Paramore

After hearing the first single, Now, I was skeptical about how the new album was going to sound. It seemed liked the absence of the Farro brothers had taken it's toll. However, this album is now one of my favorites! It's nothing like their previous albums, moving towards pop rock, rather than their emo/punk rock style before, but you can't say it doesn't work! Each song has a catchy hook that gets stuck in your head all day, and humming Paramore as you're working can't be a bad thing! Still Into You, Anklebiters and (One of Those) Crazy Girls are brilliant songs, with great riffs and drum beats. Even Now has grown on me, belting out the words whilst I'm writing reports! Some Paramore fans will say that it isn't Paramore any more, that they've moved away from their signature sound into something more mainstream, but I don't think that's a bad thing. The songs are well written, with Hayley really stretching herself across the album. The ukulele interludes are fun, and give you a break before the next song rips through your speakers, with some great slow songs thrown in there for good measure. You can't help but admire the way they've developed themselves as a band after losing two members, pushing their sound into something new. Yes it's different, yes it's not the same as before, but a new direction can't be bad. It's a new Paramore for a new era...and it sounds blooming awesome!!

On purchasing this album, I knew I was flipping a metephorical coin. Following the now infamous loss of their lead guitarist and drummer, I was convinced Paramore would either produce an album of run of the mills keyboard pop, or add a ton of new influences to continue their track record of making each album bigger, better and more expansive the last. Fortunately, "Paramore" is the latter... and then some. Old school Paramore fans should not be alarmed... theres a good selection of the pop-punk attitute that charcterised "Riot" and "Brand New Eyes" here, with tracks such as "Anklebiters" and "Fast in My Car" guaranteed to get the mosh pit going at festivals and outdoor parties this summer. But its when they aim for full spectrum brilliance on epics like "Now" and "Ain't it Fun" that the new Paramore really shine. The latter ends with an extended gospal choir coda (yes, you read that right) that had me singing along and clapping at the traffic lights today. "Part II" ingeniously riffs off "Let the Flames Begin", before spiralling into a gorgeous Masun-esque proggy wall of guitars, while "Hate to See you Heart Break" shows the band's ballad writing evolving naturally from Brand New Eye's "The Only Exception". Theres no prizes for guessing the themes behind the lyrics, given their recent history. And at 17 tracks (inc 3 Interludes), it could be argued that the album could have been made greater still with a bit of a trim. By the last track it can seem as if the new meaner, learner Paramore are wanting to pound you over the head with how much they've evolved. Overall though this is by far the best Paramore album, and possible the best rock album of 2013 so far. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to drive around listening to "Ain't it Fun", on repeat.

I'm a fan of Paramore, I love all of their albums post-AWKIF and I have found that the band's self-titled effort to be the weakest one to me, disregarding All We Know Is Falling. I have no problems with the songs themselves, the instrumentation is brilliantly done with ripping pop-punk guitars and fast paced drumming. The only major problem I have with this album is the length. The standard edition is 17 songs long, I have deluxe editions shorter than that! To me, the album suffers from, entertaining but nonetheless, filler songs. The second interlude track, Holiday, does very little for me, and other tracks like Proof (which is basically Still Into You part 2) and (One Of Those) Crazy Girls just seem lacking in comparison to other gems like Anklebiters, Ain't It Fun and the soaring Last Hope. Like I said before, the songs are all well done and well performed, but the weaker tracks are just not as captivating as some others. I recommend this album, but bear in mind that if you want to listen to it all the way though, take some time to get through it all. And if you're like me, and you don't like sitting in one place, I'd recommend a pair of headphones with this.

I have to open with the fact that I do have all the previous albums from Paramore. However this is somewhat different to their previous offerings. I'm not some superfan so don't know them all by name but I do know that Hayley has a great voice. I believe they're described as a rock band but I would say they are something more - it's almost Killers meets Alanis meets roxette.... nope it's none of this it is Paramore. This is a wonderfully crafted beautifully written album with some outstanding tracks some bordering on ballads. It is musically exquisite. I'm not going to go through every track and describe it but what I would say is that if you are looking for a great all round up beat album with some good lyrics and a rocky beat then this is one for you! If you like the soft elevator music then this may be a rather different experience but one I don't think anyone who actually likes music would regret. It may be like springboarding into cold water for some people but once you start swimming you soon warm up and usually enjoy! I would say so far this is one of my favourite albums of 2013.

