Collective Soul - 2019 - Blood [FLAC] (miok) [WWRG]

Collective Soul - 2019 - Blood [FLAC]

Artist: Collective Soul
Title: Blood
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Producer: Ed Roland, Shawn Grove,
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Recorded: 2019 at Edible Studios, Sandy Springs, GA and Tree Sound Studios, Norcross, GA
Label: Fuzze-Flex Records
Catalog: FFR 0003
Barcode: 8 05859 06832 0
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
Duration: 34:26


Collective Soul:



Wikipedia:
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland, rhythm guitarist Dean Roland, bassist Will Turpin, drummer Johnny Rabb and lead guitarist Jesse Triplett. Formed in 1992, Collective Soul released their Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid album on the independent label Rising Storm Records in 1993. The band went from obscurity to popularity that year after the song "Shine" became an underground hit based on radio play. The album was re-released in 1994 under major label Atlantic Records.
Collective Soul released a self-titled album in March 1995. Considered by Ed Roland to be band's true debut album, Collective Soul spent 76 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts and went triple-platinum, becoming the band's highest selling album. The singles "December", "The World I Know", and "Where the River Flows" each reached number one on the Mainstream Rock charts. About two years later, Collective Soul released Disciplined Breakdown. Although not as successful in sales as their previous two albums, Disciplined Breakdown contained two number one Mainstream Rock charts hits – "Precious Declaration" and "Listen". The band released a fourth studio album, Dosage, in 1999. The album's first single, "Heavy", spent a then record-breaking 15 weeks on the top spot of the Mainstream Rock charts.
The band released Blender in 2000, their fifth album and final with the original starting lineup, as lead guitarist Ross Childress left the band in 2001. About two weeks after Childress' departure, Collective Soul released Seven Year Itch, a compilation of their greatest hits between 1994 and 2001. Original drummer Shane Evans departed from the band in 2003. After the Seven Year Itch album, Collective Soul established their own label, El Music Group, prior to releasing Youth in 2004. The band recorded a live album with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2005, titled Home, and released it in 2006. Collective Soul has since released three more albums: Afterwords (2007), a second self-titled album (2009), and See What You Started by Continuing (2015).


Blood:



AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
All the stars align for Collective Soul on Blood, at least as far as the calendar is concerned. It's their tenth album released in the wake of the 25th anniversary of their 1994 breakthrough, the kind of landmark that only a veteran band gets to claim. At this point in their career, Collective Soul are acting like veterans, playing music that builds upon their older work, music that ignores the present day by going deeper into the familiar. Even if Blood offers the kind of densely saturated melodies and hooks that are Collective Soul's trademarks, it doesn't feel like a throwback, nor does it seem like a nostalgia trip. Leader Ed Roland decorates his surging rockers and ballads with some light, stylish flair in the margins -- they usually arrive in the form of polished electronic accents -- and, more importantly, he still sings with passion. His energy and resolve enliven songs that deliberately follow conventional contours -- songs designed to evoke certain sounds and emotions, from both Collective Soul's peak in the alt-rock '90s and the '70s album rock that is their perennial inspiration. If the sounds on Blood aren't precisely new, they're nevertheless sturdy, the work of craftsman who know their trade and are comfortable relying on their skills. It's the kind of album delivered by a confident veteran act, then: solid and strong, lacking in frills but satisfying all the same.


Tracklist:

01. Now's The Time - 2:56
02. Over Me - 3:16
03. Crushed - 2:51
04. Right As Rain - 3:29
05. Them Blues - 3:55
06. Good Place To Start - 3:24
07. Observation Of Thoughts - 4:03
08. Changed - 3:30
09. Big Sky - 2:55
10. Porch Swing - 4:07


Personnel:

Ed Roland - Guitar (Acoustic), Mellotron, Organ, Piano, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle
Dean Roland - Guitar (Rhythm)
Will Turpin - Bass, Drums (Snare), Vocals (Background)
Johnny Rabb - Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Jesse Triplett - Drums (Snare), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Slide Guitar, Vocals (Background), Whistle
Kristen Bush - Organ
Kristian Bush - Fender Rhodes, Organ
Andrew Evans - Vocals (Background)
Carmen Ford - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Shawn Grove - Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Tanner Hendon - Vocals (Background)
Gary Hooper - Percussion
John Oliva - Mandolin
Peter Searcy - Cello
Tommy Shaw - Dobro, Vocals
Peter Stroud - Slide Guitar
Christopher Yates - Vocals (Background)







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