The Curse of the 5th Album

InRepair79 · Post by **InRepair79** » 9/4/2003, 3:19 pm

Besides OLP, I'm also a fan of the bands +LiVE+ and Collective Soul, neither with as much passion as with Raine and co., but a fan nonetheless. It's just occured to me that all three bands produced their worst album on the fifth go-around, and that all three chose the fifth album to be the first (and hopefully last) featuring a picture of the band members on the album cover. Of the three, +LiVE+'s was the egregious violater: music shot through with bullshit macho posturing, self-referential chest thumping, the decleration of fake street cred, etc. The album's name? "V"!!! I guess once you've had four albums, you've officially "made it," so you can comfortably churn out crap for the next one, knowing your fans will buy it up if for no other reason than name recognition alone.

+LiVE+ bounced back with "Birds of Pray," quality stuff, in my opinion. Let's hope OLP can, too.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/4/2003, 3:24 pm

ummm okay

Post by **al_** » 9/4/2003, 3:54 pm

Absent Minded Guitarist wrote:ummm okay

you're annoying

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/4/2003, 4:20 pm

I totally agree.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/4/2003, 7:23 pm

I Concour

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 9/4/2003, 7:41 pm

*concur

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/4/2003, 7:44 pm

awww fiddlesticks

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/4/2003, 7:50 pm

Its "fidlesticks" smart guy. And "awww" isn't a word. God damn your dumb.

jk........ :mrgreen:

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/4/2003, 7:50 pm

oh hahaha, I made a mistake above......

Post by **al_** » 9/4/2003, 7:53 pm

you was write! u did made a misteak! gosh your stupid! your a embarasment to the CM!

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/4/2003, 8:33 pm

gawd damn hilbilly.....

Hey, speaking of stupidity, I just watched Zoolander again today.....the gasoline fight and Hansel storming in on Derek's friends funeral are the highlights......

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 9/4/2003, 9:22 pm

You can Derelique my balls.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 9/4/2003, 9:29 pm

DERELICT! damnit.

:lol:

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/5/2003, 8:49 am

Doo-Hicky

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 9/5/2003, 10:34 am

misteak? is that some kind of new meat, that albertans are trying to sell? :lol:

InRepair79 · Post by **InRepair79** » 9/5/2003, 10:50 am

Absent Minded Guitarist wrote:ummm okay

What's that supposed to mean? All I'm saying is that these bands choosing to present themselves on the album cover as sexy bad asses turned out to go hand in hand with making poor music, at least compared to their other stuff (albums that went with cool cover art, instead). In other words, suddently it's about appearance, and the music suffers as a result.

Post by **saman** » 9/5/2003, 10:55 am

lol nice to know i'm not the only one that didn't like "V"

liam · Post by **liam** » 9/5/2003, 4:15 pm

V sucked...

and btw i love Collective soul.... and perfect day... don't have taht cd yet...

keepitsimple · Post by **keepitsimple** » 9/9/2003, 12:50 pm

fuck superstitions...

bovine · Post by **bovine** » 9/15/2003, 8:00 am

saman wrote:lol nice to know i'm not the only one that didn't like "V"

Me too! I have V and all the previous albums. Do you have the newest one? I'm a little hesitant to buy it after hearing V. Any comments?

:::troy:::