Blue October - Approaching Normal 2009[+Trackfix][Pop Rock/Alt.Rock]<P><IMG src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Approaching_Normal.jpg"></P>
<P><STRONG>Artist: Blue October<BR>Title: Approaching Normal<BR>Label: Universal Motown<BR>Genre: Pop Rock/Alt.Rock<BR>Encoder: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new<BR>Size: 67.1 MB<BR><BR>Track Listing:<BR><BR>01 - Weight Of The World 04:01<BR>02 - Say It 03:36<BR>03 - Dirt Room 03:22<BR>04 - Been Down 04:17<BR>05 - My Never 03:44<BR>06 - Should Be Loved 04:00<BR>07 - Kangaroo Cry 04:53<BR>08 - Picking Up Pieces 04:20<BR>09 - Jump Rope 03:18<BR>10 - Blue Skies 03:42<BR>11 - Blue Does 03:29<BR>12 - The End (Bonus Track) 04:58</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>Artist: Blue October<BR>Title: Approaching Normal (Trackfix)<BR>Label: Universal Motown<BR>Genre: Pop Rock/Alt.Rock<BR>Encoder: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new<BR>Size: 6.8 MB<BR><BR>Track Listing:<BR><BR>12 - The End (Bonus Track) 04:58<BR>04:58 min<BR>Release Notes:<BR><BR></STRONG><A href="http://www.torrentbytes.net/redir.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blueoctoberfan.com" target=_blank><STRONG>http://www.blueoctoberfan.com</STRONG></A><BR><BR><STRONG>This track on the original rip cuts out abruptly<BR>Sorry for the mishap, here is your fix!.</STRONG></P>
<P><BR><STRONG>On the new Blue October album, Approaching Normal, Justin<BR>Furstenfeld, moves his band forward into confident new territory<BR>as a songwriter and as a storyteller. Steve Lillywhite, the<BR>producer synonymous with U2 and five-time Grammy Award winner<BR>guided the way and the result is an album that breaks the mold of<BR>whatever anyone may think Blue October is<BR><BR>Lillywhite's first attraction to Blue October was the voice. "For<BR>me, it's always the voice that gets me first because my opinion on<BR>a voice never changes. There are singers and there are<BR>expressionists and Justin is both," says Steve, who quickly adds<BR>that just as important is the artistry, "Their music really<BR>touches people in a way that the music of great artists do. There<BR>is bond of passion and trust between artist and audience."<BR><BR>"Working with Steve has always been my dream and I learned so much<BR>from him...like less is more." Justin comments, "I was like a<BR>painter that did not know how to paint. It's quite a new step<BR>trusting someone with your vision...but hey it's Steve Lillywhite<BR>and I trusted him completely."<BR><BR>Approaching Normal is the follow-up to the band's platinum selling<BR>breakthrough album, Foiled. Released in 2006, the first single<BR>"Hate Me," a song that offers a stepping stone from regret to<BR>hope, became the surprise modern rock anthem of the year spending<BR>16 weeks in the Top 10 with five weeks at #2. The crossover<BR>success of the follow-up single, "Into the Ocean," propelled the<BR>album sales well into the million plus territory in North America<BR>alone<BR><BR>Having a platinum selling album creates pressure and as a<BR>songwriter, Justin felt it. Lillywhite helped him along the way by<BR>encouraging him to work more deliberately at his craft "He pushed<BR>me as a writer. I would have a song written and Steve would say<BR>`that part is boring.' No one has ever said that to me before<BR>Steve would tell me to sit down and work on it and I never did<BR>that before. I re-wrote melodies and lyrics that didn't make sense<BR>and now they are gorgeous. He pushed me to be better and that<BR>inspired me and I accomplished more than I would of on my own."<BR><BR>Approaching Normal is a journey; a song cycle that begins with<BR>"Weight of the World," a song that made its first appearance as a<BR>spoken word poem on the band's brilliant live CD and DVD "Argue<BR>with a Tree." The new version, fully orchestrated by the band<BR>finds Justin, as himself, at the peak of his youthful destruction<BR>I blackout in the room again, a busted lip and broken skin. I wake<BR>up in the bathroom and dare not bother asking why the mirror's<BR>cracked and all I see are shards of glass inside of me. There's<BR>voices there to dare me, my father's here to scare me."