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3 Doors Down Album: “Seventeen Days [Bonus Tracks]”
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Seventeen Days [Bonus Tracks] |
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Release Date:2005-06-06
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Rock, Adult Alternative
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:0602498827284
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Review - :
The stronger songwriting on {$3 Doors Down}'s multi-platinum sophomore effort, {^Away from the Sun}, was encouraging, especially after the rote {\post-grunge} of their 2000 breakthrough, {&"Kryptonite."} But the hit single {&"When I'm Gone"} resonated in particular with American military personnel and their families, who identified with lyrics like "Hold me when I'm here" and "Love me when I'm gone" as deployment to Iraq became imminent in spring 2003. That populism guides {^Seventeen Days}, the Mississippi band's third full-length album. Its liner notes connect to a cross-section of U.S. culture, thanking NFL quarterbacks and major league ballplayers alongside {$Tim McGraw}, {$Metallica}, {$Dale Earnhart, Jr.}, and "our troops everywhere." And {^Away from the Sun}'s {\Southern rock} flourishes have been broadened to create an album that's purely American, built from meaty power chords and everyman lyrics that search for redemption in plain-faced terms. It's no surprise that {$Bob Seger}, heartland crier from another era, guests on {&"Landing in London."} It's not the weary traveler's anthem {$Seger}'s {&"Turn the Page"} is -- {&"London"}'s keening strings can't replace the pain and longing of {$Alto Reed}'s saxophone wail. But {$3 Doors Down} try their best, and {$Seger}'s rough tenor riding shotgun makes the song more memorable. {&"When I'm Gone"}'s template repeats throughout {&"Seventeen Days."} Lead single {&"Let Me Go"} has the usual quieter verses building to a strong chorus, with easily identifiable lyrics like "You love me/But you don't know who I am." {&"Be Somebody"} and {&"Real Life"} use similar pieces, aligning thick distortion choruses next to brooding verses and lyrics about finding one's own road. The harder-charging guitars of {&"Never Will I Break"} and {&"Right Where I Belong"} reference {$Alice in Chains}' legacy, {&"Father's Son"} is a morality tale with more quiet/loud dynamics, and {&"My World"} amplifies {\Southern rock} capably. {$3 Doors Down} have hit on a formula that works very well for them. It's a great framework for {$Brad Arnold}'s earnest lyrics, and the heavy bass and rousing guitar melodies ensure plenty of radio play. It's not unique, and the songs tend to run together. But they're heartfelt, and easily fill the average American's {\rock & roll} quota. [This version of the album contains bonus material.] ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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