Finger Eleven "Life Turns Electric"

After the success of their eponymous third release there was one thing that was keeping them tied in the studio, and that was to find a single as successful as that one. That really was not an issue with the first single from their followup, the highly infectious dance-rock groove that was the antithesis of a paralyzer. There was a sense of a spark with the full album, even though it felt that only half the songs were notable, but I could say that with the last album without even listening to it. Where was I? I lost my way, oh, as I was saying, the singles were good, but some of the best songs were not singles.                                                       This album proves that Life Turns Electric with an album that is more consistent and cohesive, yet still has some interesting and infectious tunes. The album come blasting through the door with the brash bond-rock of “Any Moment Now.” The next song has a solo and composition which sounds as if it came from an earlier era, almost as if they wrote this song to sing on a Black Sabbath; well, if the “Pieces Fit.” The third is asong song that doesn’t proclaim “What Doesn’t Kill Me” makes me stronger, “but I’m not gonna give up yet.” The power-pop chorus is what sets it apart from another favorite song of mine; now only you would give me your name.                                                                                                                              They say the road to h*ll is paved with “Good Intentions,” most of us don’t know why, and not just because we don’t know where it leads to. This song is one of their most distinctive and melodic off of the record, and seems to be influenced by classic rock of the eighties, and the “Stone Soul” is made of something more vibrant. Anderson may be just singing about his “Ordinary Life,”  but this song would probably feel at home on a Goo Goo Dolls, or maybe even Matchbox Twenty record; that is a compliment to its infectiousness and pop songcraft.                                                                                                              "Don’t Look Down" because this funk metal is relayed from a Zeppelin. As I take that leap, I broadcast my "Famous Last Words," and if that could have been interepeted as a suicide to get that special someone to finally notice me, then OK because “I never could find the right words to say/You always made me speechless anyway/Words that lurk me to this day.”  The final song’s most interesting element is the shifting rhythm and if “Love’s What You Left Me With” I will take it over hate any day.