The Turn Album Reviews Options

[SinfulEyes]

http://www.alternativenation.net/live-the-turn-review/

This post has been edited by SinfulEyes: Nov 11 2014, 11:19 am

[Soxwsc]

Is it just me or does anyone else occasionally feel like this album sounds sort of like a heavier grundgier 'OK Computer'? It has that same intensity and passion and haunting melodies in each song, yet it's original and flows effortlessly.

I'll admit I can't listen to this every time I put on music. I have to be in a certain mood.. usually when I'm feeling good on the weekends. It's a bit much when driving to work early in the morning. I can't say it's in my top 5 Live albums but it's not bad. When I'm in the mood, I enjoy it a lot.

[SinfulEyes]

Is it just me or does anyone else occasionally feel like this album sounds sort of like a heavier grundgier 'OK Computer'? It has that same intensity and passion and haunting melodies in each song, yet it's original and flows effortlessly.

I'll admit I can't listen to this every time I put on music. I have to be in a certain mood.. usually when I'm feeling good on the weekends. It's a bit much when driving to work early in the morning. I can't say it's in my top 5 Live albums but it's not bad. When I'm in the mood, I enjoy it a lot.

I definitely see the OK Computer thing. Good call.

[Gertjan]

I've collected some album reviews from varous sites. Overall they are very positive and mostly from pure rock magazines and blogs. There seems to be little interest from mainstream media, which I guess underlines the return to their roots.

"The Turn is full of surprises and a brand new energy" (The Five 10)
"The release is full of killer tracks" (The Vacant)
"This album is every rock fan's dream" (Rush On Rock)
"All of the pieces have come together on The Turn" (Echo Asylum)
"I love that it has that old album feel" (Traces of Waste)
"It bursts with energy and the sound is harder and heavier than before" (Rock United)
"This might be the most consistent Live record since Throwing Copper" (Jason's Jukebox)
"Chris Shinn has a nice melodious vocal with a gruff edge" (Get Ready To Rock)
"Shinn teaming up with Live is the perfect fit for all" (Revenant Media)
"Live reinforces the concrete alternative rock approach" (Ultimate Guitar)
"It's a band that sounds like it enjoys music anew" (Alternative Nation)

[Bremang]

Allmusic.com 3 out of 5

Moving forward after a decidedly acrimonious breakup with lead singer Ed Kowalczyk, Live enlisted Unified Theory vocalist Chris Shinn as their new frontman, hired old friend Jerry Harrison as producer, and set out to make The Turn, the group's eighth album and first in eight years. Sonically, The Turn hearkens back even further, evoking the salad days of Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper -- the early records where the group had ambitions on the level of U2 but had yet to share the same arena circuit as their peers. Shinn isn't a powerhouse like Kowalczyk, but he operates in a similar tonal range; likewise, the reconstituted Live gets close to the rangy, ambitious rock of their earliest years. If hunger has been replaced by acumen, that's not necessarily a bad thing: there's a cool, crowd-pleasing assurance to The Turn that's appealing. Live have taken pains to create a record that consciously evokes the past while managing to side-step desperation. That they don't quite come up with songs to match the sound doesn't quite matter: what counts is that The Turn serves as an effective advertisement to the middle-aged muscle of Live, suggesting that they're back on track and could deliver a good show on the road.

This post has been edited by Bremang: Nov 26 2014, 1:19 am