Possiamo dirlo da subito: "Liberation Transmission" non è ai livelli dell'ottimo "The Fake Sound Of Progress", né tanto meno ai livelli del capolavoro "Start Something". Con ciò non voglio condannare un buon lavoro da parte della band gallese che però, a differenza dei lavori precedenti è stata "strozzata" dalle major e dalla sfrenata voglia di popolarità.

Il CD parte con "Everyday Combat" che sembra un corpo estraneo all'album, perché possiede lo stile di "Start Something", "A Town Called Hypocrisy" e "The New Transmission" fanno entrare l'ascoltatore nel vivo dell'album, non male; "Rooftops" è l'alter-ego di "Last Train Home" ma è di minor spessore. "Can't Stop, Gotta Date With Hate" è un vero e proprio insulto al rock, sembra un pezzo dei "The Calling", dopo un buon tris di songs: "Can't Catch Tomorrow", "Everybody's Screaming" e "Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters And The Story Of A Lonely Girl", si arriva ad un altro pezzo molto interessante: "4: AM Forever" che rimanda ai Nickelback, l'album finisce con "For All These Times Kid, For All These Times", discreta, "Heaven For The Weather, Hell For The Company", non male e "Always All Ways", scandalosa. . .

Perché 4 stelle? Perché la stoffa c'è e si vede.

Elenco tracce testi e video

01   Everyday Combat (05:11)

Bar Fight, week night
You don't look right, poor mite, no bite
Wake up, first light
This is what we live and what we see...
Dance club, strip light
Get drunk, no sight, watch it ignite
Live it up tonight
Nobody really cares, but it's not for me...

So raise your glass my son
We're telling everyone

Living in everyday combat
Day to day commuter riot
Shot down, Dancing in the DMZ
(And we)
Walk on, streets on fire
Caged in with razor wire
Shot down, living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ

Times up, let's go, all that we know
Release tension, you're my hero
After dark, terror in the town high street
And I know you can't stop full throttle
Get involved mate, broken bottle
(Invasion) Panic on the cold concrete

So raise your glass my son
We're telling everyone...

Living in everyday combat
Day to day, commuter riot
Shot down, shot down, dancing in the DMZ
(And we)
Walk on, streets on fire
Caged in with razor wire
Shot down, living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ
Living in the DMX
Living in the DMX

Right... Yeah...

Let's go

Living in everyday combat
Day to day, commuter riot
Shot down, dancing in the DMZ
(And we)
Walk on, streets on fire
Caged in with razor wire
Shot down, living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Living in the DMZ

Oh right, oh yeah

Living in the DMZ

Don't think you're safe 'cause it's not over... [x16]

02   A Town Called Hypocrisy (03:39)

Can you take this broken boy
And put the pieces back as one?
Though he has all of his toys
He is never having fun

Because it's not enough
Now we're growing up
We're giving up
We're moving on
Because it's not enough
We were growing up
We ain't giving up
And I won't hear what you say so

Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy
Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy

Can you take this lonely girl
And pick her up from off the ground?
Cause there's no pride to be found
When you follow sheep around
And no future here, no future for us in this town

Because it's not enough
Now we're growing up
We're giving up
We're moving on
Because it's not enough
We were growing up
We ain't giving up
And I won't hear what you say so

Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy
Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy

La la la lalalala

Because it's not enough
Now we're growing up
We're giving up
We're moving on
Because it's not enough
We were growing up
We ain't giving up
And I won't hear what you say so

Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy
Save your sympathy
Who d'you think you're fooling
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me to a town called hypocrisy

03   The New Transmission (03:32)

Take, take, take, all my time, all my company
Take everything from me
Fake, fake, fake all these things that you say to me
Nothing that I want to believe
I think the time has come to set it straight
I need to change this frequency
'Cause everyone just says the same old thing to me

Get up!
Get up!

You're shattered crown, it ties me down
'Cause there's no sun when you're around
Your righteous lies, you slip and slide
Now I want you to just
(Fade out)
Static in my stereo man
(Fade out)
A new transmission's calling, here we go!

Say, say, say anything that you want to me
I'm still not gonna agree
I'm not gonna be a part, be a part of this
I'm not what you want me to be.
Because I need some time to set this straight
I'm gonna forward everything I say
Tell everyone to say the same old thing to me.

Get up!

You're shattered crown, it drags me down
'Cause there's no sun when you're around
Your righteous lies, you slip and slide
Now I want you to just
(Fade out)
Static in my stereo man
(Fade out)
A new transmission's calling...
A new transmission's calling, here we go!

Woah... A new transmission
Woah... A new transmission

You're shattered crown, it drags me down
'cause theres no sun when you're around
Your righteous lies, you slip and slide
Now I want you to just
(Fade out)
Static in my stereo man
(Fade out)
A new transmission's calling...
(Fade out)
Change the channel, flick the switches
(Fade out)
A new transmission's calling
A new transmission's calling, here we go!

04   Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) (04:11)

When our time is up
When our lives are done
Will we say we've had our fun?

