The Rising Tide
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When the defunct Sunny Day Real Estate regrouped for How It Feels to Be Something On in 1998, the band’s fans were divided. Some saw it as a collection of frontman Jeremy Enigk’s most potent songs, and others dismissed it because it didn’t sound like the band’s previous efforts. The Rising Tide will probably thin the herd even more, not because it’s a bad album but because the band once again has gone traipsing through the fields to find a new pasture in which to graze. Tid… More >>
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5 Responses to “The Rising Tide”
this the worst album by sunny day real estate. now, i am a HUGE fan of SDRE, but this album is total crap. hell, the fire theft album is better than this heap of poop.
there are a few good songs, but i am not going to tell you what they are, so you can just go to kazaa and download them. no, no, no. i want you to buy this terrible cd, with the high hopes of it being another ‘diary’, or ‘LP2′, or hell, even ‘…something on’, and be just as friggin’ disappointed with this music as i was.
terrible, absoulutely terrible.
(–dp–)
Rating: 2 / 5
If you’re thinking a reunion album will bring back the former glory of ‘Diary’, you’d be sadly mistaken. The chaotic angst, unexpected musical twists and sense of underlying darkness present on that album are replaced by more musically spanning riffs with lots of almost hymm-like vocals. At times it sounds a lot like old Rush with religion thrown in. Not a bad thing if that’s what you’re into, but…
It’s not entirely without merit, and at times is pretty decent, but it’s not the SDRE most people (except maybe Jeremy Enigt) want to hear. Something’s missing. Something’s not right. This band, which held so much initial promise, will never reach the musical plateaus it truly deserved. I remember hearing them for the first time on the long cancelled ‘John Stewart Show’ on MTV and thought “Man, these guys are on to something”, but alas, like many bands on the road to greatness, they missed their exit.
Maybe I’m just too much of an “angry young man” to really enjoy this album, but let’s face it, no matter what your belief system might be, being born again is not good for rock and roll bands. This album is proof of that.
Now where’s my copy of ‘Diary’…
Rating: 2 / 5
I consider myself a loyal SDRE fan, but this album didn’t do it for me. I miss the underground feel that Lp2 and Diary projected, this album was just too above the ground for me. I also miss the unstructered, disorganized music that I loved so much. I too am sticking with repetitive play of Lp2 and Diary so I can stay a fan.
Rating: 2 / 5
Every other release from Sunny Day Real Estate is pure genius. This, however, seems completely unfocused and corny. Jeremy’s voice, which was fine on How It Feels… has gone up one octave and is very obnoxious. Also, the brilliant lyrics of the other albums, especially Diary and Lp2 have turned into some cheesy, blatently preachy Christian gobledegook. Not only has Jeremy declined, but the prog rock of How It Feels… deteriorated into U2 power chord territory most likely due to the lack of a bass player.
Jeremy, William, and Nate(!) have formed a new band. I believe this band will be able to create great albums like the original Sunny Day Real Estate did. If you are new to Sunny Day Real Estate, I would get the albums is chronological order, with Diary being your first album. If you get this one first, you will judge them by their worst effort, and miss out on some great music.
Rating: 2 / 5
woah…Everything else SDRE did was so groundbreaking and amazing, and then this happened. the critics loved it, of course, but i didn’t. it was a behemoth, and it was fast, and not romantic at all. so i threw it out, and stick with Diary and LP2.
I really liked them, too!
Rating: 2 / 5