<BR><BR>"Foiled was about all of this crap that I had to get off of my<BR>chest," states Justin, "I'm sick of being the victim. I want to be<BR>a strong, confident individual," and that is exactly what Track 2<BR>"Say It," a song about empowerment and gaining confidence is all<BR>about. The same confidence can be heard again and again throughout<BR>the album on songs like, "Blue Skies" and "Should Be Loved." but<BR>not before the album turns angry and vindictive with the powerful<BR>first single, "Dirt Room." The song is an all out aggro-rocker<BR>with a lyrical metaphor about not allowing yourself to be taken<BR>advantage of, protecting your family and standing up for what is<BR>yours<BR><BR>"Dirt Room" also marks the point on the album, when the listener<BR>is slapped into noticing just how fierce Blue October is as a<BR>band. On this song, Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums) and Matt Noveskey<BR>(bass) lay down a metallic rhythm that doesn't quit while C.B<BR>Hudson III adds the guitars that drive the band into<BR>alt-metal-garage-punk terrain while Justin scream-sings the vivid<BR>and graphic storyline. The surprise comes when<BR>multi-instrumentalist, Ryan Delahoussaye, kicks it all up with a<BR>violin solo that turns the hot up a few degrees more. Throughout<BR>the album the musicianship of the band never falters and always<BR>amazes...whatever pallet is required...delicate, ethereal, fiery<BR>rollicking, dramatic, you name it and the band always delivers<BR><BR>The centerpiece of the album is "Kangaroo Cry/Picking Up the<BR>Pieces." The two songs cross-faded to tell the story of a<BR>soldier's heart-wrenching goodbye to his girl on the eve of being<BR>deployed into active duty and then the how-and-why of the picking<BR>up the pieces of their broken life upon his return<BR><BR>"My Never," is, perhaps, the most anticipated song on the album<BR>since it's introduction last summer during the Stephenie<BR>Meyer/Justin Furstenfeld Breaking Dawn Concert tour. Meyer, a Blue<BR>October fan and bestselling author of the Twilight saga, surprised<BR>Justin when she invited him to join her theater tour and help her<BR>introduce the release of the fourth and final book of her<BR>uber-popular series. "<BR><BR>On the Breaking Dawn stage, Justin sang acoustic versions of his<BR>songs and Stephenie would talk about how they roused her writing<BR>"As a writer, I'm always looking for music that can bring out the<BR>emotions that I need for the story. While there are many musicians<BR>that can recall to me times in the past where I might have felt<BR>sadness or rage or infatuation, it's very rare to find a song that<BR>can actually put me in that emotion, rather than just reminding me<BR>of it. There is empathetic power in Blue October's music--the<BR>listener doesn't just sympathize with the feeling of the song, the<BR>listener has no choice but to feel the song as if the emotion was<BR>his/her own."<BR><BR>Says Justin of the experience, "I was taken back by her invitation<BR>and I am equally motivated by her writing and her fans. It showed<BR>me that you don't have to be broken to be a Blue October fan."<BR>Meyer responds, "Working with Justin was an unparalleled<BR>experience for me. I was intimidated by the idea of working with<BR>someone whose work I held in such awe, but as soon as I met Justin<BR>everything became very easy--different as we are, we clicked on a<BR>kindred spirit level right away. Being able to combine the<BR>presentation of my books with the music that inspired it felt very<BR>right. Sitting on stage next to Justin while he performed was an<BR>experience that will always be a highlight of my life. And better<BR>than all of it was coming away from it with a friend. You rock<BR>Justin!"<BR><BR>Along the Normal journey there are songs that break the Blue<BR>October mold. The philosophically happy, "Jumprope" and the<BR>lullaby, "Blue Does," were both written for a new life, Justin's<BR>baby girl. "I don't want to write sad songs anymore. I am a little<BR>older and I have a child and that allows me to see the beauty and<BR>the mystery of life. I want to show my fans that it is OK to be<BR>happy."<BR><BR>And then, just as everything seems settled into a comfortable<BR>suburban life, the Approaching Normal song cycle wraps with a<BR>shocker, "The End." This tale of an unstable man self-tortured by<BR>jealously is as frightening as any song ever recorded. You won't<BR>find it on the "clean" edit version of the album...it's that<BR>scary. "There are crazy stories on this album and this one is<BR>purely theatrical...I've just always been fascinated with what<BR>people think they can get away with...what in their brain is<BR>making them say `that's OK.'"<BR><BR>"What the fuck is normal?" concludes Justin, "The album is a play<BR>on how everyone's sense of normal is at risk over something<BR>happiness or sadness or, god forbid, madness. Blue October is a<BR>mood. Whether you listen to the words or not, the music sets a<BR>tone and as for the lyrics, well, you either love it or hate it."<BR><BR>"I think that we have made an album that is an artistic<BR>statement," adds Lillywhite, "it's a journey, but it also checks<BR>the boxes of commercial potential. I really love the record.".</STRONG></P>
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