Will we make a mark
This time
Will we always say we tried

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we've got now
Everybody scream your heart out

All the love I've met
I have no regrets
If it all ends now
I'm set

Will we make our mark
This time
Will we always say we tried?

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we've got now
Everybody scream your heart out

Standing on the rooftop
Waiting till the bomb drops
This is all we've got now
Scream until your heart stops
Never gonna regret
Watching every sunset
Listen to your heartbeat
All the love that we've felt

Standing on the rooftop
Waiting till the bomb drops
This is all we've got now
Scream until your heart stops
Never gonna regret
Watching every sunset
Listen to your heartbeat
All the love that we've felt

Scream your heart out
Scream your heart out
Scream your heart out
Scream your...

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we've got now
Everybody scream your...

05   Can't Stop, Gotta Date With Hate (03:41)

06   Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time) (03:35)

One, two,
One, two, three, four

Do do do do do (16x)

I’m sure I’ve seen this look before
Done a thousand times and a million more
How many lies did he tell this time?
How many times did he cross the line?
It won’t help me but I have to ask
Is there something real that’s behind the mask?
Something true we don’t know about?
A little faith in amongst the doubt

And maybe someday you will grow
Maybe someday you will know
Maybe someday you will end these fears and go

A little piece of me grows old
I keep on walking down this road
I’ve seen a million people change
But I will stay the same
And I know you, know you, know you, wo
Always steal and borrow
And I know you, know you, know you, wo
Never catch, you’re never gonna catch tomorrow

I’m sure I’ve played this scene before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I’m sure I used to hold your hand
Did I hurt you?
All this attitude with no history
All this anger when you’re attacking me
Got a lot to learn and you need to know
That your time is up
Kid, let it go

Maybe someday you will grow
Maybe someday you will know
Maybe someday you will end these tears and go

A little piece of me grows old
I keep on walking down this road
I’ve seen a million people change
But I will stay the same
And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Always steal and borrow
And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Never catch, you’re never gonna catch tomorrow

Never gonna catch tomorrow

Hoowowowowowo

A little piece of me grows old
I keep on walking down this road
I’ve seen a million people change
But I will stay the same
And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Always steal and borrow
And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Never catch tomorrow

Yeah the haircut’s hot
But this has gotta stop
Good shoes won’t save you this time
I think you’re gonna find
With everything combined
That the time’s running out of this line

And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Always steal and borrow
And I know you, know you, know you, hoowo
Never catch, you’re never gonna catch tomorrow

Do do do do do (8x)

07   Everybody's Screaming!!! (03:52)

Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding

I'm sick of watching my mouth with everybody looking at me
And I'm sick of wasting my time, this city offers nothing for me

No good for me
No good for you
You walk away I see it thorough
Don't turn your back it's not alright
Without tonight would you want to

'cause we see the world through bloodshot eyes
And we can't decide who's on our side

Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding

'cause you see the world through bloodshot eyes
And you can't decide who's on your side

I'm sick of working all for people I cannot stand
I'm sick of holding it in, the actions in the palm of my hand

No good for you
No good for me
A wasting life you can't break free
Don't turn your back it's not alright
We're out tonight don't you want to

See the world through bloodshot eyes
But you can't decide who's on your side

Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding

Can we see the world through different eyes?
Still can't decide who's on my side

Everybody's screaming baby...
Everybody's screaming baby...
Everybody's screaming baby...

'cause we see the world through bloodshot eyes
And we can't decide who's on our side

Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
(It's not over yet)
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
(It's not over yet)
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
(It's not over yet)
Everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding
(It's not over yet)

08   Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl (04:04)

09   4:AM Forever (04:26)

Yesterday I lost my closest friend
Yesterday I wanted time to end
I wonder if my heart will ever mend
I just let you slip away

4 AM forever

Maybe I'll never see you smile again
Maybe you thought that it was all pretend;
All these words that I could never say
I just let them slip away

4 AM forever

Why don't you hear me when I'm calling out to you (to you)
Why don't you listen when I try to make it through (to you)
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, you never know
Hold a little tighter

4 AM forever

Maybe one day when I can move along
Maybe someday when you can hear this song
You won't let it slip away

4 AM forever

And I'd wish the sun would never come
It's 4 AM and you are gone
I hope you know you're letting go
It's 4 AM and I'm alone

Why don't you hear me when I'm calling out to you (to you)
Why don't you listen when I try to make it through (to you)
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, you never know
Hold a little tighter

Why don't you hear me when I'm calling out to you (to you)
Why don't you listen when I try to make it through (to you)
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, you never know
Hold a little tighter

4 AM forever...

10   For All These Times Son, for All These Times (03:54)

11   Heaven for the Weather, Hell for the Company (04:12)

12   Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances) (04:25)

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Di  Tobby

 "Liberation Transmission dà l'idea di essere stato dato alla luce con un solo scopo: vendere."

 "Tutto da il voltastomaco, dai coretti ai testi francamente imbarazzanti."