Track Listing 1. Maybe Memories 2. Taste of Ink, The 3. Bulimic 4. Say Days Ago 5. Poetic Tragedy 6. Buried Myself Alive 7. Box Full of Sharp Objects, A 8. Blue and Yellow 9. Greener With the Scenery 10. Noise and Kisses 11. On My Own 12. Pieces Mended
| Details | | Producer: | John Feldmann | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. The Used: Quinn Allman (vocals, guitar); Jeph Howard (vocals, bass); Branden Steineckert (vocals, drums); Bert McCracken (vocals). Additional personnel: Carmen Daye (background vocals). Recorded at Foxy Studios, Marina Del Rey, California and Olympic Studios, London, England. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Although much is made of this Utah foursome's rebellious background (singer Bert McCracken's former drug addiction and the band's pre-record deal pan-handling street-kid lifestyle), all that's really required to ascertain the level of the band's commitment is a close listen to their self-titled debut release. They leap into each song as though their lives depended upon it (maybe they're not so anxious to go back to spare-changing). While they are initially presented as another entrant in the aggro-rock sweepstakes, there's a bit more than that to the Used. Sure, McCracken can let out blood-curdling screams of angst with the best of them, and there's no shortage of blazing guitars and pounding drums, but the Used seem to have spent at least as much time listening to Jane's Addiction as they have to the Deftones. The band's range is made most clear by the acoustic-guitar-and-strings ballad "On My Own" and the melodic piano motif at the end of the closing song "Pieces Mended."
Editorial Reviews ...This band's passionate performances will likely be too alluring for even the most stringent metal and hardcore fans to ignore....McCracken seesaws between throat-searing shrieks and high notes that are as smooth as a baby's fat chushy ass... CMJ (07/15/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...McCracken's strangulated wail kicks off a series of surprisingly subtle songs that come charging in like screaming thrash metal....A crafted, full-throttle debut... Q (01/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...McCracken's strangulated wail kicks off a series of surprisingly subtle songs that come charging in like screaming thrash metal....A crafted, full-throttle debut...CMJ (7/15/02, p.16) - ...This band's passionate performances will likely be too alluring for even the most stringent metal and hardcore fans to ignore....McCracken seesaws between throat-searing shrieks and high notes that are as smooth as a baby's fat chushy ass... Q (01/01/2003)
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