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Success came quickly to this Canadian quartet, which sold more than a million copies of their debut album and dominated rock radio airwaves for the better part of two years. To hear them tell it on this follow-up, that's both the good and bad news. Much of One-X is given over to self-examination -- even self-flagellation -- about life in the spotlight, with frontman Adam Gontier pouring plenty of angst into songs like the surprisingly raw-edged music-biz kiss-off "Animal I Have Become," which pits the singer's growl against insistently bulldozing riffs. While the band tone down the aggression a bit on "Pain," which is cleaved by choruses that all but demand listener sing-alongs, Gontier sticks with his writing-as-therapy motif, waxing alternately desperate and repentant as he sifts through the detritus of some pretty nasty mornings after. Fortunately -- for both the album's tone and the overall psychic state of the band -- there's some acknowledgement of a light at the end of the tunnel. "Never Too Late," which opens with guitarist Barry Stock gently strumming out a moody filigree, has an airiness about it that dovetails nicely with Gontier's understated delivery of a lyric that addresses attempts to gain solid footing on terra firma. That's echoed on the album-closing title track, on which Gontier belies the world-weary sound of his voice by vowing to step forward with conviction -- an ending that, while not exactly Hollywood perfect, is thoroughly satisfying.
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/13/2006 |
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Label: | Jive |
UPC: | 0828768350423 |
catalogNumber: | 83504 |
Rank: | 786 |
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Performance Credits
Three Days Grace Primary ArtistHoward Benson Keyboards
Barry Stock Guitar,Group Member
Taylor Locke Background Vocals
Ned Brower Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Howard Benson Programming,ProducerPaul DeCarli Programming
Barry Stock Composer
Mike Plotnikoff Engineer
Jackie Murphy Art Direction
Jeff Gilligan Art Direction
Three Days Grace Composer
Marc VanGool Guitar Techician
Stu Sobol Management
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