(0 users) 
Cover NOT yet available in
Join Patreon for 4K upload/download access
Your Rating (Click a star below)
Track List
01) The Consequence
02) Underdog
03) Playing the Blame Game
04) Stay With Me
05) Safer to Hate Her
06) Take Your Breath Away
07) Liquid Confidence
08) Hard to Swallow
09) Contagious Chemistry
10) There's No Such Thing as Accidental Infideli
11) Trophy Eyes
12) Fireworks
01) The Consequence
02) Underdog
03) Playing the Blame Game
04) Stay With Me
05) Safer to Hate Her
06) Take Your Breath Away
07) Liquid Confidence
08) Hard to Swallow
09) Contagious Chemistry
10) There's No Such Thing as Accidental Infideli
11) Trophy Eyes
12) Fireworks
4:26
2:23
3:05
3:14
3:18
3:03
3:11
3:24
3:29
3:46
2:50
4:20
Data Complete
80%
Total Rating
80%Total Rating
(0 users)
Back Cover
CD Art
3D Case
3D Thumb
3D Flat
3D Face
3D Spine
First Released
2010
Pop-Rock
Cheerful
Rock/Pop
---
---
Album
0 copies
Album Description
Available in:
Hold Me Down is the second studio album by English pop punk band You Me at Six, released 11 January 2010 on Virgin Records.
The album follows predecessor, Take Off Your Colours (2008) and is their first release on the major label Virgin Records. Like their debut, the album was once again produced and engineered by Matt O'Grady and mixed by John Mitchell in Reading, England. A promotional single titled "The Consequence" was made available for free digital download before first official single, "Underdog" preceded the album's release.
Despite receiving mixed reviews, Hold Me Down was a commercial success and debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart.
User Album Review
This is a record to tear a nation of music fans in two. Half will enjoy the spritely pop-punk purveyed by these Surrey youngsters on their second album (and major label debut); the others will bemoan the lack of originality on show, ripping the quintet to shreds with the kind of vitriolic disdain usually reserved for the most hackneyed of heard-it-before cliché-pedlars. But this is just a band. Right?
Sort of. The past year has seen You Me At Six sell thousands of tickets, in both a headliner capacity and in support of the likes of Fall Out Boy and Paramore, whilst batting accusations of a lack of any real substance. An absence of competition due to the demise, or at least uncertain futures, of luminary peers such as Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy, allied with their Americanised vocal sound, has certainly helped raise their profile; but questions remain whether they’re more than mere copyists. In short, Hold Me Down needs to establish an identity of the band’s own.
The promisingly sinister opening tones of The Consequence ultimately peter out, sadly, leaving poster boy singer Josh Franceschi muttering like a young Daniel Johns about girl-inspired evilness through fiercely gritted teeth. While such catharsis may stem from a failed relationship of his own, one soon realises he could actually be talking about absolutely anyone’s thwarted attempts at love, such is his archetypal articulation of feelings. Rather than strike a chord, the track falls flat.
But bursting free from such generic fare, into something that almost exudes a sense of sincerity, is the bombastic ballad There’s No Such Thing as Accidental Infidelity. An instant highlight, it finishes its considered diatribe with stirring, slow beats that would have been sure to pull the heartstrings had they stretched the track out another minute. Yet despite this questionable economy, it’s still the standout track on the album.
Five years ago, this record would have been accused of riding some coattails. Today, it's simply a carefully polished and highly competent, nearly retrospective collection of pop-rock songs from a band that, even at a young age, has nothing to say that hasn't been said by others before them (and, inarguably, said better). As Fireworks closes the album, Franceschi moans about a girl who blew her chance; you can’t help but think You Me At Six, in such a privileged position, have done the same.
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
Available in:
Hold Me Down is the second studio album by English pop punk band You Me at Six, released 11 January 2010 on Virgin Records.
The album follows predecessor, Take Off Your Colours (2008) and is their first release on the major label Virgin Records. Like their debut, the album was once again produced and engineered by Matt O'Grady and mixed by John Mitchell in Reading, England. A promotional single titled "The Consequence" was made available for free digital download before first official single, "Underdog" preceded the album's release.
Despite receiving mixed reviews, Hold Me Down was a commercial success and debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart.
User Album Review
This is a record to tear a nation of music fans in two. Half will enjoy the spritely pop-punk purveyed by these Surrey youngsters on their second album (and major label debut); the others will bemoan the lack of originality on show, ripping the quintet to shreds with the kind of vitriolic disdain usually reserved for the most hackneyed of heard-it-before cliché-pedlars. But this is just a band. Right?
Sort of. The past year has seen You Me At Six sell thousands of tickets, in both a headliner capacity and in support of the likes of Fall Out Boy and Paramore, whilst batting accusations of a lack of any real substance. An absence of competition due to the demise, or at least uncertain futures, of luminary peers such as Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy, allied with their Americanised vocal sound, has certainly helped raise their profile; but questions remain whether they’re more than mere copyists. In short, Hold Me Down needs to establish an identity of the band’s own.
The promisingly sinister opening tones of The Consequence ultimately peter out, sadly, leaving poster boy singer Josh Franceschi muttering like a young Daniel Johns about girl-inspired evilness through fiercely gritted teeth. While such catharsis may stem from a failed relationship of his own, one soon realises he could actually be talking about absolutely anyone’s thwarted attempts at love, such is his archetypal articulation of feelings. Rather than strike a chord, the track falls flat.
But bursting free from such generic fare, into something that almost exudes a sense of sincerity, is the bombastic ballad There’s No Such Thing as Accidental Infidelity. An instant highlight, it finishes its considered diatribe with stirring, slow beats that would have been sure to pull the heartstrings had they stretched the track out another minute. Yet despite this questionable economy, it’s still the standout track on the album.
Five years ago, this record would have been accused of riding some coattails. Today, it's simply a carefully polished and highly competent, nearly retrospective collection of pop-rock songs from a band that, even at a young age, has nothing to say that hasn't been said by others before them (and, inarguably, said better). As Fireworks closes the album, Franceschi moans about a girl who blew her chance; you can’t help but think You Me At Six, in such a privileged position, have done the same.
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
No comments yet...
Status
unlockedRank: External Links
