We Don't Need To Whisper Review

Release Date: May 23, 2006
Label: Geffen
Genres: Rock
Number Of Tracks: 10
This album has a lot of Tom's feelings in and he wanted to create atmospheric stadium rock which is exactly what has occured.

Sound:	8.5
Lyrics:	8.3
Impression:	8.3
Overall rating:	8.3
Reviewer rating:	8.4
Users rating:	8.3
Votes:	400

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: Stevie B, on april 26, 2006

Sound: As many know this is Tom DeLonge's new band and they are very different to Blink 182 and Boxcar Racer. This is not a pop-punk or emo album but it is a true rock album similar to U2. This album has a lot of Tom's feelings in and he wanted to create atmospheric stadium rock which is exactly what has occured. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics differ from Blink 182 with songs about war and broken friendships but there are still songs about love which is what he general writes best. The lyrics fit with the music well and his voice, although not great, is very unique and this music suits it well. // 8

Impression: This should not be compared to Blink 182 or Boxcar Racer as they are very different. The best songs on the album are Do It For Me Now, which stuck out instantly first time through, and Valkyrie Missle, which although has a huge intro, is an extremely well put together song which you may not like at first but really grows on you as a great track. What I dislike about this album is how much hype it has recieved. It is quite a good album but it is not going to be a stand out record in rock history like some people have made out. If lost I would get it again as it is something that can be listened to repeatedly. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 27, 2006

Sound: First off, I am a huge Blink fan, so the breakup of blink hurt me just as much as it hurts any of you. However, Blink's last album was by far my favorite album of theirs. It really showcased Tom's songwriting. So needless to say, I had a feeling that this album would be good. I absolutely love this album. I've listened to it every day for like a month, yes I illegaly downloaded it, but I almost made up for it by buying 2 copies of the CD. The sound is a lot more mature than anything I've heard from Tom. Grant it, the sound is very U2/The Police-like, it really is very good. The different instruments used on this album are amazing, such as the little toy kiddy piano on Start The Machine. I think that was a really cool thing to throw in there. I really don't think this album could be any better. Also, I love the guitar effects especially on "Do It For Me Now", the intro with the delay and the tremolo picking that kinda makes it sound like a helicopter, that's really cool. I just love the sound on this album. It's incredible. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: I love the lyrics on this album. They are very inspirational, especially on "The Adventure". The lyrics that I think are most impressive are on "Do It For Me Now", "A Little's Enough", "The War", "It Hurts", and "Start The Machine". The lyrics work very well with the music, it's almost completely flawless. Now we all know that Tom isn't the best singer ever, but I love his voice on the album. It's so different and unique and really adds something to the beauty of this record. // 10

Impression: I think this album is amazing, absolutely amazing. I really don't see why people are ragging on it. Sure, it does sound VERY U2- like and definetely has hints of The Police in there, but like Tom said, those are the kinds of bands he listened to over the last year, and all of us know that the music you listen to is reflected and inspires the music you write. The most impressive songs are definetely- "Do It for Me Now", "A Little's Enough", "The War", "It Hurts" and "Start the Machine". Those songs have the best lyrics out of any songs on the albums. The songs I really don't like are "Good Day"-great song, but the chorus is terrible, and "The Gift"-which is a wonderful song, but sounds far too much like U2, and "Valkyrie Missile"- I love every part of it, except it is very repetitive, but the end with the slides and everything is really cool. I love pretty much every part of this album. I love the lyrics, the guitar, the drums, the overall feel of it is amazing. It's a very inspirational CD. If it were lost or stolen, I would definetely but another copy, I can't live without this album. Here's an overal sum-up of the songs.

01. Valkyrie Missile - only song that reaches the 6-minute+ mark. However, about 2 minutes of that is an intro. The lyrics are very repetitive and creates the same feel throughout the whole song, without really changing. But it has a really cool ending.
02. Distraction - probably my least favorite song on the album. The intro is about a minute and a half of the same stuff over and over and over. It gets very annoying. The verse lyrics are very good, but the chorus "I'll be your distraction" is kind of just dull, and lacking imagination. It's just too bland. The end of the song is also very good with the "I'll be, I'll be yours" I really like that part.
Do It For Me Now - one of my personal favorites. I love every single part of this song. The lyrics are absolutely amazing. This song is just classic.
04. The Adventure - great song. Lyrics are very inspirational. The music to this song is very good, very catchy.
05. A Little's Enough - my absolute favorite song on the CD. This song is a beautiful song. I love the chorus of this song and I love the ending where in the background Tom is going "Just A Little". The song is absolutely amazing. I love every part of it.
06. The War - a very powerful song. Every part of this song, lyric-wise, is just worn on the sleeve. Unlike any other song on the CD, this song starts out hard, mounting in frustration throughout the intro. Then the lyrics come in, and you're just taken back, by how powerful they are, and mixed with the music make this song just perfect.
07. The Gift - great song. Probably one of the best choruses on the album, or even in the last decade, in terms of a "love song". It's something you can say to a girl and just make her melt. This song is just absolutely amazing.
08. It Hurts - wonderful song. The angry lyrics in the verse are so catchy and fit so well. However, I don't like the "It Hurts, it hurts, it hurts... " It goes on forever, and even though it fits well, it gets old.
09. Good Day - I love the verses of this song especially the verses, especially the 1st verse "I should have turned back, I should have known better..." I love the pre-chorus "Oh I need you now.." But I really don't like the chorus, it lacks imagination. I think Tom was going for one of those- so simple, but so good types of things, and although this song is still fun to sing along to, he didn't accomplish that part in the song.
10. Start The Machine - one of my favorite songs. I love the lyrics in this song. All the lyrics. I love the kiddy toy piano in the beginning. That takes a lot of imagination to do that, and a lot of courage because Tom went out on a limb, and it worked. This song is a great end to the album, especially with the powerful bass line in it. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: jem 22, on april 26, 2006

Sound: My first impression of the album was a great one. The first song on here is called Valkyrie Missle its a 6 and a half minute song. It has a great bass intro in the beginning along with sound effects the guitar is just about amazing. This song, Tom says, is a great intro because it describes AVA. It has some '80s sounding guitar. A lot of the album has a 80's sounding guitar. It almost sounds like the Edge's guitar from U2. The second song on the album is called The Adventure. It sounds as if you were in the future. The guitar in here is sort of like The Cure. Tom himslef agrees that it sounds like its from the future saying "This song is very anthemic and has a euphoric feel to it. Its got big programmed beats and guitar riffing that people expect from me, but it sounds like it comes from the future." The next song on the album is called The War. Its a surprising one because you think its gonna be another slow song but that's when the heavy stuff gets in. Tom wanted to make it sound as if soldiers were marching to this song. The 4th song on the album is called A Little's Enough. It's a great slow song with great lyrics a very passionate one indeed. The 5th song is called Distraction. This song has some more programmed beats, hand claps, and a drum role. The guitar in the beginning has a 80's sound then it goes to TOM'S style. Tom wanted to make the people imagine as if they were in a completly destroyed city and your passing through it all the smoke and crap that has destroyed it. To some people, I guess, think it's about Blink I don't know why I personally don't get the impression, but it isn't about Blink. It Hurts is the 6th song on the album I simply love the beginning it has a great intro. The bass drum on here is pretty cool because it goes in a pattern if you were listening to it right now with me I bet you would agree with me. Tom made this song for his friend plain and simple. He says "My friend has this girl friend that is the cheating type. It's a terrible situation where my friend is being crushed inside out by all the manipulative stuff taht she's doing and thats what this songs about." The 7th song on here is called Do it For Me Now. I dont think there is one song on here that doesn't have programmed beats. So therefore this one has some, well actually the whole song. Dont worry it still sounds pretty bad ass. The guitar has a crap load of reverb and the drums is basically by it self. The guitar is there but they just let the note ring. Belive it or not Tom says he wrote this song for a rapper. Yes I said it a rapper. He changed up the lyrics and made a kick ass song. The 8th song is called Start the Machine. Again programmed beats and just like "A Little's Enough" it's a slow song. It has a nice bass line and good slow drums. The lyrics simply speak for it self. The 9th song is called The Gift. It again has programmed beats and this song is the one that sounds like The Edge's guitar. The drums sound as if they are an electric drum kit. Some of the song though when they get out of the intro the acoustic drums nust out. The last song is called Good Day. Its a great song I love the drums and guitar, the programmed beats really go with the song, not that none of them go with the other songs but this one definatly fits the picture. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics here are basically self explanitory. Some songs aren't though. For example A Little's Enough has a part where they say god you may be a little confused. Well Tom wanted you to imagine this so START imagining, that what if we fucked up the world soo bad that God came down to earth and told us what were doing wrong and he fixed everything. Other songs I pretty much explained. Tom has a pretty good voice personally I like his voice but sometimes when people try to sing like him they whine! Why do they whine? Well I must admit some times it sounds as if he is but that is rarely ever. All and all these songs have personal messages that has been going on Tom's life. // 10

Impression: Like I said it sounds like some 80's bands and crap like that. I think you'll love each and every song. I love how every song has its own message/moral/metaphore. It is just a wise abulm that AVA has come up with I perswonally love A Little's Enough and Good Day. They are just wonderful slow songs and the instruments and vocals just inspire you. If it was stolen/ lost I would totally buy this damn album again! What you do with this album is entirly up to you. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 16, 2009

Sound: Firstly, the sound is different from anything any of the members have attemted before in any of their previous bands, and its amazing. Many of the songs on the album have epic guitar riffs and synth build ups. I don't think anyone could have seen this coming after the break up of Blink 182 I think all the build up to this album was due, Its such a masterpiece. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: My overall impression of the lyrics are that they are truly brilliant, songs such as "It Hurts" and "The War" have angrier lyrics whereas songs such as "The Adventure" and Valkyrie Missile" are very inspirational. The lyrics to the last verse in "Start the Machine" stick out to me and portray what AVA is all about, and the music backing that verse completes the album brilliantly. Toms is obviously not the greatest singer in the buisness, but he has such an individual voice, it goes with the individuality of the music perfectly. // 9

Impression: My overall impression is that this is an amazing album, and you'd be missing something in your life if you didn't listen to it, whether you enjoy it or not.

01.Valkyrie Missle: an amzing build up that really sets the tone for the rest of the album, with a brilliant ending "Who do we think we are/we're Angels and Airwaves"
02.Distraction: another epic build up that at first seems quite odd, this is one of the best songs on the album as the lyrics and music completely suit eachother and it has a brilliant concept
03.Do It For Me Now: I remember when I first heard the album and this was the first song that really stuck out, the slick guitar riff and Toms vocals in this are amazing.
04.The Adventure epic build up that ends in what I believe is the greatest riff ever written. The lyrics to this song are amazing and inspirational. Definately the best song on the album
05.A Littles Enough this is a great song,it seems to evolve from one song to another, which is showing Toms blink roots. Probably the catchiest chorus of the album.
06.The War: a real "stand out song" compared to the rest of the album, its got a good heavy intro backed by meanful, anti-war lyrics.
07.The Gift: not my favourite song off the album, brilliant none the less, the chorus is beautiful and the bridge takes you to a different place
08.It Hurts: a good song, definately one of my favourites, Tom definately gets the point through that "You're best friend/Is not you're girlfriend", another "stand out song" from the rest of the album
09.Good Day: this is probably the worst song on the album but thats not to say its bad. Its actually really good and has good lyrics in the verse but looses it in the chorus.
10.Start the Machine: what a song. The bass fits the song perfectly and the Toy piano was a genious addition to the song. The final verse is probably the greatest bit of music ever composed

And if I lost this I would buy it again as soon as I could. // 10

overall: 8.3

Reviewed by: sk8rocker, on june 30, 2006

Sound: The sound has both modern guitar and a bit of '70s and '80s guitar. It blends in all the right instruments and made one awesome CD. The music and singing blends like ice in water. No doubt that this cd has the most amazing effects in some of the songs. The guitarist does an awesome job in keeping it in the perfect volume zone as does the whole band. I also like to add that this cd is about war and human life. People should not think that a cd about that stuff is bad. It is true. They made this CD by reading WW2 books. They took pictures of WW2 and posted them on one side of the room and nothing on the ohter and in between they made a song. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are a blend of love and Toms feelings. I the lyrics and music blend good toghter. It's not music to where the words dont go. The music is a good blend of soft easy music to rock music that makes you want to sing. The words go great with the the title of the song. The title of the CD (We Don't Need To Whisper) goes good with the singing because tom sings out not needing to whisper. Besides AVA Tom has had a great life being in Blink 182 and Boxcar Racer. He quotes "this is not a side job, this is the new other half of Tom Delonge". He wants people to be able to listen and understand what he is singing about. // 8

Impression: This album compares to no other album out there. It is unique in its own way. Tom Delonge, David Kennedy, Ryan Sinn, and Atom Willard have created a CD that people can listen to and understand. The Adventure and It Hurts are the most impressive songs, but Start The Machine, and The War are also impressive. I like the CD the most becase I can get comfortable and turn the lights out and listen to the CD. It isn't a CD where its all headbangin or screaming. This CD is a perfect blend of rock and soft rock. If I lost this CD I would deff buy it again. I suggest that any Blink 182 fans should buy this CD. // 9

overall: 2.3

Reviewed by: stumaster18, on june 05, 2006

Sound: Well, to me, it's horrible. It's all stupid emo music, and there's only 2 good songs. Even though all the instruments suck, I like the drum beats. I really don't like the sound of this CD. // 3

Lyrics and Singing: Tom DeLonge. oh where do I start. You know how emo people put lyrics from songs in their MSN Messenger names and have crying faces around them? well, this CD is just phrase after phrase of that crap. Tom's voice is still intact. What happened? People who complain about Green Day's lyrics will have a heart attack if they hear this. // 2

Impression: This is by far, the worst CD I have heard all year. It is no where close in comparing to anything by blink-182 or Boxcar Racer. This cd has only 10 tracks, and 8 of them are a bust. The best songs on the CD (and that's NOT saying much) are "The Adventure", which is the first and hopefully only single, and "The War", the only distortionized, heavy song on the entire album. If this CD were stolen or lost, I wouldn't even care. Complete garbage album, and I'm pretty sure we won't ever see anything else from this band in the future. No wonder Mark and Travis ditched Tom. Can't wait for Plus 44! // 2

overall: 7.3

Reviewed by: johnnybgoode1, on may 24, 2006

Sound: A new album which has come from a 'supergroup' of Tom Dewonge (Blink) and three other members from The Distillers, Offspring and Box Car Racer. The sound is along the lines of U2 effects wise but the sort of feel I get for it is that of Blink 182's final self titled album and Box Car Racer. It gives a feel of outer space by using the many different effects. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are pretty much basic in the songs, using themes of war, love and broken friendships, however in some songs the lyrics are really well thought through. Tom's voice has matured a lot which I think gives the band something, however in some songs, mainly 'distraction' it is slightly annoying and the range isn't exactly diverse, but like I said before fits the style of music. // 7

Impression: Overall I think the album is pretty good but once it's finished you feel the sense that it lacked something. The first track 'Valkyrie Missile' takes some time to finally start following effects but is overall a very good song, especially with the build up towards the end riff, which kind of reminds me of Blink 182. The next song 'distraction' is a down tempo song about war and is good in places, however the chorus becomes slightly annoying. 'Do It For Me Now' is the next song and is generally good, but in my opinion lacks that spark. The first single off the album 'The Adventure' kind of captures the overall sound of the album and is technically simple but as tom has showed throughout Blink, the simple chords and riffs make a decent song. 'A Little's Enough' is another down tempo song, with the harmonising used to be very effective. The simple riffs once again show that they make a good song, this does take a couple of listens to get into however. 'The War' is a pretty self explanitory song and describes well the type of conditions on the ebaches in the second world war. This also has quite a heavy quitar riff which leads into a calm verse, which I think makes the song very good. 'The Gift' is another down tempo song, but the vocals in this song are very powerful which brings the song to life. 'It Hurts' is in my opinion the best song on the album by far as it is very uplifting. The intro, verses, pre chorus, everything in my opinion is brilliant and is a must listen. 'Good day' the next song is alright, but is another slow song, in which the vocals can get slightly annoying in the chorus, however it is well structured. The final song on the album 'Start The Machine' is another song about the war and is the song which makes the album feel like its lacking something. Overall, it is a good first album, nothing incredibly special, but you feel as though there is something missing in it. I would give it a listen even if you are a blink, box car racer fan as it still has some good songs. // 7

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 05, 2006

Sound: AVA definitly brings the Tom DeLonge sound. With hints of blink and Box Car Racer (which Tom plays "Down" and "There Is" at live shows), Angels will definitly sound just as good live as the CD does. There is some extra keyboard and synth sounds, and it could be somewhat hard to do all that as far as a live show. It's good to see Tom back with something, and with what I've heard with their "musical masterpiece in progress", I don't think Plus 44 will be as good. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: "Your a thief and a witch but I love you to death, you steal my heart and curse under your breath" is just a piece of the song "Do It For Me Now", which is definitly one of my favorite songs on the CD. These songs are beautifully written by Tom and Company. // 10

Impression: I don't think this album can compare to anything blink, or Box Car. You can definitly hear hints of both in the music, but being a huge fan of blink as I was, I can say that I love AVA, and I'm glad Tom has had the time to open up creativly, and do more now than he did with blink. As far as I'm concerned, Mark and Travis are dead to me now. AVA is all there is left. // 10

overall: 6

Reviewed by: Kwokinator, on april 26, 2006

Sound: The sound is original. The material is very different from Blink 182, so if fans of them are looking for something Blink-like, they might be a little disappointed. The music gives a The Killers kinda feel. The guitars sound very Edge-like (guitarist from U2). So much controversy surrounds this album. What are the tracks? Who's playing in the band? I saw someone post up that the bassist from Iron Maiden was playing in it? Steve Harris? What Tom has presented us with here is original material and it shows he can make a decent album on his own. kudos to him. He said that this was going to be the greatest rock and roll revolution. Hmm I think its quite a bit shy of that. // 7

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are about the recent american invasion of iraq. Tom has drawn a lot of inspiration from how his brother had to go to the war. Another inspiration is the Blink 182 break up. The song Valkyrie Missiles (title track) is supposed to be about how something beautiful can come from something destroyed (Angels And Airwaves coming out of the ashes of Blink 182). Tom voice is a one of a kind. Passionate. Good skills. // 8

