Filter Amalgamut CD

2002 release, this CD is enhanced with the 'Where Do We Go From Here' video along with the short film 'Plague of a Thousand Deceptions'. Featured tracks include 'Where Do We Go From Here', 'American Cliche' and 'The Only Way' (Is The Wrong Way).



This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Filter: Richard Patrick (vocals, guitar, synchesizer, bass, drums, programming); Geno Lenardo (guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Frank Cavanagh (bass); Steve Gillis (drums).
Additional personnel: Rae DiLeo, Ben Grosse (programming).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Filter: Richard Patrick (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass, drums, programming); Geno Lenardo (guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Frank Cavanagh (bass); Steve Gillis (drums).
Recorded at Abyssinian Sons Studio, Chicago, Illinois and The Mix Room, Burbank, California.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Although Filter's Title of Record was a creative step forward, Richard Patrick described the album's recording process as an exigent one, where everyone constantly butted heads. To the band's surprise, when they began working on The Amalgamut two years later, they encountered the exact opposite. The band, along with longtime producer Ben Grosse, felt the most open and creative they had in years. With two successful releases and two years of solid touring behind them, Filter allowed themselves the freedom to write and record new material at their own pace. After embarking on a cross-country road trip with his acoustic guitar and witnessing the September 11th terrorist attacks and Columbine High School shootings on television with the rest of America, Richard Patrick poured his inspiration into some of his most sincere and revealing material to date. Lyrically, Patrick is honest and unembarrassed throughout the album. Whether he's shaming the two teenage assailants responsible for the Columbine massacre on "Columind," pondering how commonplace school violence has become on "American Cliché," or coming to a religious crossroads while confronting the 9/11 attacks on "The Missing," Patrick never compensates his views for popular acceptance or political correctness. Musically, the band delivers hook after hook on a bed of strong songwriting. Richard Patrick found his voice on Title of Record. On The Amalgamut, he takes his singing to the next level, frequently adding embellishments and showcasing his broadened vocal range. Mixing soft-rockers like "The Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)" and "God Damn Me" with the harder fare of "Columind" and "So I Quit," the album cleverly incorporates the best of what Short Bus and Title of Record each had to offer. The album's first single, "Where Do We Go From Here," picks up where "Take a Picture" left off, adding a gritty bridge and a soaring rock chorus. Filter further probes world and relationship issues on songs like the Deftones-tinged "Never Be the Same" and the Thom Yorke-meets-Deep Forest jam "World Today." In the end, the resulting sound is that of an updated and improved Filter, and The Amalgamut proves that there's much more to the band than "Hey Man, Nice Shot." In fact, as their discography continues to grow, the track that launched their career is impressively becoming one of their least definitive. ~ Don Kline
What began initially as a project by NIN alumnus Richard Patrick has developed into a real band. Formerly the sole composer, Patrick opened himself to collaborating with his bandmates on 1999's breakthrough, TITLE OF RECORD and the overwhelming response paved the way for a true band effort here. Guitarist Geno Lenardo adds dimensions and texture to Patrick's solid foundation, and the result is Filter hitting its creative stride with THE AMALGAMUT.
As the title suggests, this musical mixture boasts impeccable production valuRolling Stone (8/8/02, pp.77-8) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The album is more fab Badfinger than bad Nickelback..."
CMJ (7/15/02, p.16) - "...Valuable additions to the band's rich musical repertoire..."