Real Life - Happy

Tracks:
Everything Explodes (4:55)
Virus (4:19)
I Did What I Did (4:26)
Happy (4:49)
Girl Jesus (?) (3:41)
Satisfied (3:31)
Skin (4:02)
Deep Sleep (3:46)
Learning How To Breathe (3:33)
Meltdown (5:56)
Deep Sleep (Momentum Dance Mix) (7:37)
Meltdown (Radio Edit) (3:37)

To be totally honest, I'm still deciding about this one. I heard a lot of good stuff about it when it was first released. And when I was in my hometown about 2 months ago, I was browsing though the local used CD shop, and found this CD. Real Life is a Australian band, but a week after I found this, I went to Australia and couldn't find a release by them to save my life. Anyway, this has a very harsh feel to it. A lot of guitars, heavy beats, and really freaky cover art. Knowing my hometown, somebody probably thought this was a heavy metal album, got it, and was sorely disappointed. The cover art is of a guy's head with spikes coming out of it. Definitely different. I do really enjoy the songs, Deep Sleep (both versions), and I Did What I Did, but this is a real deviation from what I'd call synthpop. I REALLY didn't like the song Girl Jesus. Maybe I just don't get it, but it just is a strange song and concept. I'm not sure how long I'll hold onto this one. It has some interesting tracks, but Is just too harsh in a lot of places.

Added:  Saturday, March 23, 2002
Reviewer:  Jason Baker
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Language: eng