Impression: Tom boasted the album would be over an hour. In the end only 1 track was over 1 minute. There are 10 tracks. You do the math. If there was something I could describe this album with is that it is overrated. I saw people so hyped up about this. Some people went so far as to write: "you guys are my favourite band." They haven't even heard the album yet. Others heard a 7 second preview of a song. They created an audio file of that 7 seconds just so they could hear it some more. 7 seconds! One track on the album (Start the Machine) is played on a toy piano Tom bought at a toy store. If he makes music using a toy piano and expects us to treat him like a professional, then I think that anyone that can play a toy piano is a rock star. if this album were stolen I would not buy another one. however there are a few good tracks, but one listen was enough for me. For those of you that will become a 'fan' of this band, think before you act. Just because these guys are going to get a lot of airplay and all your friends at school will listen to them, doesn't mean you should jump on the bandwagon. Blink 182 was an awesome band. If you liked them, it does not mean you should automatically like these guys just because one former member is in it. // 3

overall: 10

Reviewed by: blakehell182, on august 08, 2007

Sound: Angels and Airwaves is the part of the aftermath of Blink 182. When Blink 182 split in 2005, Tom Delonge (guitar, vocals) announced his new band Angels & Airwaves featuring band members David Kennedy(Boxcar Racer) Atom Willard (The Offspring) and Ryan Sinn (The Distillers). In December, Angels & Airwaves released a short version of "Valkirie Missle". This also released a new side of Tom Delonge. Normally, in Blink 182, and even Boxcar Racer (a side project with David Kennedy) Tom always created simple Punk riffs. With Angels & Airwaves, he used a lot more effects such as synth, delay, and even xylophones. Not everyone was satisfied with the new sound of "Blinker" Tom Delonge, however, The band released four singles of of their Debut album, which featured 10 songs. I, for one, love the new adventure that Tom has taken us on, and can't wait for the next one. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: One advantage that Angels and Airwaves has over Tom's former band members, now in Plus 44, is his lyrics.All of the lyrics on We Don't Need To Whisper take me away to my own world.The songs I most appreciate are "the gift" "Do it for me Now" "A littles enough" and "It Hurts". All of the songs make me feel as if someone actually understands how I feel. All of the songs are mixed brilliantly; each have there own style, and each have unique effects. Tom Delonge the most amazing voice I've ever heard.Some people don't agree, but it's there, throught We Don't Need To Whisper. // 10

Impression: I think that this is definatly U2-the Joshua Tree, relived in the 21st centry, along with all of the anthems U2 forgot to include. This Album is the most amazing thing I've ever listened to. I could honestly say there's not anything I would change. The most impressive song on the album is Do it For me Now. That song is simple, yet amazing. The outro in that song makes you feel like you're flying. If I didn't have this album, I'd definatly buy another one the seconed I needed to. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: xxloserkid182xx, on june 11, 2007

Sound: This music is a very different sound, definatley not what you would expect. The sound alone is extremely inspirational and emotional. When your hear it you feel over powered and filed with happiness, literally, even if you are the worst mood you could possibly be in. The music on this album is probably the best music you will ever hear. It's Very Very powerful. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: These are some of the most inpirational lyrics ever. They are the deep and meaningful lyrics I have ever heard and they are extremely easy to understand, you can understand the lyrics without even thinking about them and they get stuck in your head for days. The lyrics compliment the music extremely well, like a match made in heaven. The singer (Tom DeLonge) has an amazing voice, it suits the lyrics and music. // 10

Impression: In my opinion, this album is very different to a lot of other artists music. All the songs on this album are amazing but some of the best would have to be 'Start The Machines', 'The Adventure', 'Do It For Me Now' and 'Good Day'. I love the way it was put together and all the different sounds that are used. If it were stolen off me or lost I would definatley buy this album again, no questions asked. // 10

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: andociompa, on november 22, 2006

Sound: We Don't Need To Whisper the debut ablum by Angels and airwaves. The sound of this band is a lot like U2. Electronic sounds are in every track. It is a good ablum, but the ablum has a lot of things sound alike that keep me think did the CD skip, haven't I heard this before? But the ablum has many good songs. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: As many of you know the singer is from the band Blink 182, Tom Delonge. He really changed of the lyrics from Blink 182. the lyrics and the music go along great, but he repeats several thing over and over again like In the song The Adventure he repeats I cannot live I can't breath unless you do this with me. He repeats that several times But his skills are good. // 8

Impression: I really like the ablum even though it is nothing like his previous band. Some of the best songs of the ablum are The Adventure, The War, The Gift, It Hurts, and Good Day. If it was lost or stolen I would buy it again. But not a third time. I love the sound of the song but I hate the repeated lyrics. Overall It is a good ablum. // 9

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Dumpweed_182, on november 14, 2006

Sound: The album is great. Even thopugh their music isn't that heavy it is still good. The guitars on this album are very good especially the strumming which is very fast paced. The vocals are also very good even though Tom's voice sounds a little weinney. This is one album that you can listen to over and over again and still enjoy it. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics on this album are one of the many strong points which make the album so good. They are very strong and you can tell they come from the heart. Both the lyrics and music go together in perfect harmony. Tom Delonge, the band's lead singer and guitarist hits every note perfect and his voice goes with the music. // 10

Impression: This CD one of my favorites out of my collection. It compares to no one else. It is unique and no one could make thier band sound better than this. My favorite songs of this album are "It Hurts", "Distraction", "Start The Machine", "Good Day", and "The Gift". I love everything about this album and hate nothing. If I were to ever loose or have this album stollen I would buy three more copies just to be careful. Angels And Airwaves are the best. // 10

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: fli.pansy, on october 20, 2006

Sound: When I first heard that Tom Delonge had quit Blink 182, I was so disheartened for a long time. But then I heard that he was going to release an album of his own, I was jumping up and down until my brain went numb. But I think I jumped up and down too much for this album. Don't get me wrong. I love this album. But it didn't have much affect on me as a person. Sure the lyrics were powerful, and contained a lot of meaning, but some of the vocals didn't flow as well as I would've liked. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are perhaps the best thing in the whole album, other than some wicked guitars, destroying drums, and killer bass. Tom Delonge talks a lot about true love, and the pain that some people live through everyday. Tom said that in a way that made you want to change how you live, other than sobbing while you're listening to the album. His vocals in this album is addicting. Some hits such as "The Adventure", and "The War" include some of the best vocals I have heard from him ever since his previous album with Blink 182. // 10

Impression: I was pretty dissapointed that I didn't love this album as much as Blink 182 (self-titled), but I got to hear more of Tom's voice, which was really the best part about the album. I would recommend this album to anyone who likes U2, or The Police, as I have heard from many people on UG who think that AVA is very similar to those bands. If I lost this album, I would probably go buy another one, since I love Tom so much. But if they come out with another AVA album soon, I hope that it will sound more like Blink-182. // 8

overall: 9.7

Reviewed by: turnfoot, on september 27, 2006

Sound: The sound of this band is very different from anything that I've heard before. It sounds a bit futuristic at times. Especially on tracks like Valkyrie Missile & The Adventure. Tom said it himself that the sound of the CD is epic & atmospheric. I think that that explains the sound of this band quite well. They had a very interesting, if not, weird way of making the songs in the album. All of them would go inside a room, & on one side of the room they would stick pictures of the results of war & war itself. On the other side they'd put a huge TV. Then they would sit in the middle of the room & write songs. Tom explained that they did this so that on 1 side of the room they had the mistakes, pain & loss caused by war & on the other side they had emptiness & space. And this really reflects on their music. Since most of their songs are about war & have an atmospheric sound. As I said before, most of their songs sound futuristic & atmospheric. This makes them very original & different from all the other bands out there. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: I really wasn't impressed in their lyrics here. As most of them don't seem to make any sense. And those that do make sense seem to always have a connection or reference to war. But I have to say that the lyrics go pretty well with the music. A good example is The Adventure. The song is about looking to the future & moving forward. So they made the song sound really futuristic & spacy. Tom has always had a very unique voice & I have always liked this. I wouldn't say that it's the best voice out there, but I wouldn't say that it's bad either. // 9

Impression: As always, here is my impression on the songs:

01. Valkyrie Missile - from the moment you play the CD, you know that it's going to be good. The 1st time I heard this song, I could only say "wow!" The most impressive intro I've heard, ever! Actually, the longest intro. Running about 3 minutes until the actual song starts. Also very epic & atmospheric.
02. Distraction - the intro of thie song can get a bit annoying. But the lyrics are the highest points of this song.
03. Do It For Me Now - I loved the guitar riff on the beginning of this song. A good example of "futuristic".
04. The Adventure - this is my favourite song. And also the best in the album. Loved the intro riff. Also the most futuristic sounding song in the CD. The chorus is definitely the best part of this song. But the entire song is just awesome.
05. A Little's Enough - the organ in the intro sounds really dark/weird in this song. The song makes up for it though. Good song. In the outro, they brought back the organ. But this time played it to sound atmospheric.
06. The War - very catchy song. Also the hardest song in the album. Tom said that he wanted to make a song that sounds as if soldiers were marching to it.
07. The Gift - this too is one of the best songs in the album. Probably the best chorus I've heard. The bridge & chorus is played with "traditional-african drum" sounding drums.
08. It Hurts - at first I didn't like the intro to this song. But it eventually grew on me. Good Song. About cheating in a relationship.
09. Good Day - the intro is very unique in this song. It starts of with the sound of snapping fingers & a couple of guys whispering. Almost all of the songs in the album have very unique intros. But that's not a bad thing.
10. Start The Machine - it starts of with either a toy piano or a xylophone playing. I'm not really sure. Most of the song is very subtle & simple. But it explodes on the bridge with heavy guitars & drumming. The toy piano/xylophone is definitely the best bit of the song. The outro is also really interesting. All the instruments fade away little by little until only the toy piano/xylophone can be heard.
11. Do It For Me Now (live) - I thought that because this is live, there'd be a couple of differences & improvs. But it still sounds like the original. This is a bad thing since it's just like the original only with Tom speaking in the beginning & screaming fans in the end.

I really can't compare this to any other band I've heard. Since they are very original & have a very unique sound. The most impressive songs would have to be Valkyrie Missile, because of the epic intro, and The Adventure. I loved the fact that they tried to be different & created their own sound. As a rule, I never buy the same CD twice if it were lost/stolen. As it is just a waste of money. And I wouldn't care anyway since I have it in my computer. But even though it were stolen, I'd still hit the guy in the neck with a bat. I couldn't blame him anyway. Since it is a good CD. // 10

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: AVA_182_44, on september 01, 2006

Sound: This is an amazing CD, with 10 amazing songs, with 4 amazing band members, Tom Delonge, Atom Willard, David Kennedy, and Ryan Sinn. When Blink 182 broke up, I was absolutley devastated. They were my favorite band, but I'm glad Tom took a more serious side and formed Angels & Airwaves. Every song is beautiful, and so creative. I hope with their albums to come, they'll live up to Blink 182's reputation. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Tom's lyrics show his more serious side. The titles of the song suggest they are about war, (which some are) but they also show Tom's feelings to everyone he loves. AVA made it into my top 10 favorite bands, and I know they will for you to if you give them a chance. Tom finds the exactly perfect tone, and pitch for the lyrics to fit with the song. This is a genius album. Tom has a great voice, and which is more amazing can play great guitar parts at the same time. // 10

Impression: Angels & Airwaves compares nothing to Blink 182, Tom's grown up, and now has a more serious side. My favorite songs on this album are "Valkyrie Missle," "Start The Machine," "A Little's Enough" and "The Adventure." They're all very beautiful, provactive songs, I strongly suggest this album. If you "liked" any of Blink 182's songs, you will love this album as much as I do. // 9

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: Tjskater, on august 30, 2006

Sound: 'Angels And Airwaves' have been compared in many ways to the world-conquering 'U2', who over the years have produced a very original Epic sound and changed the face of rock music, selling millions upon millions of albums wordwide and selling out arena's all over the globe. 'Angels and Airwaves' ambitions are no different. The debut album has produced a very much unique sound, but is by no means original, which in itself is the main bad point to an all round mind-blowing album. 'We Don't Need To Whisper' is based around a very Atmospheric, Epic rock sound, but also with the influence of the bands, specifically Tom DeLonge's, punk rock roots thrown in for good measure. The album is full of joy and sadness with and throughout it is taking us on a journey through broken heart's, friendship's and most dominantly, the break-up of possibly the biggest pop-punk band in the World, Blink-182, but yet with all that sadness, it still manages to give us the main positive message, Impossible is nothing. The main influences for Angels and Airwaves have been a selection, everything from U2 and The Police to World War 2 and the current War in Iraq. Everything that this band is about is developed through a large number of metaphor's about war and the creative passion put into the album is clearly felt, but unfortunately, so is the studio button creating the intro's for the songs, which can get repetitive and tiresome in parts. 'We Don't Need To Whisper' has, unfortunately, failed to meet up to the 'second coming of Christ' reputation, that, to be fair, would take some beating, but Tom DeLonge has clearly meant everything in this album and has truly created something special, but it stills leaves one question unanswered, 'Was it worth breaking up Blink 182 for this?' // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics, all written by Tom DeLonge, are possibly the best he has ever written, and in parts, the best I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Even though the songs could have had that bit more, something, to make it a truly memorable album, the lyrics remain a true gem of writing creativity, in my opinion. 'They lay still black and blue, a gift from us to you' from 'The War' is specifically the main lyric that sticks in my mind when I think about Angels and Airwaves because that lyric on it's own, truly creates the atmosphere of the current War, and captures the full emotion of when someone just isn't coming home. Tom DeLonge has managed to create a successful mixture of lyrics, from the self-explanatory War influenced lyrics in, 'The War', to a more passionate side in, 'It Hurts' with lyrics like, 'How did I let her inside/We're dripping of sweat/And feeling alright' sang to the total quality of Tom DeLongue's voice, in my mind create the image of passion coming from a lustful situation which many of us have felt. On this album I think that Tom DeLonge has sang to the true best of his ability, his purely original voice taking on and I think, succeeding in his new found genre of Rock, this is truly an album that would only suit Tom's voice. // 10

Impression: My overall impression of 'We Don't Need To Whisper' is that it fails in the most part to take us to that place it promised, and with all the media build up from Tom DeLonge it was an anti-climax in itself. But having said that, the album still creates an amazing feeling for the listener and will, for many who haven't heard U2 at their best, be an original 10/10 album. I, however, would give this album 8/10, because it succeeds stongly in places, laregely lyrically and in parts, instrumentally, but fails to impress with repetitive introductions which seem to be there just to make the songs longer, becoming a pain and some songs seeming to slow, dull and in parts, depressing. When I was first listening through the album, with each song I had the feeling that there was something missing, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was, this adds to my disappointment. I would definitely recommend buying this album to anyone, young and old, but don't create a false hope of hearing something totally spectacular, because you will be slightly disappointed, because there is definitely something this album lacks but it is indescribable. But as for most Blink fans, it's obvious what this album truly lacks - Mark and Travis. Although Dave, Ryan and Atom are fantasitc musicians, nothing can really beat the magic that was created by Blink 182, no matter how hard Tom DeLonge tries.

01. Valkyrie Missile - the first song on the album, and the only song to reach over 6 minutes in length. The song opens with large cinematic sounds, with whispers throughout such as, 'I can see the sun coming over the horizon', before the song breaks into a great bass riff and then follows up into Delay washed guitars. The intro makes up for 2 minutes of this song, but is finally broken with the first words, 'Everyone, everyone will listen'. The song is a fantastic start to the album and really shows what Angels and Airwaves is about, already taking us on a journey and ends in a very powerful way, but does seem quite short after the introduction.
02. Distraction - this song again opens with a cinematic sound, but slightly less Epic as Valkyrie Missile. After a minute of this it cuts into a very powerful chorus, 'I'll be your distraction' and is followed up by very calm verses. This song I think, really creates an image of a war, and finding that special something amidst all the horror. 'It's a world of hate/Gone incredibly wrong/We cared to late/We just followed along' are the main lyrics that stick out for me to show possibly just believe everything we hear without question.
03. Do It For Me Now - this song agains open with a cinematic, studio created sound which plays throughout the verse with a strong backing bass line and a beautiful delayed guitar in parts. The lyrics for the verse I think show Tom DeLonge's true talent on show, 'I'm frightened at night and the wind has a roar/It seeps through the hall and from under the door' introduce us to the song, which I think is one of the best on the album. However I feel that the chorus is still missing something, but it is a good Epic tune about a relationship.
04. The Adventure - the first single from the album, starting much faster in comparison to the first 3, and it is possibly the most Epic on the album with again, delay driven guitars very much at the heart of it. The lyrics are so passionate and really create a sense of some sort of haven. 'Hey yo/Here I am/And here we go life's waiting to begin' takes us through the chorus with a powerful drum-beat consuming the sound throughout this and gives off such an amazing feeling.
05. A Little's Enough - a cinematic opening which made me think of a 50's film for some reason, seems very in place for this very beautiful song. The let down in this was for once, the lyrics, they were good, but they seemed that an alternative would of made for a better song. This song is about God coming down and fixing everything wrong in the World.
06. The War - a palm muted intro leads into the heaviest riff on the album, but then brings us back down into quite a calm verse and pre-chorus but leads us into a very impressive chorus, 'Why won't you tell me that/It's almost over/Why must this tear my head/Inside out'. I think this chorus was sang especially well by Tom, but for live shows it proves too much to take. My second favorite on the album.
07. The Gift - yet another cinematic opening, but unlike the others this is really beautiful and fits well with the song. Tom DeLonge's voice and vocals work very well over the music and consumes attention so it's completelty focused on this. The song is a lot more romantic lyric wise than the other songs, 'Oh God I feel like I'm in for it now/And how this kiss would be wonderfully vain/I swear I'll melt if you touch me at all/Then I'll ask you to do it again and again' show this. The chorus, like The War is very powerful, but not in volume, but overall passion.
08. It Hurts - possibly my favorite song on the album, I think the lyrics are well written, with a good powerful build up in the introduction. The verse is wonderfully written with a synth guitar effect being usedm takes us into my favorite part of the album, 'How did I let her inside/We're dripping of sweat and feeling alright/Her lips were the last thing touched tonight/Your best friend is not your girlfriend' - I think this is sang so amazingly and creates a full lustful scenario with the girl having total control over the guy. A very powerful song for anyone who's been in love and lost.
09. Good Day - beautiful sounding intro, takes us into a familiar quiet verse, another beautiful song, 'Oh I need you now/The Earth fell fast asleep/This room is safe and sound/Will you lay here with me and feel it' to me these lyrics create a scenario of, for some reason, a couple laying in a bomb-shelter with the guy holding onto the girl. This is a more relaxing song on the album that truly stays relaxing throughout. It's about everyday being the best day of your life if you give it a try.
10. Start The Machine - the final song on the album, starting in a very unusual way. Tom DeLonge told of a pink piano he bought for his daughter, and he played it in the shower, which I think is the strangest place to try it out, but the intro was created from that. This song is Tom's own version of the Blink 182 hiatus, but unlike 'No It Isn't' by Plus 44 [Mark and Travis' new band], it isn't direct, and uses metaphor's as the rest of the album does, to help Tom express his true feelings. I think this is a really good song, but may take one or two extra listens to really appreciate the full quality of it. A brilliant way to end off the album. // 8

overall: 5.3

Reviewed by: RLaunch, on august 29, 2006

Sound: Angels and Airwaves gives you a softer feel than what you might remember Tom Delonge for. The songs are often filled with exaggerated intros, but the mechanical as well as ethereal feel gives a nice touch. Tom's voice can get repetitive and annoying after a while, though. // 7

