All Killer No Filler [ECD] by Sum 41 (CD, May-2001, Island Records USA)

In the summer of 2001, Sum 41 released their first single, Fat Lip. The song quickly became one of my favorite songs that summer, and then after hearing their next two singles (In Too Deep and Motivation), I decided that I wanted to buy their CD. Since I loved those three songs so much, I should enjoy the rest of the album, right? Wrong. While Sum 41's disc, All Killer, No Filler isn't the worst CD I've heard, it definitely doesn't fall in the category of the best. The album is basically 6 tracks of filler, that are mediocre at best, and the 4 remaining tracks (excluding an intro, outro and...

I originally bought Sum 41 s sophomore album, All Killer No Filler a few years ago mainly for the teen party anthem, Fat Lip. I didn t really know what to expect on the rest of the album, for I know that a lot of punk rock bands tend to have pure noise on their albums and really lack the substance that many people are looking for. And while All Killer No Filler is nothing ground-breaking in terms of rock music or lyricism, I just really seem to like the album a lot for some reason. Sum 41 is made up of four young Canadian guys Deryck (guitar and vocals), Cone (bass), Dave (guitar), and Steve .

I just got home from Tower Records and decided to pop one of my new CD's into the computer to listen to while I checked my e-mail. I was surprised when it wouldn't play and the light beneath the CD drive indicted that it should be, so I impatiently clicked everywhere on the computer screen trying to figure what in the heck was going on. And all the sudden my screen goes black... Oh great. That was exactly what I needed. But I was pleasantly surprised when a cute li'l penguin with a Quicktime logo popped up on the screen :) I failed to notice the small enchancedCD logo on the back corner of...

(NOTE: WHEN I RATE SONGS, I'M COMPARING THEM TO OTHER SONGS ON THE ALBUM) Ah. Remember that day a few years ago when you would turn on your television only to see Sum 41's "Fat Lip" on every music channel? It was then Sum 41 became a household name with their catchy rhymes, and punkish style. Although many punk rockers insisted that the band were not punks, and were ruining the punk music scene across the world, Sum 41 insisted that they were not punks, nor trying to be. So then comes the album, "All Killer No Filler," followed by another two videos that practically took many nations across...