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Track Listings

1. Gasoline

2. 69 Tea

3. Fine Again

4. Needles

5. Driven Under

6. Pride

7. Sympathetic

8. Your Bore

9. Fade Away

10. Pig

11. XXXX XX

12. Broken

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Creed's brand of life-affirming hard rock has done little to lift the spirits of label mates Seether. "It seems like everything is gray and there's no color to behold," the South African trio's frontman Shaun Morgan fumes on "Fine Again." Its debut album is an unrelentingly grim affair, punctuated by self-obsession and angst, grinding riffs, and dragging rhythms. "It seems like I'm alone here, hollow again," Morgan sings on "Sympathetic." But taking a cue from leading miserablists Staind, Seether temper their angst with melody and soul, allowing the sun to break through in sweeping, emotional tracks like "Fade Away" and "Driven Under." Perhaps shifting a couple million units will improve the group's disposition. --Aidin Vaziri

Tracks:

Gasoline
69 Tea
Fine Again
Needles
Driven Under
Pride
Sympathetic
Your Bore
Fade Away
Pig
Fxxx It
Broken
Sold Me
Cigarettes
Love Her
Take Me Away
Got It Made
Out Of My Way
Hang On
Broken - Amy Lee

Customer Reviews:

best album i have so far.......2007-07-30

I think that Dicclaimer II with bonus DVD is awsum with extra songs a concet and video clips its value for money. I thought the original was good this is awsum. Just like to add SEETHER you rule!!!

Disclaimer II (Bonus DVD).......2007-01-11

Just an ok album, but a must have if you want Broken with Amy Lee.

Amazing.......2006-04-11

A great sound of metal and a great blend of rock adds to this perfect cd. songs such as Fine Again and Broken make this a cd full of heart ache, but songs such as Gasoline and Fxxx It make a cd full of hatred and anger. It is a ccd you will love and most likely cherish.

Recomended:
Seether-Karma and Effect(****)
Slipknot-Vol. 3(****)
Three Days Grace-S/T (self titled)(*****)
Disturbed - The Sickness(*****), Beleive(****), and 10,000 Fists (****)
Staind - Break the Cycle(*****), Chapter V (*****)

Highly Recomended. [recomendations may contain VERY explicit lyrics]

Fantastic part two.......2006-03-23

This cd with bonus DVD is fantastic. Amy Lee is so good with seether.. I just love them both. Great bounus DVD..

Good so far........2006-03-21

This is a good start for a realtivly new Seether.Top 3 tracks are:69 Tea,Hang On,and Gasoline.While others think that F**k It is crap,it is a passable song at worst.

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ASIN: B00026WVFE
Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

Gasoline
69 Tea
Fine Again
Needles
Driven Under
Pride
Sympathetic
Your Bore
Fade Away
Pig
XXXX XX
Broken
Sold Me
Cigarettes
Love Her
Take Me Away
Got It Made
Out of My Way
Hang On
Broken - Amy Lee, Seether

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Manufacturer: Sony/Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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One Cold Night
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ASIN: B00029MMM8

Tracks:

Gasoline
69 Tea
Fine Again
Needles
Driven Under
Pride
Sympathetic
Your Bore
Fade Away
Pig
F*** It
Broken
Sold Me
Cigarettes
Love Her
Take Me Away
Got It Made
Out of My Way
Hang On
Broken - Amy Lee, Seether

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Flawless!
Whats that i see? Oh its just a hard rock gem!
Dislcaimer Blows Me Away
WHOO HOO!
Amazing......this CD is addictive

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ASIN: B00006FI9B
Release Date: 2002-08-20

Amazon.com

Creed's brand of life-affirming hard rock has done little to lift the spirits of label mates Seether. "It seems like everything is gray and there's no color to behold," the South African trio's frontman Shaun Morgan fumes on "Fine Again." Its debut album is an unrelentingly grim affair, punctuated by self-obsession and angst, grinding riffs, and dragging rhythms. "It seems like I'm alone here, hollow again," Morgan sings on "Sympathetic." But taking a cue from leading miserablists Staind, Seether temper their angst with melody and soul, allowing the sun to break through in sweeping, emotional tracks like "Fade Away" and "Driven Under." Perhaps shifting a couple million units will improve the group's disposition. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Flawless!.......2004-01-04

This CD is so awesome! I am a fan of bands like Nirvana, Chevelle, Bush, even things like System of a Down and Disturbed, and i love this CD. I bought it two days ago and have listened to it non stop. These guys are the future of rock and don't get the credit they deserve. I'm a huge Nirvana fan and I have to say these guys are tied to Nirvana on my list of favorite bands (keep in mind Seether has released only one album). I would do a song-by-song review but every song is 10/10. From the raging aggression of "F**k It" (one of my favorite songs on the CD) to the calm, acoustic "Broken" to (my favorite song on the CD) the grunge sound of "69 Tea." There is no excuse not to buy this album. You will not regret it. However, if you are going to buy it, get the explicit lyrics version, as the clean version takes away from the mood of some songs. Every song is awesome. Go buy it! I garuntee you will love it.