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics remind me of what a boy band's hired songwriters would write. It sounds like he's trying to get famous, which really isn't all that great. If you like that kind of phoney 'message' stuff, go right ahead. Whatever floats your boat. But Tom sounds like he's just trying to get lovesick. // 6

Impression: Don't buy this album. Please don't. Even you crazed girls who just want to praise him like a god for his looks. Because that's all he has. My guitar teacher's brother-in-law has actually talked with the Man, and he says that Tom uses an auto-tuner on his mic. That's right, Tom can't sing. Remember Carousel? From Blink 182? That's probably what he sounds like. He basically sold himself out to try and get famous. He doesn't even play guitar anymore. So do yourself a favor, and waste your money on something actually worth buying. // 3

overall: 7.7

Reviewed by: musicfreak003, on august 23, 2006

Sound: The sound is actually pretty good and I'd give it a 10 if Tom didn't sing. His voice is unique but kind of annoying. Most songs sounded like the slower Blink 182 songs, which was a good thing. I liked how it wasn't pop and didn't sound "happy" like a lot of the Blink 182 songs. I personally think the drummming and keyboard bits sounded better than the other things. Angels and Airwaves would sound better if they're lead guitar actually played a few solos in some of the slow songs, such as "Distraction" or "It Hurts". Those songs sound like they need solos, unlike some "happier" songs by Blink 182, such as All The Small Things, First Date, and What's My Age Again. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Again, this would have a better rating, perhaps 8, if tom didn't sing. As I said, his voice is annoying, sorry. His lyrics are pretty good, though, and not all about falling in love like in some Blink 182 songs. Obviously, most of the lyrics are about losing someone close and about war. Angels and Airwaves would be a better band if Tom still composed music but didn't sing. It's a good idea that he sang about the war with a lot of heart, but his voice just doesn't sound suitable enough for singing more "painful" songs. "Your best friend, is not your girlfriend!" from "It Hurts" is pretty funny, and it shows how Tom can add some humor to a depressing song like that. Sometimes, the lyrics sound a little repetitive. Overall, the lyrics have a meaning and sound good, though. // 6

Impression: Overall, this album was pretty good and I liked it because it was deeper and more meaningful than anything else Tom has done. I liked how the music is very original, too. Unlike Blink 182, it's deeper and isn't just a bunch of "happy" songs, like All the Small Things, or First DateA few songs I liked were "Distraction", "It Hurts", and "The Gift". Again, I hated how Tom had to sing every song, and I think Angels and Airwaves would be better off without Tom singing. If this was stolen or lost, I wouldn't buy it again. Instead, I'd just download the songs if I felt like listening to them, because it isnt just that worth it, compared to something like Guns N' Roses, or Nirvana. Overall, it's a pretty good album, though, and I'd recommend it, if you were a huge fan of Tom Delonge. If not, you might as well just download it, because it's not that great. // 8

overall: 10

Reviewed by: DelongeFootwear, on august 01, 2006

Sound: My impression of Angels & Airwaves and their sound is incredible. Each track can argueably be said they sound the same in a sense, but each track on the album uses different effects and keeps you hooked listening to it all the way through. The effort and thought put into this record really shows in the music. The sound is very much stadium rock such as U2. I really love how Toms guitaring abilities have really exceeded Blink-182. He has learned about effects and he knows equipment such as other guitar players just know how to stomp on a button for distortion. The production and mixing truely makes this album a breath of fresh air from similar sounding artists today. The style of the sound is very much futuristic. There is a lot of delay effect usage, flange effects, and chorus effects. Distortion is used in like 2 songs for a limited time. And through my experience of watching bands (old and new), the best guitarists always have a clean tone, which is exactly what Delonge and Kennedy are doing. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are exactly what I expected after Tom's dilemma of Blink 182. Although, I figured Tom would write an album that emphasized his sorrow and his loss of Blink-182. However, to my surprise, The lyrics were nothing but influential and sends a positive message to listeners which is rarely seen in todays music scene. Tom's vocal range is limited and is probably not the best singer on the planet but he makes it work and sound beautiful throughout the record. My overall impression of the lyrics to this album is that again, its a breath of fresh air from Emo sounding lyrics and that Tom really outdid himself considering he wrote lyrics about girls, f--king dogs, and other silly things. // 10

Impression: This album is everything I expected from Tom DeLonge after the dilemma of Blink 182's hiatus. This is a complete departure from the typical pop punk sound/lyrics like Blink 182 demostrated gracefully. It is similar to U2 where we see Tom's influence of The Edge. Highlight songs on this album are 'Valkyrie Missle', 'The Gift', 'Start The Machine' and 'Do It For Me Now'. This band like I said before is comparable to U2. I love how this band has a positive message and beautiful sounding music to accompany it. The only thing negative I can say about this album is that I wish there were more songs, 10 doesn't cut it for me. If this album was stolen, I'd go out and buy 2 more. // 10

overall: 9.7

Reviewed by: aloveforenemies, on july 24, 2006

Sound: My first impression of Angels And Airwaves as someone who's held Blink 182 as their favorite band since 8 years old when I first saw the video to Dammit on MTV in like 97 was honestly amazed. I knew Tom Delonge was never gonna go back to the old school brand of pop-punk he had with Blink, (look at the last Blink cd and Boxcar Racer)But Angels And Airwaves, was better than I thought. It's got alot of U2 and Cure influence but still Tom Delonges signature style of songwriting. I honestly find that to be amazing. The cd has not one bad song on it. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: I can honestly relate to all of the lyrics in this cd. They're all well written, but I gotta admit there are a few low points in it. In "Good Day" the chorus line is pretty weak, "I Think I like today/I think it's good/Something I can wrap my head around." But overall the lyrics are really good. Tom Delonge was always good at penning good lyrics. // 9

Impression: Amazing. I'm really depressed about the Blink 182 breakup, but it could be worse. Tom Delonge could quit music in general, so could Mark Hoppus. But Angels And Airwaves partly makes up for Blinks breakup. If you're a fan of Early U2 or The Cure, or even Blink 182s self-titled CD, this cd is for you. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 26, 2006

Sound: I would like to start off by saying this is the best album I've heard in a long time. I think it's extremly unique and no band that I can think of sounds close to the way that Angels And Airwaves sounds. I personally like the effects that they used for the guitars because I think it really gives it a unique feel and sound and it sounds almost like an adventure in a way if that makes sense. It sounds like a kind of space effect and I think part of the inspiration of the album was the unknown of space so they really accomplished their mission if they intended for the guitars to make you think of space. Honestly I've never heard a guitar effect like that before, and it really makes them stand out. The drumming is great. It sounds a little like euro rock, and I'm not a big fan of euro rock, but I like the sounds of the drums a lot, so I think that says alot about the skill of the band. The bass isn't the best I've ever heard, but not alot of songs have a good bass line in them, and ill admit there are quite a few good bass lines in this song. The best one I think is in the begining of "Valkyrie Missile" is the best bass line on the cd, but thats just my opinion. And last but not least, Tom's singing: in case some of you dont know (and there are people that I talked to that didnt know this, so thats why I'm saying this) Angels And Airwaves was made by Tom Delounge, one of the two singers from Blink 182, and the lead singer of Boxcar Racer. Now as for his singing, nothing about his voice has changed much since Boxcar Racer, he still sounds the same, and I love his voice because I think its unique, like Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory, but anyways, I love his voice, but ill be honest, at times I think his voice sounds a little unpolished and rough, but through most of the album his voice sounds great. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: I think that the lyrics are some of the best Tom has ever written. even after being in blink and Boxcar Racer for so long he still has the abillity to write great songs that dont sound alike, which is something that bands like Green Day lost in American Idiot. the lyrics are deep and go PERFECTLY with the sound of the music. I think the lyrics from some of the songs are really inspiring and make you wanna get up and go make a change in the world of explore something new and unique... its almost like listening to a fairy tale except its alot better... it just makes you dream and think and imagine, which is a great thing in my opinion. there are also some songs about war which are I think striking a blow against bush and the war that hes gotten us into... and the lyrics are great, but not as good as some of the other songs. and of course, we cant have a member of blink and not have a few love songs. I think the love songs are the best songs on the album, like "Do It For Me Now" and "A Little's Enough". they are very deep and I think they relate well to things that I am going through at the moment. heres and example of "Do It For Me Now": I really had it with the rain and the tears/The predictable storm that has come every year/And it sneaks from the shore with the bat in its hand/I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying I can't/You're a thief and a witch, but I love you to death/You steal my heart and curse under your breath/But the one thing that I can most willing prove/That when you are gone I'll be fine without you. It's very down to earth and I think it makes sense, unlike some of blinks older songs. // 10

Impression: I love Blink and they are one of my favorite bands, but honestly, I'm kind of glad because that they broke up because I don't think Angels And Airwaves would turn out as good. I think angels and airwaves is generally better than blink was, although its really hard to compare the two because theyre both pretty much totally different styles of music. I would encourage anyone who reads this to go out and make this the next cd they buy. You will not be dissapointed unless all you like is country or rap or metal or something. If you like any kind of music other than that I think you will be happy with this CD, no matter if you like rock, alternative, punk (punk rocks), jazz, blues, other stuff. Yeah you'll like it 'cause it's got a little of everything in it. // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: thenewstyle6, on june 22, 2006

Sound: The sound of AVA is something that lives on me and is something new and more meaningful than Blink or Boxcar ever was. However Blink 182 and Boxcar Racer in my opinion are nothing like the sound of Angels & Airwaves. Expect stadium-rock meets The-Edge like guitar riffs followed by some Robert Smith influence in there. Tom DeLonge mentioned that he has never used guitar pedals and for this album the band used them numerous times. I like Tom's new sound that he has created. It is very futuristic and sets it self apart from all of the boring bands like Fall Out Boy with the same reptitive videos & songs. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Classy. Tom finally wrote some songs that didn't revolve around anything involving sex & having intervention with a dog, I'm kidding. I'm actually the biggest Blink 182 fan and that is why I will always love Tom's lyrics. The lyrics no this album are something that I wasn't expecting, but once I listened to the album it hit me, that these are amazing. He maintains the epic-sounding words that grow on you and keeping the same love songs that have inspired me also. Tom may not have the greatest sounding voice but he has defenitly matured his voice since the Blink and Boxcar days. He no longer sings about growing up but realizing that even if we live in a world of hate, there can be something great found in the middle of everyting negative. Overall, the lyrics are very well thought out and sung. // 9

Impression: If I had to compare this to any albums I'd compare it to Kiss Me. Kiss Me. Kiss Me. by The Cure of The Joshua Tree by U2. Valkyrie Missile reminds me of something New Order even U2 would put together, but with more of a Punk-Rock sound to it. The most impressive songs on the album have to be; A Little's Enough, Start The Machine, The War, and of course The Adventure. A Little's Enough is defenitly an emotional yet uplifting song that has a wonderful feel to it while The Adventure is all about waking up and saying to yourself, Hey, you know what, I'm alive, and that is all that matters. What I loved about the album is how the sound is nothing like what I expected it to be and it's much more climatic and emotional than anything either of these individuals have put together. The one thing I hated about this album is that the tracklisting doesn't really make alot of sense to me, they should have made it into an order where it would have really told a story of what the album is all about. If it were stolen or lost, I would for sure buy it again. All hale Angels & Airwaves. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 21, 2006

Sound: Now lots of people have let how Tom talked about this album influence how they review it. For starters no it isn't going to change the world, one album cant. However this album is a solid piece of work and is a nice change to the crap thats out today (not saying its new and never been done before). The band has some awesome songs with emotion in them like the adventure. The music complexity is far greater than that of Blink 182 and Boxcar Racer. I loved Box car and Blink but Blink had really simple and repetative chords progressions and boxcar had some f--ked up songs on it. I have a hunch that David Kennedy helped write in Boxcar Racer and Angels And Airwaves. The synth intro's are cool but the intro's are a bit long in distraction and valkyrie missile. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: Well the lyrics, Up and down is the way to describe it. Some songs have awesome lyrics and some dont. For example start the machine has awesome lyrics but the gift is pretty ordinary. The signer well such a different voice to any other singer. but I like the singing in this album however either lip sync or get better at singing live otherwise you cant pull this album off live tom, I'd prefer to hear it sung live than lip sync. // 7

Impression: Overall its one of the best albums this year along with 10 000 days. I would buy it agian if I lost it. my favorite songs are The Adventure, Do It For Me Now, It Hurts, Start The Maching, Good Day. There is one song that doesnt live up to the rest in my eyes which is the gift. I'm sick of hearing so-cal Huge Blink fans saying this is shit I'm dissapointed in Tom. They are just cut that it isn't Blink 182. This is a new band hence it's not going to be what Blink 182 was. A great album overall if your open minded and not just someone who wants another Blink album buy it. // 8

overall: 10

Reviewed by: minitruckssuck, on june 13, 2006

Sound: The Sound is absolutely amazing I love Tom and Dave's use of effects in their bridges, outros and solos and their use of kinda space like sounds especially the conversation between Tom and Atom at the beginning of Valkyrie Missile. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: My first thoughts when I got this CD were how much Tom's lyrics had changed since Blink 182 and how much deeper and meaningful his lyrics were, a good example is the track Distraction, can you really imagine the Tom of Blink 182 singing that? I also noticed how much Tom's voice has evolved and changed, in a good way. If you want to hear the difference listen to Blink 182's Wrecked Him then listen to Angels And Airwaves' Start The Machine. // 10

Impression: I think that this album is better than all of Blink 182's albums from a skills point of view and it is the beginning of something incredible. My favourite song off the album is The Adventure but it is better by about 0.00001% than the other songs I also think Valkyrie Missile Is a very important song for the album as it is the beginning of one the best albums of the past decade. I absolutely love everything about this album especially the lyrics but the only bad bit of the album is that I think that the line "I think I like today, I think it's good" from Good Day is a bit cheesy but that's my only complaint. If It were stolen I would hunt the person that stole it down and kill him because my copy is signed by the band and I absolutely love it to death. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: iambrennan, on june 10, 2006

Sound: The first thing I noticed about this album was the sound. To me, A&A make a big deal on making their music sound good. They made great use of computer-aided sound, and the actual playing itself, along with the vocals, earned them a 9/10. A&A seem to be about pure modern rock. No Emo, punk, or metal for them. This is how they should be. The subtle differences between A&A and Blink 182 are quite hard to come by in some aspects, but easier to in others. Such is the case with the lyrics. Angels and Airwaves seem to use more lighter-noted lyrics, and they seem to flow well, unlike some Blink 182 songs where the lyrics made few sense. Another difference is the way they approach a chorus or an intro. They don't seem to stall like in Blink 182's "Not Now", or "I Miss You". A&A flow smoothly, like any song should, unless you reffer to the atonal music of the early 20th century. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Overall, I'm impressed with the lyrics. It's not every day one can take out a pad of paper and a pen and write down something with a futuristic theme like "The Adventure". Angels and Airwaves seem to know what they're doing with their lyrics, finally! A band who doesn't mess crap up by including overly explicit lyrics or through the use of horribly put together slant-rhyme. // 8

Impression: To Angels And Airwaves: I congradulate you. Your first album has set the standard to what we hope will be many others to come. This ensemble of music and lyrics was amazing for your band's first release. I can see you men going somewhere. To the consumers: buy this album! It is exactly what you'd expect from Blink 182, with some changes. If you like strong, powerful lyrics meshed together with inspiringly catchy music, this album is the one for you. Until next time, I'm out! // 10

overall: 7.7

Reviewed by: Jaguarman, on june 05, 2006

Sound: Tom DeLonge used to absolutely hate effects and synthesizing. He said it himself. But on this album, he goes completely out of his way to add sounds and effects to these spacey, swirling songs. Much more akin to Box Car Racer and the last Blink album than anything else he's done. He utilizes the amazing drum power of Atom Willard and the sick bass playing of ex-Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn to make a massivly powerful rhythm section. // 7

Lyrics and Singing: Suprisingly, Tom still manages to write great lyrics, albeit much less funny ones. He sings about love growth and war, and they are some of his most powerful ever. The band supposedly wrote the lyrics in a room with pictures of space on one side and pictures of war on the other side. I'm not sure what this did to the writing process, but the end result is incredible. // 9

Impression: This album is unlike anything Tom has done in the past, and likewise for his punk rock rooted rhythm section. "The War" is probably the most agressivce track on the album, and I think Tom sounds best on "A Little's Enough". I love the multi-layered sound of the album, but there are a lot of over-extended intros or boring choruses. // 7

overall: 9.7

Reviewed by: Bored_2_Death, on june 01, 2006

Sound: Angels And Airwaves is way different than Blink 182's pop punk sound. This album's sound is now synth rock, similar to The Killers and U2. Tom takes the position of lead guitar and starts playing single notes more than his usual power chords. Palm muting in this album is a lot better than older Blink CDs. Tom and David even start using effect pedals. An example of this is the song, It Hurts. The sound of this album may not be pop-punk or any other type of music, but nevertheless, it still sounds awesome. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: Gone are the days when Tom wants to write songs about f--king a dog in the ass. The lyrics in this album are mature. These lyrics are inspired by how Tom felt when his brother had to go to war and the Blink 182 breakup. Tom still writes about love as he always does. All of the lyrics in this album are good, but I really, really, hate the parts where Tom or Ryan repeat a line in a song a lot. Examples of this are when Tom in the Adventure says "I cannot live, I cannot breathe unless you do this with me," about 10 times, the part in It Hurts with Ryan or Tom saying "It hurts, it hurts," a couple of times. But even those don't interfere with the overall impression of the lyrics. // 9

Impression: As stated earlier, this album sounds similar to The Killers and U2. The intro for It Hurts even sounds a little like the one for the Killers' Mr. Brightside. My favorite songs of this album are Do It For Me Now, The Adventure, The War (has great guitar riffs), It Hurts, and Good Day. The latter being my least favorite due to the very annoying part where Tom says, "Do dada dodo dadada." I love everything about this album except for the parts where Tom DeLonge repeats the lyrics so much times. I absolutely hate those parts! Overall it was a great album and worth every bit of my dad's $10. If I lost it, I would definitly buy another one (the explicit version if I lost my old album). // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 01, 2006

Sound: I've heard this sound before many times. It was like I could see exactly what was coming before it even did, a blatant U2 and Police wannabe. You can only use and rearrange and use the same type of chords and chord progressions so much in this genre of music and this is just overdoing it. When I listen to a band I expect originality. If they "sound like" another band but aren't even as good, what is the point of paying attention to them. To put it short, its been done before and there are better bands out there. // 1

Lyrics and Singing: The themes are serious but the lyrics fail in their symplistic nature and pathetic rhyming patterns. Both the music and lyrics felt awkward together. The singer has talent but its nothing that you havn't heard before and isn't better than anything that it sounds like. There may be small traces of "emotion" but theres not much else to it. The voice makes the vocalist, not the emotion. // 1

Impression: Once again, this sounds like other artists and thats the problem. It is trying too hard too be an '80s band when we are well beyond that. You can find MUCH MUCH better material if you just look back a few years and the funny thing is that it has the same sound but is much better. The revolution was a few decades late Tom. Also no matter how close you get to an hour, it's still not an hour. The CD was at least 10 minutes short of what was boasted. If I lost this cd, frankly I would be quite content knowing that my music collection was not brought down by this "revolutionary album." // 1

