Product Description

Third album from US emo band signed up by Warners after their second album for Victory, 2004's 'Where You Want To Be', hit #3 on the Billboard charts. It has sold over 30,000 copies in the UK alone and this album, coming on the back of their summer support slots for Green Day, should capitalize on that success. 'Louder Now' sees a further evolution in the band's sound, with QOTSA/Lostprophets producer Eric Valentinebringing a genuinely muscular and aggressive feel to their music for the first time.

Track Listing

1. What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost
2. Liar (It Takes One To Know One)
3. MakeDamnSure
4. Up Against (Blackout)
5. My Blue Heaven
6. Twenty Twenty Surgery
7. Spin
8. Divine Intervention
9. Miami
10. Error Operator
11. I'll Let You Live

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1657 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-24
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you want the two word review, it's right there in the title: Louder Now, the third album from New York's Taking Back Sunday, is heavier, ballsier and all round bigger than its predecessors, like the soggy-hanky emo of 2004's Where You Want To Be took some lessons from Charles Atlas and came back to kick sand in everyone's face. In part, this is down to the visceral production of Eric Valentine, last seen working the desk for Queens Of The Stone Age. But the band have hardened up, too: 'Liar (It Takes One To Know One' builds from a tricksy, ska-tinged verse to a seismic chorus, frontman Adam Lazzara and guitarist Fred Mascherino sparring manfully atop a roar of rock guitars, while 'Make Damn Sure' is perhaps the album's stand-out, a canyon-sized chorus that renders emo passion with stadium scope. The irony here, perhaps, is that in toughening up their sound, Taking Back Sunday have actually made a more straightforward "rock" record than anything came before. Later in the album, though, there's a few moments where TBS ease off the gas, with interesting results: see 'Divine Intervention', a spare, introspective acoustic track with distant percussion and subtle, strange tape effects. Meanwhile, a limited reissue adds a 90 minute DVD and four live tracks. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Excellent listen. Excellent buy.
I never quite understood why this album was voted Album of the year by Kerrang!...until I got the album for my birthday. I was very pleasantly surprised, and listen to the Cd all the time cause its a great album, which definately showcases the talent this band has. It may not have fully deserved album of the year, but it is definately worth buying. Particular favourite tracks of mine are What's it feel like to be a ghost, Miami, Spin and I'll Let you live.

An average album from an average band
A typical, average modern rock album that's emo style, catchy sound represents exactly where 21st century rock is heading. Not quite my genre, but for fans of Panic! at the disco and AFI, this is the album for you.

Good
This is quite a good rock album, with great guitar, good drumming and very good vocals. Although all the album is good, i fail to find any of it that is truly outstanding, which most people seem to. Taking Back Sunday aren't really my type of Metal band, i prefer heavier stuff and although this is listenable i do get a bit tired of it after a few songs.
If you like the softer kind of metal, then this will be absoloutely great for you, but the heavier stuff? Then i would stay away.