abingdon boys school [Regular Edition] Customer Reviews

I preordered this cd as soon as it showed on CDJapan, and I don't regret it. I've always loved TMR, and ABS is awesome too! T here are some downsides to the album though , like the 'new' version of lost reason. The song was fine to begin with, why add Micro to it? The song is still fine as it is now, but I would've preferred the original. Also, I was a bit disappointed when I found out that it didn't include the songs 'nervous breakdown' and 'freak show', but to compensate, the other songs added to the album like 'As One', 'Via Dolorosa'and 'Atena' are great! If you like TMR, and are up for a change to a bit more 'rock' feeling, buy this cd ^^

abingdon boys school debut album a great effort but it does contain some flaws. The album starts off with the very rocking track "As One." I always liked songs that use other time signatures other than the standard 4/4 time. "As One" uses a 6/8 time signature and for that reason alone it rocks. "Via Dolorosa" is an incredible feat in song writing, the arrangement is just top notch. The biggest disappointments in the album are "LOST REASON " and "REBIRTH + REVERSE." "LOST REASON" features a rap from MICRO that just doesn't match with the song and it sounds like a amateur mixing job, it also sounds like an after thought. The song was fine without the rap. "REBIRTH + REVERSE" is just a bad instrumental that instead of closing the album with a bang, it closes the album with a whimper. Missing from this album (which means it should have been included)is the excellent track "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN" with was the second track on the "Howling" single.