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: zduke2010, on may 29, 2006

Sound: The sound (guitar) reminds me heavily of a mix of Tom's old band Blink 182 and The Edge from U2, if you go to Angels and Airwaves Website, www.angelsandairwaves.com, you get some more background. They really surprised me, even though I still miss Blink 182. This will have to do if I want to listen to Tom. Some songs like The Adventure, use special effects, very unlike Blink 182, and I think that Mark and Tom singing together is what made Blink 182 such a good band because Tom need Mark low voice to contrast with his high voice. I think We Don't Need To Whisper is worth borrowing from a friend at least. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are so different from Blink 182, that I didn't even recognize Tom the first time I listened to them, A&A use uplifting lyrics, which are so different from the hilarious lyrics used in Blink (First Date, Man Overboard, Feeling This), they are catchy and okay, again, it's not as good as Blink 182 but they're not bad either. // 9

Impression: I think A&A got way too much hype, I mean they have a movie coming out and their first album came out what, maybe three days ago. I mean they're a good band and all, but I worry that with all this publicity they'll sell out really fast (overplayed on the radio, huge concerts). Tom tried to take his life in a complete 180 degree turn, and the first time I watched the video of The Adventure I thought to myself "Wow, who is the singer in this new band, I've never seen him before," it took me a week or so to realize that it was Tom. // 8

overall: 8

Reviewed by: IwishIwasADog, on may 27, 2006

Sound: With all the endless repeats of textbook metalcore songs thats festering in our music scene at the moment its nice to hear there might be a sniff of something new around. That sniff turned out to be Angels and Airwaves, and original they are, with epic, '80s style guitar and huge, landscape echoing intros there sound is orignal and loveable. Imagine the cure except performing in the middle of space with the voice of tom delonge and the programmed beats of an alien on acid and you have Angels And Airwaves distinct blend of noise. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: Lyrically Tom DeLonge has matured as he himself has said time and time again, with lyrics about war, love, heartbreak (can't miss the idea of pain in the chorus of 'It Hurts') and a general sense of emotional extremity from pain to euphoric chance. The lyrics suit the epic sense of the music and visuals AVA have exploited and suptisingly Delonges sometimes whinish cadence complements the strutcture, not only the fact its Delonge himself communicating the message, but just in general. AVA aren't about dick jokes and f--king your mum, although Blink 182 kick arse, they take emotion to a musical level and as Delonge says himself, when youre hopeless they can give you a 'launchpad to feel good' or if youre not feeling melancholy then youll get an earache. // 7

Impression: AVA are indeed epic as Delonge and many other critics have quoted them and there sound is welcomed with so many blueprint bands clogging the limelight, and for those who understand love or emotion in general, they are a band you can relate to and can give you hope. If you want dick jokes and titty munching look elswhere you perverts. Epic indeed, best album in 20 years? Not quite but it pays to be optimistic. Standout tracks are the ovbious 'Start The Machine' and 'The War' but also the emotion of 'A Littles Enough' and 'It Hurts.' Were it stolen and I couldn't get it back id buy it again or take someone hostage until I got it back. I hear the queen is in town, that would do. // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: scrat-182, on may 27, 2006

Sound: Even though I'm into more of a fast rock myself A&A have really done it for me! There is a story in this album which makes it more enjoyable! They are totally different to Blink 182, they are not a metal or emo band but a true rock band which I think will allways be remembered! // 9

Lyrics and Singing: As we all know Tom is exallent at writing lyris! They really have meaning to them and fit well with the songs. I like the way they sing in harmony. It really gives the songs some feeling! I have to say though that Tom isn't the best singer but the songs allways seem to fit well with his voice! // 9

Impression: Well compared to Blink 182 and Boxcar Racer, A&A are a big step in Toms career! They are a mature band as I would put it and I would really recommend buying the album! My favourite songs have got to be The Adventure, The War and It Hurts! They erally tell a story. Personally I love this album and if it was ever lost or stolen I would buy it again. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 25, 2006

Sound: Well here comes another Tom DeLonge (Blink 182, Matchbox) band, but with a new twist, it's actually good. The sound of Angels And Airwaves is purely amazing. It has an almost epic/star wars feel to it. Definatley something new in this day where the same stuff is heard over and over. After listening I have decided that the best/favorite songs are their current single The Adventure, Do It For Me Now, and It Hurts. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics in this album are amazingly deep for Tom, I honestly didn't know he could think like this. The lyrics cover many topics ranging from love to war and beyond. As for the lyrics they too are epic and match perfectly. Tom's voice has never been considered great by any means, but it too matches the music and he sings with enthuiasm that I think he may have lacked earlier in his career. // 8

Impression: Angels And Airwaves debut album is definatley something impressive. Compared to Tom's other bands it pretty much takes the cake. I love the catchy guitar riffs that the band has in almost every song and look forward to hearing newer and greater stuff from a band I plan on following for most of their career. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 24, 2006

Sound: All these rave review's make me a bit sick. Sure the guitar parts are cool but you would swear the edge was playing the guitar in every song. Tom says this is the greatest CD of the last 2 decades, but all he does here is recycle sounds from the past 2 decades. To make a truly revolutionnary record he should of look forward to create his own sound not imitate wat was done a while back. There are a few stong tracks such as The Adventure and Valkyrie Missile but there are so many weak tracks also. While trying to make this album sound so epic and anthemic Angels And Airwaves have made intro's that just go on forever and once the song really starts its like it just goes on and on. There is really nothing anthemic about the songs as they just go on and on without any really peaks. // 6

Lyrics and Singing: Wow, the lyrics. Some of the lyrics are great but some of them just seem corny. It is impossible to not associate or compare this band with Blink 182 because of Tom's voice. He does not have the most anthemic voice in the world. His voice is without doubt very original but it doesn't really fit the theme and style of the record. // 5

Impression: This record truly dissapointed me because I was a huge Blink 182 fan and by the way Tom DeLonge was hyping this record up I was expecting something great. The CD have a few great songs but overall it is a great dissapointment. Tom DeLonge should realise that you don't need epic and grandiose songs to get peoples attention and make them love you're music as he did unintentionnaly in Blink 182. And to all you peple out their that love this record, I recommend that you actually go listen to U2's Joshua Tree and some The Cure records because even though you mention these in your reviews I doubt you have actually listened to them if you love this record that much. // 6

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 24, 2006

Sound: This album was suppsosed to be huge. With only the adventure being released concerts sold out in two and half minutes, thats insane. Tom said this was going to be the next nevermind. I love the album but I dont think its going to change anything. It sounds like Blink 182 meets The Cure. Most of the guitar riffs are very similiar to waht you would from Robert Smith, yet others are very Tom Delonge if you are familiar with his style it is him, with less descendants influence and way more cure. And the song Not Now by Blink could have made it onto this album would barely stand out. I like the sound a lot, but it's nothing totally new from Tom's guitar playing just with effects. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Some of the lyrics are impressive. Some I absolutly hate including 'It Hurts x1000' or 'I'll Be Your Distraction' repeated alot. The song 'Do It For Me Now' was actually written for a rapper, that's kinda cool. The song Good Day has excellent lyrics one of my favorites same with A Little's Enough, about god coming to earth and fixing the problems. Tom likes to 'oooOOOoo' 'da da da da da' in most of the songs, and with this band he does have a different voice. // 9

Impression: I wouldn't say it's better than Blink. Really you can't compare them because they are different. I would rather have blink if given the choice. I'm sorry to admit some songs are kinda boring (don't really catch your attention as something that will stick in your head). While others are absolutly amazing, including The Adventure, Good Day, and Start The Machine. I would definatly buy this album agian, I'm a hardcore Blink fan. I love The Cure and I love Blink so this album is great. I feel it might have been rushed or not tried hard enough in the lyric department but like I said some are really great some aren't. I would definatly buy this if you like The Cure or Blink, maybe not if you like Megadeth and if you like Fall Out Boy you would like this, but like I hate you. This is ten thousand times better then Fall Out Boy. // 9

overall: 10

Reviewed by: boyan89, on may 24, 2006

Sound: The sound in this album is amazing. Tom has definetely made true rock on this album rather than the old poppy stuff he used to write in Blink-182 (they're an awesome band to though so I'm not badmouthing them). The guitars on this CD are awesome, the drums are breathtaking and the bass is simply amazing. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: Tom has definetely taken a more mature step in writing music with AVA. Tom can still sing on this album the lyrics are about relationships and have a lot of Tom's feelings on this album. This album is defenitely one if the best lyrical sounding ever to be made. // 10

Impression: This album can compare to some rock bands out their like U2 etc. All the songs are amazing on this album I don't have a favorite but the most catchy one is probably "The Adventure." I don't hate anything about this album I love everything about it. If this album were stolen I would definetely buy it again. // 10

overall: 9.7

Reviewed by: h0ax_c0d3r, on may 22, 2006

Sound: Angels & Airwaves have such a unique sound, which is totally different from Blink 182 or box-car racer. It is a true rock album for our day and age, I think they're nest album might have an awesome rock ballad. This band brings in a lot of differnet sounds into the album it doesn't take away from but it adds character and depth to the music. David Kennedy whom some know played in box car and Hazen street gives a great add depth in the melody, the verse wherever he is needed on his guitar. Atom Willard who was a drummer for so many bands in his musical career (American Hi-Fi Rocket From The Crypt, and most recently The Offspring) adds dynamic drumming which good to here after bands who just like to bust the skins on their drums. And the bassist Ryan Sinn who played in "The Distillers, and 400 Over Par" adds a good under part which just pulls the songs into on complete package. Then theres Tom, whom you all know, and his a guitarist/Lead Vocal for this band. And just sounds som much better in AVA than in Blink 182. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics were great, its nice to listen to a record. If you spend time and listen to this record right before you go to bed with a candle for light and sitting on the ground and just let yourself go, you really understand the story (which takes place during WWII). // 10

Impression: I'll buy it the week it comes out (this week). They just need market it better and it can be number 1 first week. It is the best album I have ever lisnted to (even "The Wall") I downloaded it before it came out (shame on me) but I can give you guys this almost biased review. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 09, 2007

Sound: Ok, before I say anything, I was a huge fan of Blink 182, but I kind of grew up and grew out of it. Boxcar Racer was very good, probably Tom's best lyrics ever, he put his emotions into the songs. Angels and Airwaves was just average to me. Yes, it's a different sound, very unique. That is the part I like about AVA, they went out and tried something new. But they didn't stand out as much as I thought they would have. I listened to the hole CD once, and I haven't really done that again. The drumming was amazing in my opinion, but everyhting else was just ok. Maybe Tom could quit using power chords, and do something new. // 6

Lyrics and Singing: Honestly, I wasn't very impressed with the lyrics. After hearing Boxcar Racer, I don't feel Tom put his true voice into the lyrics for AVA. There was no message in the lyrics, no hidden meaning. I believe that Tom has hiw own unique lyrical style, and with AVA he tried to break out of that style, and it jsut didn't workout. Of course there are some lines that stick out, but there just aren't very many of them. Tom isn't that great of a singer, but most of the time his voice sounds good with the music. This time, I felt that his voice didn't maych perfectly with the music. Tom is a pop/punk rocker, and he should go back to Boxcar Racer's style of music. If Tom wants to continue with this style of music, he should take a lesson from Jesse Lacey, one of the best songwriters ever. // 4

Impression: This is more mature then blink-182, but not that much better. I prefer Boxcar Racer and Plus 44. The songs that stood out more to me were "Start The Machine" and "The War". I love the drumming on this album, but that is about it. There are a few splashes of lyrical depth, but just a few. I don't like the guitar, it's just too simple. I think Tom is lost without Mark and Travis. If my CD was stolen/lost, and I actually lost it, I wouldn'y buy it again. This band, in a sense, is a one hit wonder. // 5

Comments

[kevm0theproject]

Tom is crazy his new band is just a bunch of geeks fantasizing about aliens and space ships.
He says that his new album is a new step in a different direction so that he can progress as a songwriter and musictian but it is just him fooling around with his imagination. He was so respectable and just downright awesome in blink its hard to see him fall so far. Its fine for him to have an AVA sideproject but he needs blink, as do the fans, nothing can ever come close again.

[minirhyder]

I have to agreee that this album was very overhyped, even by Tom. I remember watchin an interview where Tom said that this album will be the "best ****ing album in 20 years" That's not true. It is a good album, and it's good music, but it's definately not the best album, in any amount of years. I like about half the songs on this album. The other half are kind of eh. They're listenable too, but not too great.

[stormclouds25]

I think this band is awesome no matter wat all of u punksters say. They're freaking awesome and tom's freaking hot sooo hottt so don't freaking touch him!

[Bored_2_Death]

uh since the album hasnt been released yet, how come theres already reviews up? did these ppl download the leaked album or something?

[Bored_2_Death]

a parental advisory explicit content sticker on the album? not surprised

[theliveswelead]

How can you honestly expect people to respect your opinion if the only thing you said about the album was that it "was awesome" and "toms freaking hot, sooo hot..." seriously? I think any opinion that has to do with music that comes from someone who can?t justify a cd with real pros and cons needs to be instantly taken off of any serious musical discussion group. You kids make me ****ing sick. The punk rock club is meeting at the mall after school to spend $50 on chucks... lets all go!
Tom is and always has been the "provoker" of the band, any band he has been in. Anyone heard of Old Sweaty Men? Mark and Tom's group before Scott joined and became Blink (pre-182) This was before some of you critics were even born, so im not talking to you all, just the real fans. Tom was the opinionated one, Marks the funny one, and who ever is drumming is...well, the drummer. This is exactly the kind of album I expected from Tom after the break-up of 182. Boxcar came abouts when they almost broke up the first time, during the making of Take Off Your Pants... Songs like "All Systems Go" was about events in his life, mainly the first "break-up" of 182. (They did split for 8 months in 03') Other songs, like ?Tiny Voices? are simply Tom questioning the seriousness of Blink, and weather of not he wanted to get back into it.
I dig Tom, he is an awesome musician, and deserves all that he has. This is just his next step as an artist. He's what? 35? 36? now? You can?t sing about watching girls play soccer your whole life.
If you hate this cd, and want something more like Boxcar or Blink, check out Mark and Travis' new band, Plus44. There pretty rad, and they'll be touring a shit-ton next year. I heard a rumor about them headlining Warped in 07' (?! shh!)
The death of Blink was tragic, but at least good is coming out of it. It's not like they stopped making music like all the other great bands that ended and just gave up (Damn you John Lydon!)
Keep punk simple, support art, not industry. Buy small, spend less, and for ****s sake, support your local scene!!!!!

[Guitar Skater]

i love you theliveswelead

[adrryno]

tom did a f**king good job

[loserkid178]

"the gift" intr sounds like this is the new shit by marilyn manson

[Ruaidhri]

it's a pretty good album. nothing spectacular but it's an easy listen and unlike most shit these days, its not f**king depressing. Good day is a weak song though, shouldnt be there

[Bored_2_Death]

i dont no wut these ppl r complainin about. the adventure and good day r good songs. who the f***** cares if tom uses a toy piano? thats original

[sing4am]

I can't wait to hear this album

[DelongeFootwear]

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind . everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

[tim_a33]

Well first of all, I would just like to say that thiis band is pretty good. The band's new album is about war and trajedies and just to show Tom's feelings about whats going on right now. The album is not about aliens at all an sure "The Adventure" is a futuristic song but it talks about escaping your past and opening up your eyes to the future and they obviously thought that the futuristic theme would go in there well. This album isnt the "BEST" album in 20 years but it is CERTAINLY one of the best albums in 20 years. If there was a top ten AvA would probably come in on at least 3 or 4 in my opinion. Out of the 3 blink 182 artists Tom was the more serious one maybe but none of them were serious because they would always ROCK OUT HARD!!!! Well so if this album seems nothing like blink's crazy ass attitude maybe the next one will. I also think this band is WAY FU***** BETTER THEN PLUS 44 |_|/.

[Kwokinator]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

i think guns n roses - appetite for destruction was made in 1987. That album definatley beats we don't need to whisper

[inert_man]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

Try some of these:
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Nirvana - Nervermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

[the_deviant]

^ I respect your choices but AVA is new music this is all "Class" stuff. AVA brought something knew to the table, and anyway this only the beginning!

[boyan89]

k what the heel why would they put Parental Advisory only for two swear words god

[Guitar Skater]

i got all 10 song on my ipod, its really good, i wish it was a little bit heavier though

[DelongeFootwear]

were any of those revolutionary?...i like all these bands, im just stating the point that AVA is different and revolutionary.
1.guns n roses can be compared to similar bands like aerosmith
2.Janes Addiction rock, but nothing too special.
3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
4.Pearl Jam-copied nirvana, i love pearl jam though.
5.Soundgarden-part of the grunge movement, copy of nirvana
6.Smashing Pumpkins-alongside nirvana.
7.Nine Inch Nails-
8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
9.U2-i agree with this too, U2 set the standard i think for the succesfullness of a worldwide stadium rock band.

Now im not dissing or trashing any of these bands, i have all these albums, and i understand your point of view, but AVA is uncomparable to anything. Elements of U2 are used, but this is a totally different sound for this generation. agree?

[Down]

DelongeFootwear, you said this was the greatest album in the past two decades. What about Master of Puppets? Or Reign In Blood? Come Clarity, Hypnotize/Mezmerize, Dance of Death, American Idiot, Blink 182, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, On An Island, Toxicity, the list goes on and on. Anyone who makes a claim that something is the greatest obviously doesn't listen to everything, because there is ALWAYS something better, and always an argument for top spot.

[Down]

Kowkinator, I HIGHLY doubt there's only ONE song over a minute. Valkyrie Missle is 6 1/2 and The Adventure is well over a minute as well, and I bet there wont be a single song on that album, unless its an interlude, under 2 minutes.

[Down]

And finally, why the HELL is everyone posting reviews for a CD that hasn't even come out yet, and therefore no one except maybe Tom Delonge himself has a real, finished copy. If you want to actually review this, pick it up on the 23rd, THEN b*tch or brown-nose.

[DelongeFootwear]

Down, i said this was the greatest album in the past 2 decadesand its a revolution. and to your albums to this arguement, american idiot is not a revolution, but a revival of punk along with blink, MCR is deff not a great album neither is SOAD nor revolutions. i can only agree with you with metallica maybe but metallica didnt start anything new. so 1. get your facts right about what i say and 2. research your info before you start naming random albums. thanks =)

[blinkrocks]

okay

down you can lisnen to 4 songs off this cd and all the guys who reviewed this has a copy of it like with movies they reviews have a copy of it before it comes out so dont go off beating everyones head in with a brick i agree with you why are people giving reviews when they have only lisnened to adventure and valkyrie missle and it hurts and another song i cant think whats the name of it but still everyone who doesnt have a copy of this Cd shouldent be giving a review and thats B.S that this is the best Cd in 20 years it could be on the top 30 list of the best but its not the best too bad they didnt say in 40 that way you could say led zeppelin house of holys but i think this album will be better than boxcar racer and blink the early years but i think the bad thing about this cd is that it go's with the AVA movie and when you writte for the music for the movie it doesnt always make sence like you can get the full afect when you see the movie but not by its self.

