Dusk And Summer Music Cd

Dashboard Confessional - Dusk And Summer

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Dusk and Summer      Artist : Dashboard Confessional      List Price : $13.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2006-06-27      Studio : Vagrant Records      Label : Vagrant Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (64 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Dusk And Summer      Can't Miss      Rating:      This CD is much better than reviews are giving it credit for. You will enjoy this CD. It has a little bit of everything and it is all done well.     Customer Reviews for Dusk And Summer Cd      Great emotion      Rating:      I like this disc a lot. Never been a fan of Dashboard simply because I didn't know about them. Heard one of the songs from this album on an episode of Scrubs and loved it. Good, soul-stirring stuff. Get a copy if you still can. [...] Editorial Reviews for Dusk And Summer Audio Cd      Amazon.com      It's all about the power chord and the sing-along chorus. With the exception of the stark title track, Christopher Carrabba's once-prominent acoustic strumming is now in short supply. Along with Scott Schoenbeck, John Lefler, and Mike Marsh, the Dashboard Confessional mastermind cranks it all up on his fourth full-length: the guitars, vocals, drums, the works. Consequently, some listeners have been tossing around the letter "U" and the numeral "2." It's a bit of a stretch, although the album was co-produced by Daniel Lanois of Joshua Tree fame (and mixed by Nevermind's Andy Wallace). The Florida outfit also opened for the Irish superstars in support of 2003?s A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. That said, Carrabba is still the same earnest young man, just more amplified than before. Aside from "Dusk and Summer," quieter tracks include "Stolen" and the piano-driven "So Long, So Long," decorated with husky croons from Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows. But even these seem loud compared to Carrabba's stripped-down early material. It isn't a bad move, but like most stylistic shifts it's sure to send a few longtime fans packing, while making room for new ones who've never heard Dashboard Confessional before or who found the old stuff too whiny and angst-ridden. Well, there isn't much whining on Dusk and Summer--just a whole lotta (heartfelt) rockin'. --Kathleen C. Fennessy