Está súper padriurits, venía empaquetado y en buenas condiciones.

La banalità del titolo si spiega col fatto che, dopo i litigi che hanno portato all'allontanamento dei 2 fratelli Farro, questo è come una rinascita, un nuovo capitolo. La musica che ci offrono i 3 superstiti (non ci sono state aggiunte al momento nella formazione) mostra segni di cambiamento evidenti. Alcuni hanno detto che sono diventati più pop, e non è falso, ma il loro nuovo aspetto pop non va inteso come musica più commerciale o banale, anzi. A differenza di altri che hanno annacquato la loro musica o hanno perso la loro ragione d'essere ricercando solo la hit da classifica i Paramore non hanno perso le caratteristiche principali, la loro musica rimane altamente energetica, frizzante, veloce ed orecchiabile, però hanno aggiunto altri sapori e spezie alla loro ricetta, che nel disco precedente iniziava a dare segnali di stanchezza. Ed ecco quindi accenni funky in Aint it fun echi reggae in Crazy Girls[, pop alla Blondie in Day Dreaming, ballate soft come Hate to see you heart break[. vi sono poi tre pezzi denominati interlude, che sono appunto dei brevi interludi di tipo acustico/country, molto gradevoli, che creano dei diversivi sonori. Anche i pezzi più sul vecchio stile risultano così più gradevoli e pezzi come PArtII , Still into you e Be Alone sono maledettamente trascinanti ed orecchiabili. Forse non tutto tutto è all'altezza, le prime 3 canzoni, tra cui Now, non sono eccezionali, ma il resto del disco è veramente bello e sorprendente, come la chiusura di Future, un pezzo che parte lento, poi si eclissa per poi ritornare con una progressione rock degna quasi del prog rock anni 70. Tirando le somme ho l'impressione che sia il migliore disco dei Paramore e, alla fine, potrebbe essere uno dei migliori dischi dell'anno. Consigliato

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I love Paramore and the songs in this album and the pressing is beautiful. I just wished Amazon packaged it well. There are visible fold marks in the jacket and I'm not sure if they sent it in this condition or if it was because of poor packaging. They put it in a big box instead of a vinyl box without any bubble wrap. My excitement for this product was met with disappointments instead.

...wird sich hier der ein oder andere gedacht haben - sowohl in positiver als auch in negativer Weise. Paramore sind zurück. Und Paramore haben sich verändert (und damit ist nicht nur der Abgang zweier Bandmitglieder gemeint). Mein erster Eindruck des neuen Albums: Hier werden die Meinungen weit auseinander gehen. Und ansatzweise spiegelt sich das schon in den Amazon-Rezensionen wider. Ich persönlich finde es sehr gelungen und das auch obwohl ich beim ersten Hören dachte: WTF?! Die subjektive Bewertung hängt natürlich sehr stark davon ab, mit welcher Erwartungshaltung man an diese CD geht. Paramore-Fans, die eine Forsetzung des altbekannten Sounds von "All we know is falling" oder "Riot" erwarten, werden sicherlich sehr enttäuscht wenn nicht gar entsetzt sein. Damit hat "Paramore" nämlich fast nichts mehr gemein. Alle diejenigen, die sich eine Weiterentwicklung und mehr Abwechslung gewünscht haben, werden voll auf ihre Kosten kommen. Auch anspruchsvollen Hörern, die vorher noch nichts mit Paramore anfangen konnten, wird dieses Album gefallen - was aber nicht mit Mainstream zu verwechseln ist (eher im Gegenteil). Für meinen Teil kann sagen, dass ich "Paramore" als eines der besten Paramore-Alben ansehe - wenn nicht sogar als das Beste. Es ist eine CD vom alten Schlag, die mit abwechslungsreichen Songs eine Geschichte erzählt und endlich einmal wieder über 60 min Hörgenuss hergibt. Soviel Experimentiertfreude und vor allem das daraus resultierende, sehr hörenswerte Ergebnis hätte ich der Band nie zugetraut. Wenn ich das neue Album nicht in die Finger bekommen hätte, hätte ich Paramore mit Verweis auf den ewig gleichklingenden Teenie-Emo-Pop-Rock-Musikeinheitsbrei abgeschrieben... ...was für ein Glück, das dem nicht so ist! Frei nach dem Motto: "Paramore ist tot. Es lebe Paramore !"