Various Artists

Editor's Review:

For the third straight year, some of the emo, punk and hardcore scenes’ biggest names have banded together to help raise money for the National Hopeline Network (1-800-SUICIDE) by contributing tracks to the voluminous double-disc Take Action compilation. More so than in past years, Volume 3 leans towards the heavier side of things, what some would say is an apt reflection of the current state of the scene in general. Disc one starts off with Poison The Well and Thrice, two of the more likely successors to the new, nü-metal trendsetter throne. Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Shadows Fall and Paint It Black follow suit. Disc one also includes more mellow contributions from Thursday (whose “From the Workforce, Drowning” is mediocre at best), Vaux, The Beautiful Mistake, Slick Shoes, Recover and Boy Sets Fire among others.
Disc two is — fortunately for those not quite prepared for metal’s rebirth — chock-full of more melodic, even sometimes outright gloriously wimpy, emotional rock. Standout tracks include Yellowcard’s “Life of a Salesman,” Spitalfield’s “I Love the Way She Said LA” and Armor for Sleep’s “Being Your Walls.” Fall Out Boy, Further Seems Forever, Copeland, Rufio, Elliott, Small Brown Bike, Cursive, The Jealous Sound and the Ataris also donate their services to disc two. If you have any interest in dying your hair black, wear skate shoes (especially if you don’t skate) or just have an interest in somewhat fresh and sort of independent music, there are certainly worse ways to get the lowdown than this comp. Besides you’ll stack some positive karma in the process.
– Daniel Taylor
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Record Label Sub City Released October 2003

Tracks PSA - by Ryan from Poison the Well Poison the Well - Crystal Lake Thrice - Silhouette Recover - My Only Cure Silverstein - Giving Up The Beautiful Mistake - Stavesail Thursday - For the Workforce, Drowning Boy Sets Fire - White Wedding Dress Rise Against - Like the Angel Good Riddance - More DePalma, Less Fellini Break the Silence - Six Foot Revolver Much the Same - Wish Slick Shoes - Hope Against Hope Paint It Black - Void Shai Hulud - Given Flight by Demon’s Wings Vaux - Switched On Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter Four Shadows Fall - Thoughts Without Words (Live) Every Time I Die - Ebolarama Throwdown - You Can't Kill Integrity This Day Forward - The Breath Sinai Beach - My Gun Your Bullets Disk 2 The Ataris - A Beautiful Mistake Senses Fail - Free Fall Without a Parachute Yellowcard - Life of a Salesman Rufio - White Lights Melee - Routines Further Seems Forever - The Sound Copeland - Take Care Fall Out Boy - Chicago is so Two Years Ago Spitalfield - I Loved the Way She Said “L.A.” Armor for Sleep - Being Your Walls Jupiter Sunrise - Arthur Nix Brendan Benson and the Wellfed Boys - You're Quiet Cursive - Gentleman Caller The Jealous Sound - Hope For Us Statistics - Hours Seemed Like Days Elliott - Carry On The Jazz June - Drugs and Models Division of Laura Lee - Black City The Explosion - Sick of Modern Art The Bronx - Heart Attack American Solea - Frankie Machine Small Brown Bike - Safe in Sound Mike Park - On That Stage