3 Doors Down – Seventeen Days

3 Doors Down
Artist: 3 Doors Down
Title: Seventeen Days
Label: Universal
Rating: 6.5/10

CORPORATE LINE: After selling 12 million albums since their debut in 2000, 3 Doors Down are releasing their third studio album entitled Seventeen Days (Republic/Universal) on February 8, 2005. The album, recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Johnny K (Finger 11, Disturbed) features twelve original songs including the road weary ballad “Landing In London” which features Bob Seger.

THE GREAT:
“Right Where I Belong” – The knack is not lost for writing hit singles. This is exactly that sort of song you’d expect from 3 Doors Down and it has that southern rock ‘n’ roll that goes right back to their roots.
“Landing In London” f/Bob Seger – Where the h*ll has Bob Seger been hiding? Usually rock singers groaning about their autobiographical gripes of the road and such sound petty however this track has a subtle tenderness that works wonders.

THE AVERAGE:
“It’s Not Me” – 3 Doors Down can’t make a record without the rock ballad and this one sounds recycled?
“Let Me Go” – This song isn’t much different than “It’s Not Me” except that it’s the record’s first single.
“Behind Those Eyes” – Seriously, this isn’t a bad song. It might even be a good song but who can tell after five songs that sound nearly the same?

THE BAD:
None.

FRANKLY: 3 Doors Down always seems to be a few doors away from a great album. Seventeen Days has the usual couple of tracks that rock and then gets overwhelmed with slower ballad-style tracks. Whatever happened to rock tracks that make you want to move? 3 Doors Down has a formula and it would be too much for us to expect them to stray to far from that.

+ Rae Gun


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