
Spoken
It won't take long for listeners of Spoken's sixth studio album to be reminded of how hard and fast the band can rock. The three songs that open the album, History Erased, Close Your Eyes and Not Soon Forgotten, start things off with nine minutes of blazing fast guitar riffs and loud and quick-rising vocals, all bounded by a full-sounding rhythm section. After two albums for Tooth and Nail where the band explored more anthemic avenues, the quintet found itself re-examining its hard rock and metal roots on its third record for the label. The resulting album is an 11-song sonic attack that knows when to slow down the pace and when to pounce back like a slap to the face. We didn't intentionally go for a heavier sound, guitarist Jef Cunnigham said. We just wrote what came to mind and I think it turned into some of our best material. Late last year the band's hectic touring schedule slowed enough for them to start working on the record, though they had a few geographical obstacles to overcome before starting. With members spread across four states, each created a secret Myspace for a non-existent band where they would post song ideas for the others to listen to. Singer Matt Baird would download these parts to his iPod, where he began to craft the lyrics for the record. His finished work centers on topics like redemption and restoration, and reaches its pinnacle on the album's tenth track, When Hope is All You Have, which began as a phrase he used during his father's funeral ...
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September
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Promise
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Wind In My Sails
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Falling Further
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Time After Time
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Everything Is Burning
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Bitter Taste
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Love In Return
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Last Chance to Breathe
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Through It All
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1992
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Mary Did You Know
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Across These Waters
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Seasons Change
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Remembered
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4th Street
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From the Inside
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Home
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A Breath in the Fog
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Learning to Forget
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In Dreams
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You're Still Waiting
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History Erased
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A World Away
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How Long
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Close Your Eyes
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Trading In This Troubled Heart
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When Hope Is All You Have
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Not Soon Forgotten
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Sleep Well Tonight
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Long Live The Dream
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The Meaning Of...
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You're The One
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Brought To Life
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The Answer
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Stand Alone
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Calm the Storm
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Start The Revolution
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Shadow Over Me
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More Than You Know
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Remember The Day
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Take Everything
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I Won't Lie Down
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Don't Go
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beneath the surface
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Forevermore
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This Path
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A Question Alone
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Tonight
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