Whats that i see? Oh its just a hard rock gem!.......2003-11-25

Seether man I'll tell they got it goin on more than staceys mom. 69 Tea is just blazin with awesome beat, rythem, and lyrics. The first time I heard this song I listened to it three or four times. But my favorite is the pure attitude portrayed in Sympathetic. This is rock that you can't get out of your head. I'm tellin all my friends about it, its crazy insane. Seether rocks and rocks hard. I can't imagine not having this one in the collection.

Dislcaimer Blows Me Away.......2003-11-23

I couldn't believe this cd when i first heard it. It was as addictive as my Nirvana cd and i want to hear them both so much that sometimes I have to play them at the same time. Now that is a compliment to Seether. It amazes me that every single one of their songs is like something I've never heard before. My favorite song on the cd, "Sympathetic", is possibly one of the best songs ever. And "Broken" is a great song that is totally different from all the others. I didn't even think it was Seether when i heard it on the radio. All in all it is an awesome cd worth buying. ("All in all is all we are" - Nirvana)

WHOO HOO!.......2003-04-11

ThiS Cd KiCkS ALL KiNdS Of ArSe! BleSsEd Be.. NufF' Said. PlAy FiNe AgAiN... I ThiNk I'Ve WoRn OuT ThE TrAcK. Ohhhhh WeLL.

Amazing......this CD is addictive.......2003-01-28

I can't begin to tell you how surprised I was when I first heard the CD. Seether is amazing. Shaun Morgan is hauntingly poetic. It reminds me of the first time I heard Kurt Cobain from Nirvana. It is chilling. Unbelievable tracks on this CD, including "Fine Again", "Driven Under"," Sympathetic", "Fade Away" and my new favorite "Broken". I can't stop listening to this CD. You don't get sick of hearing it, just need to hear it all the time. Seether is my new favorite band. They have struck a chord, and I predict will be a huge success. I can understand why SONY loved them as soon as they heard the CD.

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Manufacturer: Jessica's Attic
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ASIN: B000CA8PMI
Release Date: 2001-01-02

Tracks:

This the Force
Serpent
She Said
Abbey
Just a Little Habit
No Mother's Son
Isle of Dreams
Angry Man
As Close to Heaven

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exciting and creative
This is really great stuff
So this is what it's like to rot.
Well done!
Great!!

The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss
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Release Date: 2004-02-03

Tracks:

Fixing a Hole
God Said, "Plastics!"
Vending Machine
Like the Backside of a Bulimic's Teeth (#1: Bats = Bugs)
You Ruined Everything
Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo
Mufasa Kisses
De Sitter Horizons
Hell
Wrong for the Right Reasons is Still Wrong
Please Pardon Our Progress!!!

Album Description

In the tradition of great break-up albums like Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, Beck's Sea Change, Sugar's Copper Blue, and Of Montreal's The Bedside Drama- A Petite Tragedy comes The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss, the first commercially available release from Detroit one-man band Disclaimer. After getting dumped in 2002, multi-instrumentalist Chris Willie Williams turned to his home studio to help him work through the difficult process of piecing his shattered life back together. ("Had I turned to a professional therapist instead, I probably could've saved myself about nine months of anguish and $800 or so that I spent on alcohol," Willie quips!) Willie's near-suicidal heartbreak is the indie-rock connoisseur's gain, however, because the 11 ruminations on loss that make up Airbag are bursting with enough naked emotion, eloquent observations, and dark humor to act as a catharsis to anyone who's ever loved and lost. Check out the frothing rebuke "You Ruined Everything," for example, which turns the comically blunt phrase "I got screwed" into a chillingly effective hook, or the whispered acoustic pop of "Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo," whose delicacy is contrasted by truly twisted lyrics about realizing love is an illusion. Yes, all love.