[blinkrocks]

this is for boyan89 i know its stupid with PG on it they could of not even put them in the cd but thats there distion what songs do they swear in i know they say BS in "it hurts" but thats once

[japes]

i find it insulting that pearl jam and soundgarden are being labelled as'nirvana copies' just because they were part of the grunge movement. Ten and Superunknown sound NOTHING like Nevermind

[catchtherainbow]

yeah man...Pearl Jam was kinda like a more complicated grunge...while Soundgarden fused Alternative Rock and Grunge!!! they are all different but under the same flag!!! Grunge Rules! Superunknown is definitely better than Nevermind AVA sucks bloody dicks...coz i heard the album from a fren of mine...nothing revolutionary...just a punkboy trying to act a genius!!!

[NotAJock2Day]

Tom is really rediculous. You shouldn't have to go around parading how great your record is (especially if its not). He's a terrible performer and I he WILL layer effects over his voice and try to mask the fact he sucks. AvA's just another album where an artist talks about a few political issues and thinks it's the greatest thing ever. People who listen to this record will most likely not be musicians, so exactly who is going to be moved, revolutionized, or influenced by this?

Even Dookie is more influential than this by a long shot. Tom wouldn't exist.

So many metal albums are more influential than this.

Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

Oasis.

Is This It? The Strokes

Everybody hates AvA. Don't you dare call them the next Nirvana. They'll just be another crappy band on Fuse. Tom makes a mockery of everything anti-politics by acting like he's the leader of the movement with this album. I don't care what personal connection he has to it. It's no different than somebody passing away and using them as a cry for attention. Growing up is paying silent tribute, not pointing a neon sign at yourself. People have a hell of a lot worse experiences than him.

[BlackMist]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

Down, i said this was the greatest album in the past 2 decadesandits a revolution. and to your albums to this arguement, american idiot is not a revolution, but a revival of punk along with blink, MCR is deff not a great album neither is SOAD nor revolutions. i can only agree with you with metallica maybe but metallica didnt start anything new. so 1. get your facts right about what i say and 2. research your info before you start naming random albums. thanks =)

Metallica didn't start anything new?

Yeah.....

[washingmachine]

It is certainly hypobolic to proclaim this the greatest album of the last 2 decades! I fail to see how this can hold up against sonic youth's daydream nation, nevermind, mellon collie and the infinite sadness, ok computer or toxicity and of course the list goes on. Well whos knows i maybe eating my words in 20 years time but i doubt it! My main problem with AVA is that f**king Edge guitar sound! Ive always found it irritating!!!

[Malcove]

Hey look! It's a board about grunge rock! Yay! ... Wait a minute, what's that little spot up at the top of the page about? Angels and Airwaves? But they're not grun... oh, I GET IT! The topic of focus was changed because we started comparing different genres of rock. Well, lets get back to the discussion originally started. =D
Angels and Airwaves seems like a pretty cool band to me so far. I listened to their album on Myspace and most of it was very good (not necessarilly the best thing in 20 years, but we are all entitled to our own opinions). The only song I really have a big problem with is "It Hurts" just because of the repetition. I like how this band's trying to make something new out of the rock of today and stadium rock like U2. Basically the stuff sounds good to me, so I give it a thumbs up and encourage people to listen to it if they're into U2 at all or they're simply looking for something new and interesting.
Just a presonal note: I don't really like Blink 182. I think a few of their songs were pretty amusing, but their style of punk doesn't really suit me. Not that it doesn't suit YOU, it's just not MY thing. =P

[boyan89]

yah ppls Down right is this album does not have one song below 4 minutes all of them are 4 and above so yah

[bassman182]

I think AVA are a really good band but Tom definitely hpyed this up more than I could of imagined and really let me down cause I don't think this album could of been as good as it should be.
As for revoulutionary albums...there are TONNES of albums I can think of in the last 20 year that excell this!

Okay...

The Joshua Tree - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
Dookie - Green Day
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Oasis (What's the Story)Morning Glory
R.E.M. - Out of Time
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Radiohead - Ok Computer
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik
The Verve - Urban Hyms
and Coldplay - Parachutes

Even Enema of the State and the last self-titled blink-182 album are probably more important in popular music history than AVA is so as much as I like the record people should listen to all those albums mentioned above before the go labeling "the best album in 20 years" to AVA cause that's abolutely ridiculous even though the album is great.

[Frostithe]

Delonge, this is not revolutionary, its just another album. And as for it being the best album of the last 20 years.... Well heres a few contenders just off the top of my head:

Master Of Puppets - Just awesome metal

Dookie - Gave a breath of fresh air into a grunge dominated music scene

Nevermind - I dont even like Nirvana but I acknowledge what they did

Toxicity - A new kind of metal which definately had some influence

[.Sidewinder.]

you know what annoys me..? reviews are never objective, because it will always be the fans that write them.. in my opinion, there are only a few revolutionary bands these days.. Daft Punk, Avenged Sevenfold (hate them or love them, they're bringing something new) for example.. not A&A

[.Sidewinder.]

apart from that.. Tom wanted this, Tom wanted that...who the **** cares? You'd do better explaining whether Tom succeeded in what he tried..

[israels_son]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

were any of those revolutionary?...i like all these bands, im just stating the point that AVA is different and revolutionary.
1.guns n roses can be compared to similar bands like aerosmith
2.Janes Addiction rock, but nothing too special.
3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
4.Pearl Jam-copied nirvana, i love pearl jam though.
5.Soundgarden-part of the grunge movement, copy of nirvana
6.Smashing Pumpkins-alongside nirvana.
7.Nine Inch Nails-
8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
9.U2-i agree with this too, U2 set the standard i think for the succesfullness of a worldwide stadium rock band.

Now im not dissing or trashing any of these bands, i have all these albums, and i understand your point of view, but AVA is uncomparable to anything. Elements of U2 are used, but this is a totally different sound for this generation. agree?

I know it has been said already but buddy you are not very knowledgebale about half the shiz you are talking about. Pearl Jam ripped off Nirvana, what are you, deaf? They sound nothing alike Nirvana had a heavy influence from the beatles and the new wave indie scene whilst pearl jam were inspired and took their sound from classic rock and 70's punk bands. Soundgarden were around long befor Nirvana. You deny that Nine Inch Nails wern't revolutionary. Have you ever listened to Te downward spiral or the fragile. They were one of the pioneers for alternative "heavy music' in the ninties. AVA, wich I think is actually quite a decent album btw, being compared to the revolution nirvana caused, it has to sweep the nation. This is a sleeper album with a wanker who supprised us by having a half decent album in him still. you deny all tese albums that made history that left a mark. hardly anyone but blink fan know or care for this band it has not and will not sweep the world off its feet. Its a decent album but Tom's kidding himself if he thinks otherwise, its not that different, remember pop punk and emo arn't the only genres in the world, AVA sound just like U2 anyway so its not a big revolution. Alright album slightly pretensious, nothing special.

[c_strummer88]

i've got to be honest, as a blink fan i was looking forward to mark n toms separate projects. i think that AvAs album is good, but not revolutionary. israels_son is rite about it needin to sweep the world for it to b a revolution, and AvA dont hav tht kind of album on offer. It just doesnt compare to the albums that will be remembered.

[Somerandomfoo']

Ive heard the album and thought it was okay but there are
better albums around at the moment, but what really bothers me is all the people saying this is one of the best album in the past 20 years.

Think about it if Tom DeLonge had never said that would all you little fanboys/girls out there really have the balls to come out and say it on the basis of just listening to this album?

[KaiserX]

haha such long responses, i'll probably pick the album up for fun, dont particularly like tom delonge's voice

[that1l)ude]

Israels Son was right except for saying AVA made A half decent album

[Captain Cool]

Only heard one song which is their single. I was a huge blink fan but the new AVA song bored me stiff.

[thegreatindoors]

why does this ablum have a parental advisary sticker? I had no idea there was swearing in this music.

[IGotThePower!]

but what really bothers me is all the people saying this is one of the best album in the past 20 years.
Think about it if Tom DeLonge had never said that would all you little fanboys/girls out there really have the balls to come out and say it on the basis of just listening to this album?

I completely agree! If Tom never said any of this, no one would have even begin to THINK, that this was one of the best rock albums!!! It bugs me too! What also annoys me is that EVERYBODY is taking Tom's words, wod for word, and using them to write what they say is their own review! they would never have thought of things like that to say if Tom didnt say it himself!

[GeetarsAreRock]

Im conflicted... I really like the sound in "The Adventure", but Tom's voice gets annoying and the incredibly melodramatic lyrics make me want to shoot someone... "I cannot live, I cannot breath unles you do this with me"? Yuck! There's a fine balance between a provcoatively emotional song and melodrama... that song leaps past that line.

[punkrockjoe]

You know tom delonge has spoken about this record being a 'punk rock' record...yea right. And u2 comparisons?U2 are a million times better than this.
I enjoyed some of blink 182's stuff but i think this is weak frankly.I saw these guys live at the give it a name festival and it doesn't have any of the excitement of say a blink or offspring or even distillers show it's just the tom delonge show....and it sucks.

[Guitarmaniac69]

number 1, this is not an album that will an album of our generation. number 2, everything about this album is amazing in my opinion, i love the song structures, the lyrics are top notch, better then blink 182, it is an awesome album, but not best album of the next 20 years.

[RHCP_25]

so what if the band isnt as good as blink. theyre never coming back so jst sit back and enjoy tom's career as it lasts.

[RHCP_25]

kevm0theproject wrote:

Tom is crazy his new band is just a bunch of geeks fantasizing about aliens and space ships.
He says that his new album is a new step in a different direction so that he can progress as a songwriter and musictian but it is just him fooling around with his imagination. He was so respectable and just downright awesome in blink its hard to see him fall so far. Its fine for him to have an AVA sideproject but he needs blink, as do the fans, nothing can ever come close again.

get over it blink are never coming back

[imburningstar4]

pretty good album, but you're all missing the point of it its not just going to be music its going to be an experience from what i've heard their live shows are going to be fantastic (props and events taking place on stage stuff like that) and theres going to be a movie also it'll all tie together in the end i have faith in tom he knows what he's doing

[pinholes89]

ok, one thing i have to say:

*Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine. beat this album!!!
if thats not good enough, then u suck, but then there's the peppers with Stadium Arcadium and Californication. When i first listened to AVA, i thought ok, cool, sounds kinda good, but it still reminded me alot of Boxcar Racer, it didn't strike me as something revolutionary or something extraordinary. Have any of you listened to Muse? i mean hello, they do the same thing as this, but better than AVA.

Regardless, it seems like a good album. Nothing too grand to boast about though.

[nimrod_hahahaha]

wow a board where the reviews vaguely stick to the right subject and i do mean vaguely...personally i have only heard the adventure and i thought it was easy listening nothing more but whatever i havnt heard any others yet...BEST ALBUM IN 2 DECADES????? WHAT THE EFFIN' HELL ARE YOU ON? you must be on some good crack delonge if you think that im sorry but it has to be said that is the craziest thing i have ever seen actually written down. right im finished..

oh yeah... Metallica didn't start anything?? Wake up.

[Pink_blood]

I like this album, unlike quite a lot of the current phase of music its not negative. Which I like.

In the end only 1 track was over 1 minute

where the hell did you get that from?

[irockonguitar]

why review an album if u think its bad? thats just stupid

[tienzing]

fukk yeahhhhh. i just got the album. already heard it all on myspace and it sounds good. this is gonna be in my cd player foreverrrrr.

[kjohnson08]

I saw someone post up that the bassist from Iron Maiden was playing in it? Steve Harris?

who ever said that is a moron, it's ryan sinn from the distillers.

[funkynasoo]

i havent got it yet and im assuming it will be a grower, when i first got the boxcar cd i hated it for like 6 months then it grew on me, i hope this is good i really do

[Blink90Bedford]

wow, i cnt remember a record gettin this much tlk just as soon as it's released. AVA's music is top class (even tho Tom looks like a bit of a puff, walkin round in the fields in 'the adventure' vid. i think it will be hard for them to release another album thats not the same after this one.

[Guitar_gOdd]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

were any of those revolutionary?...i like all these bands, im just stating the point that AVA is different and revolutionary.
1.guns n roses can be compared to similar bands like aerosmith
2.Janes Addiction rock, but nothing too special.
3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
4.Pearl Jam-copied nirvana, i love pearl jam though.
5.Soundgarden-part of the grunge movement, copy of nirvana
6.Smashing Pumpkins-alongside nirvana.
7.Nine Inch Nails-
8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
9.U2-i agree with this too, U2 set the standard i think for the succesfullness of a worldwide stadium rock band.

Now im not dissing or trashing any of these bands, i have all these albums, and i understand your point of view, but AVA is uncomparable to anything. Elements of U2 are used, but this is a totally different sound for this generation. agree?

OH MY GOD, how the hell is AVA the new nirvana, thats THE stupidest thing i've ever heard!!!

[CodyJuice]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

were any of those revolutionary?...i like all these bands, im just stating the point that AVA is different and revolutionary.
1.guns n roses can be compared to similar bands like aerosmith
2.Janes Addiction rock, but nothing too special.
3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
4.Pearl Jam-copied nirvana, i love pearl jam though.
5.Soundgarden-part of the grunge movement, copy of nirvana
6.Smashing Pumpkins-alongside nirvana.
7.Nine Inch Nails-
8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
9.U2-i agree with this too, U2 set the standard i think for the succesfullness of a worldwide stadium rock band.

Now im not dissing or trashing any of these bands, i have all these albums, and i understand your point of view, but AVA is uncomparable to anything. Elements of U2 are used, but this is a totally different sound for this generation. agree?

3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
umm....NO!


8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
UMM...ALSO NO!

[Stevie B]

I've listen to that album a lot now and it really grows on you. I think it's a very good album and I'm noticing the lyrics are actually very good.

[Dan The Poet]

CodyJuice wrote:

DelongeFootwear wrote:

were any of those revolutionary?...i like all these bands, im just stating the point that AVA is different and revolutionary.
1.guns n roses can be compared to similar bands like aerosmith
2.Janes Addiction rock, but nothing too special.
3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
4.Pearl Jam-copied nirvana, i love pearl jam though.
5.Soundgarden-part of the grunge movement, copy of nirvana
6.Smashing Pumpkins-alongside nirvana.
7.Nine Inch Nails-
8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
9.U2-i agree with this too, U2 set the standard i think for the succesfullness of a worldwide stadium rock band.

Now im not dissing or trashing any of these bands, i have all these albums, and i understand your point of view, but AVA is uncomparable to anything. Elements of U2 are used, but this is a totally different sound for this generation. agree?

3.Nirvana-i totally agree with this. AVA is the new nirvana.
umm....NO!


8.RHCP- is just straight up rock, nothing new.
UMM...ALSO NO!

RHCP is probably just as good as Nirvana.

There is no way someone can say that AVA is the new nirvana!

WTF

AVA is killing meeeee ahhhh Tom went and started a new wave 80's band! Whatever happened to his Blink 182 attitude about not caring? He's wayyyy to serious.

[punk_player]

ok i dunno wat it is with you guys comparing it to bands like nirvana and shit but your ****ed up if u r cause everyone with half a ****in brain knows that a band like AVA could never be half as good as nirvana but i dont get y some ****o was comparing it to slayer and heavy bands this is ****in angels and airwaves you dick its not ****in slayer slayer is a band that u cant even understand one word and its a different category of music any way tom and his whole thing with being the best in 2 decades was obviously not tru a matter of fact if someone can tell me wat they think the best album has been in 20 yrs i bet u over 100,000 ppl would disagree cause its a difference of opinion and here in aus the album came out on the 20th and dude its a good ****ing album and anyone who liked blink 182's self titled is going to like this its a kick ass album but there would be ppl who disagree anyway who ever the **** it was who compared slayer to angels is a ****ing idiot and should stop smoking cause its ****ing up your brain

[Amy_Lee]

:haha

[punk_player]

and angels and airwaves isnt the new ****ing nirvana

[§X¤¤¤?¤¤¤X§]

^ Omg punk_player stfu.....you dont even understand what their trying to say..ffs.....read it aloud to yourself them comment ....they mean that AVA is a revolutionary band ---->like

[punk_player]

and when tom said an hour he was close enough its like 50 mins thats the same as most blink albums

[§X¤¤¤?¤¤¤X§]

Like Nirvana. You cant compare Nirvana and AVA...if you can get this you'll understand what they are trying to say...unless...of course...youi say...."not AVA is not a revolutionary band...but w/e

[TheNthDimension]

I haven't heard (/finished downloading) the album yet, but I'm not going to respect anyone's opinion who thinks U2's music is revolutionary...

[outofmyelement?]

hey the album was good... i picked it up two hours ago.... dont bash it unless youve heard it.

[outofmyelement?]

hey the album was good, not revelutionary, but still good... i picked it up two hours ago.... dont bash it unless youve heard it.

[ACA]

This album is average at best. To call it the best of 2006, or even the best of the month, is a crime.

[Guitar_Dude777]

Bored_2_Death wrote:

uh since the album hasnt been released yet, how come theres already reviews up? did these ppl download the leaked album or something?

You can find their album on their myspace www.myspace.com/angelsandairwaves

[justinp93]

music is changing and theres almost nothing we can do about it.

[PingIsland]

Why do people have to go completely overboard and compare A&A to Nirvana? Or compare it to anything other than what Tom Delonge has done in the past?

Take it for what it is, good (not the greatest, certainly not the best album in 20 years or anything close to Nirvana) music.

[kyle_katarn3]

TheNthDimension wrote:

I haven't heard (/finished downloading) the album yet, but I'm not going to respect anyone's opinion who thinks U2's music is revolutionary...

U2's music is pretty revolutionary when you look at it. There is some stuff lyrically that is amazing. Imean, before bono got all "save the africans" bullshitty. Look at stuff from Achtung Baby and earlier. Imean, on Rattle and Hum, BB King even compliments Bono on his skills as a lyricist.

The Edge is also pretty revolutionary in the sense that he made a name for himself doing things that most guitarists werent doing at the time.

Oh, and about AVA. This is exactly what they want. This is why these bands have the success they do, because people are so vocal in their hatred of them, that it draws more people's interest. If you think they suck, as do, just stop posting. Stop giving them the attention they dont deserve.

[punk_player]

ACA wrote:

This album is average at best. To call it the best of 2006, or even the best of the month, is a crime.

it might not be the best of 06 but it certainly is the most depressing of 06 whether u want to admit it or not if you upset or depressed this isnt the album for u to listen to

[rush4life]

The only revolution that AvA is a part of is the current revolution of boring un-original music. They will NOT be revolutionary. The only way a band can be revolutionary would be if it had a COMPLETELY original and different sound, seperating it from the rest. Any band with Tom Delonge will not have an original sound, since he's always doing the same thing, and always sounds the same.

