I honestly don’t think I’ve ever heard Daughtry’s voice sound better than on these tracks.
They really have thrown everything (including the kitchen sink) into the production on this mid-paced almost Symphonic Stadium Rock track and it works brilliantly, building to the sort of crescendo that could easily cause structural damage to large buildings! This theme continues with ‘Changes Are Coming’, which is more of the same – mid-paced, guitar heavy modern Stadium Rock with quite awesome vocals. ‘Heavy Is The Crown’ begins with a menacing piano introduction and more of Daughtry’s liquid gold vocals before the huge guitars annihilate everything in the colossal chorus. Powerful, melodic and utilising plenty of dynamics in the production, this is exactly what we should be hearing from a Daughtry album and is tailor-made for the stadium tour that will inevitably follow. ‘World on Fire’ is more uptempo and rocks along like Daughtry’s earlier material used to. The song’s mid-paced groove is relentless and compelling and you already sense that you’re onto a winner with this. Daughtry’s vocals move from an aching, whispered croon in the verses, to thunderous power in the huge chorus. ‘Desperation’ opens the album with brooding, menacing electronica and powerful guitars. Marry this to a crystal clear and powerful production and a great set of performances and you have all the ingredients you need. So, what of the actual songs on this album? Well, the good news is that the songwriting remains very strong indeed.
But then we should expect nothing else, as even in his hardest rocking days, Daughtry has always been as much about melody as he has about thundering guitars. The songs drip with highly infectious melodies and glorious pop hooks. Truth to tell, though, this is still a very radio-friendly album. Big, heavy and downtuned, they, along with Daughtry’s highly melodic and extremely versatile vocals, drive most of the tracks on this album and give even the most melodic songs the harder edge that has been missing for his past two records.
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