Rise Against

Editor's Review:

The liner notes read, “If you’re not angry, then you’re not paying attention.” Then again, maybe you’re just looking for a good reason to feel bad (see Minor Threat’s discography). It sure wouldn’t be the first time 20-something white boys got together to feel guilty (again, see Minor Threat’s discography). If I were 15 again (and really, that’s okay), I’d listen to this album at max volume while reading the included suggested bibliography (Zinn’s People’s History, Chomsky, Michael Moore, etc). If Norman Mailer is right, and the war in Iraq is meant to strengthen the ego of American white males, Rise Against must not have been reading the New York Times that Sunday. Politics aside, this hardcore is too overproduced and slick to be taken seriously — full of already-tired screamo elements. Mediocre, at best.

– Dan Ambrose
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Record Label Fat Wreck Chords Released May 2003

Tracks Black Masks & Gasoline Heaven Knows Dead Ringer Halfway There Like the Angel Voices Off Camera Blood-Red, White & Blue Broken English Last Chance Blueprint To the Core Torches Amber Changing