Buckcherry – Black Butterfly – review

Artist: Buckcherry

Title: Black Butterfly

Label: Atlantic

Rating: 6/10

Corporate line:
Buckcherry is back with a purpose, unleashing their newest effort, “Black Butterfly.” Following the platinum success of “15,” these LA rockers haven’t lost any of their edge.

The good:
“Tired of You” – Josh Todd has one of the best voices in rock. It’s that voice that can simply suck you into a song.

“Child called ‘It’” – A poignant song about child abuse.

“Cream” – Why this is the closing track is beyond me because it’s one of the best songs on the album.

“Rescue Me” – It’s great to have a band do one thing well–rock.

“Don’t Go Away” – This won’t go down as one of the great Buckcherry songs–it’s too generic to be great–but its still a good song. It’s trumped by “All of Me.”

The rest:
“Too Drunk…” – This seems like a concocted and forced follow-up to “Crazy Bitch.” Buckcherry is trying way to hard to be over-the-top. It’s the single and the weakest song on the album.

“Dreams” – This isn’t half as good as the song “For The Movies.”

Finally:
Buckcherry have moments of brilliance and moments where they sounds nearly ordinary–Josh Todd is the only reason they can never sound completely ordinary. Josh Todd is the glue that holds the band together. Nothing on “Black Butterfly” ever sounds on par with their initial hits “Lit Up” and “For the Movies.” Luckily nearly every track is good. “Black Butterfly” may not go down in your top ten of all time–but its still fun to take on the road and singing your lungs out to.

Watch the video for “Too Drunk…”