07 October 2006
First Impressions: Twilight
When I came to Tower Records on Monday to buy the album, I searched around including the new releases section for Twilight. It wasn't there. I continued searching until I realized the song playing on the store speakers sounds familiar. Sure enough, I went to the section where they play the cd and there was an employee browsing the album's lyrics. Hehehe. They just haven't put it in the racks yet.
As for the album packaging, I like the pics, I often take pictures of the sky myself, but I missed the handwritten lyrics in the first album. Hahah. Oh well. By the way the lyrics of Waltz and Eyes Wide Shut are incomplete; the left and right stanzas are the same.
Overall the album, I would say, is calmer and quite slower than Hale, with a lot of ballads. I remember reading one interview of Kuya Roll where he said that the new songs are less angry. When I read that the only song I knew from Twilight was Waltz and so he sounded ironic for me, considering Waltz's 'I hate you' lyrics.
However I agree that the guitars are more aggressive this time, although I don't recall a song as 'aggressive' as that of Wishing from the first album. The drums are also noticeably harder and faster this time. Since I've not heard the songs through my large speakers, I've not noticed the bass much yet. Haha. Sheldon's my idol bassist by the way.
The only thing I don't like in the album is the absence of a fast-paced catchy song like Kahit Pa, although I don't really mind.
I love the tracks 'Empty Tears, Empty Heart', of course 'Waltz', 'Shooting Star', '7,8', 'Starting Over' and my current favorite, 'Fire in the Sky'.
It turns out that a few days later, after hearing the whole album at least five times, my opinions would quickly change. I’ll post a more comprehensive review later.
posted by DJ at 22:17 |
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