tour. Appeal to Reason is an honest appraisal of their rise from the indie trenches into the mainstream. "Our shoulders bear an awful weight," singer Tim McIlrath admits on "The Strength to Go On," and on "Entertainment," he worries, "All we are is entertainment/Caught up in our own derangement."

The politics on Appeal to Reason are more personal than those of most agit-punk bands: The ambivalent aggro-folk track "Hero of War," for instance, draws its lyrics from actual stories Rise Against heard from soldiers in Iraq. And the songs are driven by an ever-sharpening pop sensibility. Producer Bill Stevenson dirties up the chugga-chugga riffs with the Reagan-era spit shine of bands like Fugazi and Black Flag, but big choruses and radio-friendly hooks still anchor the tunes. "Collapse (Post-Amerika)" bounces on a skate-punk pogo beat and a shout-along refrain of "This is not a test/This is cardiac arrest!" And the power ballad "Audience of One" finds McIlrath growl-crooning with real force: "Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved/Run away/But what are we running from?" Rise Against may be nervous about leaving the underground behind, but with sharp songs like these, they're ready for the rest of the world.

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Tracklist:

1. "Collapse (Post-Amerika)" - 3:19
2. "Long Forgotten Sons" - 4:01
3. "Re-Education (Through Labor)" - 3:43
4. "The Dirt Whispered" - 3:09
5. "Kotov Syndrome" - 3:04
6. "From Heads Unworthy" - 3:42
7. "The Strength to Go On" - 3:27
8. "Audience of One" - 4:05
9. "Entertainment" - 3:35
10. "Hero of War" - 4:13
11. "Savior" - 4:02
12. "Hairline Fracture" - 4:02
13. "Whereabouts Unknown" - 4:03

Rise Against - Re-education (Through Labor) [Official Video]



Rise Against - Re-Education (Through Labor) Lyrics

To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away
To the rhythm of the awful rusted machines
We toss and turn but don't sleep
Each breath we take makes us thieves
Like causes without rebels
Just talk but promise nothing else

We crawl on our knees for you
Under a sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you
But we sow seeds to see us through
The sometimes dreams just don't come true
We wait to reap what we are due

To the rhythm of a time bomb ticking away
And the blare of the sirens combing the streets
Chased down like dogs we run from
Your grasp until the sun comes up

We crawl on our knees for you
Under a sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you
But we sow seeds to see us through
The sometimes dreams just don't come true
Look now at what they've done to you

White needles buried in the red
The engine roars and then it gives
But never dies
'Cuz we don't live
We just survive
On the scraps that you throw away

I won't crawl on my knees for you
I won't believe the lies that hide the truth
I won't sweat one more drop for you
'Cuz we are the rust upon your gears
We are the insects in your ears
We crawl
We crawl
We crawl... all over you

We sow the seeds to see us through
Our days are precious and so few
We all reap what we are due
A judge's sky no longer blue
We bring the dawn all over new
We crawl
We crawl
We crawl... all over you