EAN: 0720616246028

Some of rock's idealists would have listeners believe that every artist who comes along is obligated to be totally original. But realistically, any genre of music -- be it rock, jazz, R&B… Mehr…

Some of rock's idealists would have listeners believe that every artist who comes along is obligated to be totally original. But realistically, any genre of music -- be it rock, jazz, R&B, country, or Dominican merengue -- is bound to have its leaders as well as its followers. Innovators who come up with something that's totally fresh -- which could be anyone from {|Charlie Parker|} to {|the Sex Pistols|} to {|Astor Piazzolla|} to the outrageously eclectic {|Nellie McKay|} -- deserve applause, but the more derivative artists shouldn't be condemned if they're skillful at what they do. Take {|Breaking Benjamin|}, for example. We Are Not Alone, the Pennsylvania post-grunge foursome's second full-length album, is every bit as derivative as their previous release, Saturate. Sure, Breaking Benjamin tends to be slightly heavier than {|Creed|}, {|Third Eye Blind|}, and other melodic post-grunge bands they're frequently compared to; they do, in fact, incorporate traces of alt-metal favorites {|Tool|} and {|Korn|} (minus the latter's hip-hop obsession). But at the end of the day, Breaking Benjamin is still a very derivative post-grunge band -- and like {|Default|} and {|3 Doors Down|} (two other frequent comparisons), they do such an enjoyably skillful job of being a derivative post-grunge band that one cannot help but give it up for them (unless he/she is among the musical ideologues who hate them on principle because they aren't trying to reinvent the alterna-rock wheel). We Are Not Alone (which contains three songs that were co-written with {|the Smashing Pumpkins|}' {|Billy Corgan|}) won't win any awards for innovation, but in terms of quality and craftsmanship -- as well as warmth and feeling -- Breaking Benjamin generally delivers the goods. {|We Are Not Alone|} might give you a sense of been there, done that, but it's still a respectable footnote in the incredibly crowded post-grunge field. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, Hollywood Records Core >3<

EAN: 0720616246028

EAN: 0720616246028, [VD:20061124], Musik