Personally I'd rate that as their best album. While their best songs aren't on it, every track is stellar.
I'm also incredibly pro mr precision so the unravelling is ahead of it for me. Revolutions is untouchable and for me there best by a distance. Chris chasse guitar weakened the band IMO. Should've stuck with Todd after precision went.
First Australian tour at Annandale hotel is still my #1 gig.
Back on topic
Casey Jones - I hope we're not the last.
Title Fight - The last thing you forget
The Unravelling & RPM are their best efforts for mine, Siren Song & Suffer/Witness are okay but since then have not been as good IMO.
Revolutions and The Unravelling had songs that were better individually but Siren Songs of the Counter Culture doesn't have a single track which isn't really great, Revolutions and The Unravelling have a few average tracks.
Sufferer and the Witness had a few really shit tracks, Roadside is an awful song. Appeal to Reason for mine didn't have the edge that Rise Against albums used to have, Saviour is the shittiest rise against song to date imo.
Their sound has suffered sue to guitar changes. Best 2 guitarists were on the first 2 albums. Agreed on roadside. just terrible. Siren song sounded way way to clean. No power in the riffs and joey's bass sound was tame as well.
Still it's better than the newer crap
Revolutions per minute is their best, easily. Absolute corker of an album. Right from the opening of Black Masks and Gasoline through with songs like Like The Angel, Blood Red White and Blue, Dead Ringer and Torches, Amber Changing a great finisher. One of my favourite albums of the last ten years or so. Unravelling was really good for a debut but has a few weak points, I think Siren Song is more consistent.
Suffer and the Witness was pretty good but had some shit tracks (ready to fall for example), really liked The Approaching Curve, Good Left Undone, Survive and Drones but it was clear from that album what direction they were taking. Last two albums have been f**king trash (Savior was an alright song). Tims Singing got way too professional sounding and lost its hardcore influence, and yeah their latest guitarist is mediocre. Essentially they got overproduced (to the point where they cant replicate their sound live which is pretty pathetic for a big name band).
Wish I was 18 for that Annandale show, would've bene a great venue to see them at that point. This footage was from 2003 or so
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc2wyqgYIVg&feature=related
