Evanescence is one of my favorite bands of all times. Their music helped me get through depression and high school. So far Evanescence has released 3 studio album, "Fallen", "The Open Door", and the self-titled "Evanescence", 3 extended plays, "Evanescence Ep", "Sound Asleep (Whisper) Ep", and "Mystary", 1 Demo album, "Origin", and 1 live album, "Anywhere But Home". Today I'll be reviewing their first album, "Fallen", so here's my track by track review.
1) Going Under: This was the album's second single. It was originally planned to be the album's first single but because "Bring Me to Life" was on the "Daredevil Soundtrack" and radio listener's demanded that the song be played. "Going Under" was the last song recorded for "Fallen" and it talks about coming out of a bad relationship. The video showed the band performing the song while the audience would change into monsters. It's my favorite song on the whole album. 10/10
2) Bring Me to Life (featuring Paul McCoy from 12 Stones: The first single from the album. Like I said earlier, the song was the was on the "Daredevil Soundtrack" and because people liked it and demanded to hear it on radio it was released as the first single. To date it is the band's highest charting single. It also won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance". 10/10
3) Everybody's Fool: The fourth single from the album. Initially "Imaginary" was supposed to be the 4th single but for unknown reasons, "Everybody's Fool" was released instead. This was the song that made me a fan of the band. The video was the first one to not feature former lead guitarist and one of the founding members Ben Moody. Love the message of the song. 10/10
4) My Immortal: This song was one of the band's earlier songs that was featured on their "Evanescence Ep", "Mystary Ep" and "Origin". It was also released as the third single and the band's second most successful single to date. The song was mostly written by Ben Moody who wrote it after the death of his grandfather and lead singer Amy Lee wrote the middle and the coinciding piano part of the song. It was the last single to feature Ben Moody. I didn't like the song at first but after a couple of listens over the years, I've liked it. 10/10
5) Haunted: This song was based on a story that Ben Moody wrote. This song scared me for awhile and still does sometimes. The story that the song is based on is creepy as well. 8/10
6) Tourniquet: This is song was originally performed by the rock band "Soul Embraced" and was titled "My Tourniquet". The main differences between this and the original, other than the vocals, is that Amy Lee wrote a second verse and a melody for the song. The song is one of my favorites, although for awhile the final lyrics in the song "my suicide" did scare me. 10/10
7) Imaginary: Like "My Immortal", this song was one of the band's earlier songs, also appearing on the same eps and demo cd as "My Immortal". For awhile it was supposed to be the fourth and final single from the album, but "Everybody's Fool" was the fourth single instead. "Imaginary" was released as a radio single in the Spain though. I actually prefer the version of the song that was on "Origin". 8/10
8) Taking Over Me: This song is about obsession. Being obsessed with some who you think is the one. It's a creepy song but some people are like that. It's probably my least favorite song on the album though. 7/10
9) Hello: One of the most personal songs that Amy Lee has written. It's about one of her sisters who passed away. Despite being a beautiful ballad it is a sad song. 10/10
10) My Last Breath: The 9/11 attacks in New York City inspired this song. It's another one of my favorites and I would've loved to see a video for this song. 10/10
11) Whisper: Like "My Immortal" and "Imaginary" it is one of the band's earlier songs. It was featured on their "Sound Asleep (Whisper) Ep" and their demo album "Origin". It is the most hard rock song on the album and one of the darkest as well. 10/10
"Fallen" is my favorite album from Evanescence and although they're on hiatus now, I'll be excited when they release a new album. My favorite song on the album are: "Going Under", "Everybody's Fool", "Bring Me to Life", "My Last Breath", "Whisper", "Tourniquet" and "My Immortal". Out of 110 points I give the song 103 which 93%, an A. No surprise since Evanescence is awesome!
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