Thursday Album: “Kill the House Lights [Best Buy Exclusive]”

This CD/DVD from Thursday is really great, although the songs don't seem organized, starting with 3 unreleased ones, following with some old(added intro)/live stuff, then some new stuff and finally some remixes, it's still amazing from start to end. Aside from such a great CD you will have a freakin awesome DVD with a documentary about the band from its humble beginnings to what it has become now, directed by Steve Pedulla himself with Geoff Rickly as his personal assistant, haha! Additional to the documentary you will have about 11 live performances of the band which let you see and listen to the amazing intensity Thursday offers in it's live performances. The money for this CD/DVD is definetely worth it, so what are you doing? BUY IT!

The songs here aren't as strong as those found on Thursday's actual LP's: I'd say about half of them are great, and the other half are merely good. Overall, an absolute must for hardcore Thursday fans.

My review lifted from RateYourMusic:

"This is great to have as a sort of novelty for any major Thursday fan.

For the CD, i'd give it a 3.0.

The early workings of 'ACBTLD' material, demos, and live stuff are all great, but the new material is just ok. While not that bad, "Ladies and Gentleman..." and "Dead Songs" are probably Thursday's worst songs (in terms of originality & lyrics, but even the instrumentation is quite boring).

They could have improved it slightly by having a different track order, but it's not that big of a deal.

The DVD portion is a 4.5.

The main feature is interesting, all band member's input + the input of their mixers/producers/etc. It's always cool to see a bunch of pretty normal guys who love music and are passionate about driving it (especially Geoff).

All the recordings are great, good audio quality, but also good camera work - it seems each band member has good coverage. I'm pleased with the live set list...I think it has a decent mix.

I felt that the focus of this release was the DVD, so I leaned towards a higher rating."

when i came home and saw this album had come in the mail i just about peed my pants...its always fun to hear b-sides, demos, etc...but the dvd is more than any fan could ask for...it has a documentary thats 2 hours long and it only gets better as it goes...on top of that theres tons of live footage...which...i love...seeing as how ive gone to every holiday show (at starland ballroom) theyve ever put on (this year's new year's party should be the best ever)... my favorite of the 3 new songs is ladies and gentlemen.... this song is close to my heart b/c i can relate to the lyrics on a variety of levels...but then again...i can relate to alot of the songs...either way...i think it shows a little bit of what thursday is going to be putting out in the near future and i personally cannot wait another minute

but the sad thing is that while being an amazing band they still apparently fall victim to money schemes set up by record companies.. while its neat as hell to hear the demos again from years ago, the final album cut versions of the songs were put on the record for a reason. they were better, period.

the dvd is amazing from what I hear, haven't watched it yet myself. for the cd portion of the record, I would say probably not worth the money unless thursday is your favorite band (myself). honestly from the outside looking in its pretty dull in retrospect, however again I've heard a few times the price is worth the dvd contained inside so keep that in mind.