Sunday, August 12, 2012

** Awake by Godsmack – Not a Total Flop, But Far Too Sonically One Dimensional, and Unsophisticated.


I have to admit.  Track 1 on this album is a killer.  However, stylistically is seems that Godsmack is trying to write or continue this song with every other track on the album, all the while failing to achieve the greatness of the opener.  I won’t criticize this album from a technical point, meaning objectively evaluating this album with respect to what musicians in academia consider great other than to say that I wouldn’t recommend Awake if you have a taste for sophisticated music.  If you are a fan of Godsmack, chances are that you could care less about sophistication.  However, some of us musical geeks, whom are those this review is intended for, like to stay in touch with what is popular among the youth, and that is whom this review is intended for, such that we can guide them, the youth, and teach them in their own way.  As for me, I would recommend this album for someone who only has modest or poor intelligence, and in addition has affinity for living the lifestyle of a scrapehead.  It is not because I approve of the scrapehead lifestyle that I would recommend this album to some whom perhaps has many tattoos, recreationally uses drugs, flunks most tests, and possibly exercises regularly at the gym, but it is such that I respect that if that is an ideal for you, this stuff should be right up your alley.

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