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With 2004's IN LOVE AND DEATH, emo icons the Used go to the next level in polishing up their production without losing any of the raw emotion that's defined their work. For their second studio album, the Utah quartet taps into the same degree of angst, but with the perspective of people who've been immersed in a world gilded by fame and success. "Light with a Sharpened Edge" and "Take It Away" reverberate with desperation amid waves of pile-driving riffs and singer Bert McCracken's howl.
Still, there's no doubt that the Used have embraced more of a pop approach, be it the eminently catchy "I Caught Fire," with its uber-hooks and choruses, or the loping "Cut Up Angels," which is one Joe Perry guitar solo away from being a late-era Aerosmith outtake. Most impressive is the Used's stylistic risk-taking (glockenspiel and soothing vocals on the lo-fi "Yesterday's Feelings," the Burt Bacharach-meets-the Cure oddity "Lunacy Fringe," complete with strings and brushed drums). On IN LOVE AND DEATH, the Used succeeds in adding yet another twist to the emo aesthetic.
Audio Mixer: John Feldmann.
Recording information: Foxy Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Seth Smoot.
The Used: Jeph Howard (bass instrument); Quinn Allman (toys); Bert McCracken, Branden Steineckert.
Personnel: Quinn Allman (vocals, guitar); Bert McCracken (vocals, piano, keyboards); Branden Steineckert (vocals, drums, percussion, programming); Jeph Howard, Sean Ingram (vocals); Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis (programming).
Rolling Stone (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "McCracken's earnest moments suggest classic-rock romanticism..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.74) - "[T]he band still excels at balancing rage and romance. These days, punk is for lovers - and the Used are among its leading men." - Grade: B Used In Love And Death Songs In Love And Death Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews this cd is pretty good
if u like my chemical romance, papa roach, or any of those kind of bands, ull like this cd. the screams, mixed with the guitars and evrything else, plus i liked the intro on my favorite song of the cd, im a fake
Submitted by kevin (greenville, sc)
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Alot of people say this album isn't better than the first one...That's wrong!! This record get the best songs you ever heard, even the slow one's. I don't say they're first cd suck, they're first cd was " A KickAss Record" this is more "A Melodic Record" but don't get me wrong, "In love And Death" has also a few hardcore songs like: Take it Away, Im a Fake, let it bleed, Listening. ´The More Melodic songs: Cut up angels, All that i've, lunacy fringe, i caught fire......and the list continues.
Great cd if you're not a fan, or want something new!!!
Submitted by Michael Hemmingsen (Ikast - Denmark)
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yes sir
awesome cd. Um guy up at the top, why did you say this is the greatest cd you've ever heard then rate it three stars?? kind of weird. cd is great, but the old cd is way better. To many slow songs on this one, THEY ARE AWESOME THOUGH. I just like the faster stuff and i love his scream. GOOD CD BUY BOTH BUY BOTH
Submitted by a guy (on a plane)
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I effing love The Used. They are so amazing, their new CD is excellent. Take it away baby. Haha .. yeah I love The Used! Keep it strong.
Submitted by x[The.End]x -S-a-r-a-h (Ontario)
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this cd rock!!!!!THE USED ROCKS.THIS IS THE BEST CD IVE HERD BUY IT
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Purchase In Love And Death CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | VH1 Presents The Corrs: Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars Go Blue," and a great, leering rendition of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine."
Somewhat more mysteriously, Rolling Stone Ron Wood also turns up on what sounds dangerously close to a lounge version ...
| | Used CD (2002) Enhanced CD
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Although much is made of this Utah foursome's rebellious background (singer Bert McCracken's former drug addiction and the band's pre-record deal pan-handling street-kid lifestyle), all that's really required to ascertain the level of the band's commitment is a close listen to their self-titled debut release. They leap into each song as though their lives depended upon it (maybe they're not so anxious to go back to spare-changing). While they are initially presented as another entrant in the aggro-rock sweepstakes, there's a bit more than that to the Used. Sure, McCracken can let out blood-curdling screams of angst with the best of them, and there's no shortage of blazing guitars and pounding drums, but the Used seem to have spent at least as much time listening to Jane's ...
| | My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge CD (2004)
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For its major-label debut, My Chemical Romance amps up the melodies in transforming its unique hardcore approach to more of a pop-punk style. To say this Jersey quintet subscribes to the half-empty-glass outlook on love and relationships is like saying Johnny Rotten is a slightly irritable chap. Buried amid the abundant sing-along choruses and the tasty, two-guitar attack of fretburners Ray Toro and Frank Iero is doom-and-gloom imagery that ranges from the suicidal allusions ...
| | Green Day American Idiot CD (2004)
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Rock opera and punk are usually two mutually exclusive musical styles. Then again, Green Day has never followed any rock rulebook, so it's not entirely surprising that the trio crafted a punk-rock opera that takes the Bush administration and its policies to task. It doesn't get any more pointed than a couplet from the frenetic title cut that states, "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda/Now everybody do the propaganda!"
Under the guidance of any other group of agitated punks, the results of such an undertaking ...
| | Sum 41 Chuck CD (2004)
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Sum 41's super-heavy 2002 album, DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED?, was an exercise in speedy hardcore matched with thundering metal bombast, suggesting that the group might soon morph into a full-fledged thrash band. While CHUCK does refine that style even further than its predecessor, the 2004 album also signals a growing musical curiosity. "Intro," the disc's aptly titled opening song, features tersely picked guitar lines that ...
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