Astonishingly, the music on Airbag matches the lyrics every step of the way. Mashing together elements of indie rock, electronica, funk, punk, new wave, and the music of suspicious non-America nations, Willie comes up with a sound unlike any other home-recording project you've ever heard. Harsh yet vulnerable, catchy yet wholly original, the album sustains a consistent, driving momentum, refusing to collapse into an inert heap even considering the bleakness of its subject matter. The songs have drawn comparisons to everyone from Radiohead to XTC to Kraftwerk, and Disclaimer's arrangements display not only an ear for unique sounds and chord progressions, but an attention to detail that lends every tune a different- yet always fully-realized- approach. (And listen for newcomer Joe Hinchcliffe contributing angelic vocals to the otherwise blistering noisefest "Please Pardon Our Progress!!!")

Disclaimer shanghais the listener on an intense, 40-minute journey to the depths of despair, rage, jealousy, hopelessness, confusion, unrelenting pain, and desperation that inevitably accompany a broken heart. But in a fun way.

Customer Reviews:

exciting and creative.......2004-05-19

Before I get into the review, I want to first say that I am a big fan of creativity in music. I usually take notice and admire the little things to briefly appear in a song, whether it's a sound effect or a cool awkward musical note, as long as it's something that steps away from the main melody I will notice it and usually think highly of it. It's fun hearing instruments and sound effects located in spots you would never expect to hear them in. You're sitting there listening to a song for the very first time, thinking you have a good idea how it will go, then suddenly something weird comes along and either spices things up or changes the song completely. I LOVE that!!

The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss will surprise you on several occasions with plenty of unexpected moments of weirdness and coolness. Plenty of twists and turns. There are lots of reasons why this album is interesting to me, but one thing that makes it stand above other albums is that, while listening to any one of the songs, you won't be able to predict what kind of experiment Chris will suddenly insert into his music. You won't be able to predict when and how he uses these experiments. And this happens in nearly every song. At any moment something weird and exciting could come out of nowhere. But get this: even if The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss didn't include any wild experimentation, it would still be a great listen because the songwriting is super-strong and Chris is constantly exploring different styles of music and mixing them in with complex pop. The result is always exhilarating.

Melodically, this is a completely satisfying album. Like any album, you will come across melodies stronger than other melodies, but I don't think there's a single bad or average melody on this album.

It starts off with my favorite, "Fixing A Hole". This is NOT a cover of the Beatles song, and in fact, I like it even more than the Beatles song. Starting out with an almost robotic-sounding vocal melody, than switching into a normal singing voice with a light reggae flavor to it, it's a wonderful song! Let's not forget all the tiny neat musical tricks which help to make the song even more vibrant. "Fixing A Hole" begins an incredible variety of experimental ideas. Chris Williams put a lot of thought and emotion into this album. Every song is put together very carefully and creatively.

I'm going to skip around a little bit and talk about the songs in a random order. "Hell" features three brilliant parts, all sounding much different from each other. The guitar and vocals are excellent, and the melody line "and I wonder if I've died and gone to hell" will absolutely knock you off your feet with its soft, eerie vibe. It's actually pretty damn cool hearing a highly melodic, eerie vocal melody appear immediately after an uplifting rocking section. As corny as this may sound, I like to think of the eerie section of "Hell" as a beautiful submarine ride, because of the peaceful flow of the melody, plus the underwater feeling it has. It's a classic.

"Wrong For The Right Reasons Is Still Wrong" has EXACTLY the kind of melody to scare the living daylights out of me!! I can't explain it, but typically the type of music to give me the creeps are faster-paced songs with a sad tone in the singer's voice. The singing is really effective here, but in a disconcerting way, like I'm afraid to face something, and it kind of depresses me, but it's almost like I WANT to be depressed. I love it a lot. It makes me uncomfortable and comfortable at the same time! The way the vocal melody sadly and peacefully hurries along, it reminds me of myself running away from a major problem to be alone to think.

"God Said, Plastics!" starts off rather normal. The normal part soon changes into a funky part, with the vocal style changing with it. The switch from normal to somewhat hectic fits very well. Then we have "Vending Machine". It rocks, it's catchy, it's packed with creative ideas, but it's too short! It's also hard making out the vocals (minor complaint!) "Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo" is surprisingly basic, but perfectly shows Chris's talent for writing great vocal melodies. The vocal lines are written creatively and carry the song for the most part. "De Sitter Horizons" sets a perfect thinking mood. The jerky vocal melody makes it even more fascinating. It's written very well. It's one of those songs where you can picture lonely people thinking while hearing it and becoming really attached to it.

The creative juices continue to flow on "Like The Backside Of A Bulimic's Teeth" which probably features the most depressingly interesting vocals on the album. It has a sad and lonely atmosphere to it, vocally quiet but moves at a comfortable pace, sort of like the third section of "Hell". It's a gloomy track that will probably have you thinking intensely about love and life.