[atticus_08]

I think everyone should just respect the fact that he welcomes change. This is another world from any blink album and you can tell he's excited about. It's good that he can get so hyped up about music again... If I was in Blink for 10 years and accomplished everything they did then suddenly the lights went out, I'd be heart broken to the point where I wouldn't even want to write music. Also, I can't agree with this being the best album in rock history... How could it be, this is there first rock CD they ever wrote, wasn't he punk before rock. I am a huge fan of Blink and everything they've done, but how can you honestly say this album will change music. Music is evolutionary without trying to be. The best thing about this album is Tom put feeling into it and shows it throughout the CD. He's a musician he writes what he feels not what he thinks will be accepted by others. Kudos to Tom and the rest of the members for writing this!!!! The only reason why this got hyped up so much is because Tom is known world wide, and if he excited about an album he will have the ability to promote it to everyone. Unlike myself, who is in a band, I can tell my friends but, not the whole world... www.myspace.com/thedayafter5 there's my promo for my band.

[punk_player]

/\ go that dude /\

[genresrforposer]

the song i heard kind of sounding like blink 182's final attempt.....

it was nothing new and it sucked. I hate the fact they went serious.

And if this is the new Nirvana(pssht. that comparison is insulting) we're going in entirely the wrong direction: even more depressing and mediocre.

At least Nirvana had some good melodies like "Drain You" and "aneurysim". This is just whining.

[genresrforposer]

^ that being said, cool art cover

[ltj1217]

i dont understand all of this talk of a revolution or whatever. the album just came out today, how can anyone say the impact that it does and does not have when it hasnt even been on the shelf for a day. the only thing we can do is wait and see where it goes. Maybe in 20 we look back and say 'wow that really revolutionized music' or maybe it will be 'wow that album sucked'. the point is, we dont know yet. we have to wait a while and see what happens

[Learn_to_fly]

These guys did the whole "Outta Space" album cover a lot better than the Chillis. Aside from that, I don't really think much about these guys. Tom is good, but he put too much hype into it. Plus-44 owns!!!! Mark kicks his ass any day.

[old_toad]

iv'e been mastering albums for 8 years and iv'e gotta say, this is the worst engineered piece of un-dynamic, compressed, boring, fake s*** iv'e heard since American Idiot. Theres more engineering done on albums today than there was on any 90's pop album, its all pop, you retarded kids! good to see some Nirvana fans though, In Utero was awesome, and yes nirvana's nevermind was very poppy, but where do you draw the line? huh?. And PUNK! wtfeck?!?! punk? punk died the year it was created, punk is about sticking it too the mand and being original, originallity? as soon as copy-cat bands came along Punk was dead, losts its originality, if anyones talking about Punk these days there talking out there tummy bannana hole, and let me tell you, if you knew how much i know about sound, contemporary music history, theory, acoustics, you'd agree on everything i say,(plus when you learn as much as me you can confuse, blind, frighten, deafen ect.. people with sound, even make em piss themselves) its all pop these days.....

[rush4life]

^ listen to that guy ^

[nimrod_hahahaha]

big up to you toad man. you have confused me into believing anything you say lol and that thing about Punk is what i have been trying to tell mates for years so thank you for puttin it all in one sentence. : oh, yeah, i went and heard the ava album, its not bad, wouldn't go mad though.

[LPIndin]

Down wrote:

DelongeFootwear, you said this was the greatest album in the past two decades. What about Master of Puppets? Or Reign In Blood? Come Clarity, Hypnotize/Mezmerize, Dance of Death, American Idiot, Blink 182, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, On An Island, Toxicity, the list goes on and on. Anyone who makes a claim that something is the greatest obviously doesn't listen to everything, because there is ALWAYS something better, and always an argument for top spot.

you, sir, are an idiot. how dare you refer to the Shit that is come clarity as inflames best. and to compare my chemical romance or green day to metallica or slayer, and to say they had the best albums of the past two decades, would leave me to beleive you were beaten with a rubber hose as an infant.

[flydth3bArbr]

stevie B...your review is absolutly horrible...dont ever review again

[flydth3bArbr]

jem 22....your review is fantastic....definantly helpful and insightful...good work

[LacesOut]

Ok so A&A has an all star line up (Not just Tom) but the album does not show these musicians talents. The bass riffs are so ordinary and repetitive (Ryan used to be a little creative with his riffs but not anymore), the guitar riffs are reminiscent of old bands (Tha adventure, can you say Flock of Seagulls) as for Atom, the drums were ok, nothing great. This would be an ok album if Tom did not brag about the Rock Revolution thing, which puts listeners in a place where they REALLY DO expect the greatest album (uh duhhh) I guess Tom just thinks that because his songs are really long and a throwback that hes such a genius (Hes not...)
Also Tom is just a jerk. All of what he sings about is just annoying and whiney. All of his "war" stuff is just dumb shut up and support very one who has died for you. Last remark Tom in his interveiws ONLY talks about himself. Its like he says to every interveiwer "Do you know I'm Tom Delonge? Lets talk about me and how I'm a genius." He never says anything about his bandmates only how this is the greatest thing HE has ever done(Dave Ryan and Atom are great musicians.) So for Delonge, live in the real world, share the light with your other bandmates, go through puberty so I dont have to hear your awful voice, AND DONT MAKE EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR FANS THAT YOU WILL NEVER REACH!

[dr.doctor]

too bad i can't join the fun with u guys. i didn't hear the whole thing yet. but i heard some, and it really does have an 80's vibe. weird how we could classify something as "80's" now. i only heard "do it for me now" and the guitar is pretty 80's. the guitar on "the adventure" sounds pretty "the cure"-ish, wouldn't u say?

[ACDC4Life]

this is defintely the best album of the year

Hopefullt this will win a grammy

[razordimeback]

You know how well Tom plays live... just wait for one show and everyone will say this is crap(just like it is) Tom is a punk rock man not a slow rock one. You can say what you want according to my username, I once was a big blink 182 fan and I really dislike this album

[GuitarN00b]

EVERY song on the album is over 1 min long...EASILY.

[Nybb]

The album is soo overhyped and overproduced. Tom's voice is gone. That's not even him singing anymore. If you listen to the old blink stuff or their live performances, he could never sing worth shit. And that's why blink-182 got progressively worse, because Tom kept trying to put himself in the spotlight. He can't sing, so they computerized his voice. And he can't play guitar worth shit either, so they covered that up with a bunch of delay. He screws up on even the simple melodies of blink songs, like Adam's Song or What's My Age again.

Even if you suppose that that is actually Tom's voice and Tom's guitar playing, the album is still not great. One of the few appealing things about the blink-182 of old was their sense of humour, which is entirely gone now. Most of the songs sound the same as well and there's no technical skill involved either.

Even if you're into the whole mainstream pop-rock thing, there are better albums coming out now, like TBS's Louder Now.

[jtl900]

razordimeback :
You know how well Tom plays live... just wait for one show and everyone will say this is crap(just like it is) Tom is a punk rock man not a slow rock one. You can say what you want according to my username, I once was a big blink 182 fan and I really dislike this album

I've seen them twice now. Tom actually plays MUCH better live with AVA than he ever did with Blink. Their live show is ****ing amazing. Go see them.

[AVAkid]

AvA is definetly one of my new favorite bands.
Tom as always making things rad as all hell.
I definetly envy Tom for doing something diffrent.
I love it.
p.s.
to everyone that thinks that AvA is a side project I read recently that Tom said himself it is not and is infact the new "priority"

[Letterbomb11]

This album is really solid. I liked it.

[herdrich]

This album is alright, I'm gonna steer away from the words "good" and "bad" because it's something new and for that it should be applauded. Tom, as he has been boasting over and over, had a vision for this record. Yes, he made it come true but that doesn't mean it wasn't a stupid or at least pretentious vision to begin with. I saw a little club show they did like a month ago and it was okay if you like the idea of Tom DeLonge laughing at his audience for falling for his dreamed-up ****-around band. This album is a joke to Tom, if you go see them play just watch his face bc it's pretty obvious. Don't be hung out to dry with this pretentious lame-ass "rock star."

[herdrich]

just one more thing while i'm puttin in my two cents. blink was a sell-out band to begin with. tom and mark are smart guys, and they may have some musical intelligence but they know that's not what sells- blink and ava sell so they put out shit records. ava is an even bigger sell-out than blink, just read some of the bs tom's been rattling off about the album, calling it the greatest thing in 20 years or whatever. don't fall for this joker, please.

[Briteless]

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

Rage Against the Machine - Battle for Los Angeles
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
REM - Automatic for the People
Nirvana - Nevermind
Radiohead - Ok COmputer
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Pixies - Doolittle
Sonic Youth - Goo
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Nirvana - In Utero

I think thats enough.

[Briteless]

srry i had to do that... it was fun

[TheGuitarDreams]

Briteless wrote:

srry i had to do that... it was fun

Don't forget

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

[Guitarmaniac69]

funny how all these guitar sites have stupid junkies who are fans of pretty much only heavy rock bands. god shut the **** up, tom was serious with this band and it shows, read his lyrics. sure he hyped it up quite a lot, but he wanted to get people's attention, because he was SO excited about a record that he totally gave his whole self into. he passed on a message, and thats for you to find out in his songs. apparently ive only heard amazing things of their live shows so shut the **** up. im not trying to convince you that they are good, im saying just stop saying what a moron, it sucks, they are sell outs, cuz their not, blink 182 never was either. just because they were a big band and angels and airwaves is a big band doesnt mean they are sellouts. in my opinion, this is my favorite album, its amazing. their is so much emotion and powerful atmosphere in these songs. if you dont like it, thats okay, but you waste your time TRYING to find bad things to say that dont even make sense. most of you totally dont let yourselves like it, because you fill your minds with I BET IT'LL SUCK ASS, before you listen to it.

[pumpkins_rule]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You crack me up buddy. Ok, list of albums from the last twenty years better than this one. Oh and btw, all were influential:

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
Sonic Youth - Evol
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
Beastie Boys - Liscenced to Ill
Sonic Youth - Sister
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Replacements - Plased to meet me
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here we Come
R.E.M. - Document
Depeche Mode - Music for The Masses
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

And that's just 86 and 87. I could go on and on and on. Your ignorance makes me ashamed to be human.

[NotAJock2Day]

LPIndin wrote:


you, sir, are an idiot. how dare you refer to the Shit that is come clarity as inflames best. and to compare my chemical romance or green day to metallica or slayer, and to say they had the best albums of the past two decades, would leave me to beleive you were beaten with a rubber hose as an infant.

With all do respect Dookie was incredibly influential. Whether it caused people to play music like theirs or make music in spite of them there's no doubting that it was monumental album. American Idiot was a good record that is often misunderstood...

[goog7]

i think that half of the people who post these comments can't even listen to a song with out hateing it because it is sung by someone who played in a pop punk band. throw me a damn bone here and listen to something and eljoy it because its great music not because your an ignorant jerkoff who can't listen to something out of your thought of whats good.

i think this album is a great album and i wasn't a very big fan of blink 182 but this is something very different and easy on the ears.

props to tom

[TasianSensation]

you know, everyone puts how this album isn't revolutionary, but when you think about it, it just cameout today (at least legally). it hasn't had time to hit the masses. i say give it at least a month and see how it does on the average person and ratings. most of the albums mentioned, where they considered greats the day that they were released? think about that. that will really decide if its the greatest album in general . that doesn't mean that it's the best. just best selling. the best is impossible to decide on as everyone has different tastes.... i, for one, have heard the album and think that it is great.

[mareki]

hrm..i only heard the Adventure it..good song..great lyric..yeah it seem i growing up with blink 182since i was 14 or something (that time blink182 wrote a song about a high skool studnt..so it was suit with me..about a girl..about playing fool n doing sumthing stupid with our fren)..but now at my 21 years old age..it such a shame to hear that kind of songs anymore..but me still like delonge and hoppus..so it's great to hear something like this(for the plus44..i only heard the 'no it isn't'..great song too..)..the adventure still hv the pop punk influence(power chord progression) and i hope i can listen to the another songs from AvA...wanna hear the U2 influence =)..anyone pls help me..post some link or address to download another song than The adventure..me not going to buy this album if it only hv one great song..hehe(am i Delonge fan??to say sumthing like this??)

[EpitaphMan440]

I had listened to one of the songs off this album, and quite frankly it did not tickle my fancy at all.

Tom's voice started to irritate me within a short time.

Im my opinion, not a groundbreaking album at all, but good for Tom to change his style, that takes some bravado to break away from his fanbase.

To any casual listeners, or anyone into metal I would suggest you bypass this disk.

Again, these are my opinions, I do expect to be chastised by the devote fans of Tom.... but remember this my brethren, tastes differ and that is the great aspect of music in it's essence.

[Disturbed123654]

The only reason i like this is cause i get to hear the blink182 voice again...truthfully...nothing will ever compare to blink 182

[CanadaTed]

All your opinions make me want to shoot myself in the face...

[mareki]

erm..wonder about the drummer(atom )...is he still in the Offspring or not?? pls sumone put or post the link 4 me to download another song than the adventure..=)

[rush4life]

punk_player wrote:

dude they r revolutionary in that genre of music u dickweed
it has nothing to do with ****ing slayer

punk_player wrote:

anyway i cant be ****ed arguin i think that its a kick ass album i can play the songs there pretty basic and its not revolutionary no matter how u put it oh and gay dude with writing u cant understand do u no 75% of guys that say omg are gay unless of caourse your a girl just stay the f u ck away right

Is he arguing with himself? lol

[TheNthDimension]

OK now I've finished downloading it, which idiot said only one of the tracks was over 1 minute long?

[old_toad]

all i hear is *yadadadadadada *cock* yadadadadadada *cock*" not cos iv'e been watching some indian porn movie for the last 17years and its got too my head, its cos nearly every post on this page is utter bullshit. you kids don't have the experience, to us your known as the blind customer, someone we can easily manipulate into buying the latest wank bands album/single. Then again on your side of the industry (the consumer) its all down too opinions, and my opinion from watching all these retarded cretinised posts unfold is that a lot of you don't know jack shit about contemporary music. Im not being nasty, im not trying to prove im a more intelligent person than you (im actually discalculate) but if your gonna post a comment, you should at least research wtfeck, your typing, before you post, cos some of these posts are absolutely pointless, they spring up arguments, nearly as bad as typing *wats better? MAC? or PC?* an off subject question but the retardidness (new word) in these posts is the same. in other words, know what the feck your going on about before posting and causing arguments.....ta-da

[mareki]

everyone pls give the middle finger to the old_toad...talking with no point at all..arguing really turn this all look happening old man ...

[ibanezbass27]

i really think most of their music sounds the same or similar, not that their a good band, i thik there good just i like blink more, i havent heard anythin about plus44 but anyway i dont think this is the best album in the last 20 years i liked enema of state and blink 182 better, also i think appetite for destruction, toxicity, and mesmerise were better too but thats just my opinion

[M. Moloney]

stormclouds25 wrote:

I think this band is awesome no matter wat all of u punksters say. They're freaking awesome and tom's freaking hot sooo hottt so don't freaking touch him!

Wow just because hes hot i think i'll agree that his music is great!!

Bands dont need to ''be hot'' to have great music, surely Weezer, Ok go, Coheed & Cambria and head automatica have already proved that.

If you had never heard blink 182 and never seen what tom delonge looks like, then would you still think this was a great record? I dont think so.... Tom's trying to be something that hes not, Its an overhyped and extremley disapointing record. Tom is a crap singer and all he has done is recycled sounds and riffs from other bands. SHIT!!!

[M. Moloney]

also what are the best albums of the last 20 years?
heres a few:


Guns n Roses - appetite for destruction
Nirvana - nevermind
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Ash - 1977
Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie...
Therapy? - Semi-Detached
Blink - Deep inside the sound of sadness
Head Automatica - Decadence
Weezer - Blue album
Ash - Free all Angels
The Jimmy Cake - Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead
Millionaire - Paradisiac
Muse - Absolution
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Foo Fighters - Colour and the Shape
Green Day - Dookie
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo....
Therapy? - Troublegum

[El_Hefe!]

I streamed this album first thing Tuesday morning and I must say, Tom De Longe did in fact over-hype this album to some degree. First of all, to set everyone straight, this album is not what 'I' would call revolutionary. I say this because the influences that helped spawn this album is dumbfoundedly evident throughout the album. Can you say U2 or The Police epic song structure? I'm sure there are more but I'd rather not delve into an extensive roll-call of bands and their formulas that are welded into this album.
Second, this album is not covering any new territory that hasn?t been already sonically produced by some of the most memorable bands and moments in music.
As mentioned earlier, U2 and the Police and countless others of the like have charted this sound and approach. However, I will say in the defense of Mr. Delonge that perhaps in his eyes it was revolutionary, in the sense that the sound, lyrics, and structure are in their own right revolutionary to the way Tom is expressing himself in the herein now as compared to his early days of dick/fart joke songwriting. Furthermore, the album might be revolutionary to the current generation that isn?t exactly exposed to rocks greatest predecessors. Personally, what he?s talking about is at times a bit sappy but, I?m not one to critique being that he is where he is and I am where I am. All in all to some degree or another, Tom has evolved as a songwriter and I?m sure that the next effort, like most other supergroups such as Audioslave, APC, and all others of the like will find their own ?true? sound that will separate them from their former incarnations as well as their forefathers. Lastly, I want to point out that the guy who even thought of comparing AVA to Nirvana obviously has not heard or experienced Nirvana for who and what they were. The two are like night and day; orange and apples. As for greatest albums of all time, personally, I find that you can?t compare one revolutionary album to another. They are all intrinsically well made; crafted as pieces of composition art. It?s like saying a Picasso piece is far much better than DaVinci?s Mona Lisa. They?re both good in their own way as standalone works of art. Anyways, I?ve digressed?here is my personal list greatest albums of the last 20 years in no particular order:

Nin-The Fragile/With Teeth/The Downward Spiral
Nirvana- Bleach/In Utero/Unplugged
Pearl Jam- Ten/VS/Yeild
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tool- Undertow/Lateralus/Anima
Metallica- Kill ?em All/ Master/ Justice/Black/Reload
Deftones- White Pony/ Deftones
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute/Deloused at the Commatorium
SOAD- Toxicity/Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger/Superunknown/Down on The Upside
311-Transistor/Grassroots/Music/From Chaos
GNR- Appetite/ Use Your Illusion 1&2
U2- Joshua Tree/ All That You Can?t Leave Behind/ Dismantle
Korn-Issues/Korn
Blink182-Dude Ranch/Take Off/Blink 182
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell/ Vulgar Display/ Reinventing the Steel
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Jewel-Pieces of You
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy/Siamese/Machina
A Perfect Circle- 13th Step
Green Day- Idiot/Nimrod/Dookie/Warning
Slipknot- Subliminal Verses 3
RHCP- Arcadium/By the Way/One Hot Minute/ Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up the Girl
Hot Water Music- Caution
Alkaline Trio- Crimson
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Coheed and Cambria- Second Stage Turbine/ Good Apollo I?m Burning Star 4
Beck-Odelay/ Mellow Gold/ Guerro
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape/ One by One/ In Your Honor
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullaby?s to Paralyze/ Songs for the Def/ Rated R
Henry Rollins- Weight
The Strokes- Is this It/ First Impression
Thrice- Vehissue/ Artist in the Ambulance
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Keane-
Less than Jake- Anthem/ black&blue/ and mostly everything else by them
Glassjaw- Tribute
Beastie Boys- Return to the Five Burroughs/ Ill Communication/ Check Your Head
Mudvayne- LD50/ the End of All Things to Come

?just to name a few?theres more but, I?m done.

