by astute_99 » 6/21/2013, 4:29 am
Gravity gets a lot of hate around here, not because it's a bad album, but because within the OLP canon it doesn't quite fit with the rest of their material. Too generic, too polished, to formulaic, too few "wow" moments or passion. However I still consider it a good album when I'm in the mood, and there are some nice tunes in there.
If I hadn't heard SWOT and Innocent a million times, I'd say they are the high point of the album. For me, my favorites tend to be Sell My Soul (great crescendo, interesting guitar work), and Story About A Girl (powerful chorus, awesome bass hook).
Relevant side note: When I met my girlfriend (who is Turkish), I mentioned I love OLP and asked her if she knew any of their songs. She replied that did and had only one of their songs. I asked her which one, can you guess it? It was actually Not Enough.
Though SWOT and Innocent, it can be argued, propelled the band further into mainstream rock outside of Canada than any previous releases, it's nice to see that a song like Not Enough (which, tbf was a single, though not as popular) was able to catch the attention of someone half a world away.
-Ken-
Be all that you envy...