Disco de SR-71: “Tomorrow”

Absolutely gorgeous singing, acoustics, and lyrics. "My World", when I first heard it, actually made me cry. The lyrics are not just sloppy rhymes but carefully thought out and crafted songs.

Also: RIP Jeff.

I thought that this sophomore CD from SR-71 was awesome. SR-71 proves that to make a great 2nd CD you don't have to make a carbon copy of the first nor do you have to completely re-invent yourself as many bands unfortunately do. This album pretty much has all the elements of a CD that is radio-friendly yet still maintains a punk/metal credibility. There is everything from the standard songs about love lost ("My World" and "Hello Hello") to songs that carry social weight ("Truth", which is about Sept. 11).

What I love most about this album is that all 11 of the songs could easily be singles. When you listen to the average CD, you can very easily pick out the 4 or 5 songs you will hear played ad nauseam on the radio. Not the case with this one.

I give "Tomorrow" two thumbs up and five stars.

Well, I normally don't do these. But when I happened to skim by and see a rather rude review posted, I figured it was time to give some opinionated input of my own. I liked the first CD very much. However, it was a little too annoyingly upbeat for my taste. Too, 'bouncy', I guess if you want to put it that way. Their songs sounded much too similiar to one another as well. That's where I find the second album better. Different tempos, different variations. A CD with songs that all sound the same eventually wears on your nerves and makes you want to turn it off. Whining lyrics? Hardly. You want whining, go listen to Staind. That's some true whining. You know a good band when you can relate to many of their songs, and feel the message they deliver, or just enjoy some of the random humor they put in. 'Lucky' and, 'She Was Dead', two examples. I like the slightly harder edge they display in this album. A band should never be too afraid to experiment with their sound and style. It's always a risk, but a worthwhile one to see how good you are at expanding your horizons. No, they're not the greatest band out there. But, they do have a great sound. I'm going to see them live this coming Friday. Looking forward to it!

This is yet another album I purchased just for one song 'Tomorrow', in which I watched the video clip on a music TV station. The song was a beautiful example of talent meeting great music. SR71 is a bunch of 4 men with alot of musical skill. Whilst I wasn't all that impressed with the lyrics that I thought were reprised from other bands out there at the moment. But the music was great, alt rock with a dash of punk.

My favourite three songs on this album were 'Tomorrow', 'My World' and 'Broken Handed'. If you can get the video clip of 'Tomorrow', you won't be disappointed. It is a enjoyable CD and I have become a fan of this young rock band.

I bought this album because I liked the hit song "Right Now" off "Now You See Inside." I heard SR-71 had a new album and I decided I'd give it a try...

01. They All Fall Down-9/10... One of the best songs on the album... Varying styles in this song makes it unique... When the second part of the chorus is added this song is awesome!

02. Tomorrow-10/10... Great song with very good lyrics... SR-71's 1st single off this album. One of my favorites.

03. My World-8/10... Good song with pretty good lyrics... Nice chorus... It lost 2 points because the lyrics flow very slowly...

04. Hello Hello-9/10... I like this song a lot, not the best, but very far from the worst... Good chorus...

05. Truth-10/10... The music is good in the song, but it's the lyrics that gave this a 10. Great 9/11 song. God bless America.

06. Goodbye-10/10... My favorite song on this CD. Great guitar... If you're going to download a song to check out this band, this is it.

07. She Was Dead-10/10... One of the best songs on the CD because of the chorus. Very energetic.

08. The Best is Yet to Come-9/10... Good slow song. Fast enough to keep me into it but not slow enough to get me out.

09. Broken Handed-6/10... One of my least favorites, strange lyrics, but and OK song, only OK

10. Lucky-9/10... I love this song, but the lyrics are wierd and thats why it lost points... Another energetic song.

11. In My Mind-0/10... WAY too long... over 5 minutes, I've probably never listened past 2 minutes of this song... Easily the worst song on the CD.

12. Non-Toxic-8/10... I've never heard the original of this song, but this version is pretty good... One of the worse songs on this CD, but it's still very good