[DelongeFootwear]

ok to clarify everything i said...i was comparing Nirvana to AVA , i dont even know if AVA will be that big to have the same kind of effect that nirvana had on the world which is what i was comparing. Like the band/album or not. i think everyone can agree that for todays generation this is prolly the best thing thats happened. Its not depressing but enlightening. and most bands today thrive on depression. I dont know, maybe im just hoping it will be as big as nirvana. I know alot of elements of U2 are used, i happened to really like u2 also, but when i bought the album, i realized that like there are 4 songs that use delay in the same way Edge does. The War is a rock song with nothing added, just heavy guitars. So i think that AVA is a diverse band that tried to do different things with each and every song. And anyone who is a musician can respect the creativity of it. Some bands are afraid or just sound good one particular way. When Aerosmiths Blues album came out (forgot the name i just know from my uncles) everyone said it was terrible, which goes to show that some bands only sound good with that one sound. AVA will need time to grow upon the world, and i was wrong to say that it will be revolutionary. I enjoy it and thats all that matters. And it is hard to determine the best album in 20 years because everyone has different opinions and likes, which i respect. BUT i do think it shouldnt be too hard to pick the best album that on every bands 'Influence' list in the past 2 decades. being 17 years of age, not considering older bands before my time, AVA sounds incredible to me. Ignorant or not, i think this is a breath of fresh air from all the emo/hardcore bands. And if Tom doesnt care if 1 person has the same feeling hes having or a million people do, he is doing this for the sake of him and what he feels is right, so will i. thanks!

[Kwokinator]

i really wish there was an 'edit' button becuase i accidently put 1 minute. i meant 6 minutes. sorry about that. i should be more careful.

[one_of_my_lies]

Wow. That's all I have to say...just wow. This cd is sooo epic. The lyrics, the sound, the impression i think should be more like 9 or 10. I will be listening to this cd A LOTT for the next forever. This is just another supergroup (Atom, the drummer, being from the Offspring.) type of bands. And tom's just a genius, i think.

[h0ax_c0d3r]

Why are you guys really comparing the revolutionary albums of the time. I know i did, but "the wall", and "nevermind" Brought through a wide scope of change throught the entire genre of rock. It is my personal and cohernet opinion that an album the doesn't fit in with the mold will do better than they music you hear all the time *emo*. And thats what set those two albums i listed in this comment did. The provide a new mold for rock to follow. I respect other peoples opinions like my own, and won't act like A douche at others peoples comments. I like blink 182 however the felt the need to go on hiatus (i hope thats spelt right) and im liking the out come. However just likeDelongeFootwear it is wrong saying that an album will be revolutionary right now, both Pink Floyd and nirvana, didn't expect their albums to sell as the did and have the affect on people they did. (Look at kurt cobain).

PM me if you want to flame me cause it takes away from the comments.

h0ax out

[mr_johansan]

Yeah everyone has different opinions of the best bands and albums and thats good that we are all different. But stop going on! If you like the album good if you dont ok well your loss becuase its a brilliant album one of the best ever in my view. Its alot better then alot of crap in the charts today. So STOP COMPARING THEM AND STOP GOING ON FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

[imburningstar4]

El_Hefe! wrote:



I streamed this album first thing Tuesday morning and I must say, Tom De Longe did in fact over-hype this album to some degree. First of all, to set everyone straight, this album is not what 'I' would call revolutionary. I say this because the influences that helped spawn this album is dumbfoundedly evident throughout the album. Can you say U2 or The Police epic song structure? I'm sure there are more but I'd rather not delve into an extensive roll-call of bands and their formulas that are welded into this album.
Second, this album is not covering any new territory that hasn?t been already sonically produced by some of the most memorable bands and moments in music.
As mentioned earlier, U2 and the Police and countless others of the like have charted this sound and approach. However, I will say in the defense of Mr. Delonge that perhaps in his eyes it was revolutionary, in the sense that the sound, lyrics, and structure are in their own right revolutionary to the way Tom is expressing himself in the herein now as compared to his early days of dick/fart joke songwriting. Furthermore, the album might be revolutionary to the current generation that isn?t exactly exposed to rocks greatest predecessors. Personally, what he?s talking about is at times a bit sappy but, I?m not one to critique being that he is where he is and I am where I am. All in all to some degree or another, Tom has evolved as a songwriter and I?m sure that the next effort, like most other supergroups such as Audioslave, APC, and all others of the like will find their own ?true? sound that will separate them from their former incarnations as well as their forefathers. Lastly, I want to point out that the guy who even thought of comparing AVA to Nirvana obviously has not heard or experienced Nirvana for who and what they were. The two are like night and day; orange and apples. As for greatest albums of all time, personally, I find that you can?t compare one revolutionary album to another. They are all intrinsically well made; crafted as pieces of composition art. It?s like saying a Picasso piece is far much better than DaVinci?s Mona Lisa. They?re both good in their own way as standalone works of art. Anyways, I?ve digressed?here is my personal list greatest albums of the last 20 years in no particular order:

Nin-The Fragile/With Teeth/The Downward Spiral
Nirvana- Bleach/In Utero/Unplugged
Pearl Jam- Ten/VS/Yeild
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tool- Undertow/Lateralus/Anima
Metallica- Kill ?em All/ Master/ Justice/Black/Reload
Deftones- White Pony/ Deftones
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute/Deloused at the Commatorium
SOAD- Toxicity/Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger/Superunknown/Down on The Upside
311-Transistor/Grassroots/Music/From Chaos
GNR- Appetite/ Use Your Illusion 1&2
U2- Joshua Tree/ All That You Can?t Leave Behind/ Dismantle
Korn-Issues/Korn
Blink182-Dude Ranch/Take Off/Blink 182
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell/ Vulgar Display/ Reinventing the Steel
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Jewel-Pieces of You
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy/Siamese/Machina
A Perfect Circle- 13th Step
Green Day- Idiot/Nimrod/Dookie/Warning
Slipknot- Subliminal Verses 3
RHCP- Arcadium/By the Way/One Hot Minute/ Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up the Girl
Hot Water Music- Caution
Alkaline Trio- Crimson
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Coheed and Cambria- Second Stage Turbine/ Good Apollo I?m Burning Star 4
Beck-Odelay/ Mellow Gold/ Guerro
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape/ One by One/ In Your Honor
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullaby?s to Paralyze/ Songs for the Def/ Rated R
Henry Rollins- Weight
The Strokes- Is this It/ First Impression
Thrice- Vehissue/ Artist in the Ambulance
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Keane-
Less than Jake- Anthem/ black&blue/ and mostly everything else by them
Glassjaw- Tribute
Beastie Boys- Return to the Five Burroughs/ Ill Communication/ Check Your Head
Mudvayne- LD50/ the End of All Things to Come

?just to name a few?theres more but, I?m done.

you have officially
pwned
everyone

[Sh4d0wB31nG]

You know, all this talk of "best album in 20 years" and "Angels and Airwaves is (X) classification" makes me want to break something. Why don't you all stop trying to classify everything you see and start listening to the music? It's not made to fit into your classifications, or make you feel comfortable. It's made to be different and throw something new in your face. Listen properly before you comment.

[sassamafras]

ya its way over hyped..the cd is alright but its not anywhere close to being the best cd of the past 20 years

[M. Moloney]

This cd is gonna sell to all those ''music fans'' who thought blink182 were a great band (they were a catchy singles band at best) and because mister ''tom blow my own trumpet'' delonge says its great, and lets not forget the idiots who will only listen to it because ''toms sooo hot!''.

If you want something new and epic then check out The Jimmy Cake's album ''Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead'', its an astounding album.

Just remember tom will never be remembered as a great songwriter or lyricist, after all he wrote a song about f*****g a dog in the ass

thank you

[Sh4d0wB31nG]

M.Moloney, I agree. Tom is not hot.
Look at his face, people, stop staring at his fame.

[Brandon860]

hahaha man...if ignorance and stupidity is bliss, then Tom Delonge must be more one with the universe than Buddah, The Dali Lamma and Captain PLanet combined

[renegadepancake]

Nothing says "monumental and genius" like an ad nauseum repetition of "it hurts" for a chorus.

[scrat-182]

i really dont uderstand why people syked themselfs up for this album! it wasnt wht i thought it would be! when i heard the adventure and it hurts on the website i thought o my god they are going to be great but when i got the album non of the songs compare to them! i dont under stand! ven though i like the album and think they are ok i think the album was a bit of a let down myself!
Tom was saying that he was going to change the world with his new band but the only thing hes changed is the style of song writing thats all!
even though they are a bit of a let down to me i still think they are ok!

[scrat-182]

by the way Sh4d0wB31nG tom is hot!

[IwishIwasADog]

Somerandomfoo' wrote:

Ive heard the album and thought it was okay but there are
better albums around at the moment, but what really bothers me is all the people saying this is one of the best album in the past 20 years.

Think about it if Tom DeLonge had never said that would all you little fanboys/girls out there really have the balls to come out and say it on the basis of just listening to this album?

Good point man, if Delonge had never said that people would just call it 'great'
I think this is one of the best albums ive ever heard, but i bet half the people on here are kids (emphasis on bet) including me, and ive not heard every album ever, let alone the best of the past twenty years. There could be someone somewhere in a basement making an album twice as good this and we'll never know about it. Good but you cant say its the best in two decades.

[jazzmaestro7]

^agree

[MusicMan666]

It was shit. There are much better musicicans out there such as dream theater. Give them a try. As well as joe satriani, steve vai and children of bodom...then well see whats ok.

[Junesongtrigger]

Avenged Sevenfold are hardly doing something new, What a joke.

This is just Delonge trying to be good and falling flat once again. Listen to albums that are actually the best albums that have been put out in the last 20. Don't waste time on this.

[Dallen_007]

ppl should really calm down, sure this album is not the best album in 20 years, but it is really good and is a welcome break from all the crap thats been floating around these past couple years. What really gets to me though is that ppl always try to catagorize music, like Sh4d0wB31nG said it makes me sick. This music was made for people who were looking for something different than whats out there today, and ppl please stop listing the best albums of the past 20 years, it could go on forever. Although i have to say, Tom you really made a mistake by calling this album the best thing in 20 years. AvA the new Nirvana, please, AvA is good but not that good!

[WhereArtEsteban]

ok guys this enraged me, hearing u guys bitch about what the greatest album in the past twenty years is, its bullshit c'mon guys. everbody has their own opinion and the greatest album will never be set in stone because there will always be some person who didnt really care for whatever the album is. who cares your opinion is your opinion.
b.t.w AVA is great i luv em'.
did they make the greatest album in twenty years, probably not, but its up to you why argue bout your own opinion its urs and no1 can take it.

[titogiantfan]

AVA ROCKS and kicks nirvanas ass to the kurb!!

[STEWISGOD]

renegadepancake wrote:

Nothing says "monumental and genius" like an ad nauseum repetition of "it hurts" for a chorus.

word.

[keefe122]

Tom Delonge really hit it home with this onwe. He's a great musician

[METSOAD]

to all those people who are naming best albums of the last 20 years, here are a few more
Iron Maiden: All of them except No Prayer For The Dying but especially Somewhere In Time, Dance Of Death and Brave New World
Muse: Origin Of Symmetry, Absolution, Showbiz
Metallica: S&M (It has 2 New Songs)
Motorhead: 1916, March Or Die, Bastards, Inferno
Trivium: Ascendancy
AC~DC: Ball Breaker, Stiff Upper Lip
Joe Satriani: All of Them
Megadeth: Rust In Peace, Countdown To Extiction
That, plus albums like Puppets, Stadium Arcadium, Black Album, Appitite for Destruction, Californiacation, Out Of Exile, Blood Sugar Sex Magik and others

[minitruckssuck]

ppl should really calm down, sure this album is not the best album in 20 years, but it is really good and is a welcome break from all the crap thats been floating around these past couple years. What really gets to me though is that ppl always try to catagorize music, like Sh4d0wB31nG said it makes me sick. This music was made for people who were looking for something different than whats out there today, and ppl please stop listing the best albums of the past 20 years, it could go on forever. Although i have to say, Tom you really made a mistake by calling this album the best thing in 20 years. AvA the new Nirvana, please, AvA is good but not that good!

No one is saying they are the 'New Nirvana' they are saying that they think the album will revolutionize they way people think about music and other bands will copy what they are doing you f***tard

[minitruckssuck]

renegadepancake wrote:

Nothing says "monumental and genius" like an ad nauseum repetition of "it hurts" for a chorus.

the chorus isn't a repitition of 'it hurts' you idiot, why don't you listen to the music before you start abusing it.

[minitruckssuck]

jem 22 what copy of the album did you get?? coz that's no where near the correct track order

[injured234]

bono called, he wants his sound back, but he'll let you keep the lyrics

[BlinkDay182]

This is one of the best albums that i have ever heard, i personally like it better than Blink 182

[BlinkDay182]

it's totally different than a lot of music today and it is very creative.

[Acdc182]

THe Cd is awsome straight up my fellas

[[NIN]_ROCK!]

Good album,it reveals a more mature attitude.....and that is WRONG because Tom is still a kid inside.I thought he was 31 or something like that,but I found his behavior stupid and quite ridiculous.....when he opens his mouth to speak,the only thing he says is crap.....anyways,he's singing better now(finally!) and the guitar work is pretty decent.His lyrics are deep and creative,something new for this guy.The "only" problem is that every song sounds the same.Tom tried to mix some influences "here and there",but it didn't work that well.....Good Luck in the future though

[Nilcerise]

the fact that tom delonge always has to be in some band and almost be correspondant as some kind of punk emo sad pussy ass makes no sense to me,maybe its time to change up the music and riffs a bit

[jason_smiths]

tom started talking about politics and shit when i saw them on sunday( with the strokes, subways and foo fighters), it was like shut up how can a blink 182 member talk about that shit after singing about ****ing dogs up the arse, in the end A&A were booed off, thank god.

[ST. DIZZY!]

Disturbed123654 wrote:

The only reason i like this is cause i get to hear the blink182 voice again...truthfully...nothing will ever compare to blink 182

Amen

[ST. DIZZY!]

El_Hefe! wrote:



I streamed this album first thing Tuesday morning and I must say, Tom De Longe did in fact over-hype this album to some degree. First of all, to set everyone straight, this album is not what 'I' would call revolutionary. I say this because the influences that helped spawn this album is dumbfoundedly evident throughout the album. Can you say U2 or The Police epic song structure? I'm sure there are more but I'd rather not delve into an extensive roll-call of bands and their formulas that are welded into this album.
Second, this album is not covering any new territory that hasn?t been already sonically produced by some of the most memorable bands and moments in music.
As mentioned earlier, U2 and the Police and countless others of the like have charted this sound and approach. However, I will say in the defense of Mr. Delonge that perhaps in his eyes it was revolutionary, in the sense that the sound, lyrics, and structure are in their own right revolutionary to the way Tom is expressing himself in the herein now as compared to his early days of dick/fart joke songwriting. Furthermore, the album might be revolutionary to the current generation that isn?t exactly exposed to rocks greatest predecessors. Personally, what he?s talking about is at times a bit sappy but, I?m not one to critique being that he is where he is and I am where I am. All in all to some degree or another, Tom has evolved as a songwriter and I?m sure that the next effort, like most other supergroups such as Audioslave, APC, and all others of the like will find their own ?true? sound that will separate them from their former incarnations as well as their forefathers. Lastly, I want to point out that the guy who even thought of comparing AVA to Nirvana obviously has not heard or experienced Nirvana for who and what they were. The two are like night and day; orange and apples. As for greatest albums of all time, personally, I find that you can?t compare one revolutionary album to another. They are all intrinsically well made; crafted as pieces of composition art. It?s like saying a Picasso piece is far much better than DaVinci?s Mona Lisa. They?re both good in their own way as standalone works of art. Anyways, I?ve digressed?here is my personal list greatest albums of the last 20 years in no particular order:

Nin-The Fragile/With Teeth/The Downward Spiral
Nirvana- Bleach/In Utero/Unplugged
Pearl Jam- Ten/VS/Yeild
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tool- Undertow/Lateralus/Anima
Metallica- Kill ?em All/ Master/ Justice/Black/Reload
Deftones- White Pony/ Deftones
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute/Deloused at the Commatorium
SOAD- Toxicity/Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger/Superunknown/Down on The Upside
311-Transistor/Grassroots/Music/From Chaos
GNR- Appetite/ Use Your Illusion 1&2
U2- Joshua Tree/ All That You Can?t Leave Behind/ Dismantle
Korn-Issues/Korn
Blink182-Dude Ranch/Take Off/Blink 182
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell/ Vulgar Display/ Reinventing the Steel
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Jewel-Pieces of You
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy/Siamese/Machina
A Perfect Circle- 13th Step
Green Day- Idiot/Nimrod/Dookie/Warning
Slipknot- Subliminal Verses 3
RHCP- Arcadium/By the Way/One Hot Minute/ Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up the Girl
Hot Water Music- Caution
Alkaline Trio- Crimson
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Coheed and Cambria- Second Stage Turbine/ Good Apollo I?m Burning Star 4
Beck-Odelay/ Mellow Gold/ Guerro
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape/ One by One/ In Your Honor
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullaby?s to Paralyze/ Songs for the Def/ Rated R
Henry Rollins- Weight
The Strokes- Is this It/ First Impression
Thrice- Vehissue/ Artist in the Ambulance
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Keane-
Less than Jake- Anthem/ black&blue/ and mostly everything else by them
Glassjaw- Tribute
Beastie Boys- Return to the Five Burroughs/ Ill Communication/ Check Your Head
Mudvayne- LD50/ the End of All Things to Come

?just to name a few?theres more but, I?m done.

