Released on September 29th, 2009, Dear Agony continues the line of great albums put out by the rock band, Breaking Benjamin. Their fourth studio album proceeding Phobia, Dear Agony produces similar depth of vocals and powerful guitars and drums. However, I think that Dear Agony has a better overall sound and more quality songs than any of their three previous excellent albums. Writing began in 2008, and since its release in '09, it garnered over 130,000 purchases in the first week, more than that of Phobia. It also peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top #200. With Dear Agony nearing platinum at present time, its one-millionth sale will be the band's third of their their career. The cover of the album shows frontman Benjamin Burnley's skull x-ray.
1. “Fade Away”
2. “I Will Not Bow”
3. “Crawl”
4. “Give Me a Sign”
5. “Hopeless”
6. “What Lies Beneath”
7. “Anthem of the Angels”
8. “Lights Out”
9. “Dear Agony”
10. “Into the Nothing”
11. “Without You”
“I Will Not Bow", “Give Me a Sign”, and “Lights Out” were the three singles off the album. “I Will Not Bow” and “Give Me a Sign” are my two favorites off the album. The album does have a more of a softer feel than that of their previous albums, but I also thought that it gave more meaning to the lyrics and vocals.
Breaking Benjamin is:
Benjamin Burnley - vocals, guitar
Aaron Fink - guitar
Mark Klepaski - bass
Chad Szeliga - drums, percussions
Breaking Benjamin's impressive career thus far seems to be continuing on a similar trend with their latest release. Hopefully big things are in store in the future for the rockers so that they can keep putting out great music.
-Jarid Holliday
Like the review, just not the band... Everything they release sounds the same :(
ReplyDeleteI agree that a lot of their music does sound similar, however, I do not mind that so much as the artist puts out quality work.
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