"Please Pardon Our Progress!!!" features incredible vocals from Joe Hinchcliffe. It begins with a marching drum pattern then drifting into an outer-spacey riff melody. And it's one catchy, well thought-out hypnotizing devastating riff! It tears through the walls and makes the mice run for cover! It reminds me of spaceships fighting each other or shooting laser beams at each other far out in the galaxy! I feel a rush of energy during each vocal line. I don't know which set of vocals excite me the most. Space rock madness! Then we have "You Ruined Everything" which is probably a punk song, or close to it. It has energy and certainly rocks! Has an incredibly strong chorus too. No matter which direction Chris takes his music he always makes sure to include a tremendous melody.

Let me quickly mention the cool instrumental "Mufasa Kisses". It's very beautiful and features a piano, harmonica, synthesizer and maybe even an accordion! One thing's for certain, there's a lot of activity going on! Perhaps the most experimental and adventurous track here.

I highly recommend picking up this album. You won't be disappointed if you like experimental pop.

This is really great stuff.......2004-04-21

The back cover of Disclaimer's The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss features a photo of the man behind Disclaimer, Chris Willie Williams, standing with a morose look on his face and a sign on his chest that proclaims, "You Can Buy Me And Take Me Home." Aside from being an invitation to the prospective album buyer, this also serves as a warning. This album is Chris Willie William's soul poured out in digital form on a CD.

Now, pure emotion just ain't enough to make an album good. It only takes a cursory listen to Pink Floyd's The Final Cut to confirm this fact. But Willie has managed the rarest of rock miracles: he's managed to combine his pointed opinions on breakups, and life in general with a musical sensibility that never fails to amaze with its near-mastery of melody. Let's get straight to the point here: This is the best indie-pop album since Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand. And while it isn't QUITE up to the level of Bob Pollard's masterpiece (although I'm convinced that Bob had help with some kind of deity in order to come up with some of those songs) Chris Willie's album hits you on a personal, emotional level, which Bee Thousand admittedly fails to do.

"Fixing A Hole"'s twisty melody and breathy Vocoderized vocals wrap itself around your consciousness and refuse to let go. "God Said, Plastics" amazes at every turn with Peter Gabriel-ish washes of keyboard beauty during the verses and Devo-like jerkiness during the chorus. "Vending Machine" shows a definite Mark Prindle influence, which anyone knows can only be a good thing. "You Ruined Everything" could be a lost Nuggets track. "Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo", while a bit sparse on the arrangements, is quite pretty. "Musafa Kisses" is hypnotic (and it's my brother's favorite song on the album, by the way). "De Sitter Horizons" is truly amazing in its evocation of a dying, diseased relationship that's just going through the motions. Others are a bit more impressed by "Hell" then I am; while the melody simply cannot be beat, I feel the chorus "and the love you take is inversely proportional to the love you make" is just a bit TOO clever. Nice bassline, though. And then there's the best track on the whole album, and the song which I feel is the best song released by any artist in 2003: "Please Pardon Our Progress." Joe Hinchcliffe's haunting backing vocals are what truly deposit this track firmly into the pantheon of rock masterpieces. And of course, where would we be without "I Couldn't End It There", a truly beautiful, relaxing song? A perfect ending to a near-perfect album.

Of course, each album has its weaker songs, and Airbag has its in the forms of "Like The Backside Of A Bulimic's Teeth" and "Wrong For The Right Reasons Is Still Wrong." "Bulimic" has an awesome bassline to start out but inexplicably drops it for nondescript keyboard washes and kinda sophomoric lyrics. The creepy guitar line that pops up after the chorus is a keeper, though. "Wrong", again, has a nice melody, and moves along at a fast clip, but it's nondescript and it kind of runs by without much notice.

In conclusion: Buy this album. Buy it. Why in the world is CWW not a millionaire and talentless losers like Nickelback and Avril Lavigne rich beyond their wildest dreams? The world ain't fair, but you can all make it more fair by ordering this album.

So this is what it's like to rot........2004-02-29

When someone you love rejects you, sometimes the only way you can keep yourself alive is by being brilliant. This album is evidence that brilliance is Chris Williams' preferred method of survival. Somehow, Williams has created an entertaining, enjoyable, FUN record out of nothing but pure, undiluted despair, frustration, and self-hate. Part of the reason this oxymoron of a record works so well is Williams' refusal to take himself too seriously. He is certainly in pain from beginning to end, but he makes sure that the result is more than a maudlin self-pity party. The lyrical imagery is unsettling but always adequate. And the music, rather than conveying an unrelenting sense of depression and hopelessness, is in fact quite diverse and covers a far greater range of emotions than the average break-up record. The loping vocoder-pop of "Fixing A Hole," the petulant garage rock of "You Ruined Everything," the apocalyptic stomp of "Please Pardon Our Progress," and the out-and-out weirdness of "Mufasa Kisses" all ensure that the album is anything but a gray monolith of pain. With The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss, Williams proves that just because you've suffered for your art doesn't mean that your listeners have to as well.