Dude you have way to much time on your hands! :-l

[Nilcerise]

ST. DIZZY! wrote:

El_Hefe! wrote:



I streamed this album first thing Tuesday morning and I must say, Tom De Longe did in fact over-hype this album to some degree. First of all, to set everyone straight, this album is not what 'I' would call revolutionary. I say this because the influences that helped spawn this album is dumbfoundedly evident throughout the album. Can you say U2 or The Police epic song structure? I'm sure there are more but I'd rather not delve into an extensive roll-call of bands and their formulas that are welded into this album.
Second, this album is not covering any new territory that hasn?t been already sonically produced by some of the most memorable bands and moments in music.
As mentioned earlier, U2 and the Police and countless others of the like have charted this sound and approach. However, I will say in the defense of Mr. Delonge that perhaps in his eyes it was revolutionary, in the sense that the sound, lyrics, and structure are in their own right revolutionary to the way Tom is expressing himself in the herein now as compared to his early days of dick/fart joke songwriting. Furthermore, the album might be revolutionary to the current generation that isn?t exactly exposed to rocks greatest predecessors. Personally, what he?s talking about is at times a bit sappy but, I?m not one to critique being that he is where he is and I am where I am. All in all to some degree or another, Tom has evolved as a songwriter and I?m sure that the next effort, like most other supergroups such as Audioslave, APC, and all others of the like will find their own ?true? sound that will separate them from their former incarnations as well as their forefathers. Lastly, I want to point out that the guy who even thought of comparing AVA to Nirvana obviously has not heard or experienced Nirvana for who and what they were. The two are like night and day; orange and apples. As for greatest albums of all time, personally, I find that you can?t compare one revolutionary album to another. They are all intrinsically well made; crafted as pieces of composition art. It?s like saying a Picasso piece is far much better than DaVinci?s Mona Lisa. They?re both good in their own way as standalone works of art. Anyways, I?ve digressed?here is my personal list greatest albums of the last 20 years in no particular order:

Nin-The Fragile/With Teeth/The Downward Spiral
Nirvana- Bleach/In Utero/Unplugged
Pearl Jam- Ten/VS/Yeild
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tool- Undertow/Lateralus/Anima
Metallica- Kill ?em All/ Master/ Justice/Black/Reload
Deftones- White Pony/ Deftones
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute/Deloused at the Commatorium
SOAD- Toxicity/Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger/Superunknown/Down on The Upside
311-Transistor/Grassroots/Music/From Chaos
GNR- Appetite/ Use Your Illusion 1&2
U2- Joshua Tree/ All That You Can?t Leave Behind/ Dismantle
Korn-Issues/Korn
Blink182-Dude Ranch/Take Off/Blink 182
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell/ Vulgar Display/ Reinventing the Steel
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Jewel-Pieces of You
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy/Siamese/Machina
A Perfect Circle- 13th Step
Green Day- Idiot/Nimrod/Dookie/Warning
Slipknot- Subliminal Verses 3
RHCP- Arcadium/By the Way/One Hot Minute/ Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up the Girl
Hot Water Music- Caution
Alkaline Trio- Crimson
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Coheed and Cambria- Second Stage Turbine/ Good Apollo I?m Burning Star 4
Beck-Odelay/ Mellow Gold/ Guerro
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape/ One by One/ In Your Honor
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullaby?s to Paralyze/ Songs for the Def/ Rated R
Henry Rollins- Weight
The Strokes- Is this It/ First Impression
Thrice- Vehissue/ Artist in the Ambulance
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Keane-
Less than Jake- Anthem/ black&blue/ and mostly everything else by them
Glassjaw- Tribute
Beastie Boys- Return to the Five Burroughs/ Ill Communication/ Check Your Head
Mudvayne- LD50/ the End of All Things to Come

?just to name a few?theres more but, I?m done.
Dude you have way to much time on your hands! :-l

this guy just rocked all of you who say this band is good because he obviously knows music and that this band is not good, maybe if everyone just knew what true music was

[dav3011]

i think tom has gone downhill from blink, some of the songs are good, but they all sound so alike.

[jasonkan]

this is original, except that original doesnt always mean good. on the contrary rather. this album is far from good.

its very boring, even my fav track on the album 'the war' has lost its spark after acouple of listens.

thought it mayve bin sumthin like blink. a letdown and a waste of $ for those who buy cds.

[Fenix-54]

red hot chili peppers is the shit. ava's new album disappointed me but it's not god awful

[Acdc182]

All of yo guys Are preety much ignorant hicks but it is the best Album to be an Album u havt to have 6 singles off the Cd believe me i work at Victory Rec.I know !all the album you named had probably one hit single so you guys just got Stopmed!!!!!Oh yea

[turnfoot]

i really liked tom's new stuff. it really stands out 'cause of it's sound. i think that that dick over-hyped it too much though. should've kept you're mouth shut and let the people decide if it's good or bad. but still a good album, and i recommend it to anyone who wants to hear something different.

[rko]

This is a brilliant album no need to slag it off i respect peoples opinions but some people take it too far this is brilliant. Some of you still can't accept it because of Toms past and i'm sure you will do it with Plus 44 as well. But you can't judge music like that because that's arrogant. So i think it was perhaps overrated but it's my fav album at the moment and AVA are ****in awesome so there that's all i have to say

[different107]

this album rocks...tom delonge has really matured vocally and musically

[theguitarist]

Hahahaha. The ignorance floating in here makes me laugh.

Checked/Deleted.

[Oldmonkeys]

every song sounds like a 2 minute intro the songs never get anywhere i really disliked it

[rko]

clashclash wrote:

God this bands sucks dont buy it

They don't suck they are awesome

jasonkan wrote:

tom 4got to tune his guitar b4 recordin this album from outer space.

I don't think thats possible to record up in space. You both are biased if you don't like it fair enough but no need to say they suck and crap when clearly they don't

[PunkFish182]

Nilcerise wrote:

ST. DIZZY! wrote:

El_Hefe! wrote:



I streamed this album first thing Tuesday morning and I must say, Tom De Longe did in fact over-hype this album to some degree. First of all, to set everyone straight, this album is not what 'I' would call revolutionary. I say this because the influences that helped spawn this album is dumbfoundedly evident throughout the album. Can you say U2 or The Police epic song structure? I'm sure there are more but I'd rather not delve into an extensive roll-call of bands and their formulas that are welded into this album.
Second, this album is not covering any new territory that hasn?t been already sonically produced by some of the most memorable bands and moments in music.
As mentioned earlier, U2 and the Police and countless others of the like have charted this sound and approach. However, I will say in the defense of Mr. Delonge that perhaps in his eyes it was revolutionary, in the sense that the sound, lyrics, and structure are in their own right revolutionary to the way Tom is expressing himself in the herein now as compared to his early days of dick/fart joke songwriting. Furthermore, the album might be revolutionary to the current generation that isn?t exactly exposed to rocks greatest predecessors. Personally, what he?s talking about is at times a bit sappy but, I?m not one to critique being that he is where he is and I am where I am. All in all to some degree or another, Tom has evolved as a songwriter and I?m sure that the next effort, like most other supergroups such as Audioslave, APC, and all others of the like will find their own ?true? sound that will separate them from their former incarnations as well as their forefathers. Lastly, I want to point out that the guy who even thought of comparing AVA to Nirvana obviously has not heard or experienced Nirvana for who and what they were. The two are like night and day; orange and apples. As for greatest albums of all time, personally, I find that you can?t compare one revolutionary album to another. They are all intrinsically well made; crafted as pieces of composition art. It?s like saying a Picasso piece is far much better than DaVinci?s Mona Lisa. They?re both good in their own way as standalone works of art. Anyways, I?ve digressed?here is my personal list greatest albums of the last 20 years in no particular order:

Nin-The Fragile/With Teeth/The Downward Spiral
Nirvana- Bleach/In Utero/Unplugged
Pearl Jam- Ten/VS/Yeild
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tool- Undertow/Lateralus/Anima
Metallica- Kill ?em All/ Master/ Justice/Black/Reload
Deftones- White Pony/ Deftones
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute/Deloused at the Commatorium
SOAD- Toxicity/Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger/Superunknown/Down on The Upside
311-Transistor/Grassroots/Music/From Chaos
GNR- Appetite/ Use Your Illusion 1&2
U2- Joshua Tree/ All That You Can?t Leave Behind/ Dismantle
Korn-Issues/Korn
Blink182-Dude Ranch/Take Off/Blink 182
Pantera- Cowboys from Hell/ Vulgar Display/ Reinventing the Steel
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Jewel-Pieces of You
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy/Siamese/Machina
A Perfect Circle- 13th Step
Green Day- Idiot/Nimrod/Dookie/Warning
Slipknot- Subliminal Verses 3
RHCP- Arcadium/By the Way/One Hot Minute/ Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up the Girl
Hot Water Music- Caution
Alkaline Trio- Crimson
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Coheed and Cambria- Second Stage Turbine/ Good Apollo I?m Burning Star 4
Beck-Odelay/ Mellow Gold/ Guerro
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape/ One by One/ In Your Honor
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullaby?s to Paralyze/ Songs for the Def/ Rated R
Henry Rollins- Weight
The Strokes- Is this It/ First Impression
Thrice- Vehissue/ Artist in the Ambulance
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Keane-
Less than Jake- Anthem/ black&blue/ and mostly everything else by them
Glassjaw- Tribute
Beastie Boys- Return to the Five Burroughs/ Ill Communication/ Check Your Head
Mudvayne- LD50/ the End of All Things to Come

?just to name a few?theres more but, I?m done.
Dude you have way to much time on your hands! :-l


this guy just rocked all of you who say this band is good because he obviously knows music and that this band is not good, maybe if everyone just knew what true music was

I shouldn't be getting myself into this argument but, he didn't rock us all because firstly, this is supposed to be a spot to review one album saying whether you liked it or not, then providing proof to backup your opinion. It would have been fine if it was left at that, but instead we are given a huge, subjective and frankly, irrelevant list of other albums. If you think they're worth knowing, do a review in the appropriate spot but don't jump in with your list of how many bands you know when it's not asked for, or useful.

And second, knowing lots of albums/bands doesn't make the opinions of others less important you can know a million obscure fa

[Truth Seeker]

Dan The Poet wrote:
AVA is killing meeeee ahhhh Tom went and started a new wave 80's band! Whatever happened to his Blink 182 attitude about not caring? He's wayyyy to serious.

I guess, he finally fell in line...

[theguitarist]

CHecked/Deleted.


And please try not to quote the whole comment if you are quoting a long comment. It makes the place look messy.

eg, PunkFish182...

[smagic]

Disintegration - the Cure.

[Grunger Aj]

THis album lacks soul. IN fact its up there with coldplay. Which is a bad thing. THe sound is very disapoiting because its sounds like a lot of things but not quite making the leap.

THis album i think has only got good reviews because of tom delonce being involved in it. Simple.

[ShaDoW0lf]

WoW.. too much to read.. I have this to say though: A lot of hope was riding on this album, mostly because of Tom. Think about it. Who do you think of when you think of AVA? for more than 80% of us, its Tom. I think people just don't want to admit that it wasn't as awesome as they hoped. As for the music... well, we've heard enough to say that it's not the "most amazing album in 20 years." Everyone needs to take an unbiased view from now on about AVA. Listen to the songs and think: "If this was a brand new band without the name TOM DELONGE in it, would you rate so high, praise and enjoy the music so much?" If you do, well, good for you. In the end, it's the public rates the quality of the songs, not one person.

[Metallicam]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

I can name 10 Cds that have been better than this in the past 20 years.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Jagged Little Pill
...And Justice For All
Fully Completely
Ragged Glory
Smash
So Far So Good So What? *I could put every single Megadeth album, but I won't *
Into The Great Wide Open
Chamber Music
Black Sail in the Sunset

There's at least 20 more, but I think I made my point. I don't think this album stands out from the emo scene at all. I just wasn't impressed. A few good songs, but nothing that could make me buy this album.

**My sister bought it, and I've borrowed it in case you're wondering.

[justlaxin73]

this album is prolly the worst album to come out this year

[azza6]

1st yes tom talked this album up a lot more than he should of, but this is a musician website you guys who are just completely bagging it out should think of yourselves, if u were writing an album and u were havin a heap of fun doin it wouldnt you be saying how great its gonna be? even if its not?

2nd i absolutely love this album, yes sum songs are kinda repetative, but a lot of songs are just pure genius, do it for me now, the adventure, the war, are just awesome!!!

3rd no its probably not the best album in 20years but it is a very good album anyway!

overall a great album, a bit repetative, great lyrics, music that changed enough but not to much to turn you off listening to it, a great buy for anyone that likes 80s guitar, great lyrics, or soft blink stuff!

Id give it 8.6/10!!

[2112swartz]

the only reason that there is a parental advisory sticker on the album is because tom says the s word in one song. thats it.

[Avrilsbestguy]

yea...i thought this album was just fricking mind-blowing. wow...Tom rly made this album great. had it been sum1 else, i dont think that i woud like AVA as much as i do becuase of Tom. also, the lyrics were amazing.

[Mr. Bubble]

aggreed... im not a big fan of angels and airways

[theguitarist]

Checked/Deleted.

[Zell182]

This album really let me down as I'm a huge blink-182 fan and I even like most of Buddha (Carousel is one of their best songs) but this album sucks to be honest all the songs have really slow boring intros and all sound the same. the only exceptions are 'it hurts' and 'the war' which are alright but overall a huge dissapointment. +44 are gonna wipe the floor with them

[Zell182]

DelongeFootwear you want a revolutionary album? How about take off your pants and jacket? best freakin alnum ever

[Atticus-Black-]

Im dissapointed Tom changed alot, tones in fact like i get that it was a blink fever to be wild but without mark hes dull and so sensible. Tom did get the sound that he was looking for in this album the spacey sorta always zoned out feeling. Just not what people were expecting. They do have alot of repetitve guitar riffs and drum patterns but i think thats what they are looking for to be focued on the lyrics and they are great lyrics. So all in all this is what they were trying to make and also is what they said was coming..coulda been better well yeah maybe different feel to some songs like listen to The War, Good Day and Do it For Me Now all have that slightly distorted guitar riff that gets repetitive. Well i think its good that the new thing for Tom is this new feel its what he wanted...Right?

[turnfoot]

i saw an interview of tom on larry king live. i thought that all the talk about tom over-hyping the album was just a sick joke to throw people off, but i was wrong. in the interview tom talked about changing the world & his album influencing the youth & ultimately CHANGING THE WORLD!!! i mean, the album was good but it wasn't THAT good. goes to show that tom did go over his head. too much hype for an average album.

[theguitarist]

Checked/deleted..

[Flashdance II]

in the listing of all the revolutionary bands everyone forgot about Radiohead. They've done something more different and out there than AVA ever will.

[shreddin_playa]

Metallicam wrote:

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.


I can name 10 Cds that have been better than this in the past 20 years.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Jagged Little Pill
...And Justice For All
Fully Completely
Ragged Glory
Smash
So Far So Good So What? *I could put every single Megadeth album, but I won't *
Into The Great Wide Open
Chamber Music
Black Sail in the Sunset

There's at least 20 more, but I think I made my point. I don't think this album stands out from the emo scene at all. I just wasn't impressed. A few good songs, but nothing that could make me buy this album.

**My sister bought it, and I've borrowed it in case you're wondering.

Dude AVA beats all those anyday...ur only supposed to comment the album not others u wang

[HardcoreJim]

man, check out those ****s who gave it 1 and 2.3?? those aren't reviews they are just bitter blink fans pathetically trying to hurt the bands score. those ****s should die. i love the album, but since WYHSB is out, i'm listening to that. i like them both equally.

[MaxSurvivor]

For anyone who has never heard the "futuristic" sound before, there's a band from Texas called Flickerstick that won a reality show and their first album Welcoming Home the Astronauts, released in 2001 had that sound way before AVA.

[SOTY13]

AVA sux so much.Tom Delonge is a shit guitarist and has the most irritating voice.Hes also a liar he said AVA were goin 2 b the next massive PUNK BAND and the album was goin 2 b over 1 hour long.All I hear is POP MUSIC with extremely cheesy lyrics.Tom Delonge can only play 3 chord songs and he can't write a decent song 2 save his life.Don't buy this album its bullshit.PS.ATOM WILLARD leave the band your talent is being wasted.

[coltsfball32]

I don't care what anyone says, AVA is an awesome band and they aren't all futuristing. I'm a huge blink fan but all the people who can't get over them are sad. If you think their so different listen to Not Now by blink. Like most huge artisit, Tom DeLonge matured from early blink into songs like I Miss You and eventually into this bad. And to prove how good he is listen to +44, they sound horrible without him. He matured past blink and all the people that can't figure it out or don't understand the true meaning behind his lyrics can go make out with +44 for all I care. AVA is awesome!!!

[brush200400]

I think theyre better than +44 but only a little better than Boxcar Racer. Not quite as good as Blink 182 but a hellz of a lot better than The Transplants.

[dfallon07]

the album sounds good but live they pretty much suck...im sorry to say but its true....it really irritates me how he is singing blink songs too....and tom talks to much during concerts.....

[punkrockressure]

this album changed my life

[Mateo12192]

Its somewhat boring, considering its tom delonge's work.

[blakehell182]

I can honestly care less what people say about Tom.I met him in Houston a little over a year ago.He's an awsome guy.He is the same person he was ten years ago,I don't see why everyone says hes a fag now.This album was a lot more thought out,and I think it was great.I especially love The Gift and Do It For Me Now. I'm REALLY looking foward to I-Empire,and FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO DONT RESPECT THOMAS DELONGE!!!!

-Blake

[javana]

so overall this is one good album? hell yeah

[javana]

OMG you met tom Delonge?

[A.U.S.T.I.N.]

its so stupid that tom mark and travis can't work out their problems, cause this and plus 44 dont compare to blink.

[priestfan76]

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

Mettalica-Master of Puppets-1986
Guns and Roses-Appetite for Destruction-1987
U2-The Joshua Tree-1987
Iron Maiden- Somewhere in time-1988
Would you like me to go on?If you really think that Angels and Airwaves can be compared to bands like these, then you dont know what good music is.

[wildchild6660]

Yeah its not the best album in 20 years. Don't exaggerate. theres like a hundred better albums.

[IfDaysEnd]

So suddenly a punk kid becomes a well rounded musician?
I don't care if he says it's experimental or anything
Radiohead owns his life and music
until this band has the "legend" status I think they'll be able to come up with something new...and thats not going to happen in ages

[CptRevell]

I like it.

[FlapJack85]

Kwokinator wrote:

DelongeFootwear wrote:

To all the people who say this is not the best album in the last 20 years....then what is the best album? as far as im concerned, this album is the best album in the last 2 decades. Its different, it stands out of the hardcore/emo crowd and everything on tv. lets see 20 years ago was 1986. i did a search for top albums during this era, and the only thing that was "revolutionary" as Tom says his band is (which it is) is Nirvanas Nevermind. everything else was just like everything else played on tv. nothing special. so unless you can give me a revolutionary album in the last 20 years, you dont know what youre talking about and have opinions with no back up.

i think guns n roses - appetite for destruction was made in 1987. That album definatley beats we don't need to whisper

okay, that makes sense, something a Slash wannabie metal poser would say, At least AVA is original and creative and they dont write about ****ing chicks in every song!! And all the people who say Mettalica beats AVA are so dumb!! Again, retarted, overated metal posers!! Same w/ Iron Maiden!!

Dont get the wrong idea, I like some metal and this is not a legandery album but, it's more the meaning then how it sounds. Tom was really brave to try and do something like this!!
Please stop listening to music like Maiden, Mettalica and G&R's. There is so much more to life then sex, killing and trying to be all evil!!
This albums means so much to me!!
AVA!!

[Kameliasz]

Stevie B wrote:

I love the kiddy toy piano in the beginning.

It's called marimba :]