Disco de HIM: “Uneasy Listening Vol.1: Rarities”

Well, I'll try not to make this a biased comment, only because I'm a huge HIM fan, and their music is probably the most down to earth stuff my ears get to catch.

The acoustic version of "The Funeral of Hearts" is incredible, along with "Buried Alive by Love." You can really hear Vallo giving his all to both of those, and not to mention the Apocalyptica hauntings in "Gone With the Sin." Definitely worth buying, and a must-have for anyone who liked even one song of His Infernal Majesty.

I've been hearing about H.I.M. for quite a while now from friends, the buzz from internet radio stations, and from those helpful Amazon.com recommendation that continully tell me what they think I might like. Always willing to try new music, I picked up this album and gave it a listen. I am very pleased that I did.

Since this is a compilation of remixes with some live performances, this cd gives a nice, if incomplete overview of the band's catalog of work. I found most of the cuts very appealing, though in some cases down right mellow. Most of the tracks are excellent; a few that stand out for me are THE SACRAMENT, CLOSE TO THE FLAME, IN JOY AND SORROW (string version), and FOR YOU.

So, is this Goth? Emo? Metal? I don't know what label best describes H.I.M. Various songs remind me of Nine Inch Nails, Chris Issac, The Cure, Nick Cave....kind of all of the above. In any case, it's well worth a listen if you aren't familiar with this band, and I imagine that long time fans will love this work as well.

P.S. I love the Art Nouveau artwork on the jacket! A very nice touch.

Well for starters I'm a Very big HIM fan, but not just of HIM, but of Gothic rock and Finish music. So I guess it's hard to say, but this was a let down. Not because of quality of tracks...but the selection used. Most of these can be found on the Singles collection box set. Which includes the vast majority of these and MANY other great tracks. So if you can drop the extra $$$, go for the box set. The Rock version of Beautiful is worth the price alone.

HIM is the best band ever! All the other music is crap. The lyrics are kind of stupid about dying but the love songs are good. Best music with percussion, acoustic guitar, even strings makes this the best music in the world.

HIM has some really good haunting,sad-sounding,yet hauntingly beautiful tracks on this album, some even acoustic. I love "The Sacrament", "Gone With the Sin", "Salt In Our Wounds", "For You" "The Path" and "Lose You Tonight" the best out of this this album. Add it to your collection!