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[fearisnottheend]

I got up early and went to Wal-Mart to get my copy of SFBM and they didn't have it. I called later on while at work and they found "them" in the back. So i drove down the street on break and picked it up.

I'd only heard the 30 second clips of most of the album before today. I was pleasantly suprised that i liked several songs i didn't expect to like much like Home, WDWGFH, Get Ready.
Show and Sofia are just ok but i'm sure they will grow on me. Right now, Wings is my favorite. It makes me smile just like They Stood Up For Love. Night of Nights is awesome. I like the slower verses more than the chorus but the change makes the song interesting. The slower verse part has that magical feeling that Pillar of Davidson and Gas Head Goes West had for me. Love Shines chorus is awesome. Can't wait to play these songs on guitar.

Reading on-line reviews on this site and many others, i got the impression that this album would be terrible. Mostly negative reviews wanting the band to get back to being "angry".
Now, if it would get us another Lakini's Juice than i'm all for that. I've found that, growing up listening to Live and being just a few years younger than them..........i feel like as they've matured and gotten older....i have to. It seems like the music fits me. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Its way to early to tell where this album will rank overall but i am happy with it. It is so cool to go pick up a new Live disc and anxiously listen to each song. I was thinking as i listened to it...after this listen the song won't really ever sound exactly the same. You only get that one "first time listen". Awesome experience. And this is the only band that i get hyped up about.

Can't wait to see them in concert again.

[jaybb]

So, after having a downloaded copy of SFBM for months, I decided to actually buy a copy. I placed my freshly purchased CD into the player in my BMW's high-tech CD player, which has never had ANY problems. As I drove around Los Angeles, listening to my new disc, the CD player decided it had about enough "melodic pop" and euphemisms for "love" as it could take. When it got to "Love Shines," the stereo switched to the radio, without warning and for no apparent reason. Thinking I hit something, I started it over, this time it played about half the song, and then it switched away again. Then I figured the CD was defective, so I took it back to Best Buy, where they exchanged it. Shockingly the player did it again, but this time at Sofia. My CD player hates Songs from Black Mountain.