I LOVED Gift, in fact i still love it. After hearing Again and Again, I was sold. Gift is one of my favorite cds. Very Heavy, however Gift had alot of "mindless heavyness". Dont get me wrong, I love heavyness, but the songs on Gift were so similar, even though most songs rule, the cd is quite repetitive. Now I was expecting more of the same heavyness from Welcome, but I still didnt know what to expect. This cd is similar to Korn's Untouchables because the music was different than the previous cds, but it takes time to get used to. Thats how Welcome is. I found that Welcome became better and better with each listen. Indeed its more melodic than Gift, but its good melodic, not Pop melodic. Thank god Stephen Richards still screams...that rules. Basically, I think most Taproot fans will eventually enjoy this cd, you just need to give it some time to get used to it and listen with an open mind.
I completely disagree with those that don't like this CD. I didn't like it at first and thought it was way too mellow for my taste, but after listening to it a few more times, I really love it. These are extremely good musicians, and that most definitely includes the singer. It doesn't hurt that the lyrics are well worth listening to as well. I'm glad I paid no attention to the negative reviews posted here.
I'm not going to judge Welcome in comparison with Gift.Each album has it's own good and bad elements, Gift was hard hitting and heavy, Welcome was more mellower and contains very catchy choruses with a lot of the heaviness we came to know and love in Gift.I'm very glad I bought this cd, it comes to show how much Taproot matured, musically.This is my review for every track:
1.Mine-Second single and great intro song, heavy chorus and nice verse line, the verse keeps getting heavier and goes into the point of screaming in the chorus.10/10
2.Poem-First single,awesome song, I didn't think it was better than "Mine" but nonetheless awesome riffs and extremely catchy chorus.9/10
3.Everything-I like this song, depressing, semi-moody song.Best part of the lyrics(Look at me now, I hope your proud, your everything to me.)9/10
4.Art-Probably the second most moving out of all the songs, this might bore some people, I love how they use some classical instruments such as violins and the bridge riff is awesome with Stephen screaming.9/10
5.Myself-The intro starts out heavy with start-stop riffs then goes quiet, the verse is nice, chorus is hard-hitting and heavy with an Alice in Chains sounding second vocals singing and a scream to be mixing in.A really nice ending after the pause.10/10
6.When-A song about frustration,depression, and hopelessness. The chorus riff is ,in my opinion, awesome as hell.Stephen growls near the end of the song, giving it a powerful feel to it.8/10
7.Fault-Starts off with an awesome riff you can jump to just a great riff.The chorus is alright.8/10
8.Sumtimes-Intro riffs for this song is...so, so.Usual Taproot verse. This song isn't that great,still heavy and the lyrics are uplifting.7/10
9.Breathe-I haven't listened to this song much. The chorus is very powerful. An okay song.8/10
10.Like-The only acoustic song and the MOST moving song throughout the album.9/10
11.Dreams-Awesome riffs starts this off, a very good song, sad though, the guitars goes heavy near the end and pauses. An all around heavy song.9/10
12.Time-One of the best songs on the entire album.Great lyrics, catchy, melodic chorus, and heavy guitar riff during the verse.The bridge guitar riff is ingenious. Stephen makes some sort of weird singing voice at the end, I found it very funny.-10/10
When I first heard "Poem" I was immeadiately drawn to Taproot. The CD, in a word, is awesome. They're SO talented and their music can't even be really accurately described with words.
I say all you hard rock lovers out there to go get the CD, it's worth it.
Some has stated that this cd, "Welcome," does not sound like "Gift." Thank God it doesn't! "Gift" was a great album by all means, but I respect a band such as Taproot to try something new and be more creative. The vocals sound better than ever, and the music arrangement seems more mature and well organized. "Art" is personally one of my favorites. I do reccomend this album if you like change, however if you want to stay with "Gift," you are missing out on a great album in "Welcome."
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