• Voto:
In attesa del nuovo disco dei Paradise Lost, "In Requiem", mi appresto a recensire quella loro fatica forse più criticata dai fans. 'Host' appartiene a quel periodo in cui questi inglesi seguivano le orme dei Depeche Mode, e chiude il dittico aperto da "One Second". Oltre a chiuderlo, ne è inoltre il rappresentante più autorevole, nel senso che è forse l'unico tra i loro dischi in cui non vi sia la più piccola traccia di metal. Insomma, nulla a che vedere con dischi come "Gothic" o "Shades of God", ma neanche col loro ultimo lavoro "Paradise Lost".
Effettivamente si può rimproverare una certa scarsità di originalità, altra caratteristica non tipica per la band in questione: personalmente, ho trovato questo disco troppo uguale non tanto a "Exciter" delle loro muse ispiratrici, quanto a numerosi dischi loro degli inizi. Non mancano però dei pezzi molto interessanti: ho trovato "In all honesty" la migliore in assoluto, anche per qualche riff che vi appare (si nota una curiosa somiglianza vocale con Dave Gahan); molto interessante anche "Wreck", pezzo particolarmente sognante, che ricorda un po' anche gruppi del tipo degli Enigma o dei Positively Dark. Degne di nota inoltre "Harbour", altro pezzo particolarmente tranquillo e vagamente sinfonico, "Made the Same", pezzo più commerciale, e infine "Permanent Solution" e "Deep", caratterizzate da sonorità più dark che nel resto dell'album.
Insomma il più rilassante dei loro lavori, non brutto anche se non geniale. Un disco assolutamente per i fans, che nonostante tutto, non toglie alcunché a questa strepitosa band, che tenta continuamente di evolversi e agli esordi diede vita e nome a un intero genere, il Gothic Metal: a tal proposito, sarebbe facilissimo notare come questa definizione sia stata spesso abusata e attribuita ad alcune band che non hanno nulla a che vedere con il genere (come gli Evanescence), se si ascoltassero, anche un po' distrattamente, i primi tre lavori dei Paradise Lost, soprattutto "Gothic". Onore dunque a questi inglesi, nel bene e nel male.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
03 In All Honesty (04:04)
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Anticipate Great Times Of Change
But Their All Washed Away With Laughter
As We Wait To Perish, Turn To Ashes
Things We've All Gone Through.....
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Annihilate All Words Of Praise
When It All Seems To Spell Disaster...
Words Of Wisdom Have No Meaning
In All Honesty
Its Just Fiction, Your Religion
No Apology
There's No Concealing The Things That I Do
There's No Concealing The Things That I Choose
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Anticipate Great Times Of Change
But Their All Washed Away With Laughter
Words Of Wisdom Have No Meaning
In All Honesty
Your Religions Contradiction
But You Cannot See
Words Of Wisdom Add Frustration
To Our Agony
Constant Knowing, Always Showing
Endless Sympathy
07 Permanent Solution (03:19)
For the end, the time I'm feeling host
And I'm turning it around for you
Lord I feel I tried much more than most
And I've done the things I wanted to
It's that useless contribution that leads to a solution for me
You don't need to search for answers or hide behind romances
Again..
For that very sign to leave this world
And I'm turning it around for you
On the edge of life it seems so low
And you've done the things you wanted to....
It's that finer concentration of total liberation for me
And the more that I believe in the less that I'm receiving
Instead..
It's that useless contribution that leads to a solution for me
You don't need to search for answers or hide behind romances
Again..
It's that finer concentration of total liberation for me
And the more that I believe in the less that I'm receiving
Instead..
09 Wreck (04:43)
See The Hands That Wave Their Last Goodbye
Talk With Friends Of God Sometimes
You'll See Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Save Your Weak Demands For One Who Cares
No More Can I Fake This
You'll See Its Not That Simple Anymore Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Anymore Somehow
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Will Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
See The Hands That Wave Their Last Goodbye
Talk With Friends Of God Sometimes
You'll See Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Will Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Could Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
12 Year of Summer (04:18)
There's Two Arms You Could Break
How Low Can You Descend
Approach The Subject Kindly
You've Chosen To Defend
Those Tears Are Not For Real
They're Falling On Command
A Harsh Decision Maybe
You're Living On Remand
Your Mind Is Thinking Madness
Much More You Could Not Take
Before You Fall On Bad Days
And Lower Your Defence As Always...
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
My Stomach Tends To Fold
When I Speak Of Your Name
Accept That You're Regretful
Accept That You're Not Safe
Your Life Is Contradiction
A Life That's Bruised And Torn
I've Chosen Toleration
You've Chosen To Dismiss As Always
Suddenly Demanding, The Truth Is Always Worse When You Are Sober
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
"This Sadness Is My Own"
Carico i commenti... con calma
