Album Review: Fallen by Evanescence

So, as I said, I picked up this album a week or so ago now. Since I have little else useful to talk about right now, I suppose I'll do a little review of the album.

The debut album of Evanescence, Fallen has really done well. For those of you that don't know, Evanescence is an alternative band that fringes on Goth and Rock music. In a nutshell, it's the kind of music you'd expect to hear in an over-dramatic detective movie when the lead actor has to interrogate some punk in a scary goth vampire-wanna-be nightclub. If you can imagine that scene in a movie, you can imagine this music. :)

Although my description may sound scary, the music in this album is probably much closer to the mainstream than you'd expect. I suppose that's probably one of the reasons for the success of the album. Although it's somewhat mainstream, it's edgy enough to keep you from feeling guilty about listening to it. The music isn't too punk, too metal, or too goth, but it certainly has aspects of all. The music isn't revolutionary, but it's good and a bit infectious. Evanescence has certainly created their own "sound" and the distinctiveness of lead singer Amy Lee's voice adds to that.

The lyrics tend to be a bit dark and sometimes rather depressing, but the music is generally anything but. Probably the most well known songs on the album include "Going Under" and "My Immortal." Those tunes seem to get the most airtime on the radio, but I'm not even certain they're the ebst tunes on the album. "Bring Me To Life," "Tourniquet," and "My Last Breath" are all great songs and keep this album from being 2 hits with a lot of filler.

Overall, I'd give this album an 8 out of 10. If you know and enjoy any of the songs I've listed, you'll probably enjoy this album. The music is solid and Lee has one of the best voices I've heard in a long time.