Official "The Last Hero" Thread (pre-release discussion)

[Them Bones]

I have already listened to this snippet a lotta number of times. I couldn't get around to listening to the officially"released" new songs more than once or twice. I don't dig the song cuz we know that it is from 2004, I like it already so much cuz it sounds INCREDIBLE, now that I guess is subjective. I mean when did you last hear a clean guitar with a mild tremolo use in an AB song? Its about the details in simplicity for me personally, than quantity in complexity. Evolution is meaningless if forced. Like someone else pointed out, Lover is a beautiful song, regardless of what "era" of AB it sounds like from. And no, it doesn't mean that AB don't have to keep putting out the overly produced complex tracks that they are getting critically acclaimed for. I still think songs like find the real, white knuckles, watch your words sound heavier than anything on the last two albums. Don't mean to start another x vs y argument, just my opinion.

[Ubik]

Wow, 10/10 for Crows on a Wire from the modmins!

[fix]

So hyped for Crows now haha!

[Jim]

It kicks ass

[Ryan]

Love that track! And Elvis didn't want it

[poshisjarker]

whoa sweet i always knew crows on a wire were my favorite crows

[WaywardOne]

Someone call 911, the hype train is about to go off the rails!

[AB23]

holy shit, a 10? Jesus

[austinjhnsn]

Ehhhhhhh

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

10/10 does seem a tad overly generous given what a perfect score means.

[Felypesh]

You feel so many things listening to Breathe, damn

[AB23]

10's for me go to Burn it Down, Blackbird, Achilles, Words, Calm the Fire, MAYBE Fortress, one song on TLH I won't name yet.

But can confirm it is not Crows.

[poshisjarker]

10's for me go to Burn it Down, Blackbird, Achilles, Words, Calm the Fire, MAYBE Fortress, one song on TLH I won't name yet.

But can confirm it is not Crows.

Hmm...what could it be what it could be

I'm curious. How do you rate the albums top to bottom for your favorites? Lol i'm too lazy to search for that in other forum threads? Do you go ODR, Blackbird, Fortress, then ABIII?

[poshisjarker]

but you give fortress three 10s so maybe i got that wrong

[AB23]

Think you could tie ODR and Blackbird for me just because I have a lot of personal attachment to ODR. Burn it Down is a masterpiece, and I think the lyrics/vocals of ODR (whole album)are superb.

I like Blackbird because of the added guitar, but I honestly don't think it's too far removed from ODR besides that. Not as much as people sometimes suggest. Blackbird was an album that took a LONG time to write and record, and I think it shows based on how strong the music is front to back.

ABIII is the opposite.

If I had to rank, I'd probably go

ODR/Blackbird (flip flops every day
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Fortress
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TLH
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ABIII. I really only listen to Words and sometimes STTV. Not really any songs I like at all besides those. Isolation, to me, is the worst single they have.

[poshisjarker]

Ah ok i see. Cool thanks! I feel like TLH is gonna be a total tossup for me. Have no earthly idea where that one will land after i've consumed it all

[pokefan_4]

AB on Monday Night Football again.. My Champion with no vocals

[AB23]

I can confirm that they played My Champion again for MNF tonight. Just instrumentals from the first verse though. No vocals.

[Jim]

Listen, there are 7 of us on this team doing these reviews. We each rated the 13 songs on the album privately and without influence and then we worked out the average per song by what all 7 of us had rated. It's quite simple and as you can well see this time, the majority of us voted Crows On A Wire very highly.

They are just the opinions of the 7 of us and we do not wish to speak for anyone else. We appreciate the attention and appreciation our reviews are getting. It is also possible that we may be releasing our personal ratings per song when the final review goes up. Just to give everyone one last hype over the songs. We appreciate very much that you trust our opinions enough to guide you through this countdown.

(P.S. Those of you who have downloaded the album illegally and have any objections or arguments against our honest opinions about these songs; please feel free to leave and never return.
Your opinion was registered void the moment you choose to steal from Alter Bridge)

[AB23]

AB on Monday Night Football again.. My Champion with no vocals

Scooped by poke fan.

And damn, nice sig Jim