Go ahead, ignore Disclaimer. They're just an indie-pop band you've never heard of. You're a busy person. Time is money. But in three or four years, when Disclaimer are the hottest band in the land, you'll be telling everyone you liked them before they were popular. Now is your chance. Get on the Disclaimer train!

Well done!.......2004-02-29

Chris Willie Williams is at it again with his one man band Disclaimer's second album, The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss (and the first one to actually be released on a record label), one of those currently rare albums that maintains a great balance between creative experimentation and pop melody that's really hard to find in modern music now. Maybe the overall charm of his debut (Bombs By Night, Balloons By Morning) isn't as apparent here, though the lyrics still very much have that clever twist to them that was really enjoyable before), it's made up for in several other areas - better production, arrangements and even more interesting effects, more variety in singing approaches, and several other improvements that you wouldn't exactly associate any kind of sophomore slump with.

The main thing here, though, is that the material is of even more consistently higher quality, with fewer decent but nothing special throwaways and more absolute classics of home recorded music. The opening "Fixing A Hole" fits into the latter category, and also has nothing at all in common with the Sgt. Pepper tune of the same name. It's very much in the vein of Disclaimer's moodier stuff, pulling off the incredible feat of having the lyrics being a laundry list of what Willie wants to change about himself ('I've got to be less weepy', 'I've got to stop quoting from Simpsons', etc.) sung through a vocoder, and not sounding at all cheesy doing it. The vocal melody is brilliant on here, and there's such neat additions such as a change to a reggae tempo in the chorus and a haunting spoken word break. Even the really short song on here ("Vending Machine") manages to work just as well on its' own as it does in the context of the album, with incredibly distorted vocals and instruments to create a fascinatingly chaotic atmosphere.

Also, "You Ruined Everything" and "Wrong For The Right Reasons Is Still Wrong" are actually improvements over the decent, but less spectacular, fast rockers on Bombs By Night. The former is a great example of Willie using his voice more effectively than before over a catchy distorted indie rock background (so much for the dorky singing on "Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend"!), and you can add his yells of 'I got screwwwwed...' to the list of great hooks he's managed to come up with. The latter is a really jangly tune apparently in the same breakup vein that's actually really catchy despite its' awkwardly paced melody, and where else but on the curiously titled "God Said, 'Plastics!'" could you find such a seamless transition between two guitars battling each other between speakers, kazoo-like guitar soloing and quieter, hypnotizing sections featuring great lines like 'prayer has been reduced to a cheat code'?

The interesting variety in approaches here doesn't exactly stop with those tracks, either. "Like The Backside Of A Bullimic's Teeth (#1: Bats = Bugs)" has a really creepy goth ballad atmosphere within its' guitar line and lyrics ('like the spiders we swallow in our sleep'), and is that a Calvin And Hobbes reference I spot in the subtitle there? Awesome! "Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo" is a quiet guitar ballad that attempts to befuddle the listener by adding absolutely messed up lyrics to its' pretty atmosphere ('you suck the goo from your fingers, as you discredit my memoirs'), and the best description I can come up with for "Mufasa Kisses"? Middle Eastern-flavored electronica sort of in the vein of Mr. Bungle's "Desert Search For Techno Allah", with unsettling techno beats, keyboard and guitar lines helping to create that atmosphere. Also, that dissonant computer-generated voice ('I don't want to know what you do for him that you never did for me...') is a chilling perspective on the breakup theme covered in a few of these other songs.

And to think, I haven't even mentioned the song that got me interested in Disclaimer. "Hell" boasts a simple, but highly infectious, sort of 'wah wah' riff going, and quite colorful lyrics, and I also really love the low-register quality of the vocals, smart bouncy vocal hook, and especially the twisted take on a famous Abbey Road lyric in the chorus ('in the end the love you take is inversely proportional to the love you make...'). Also, very well-produced, and the feedback use is particularly creative.

Moving on, we have Joe Hinchcliffe contributing guest vocals and synth bass on the closer here, "Please Pardon Our Progress!!", a really shattering tune His vocal spots, surprisingly enough, have a haunting, angelic quality that contrasts really well with the abrasive guitar noise of the rest (a combination Willie himself, to paraphrase, describes as the Beach Boys meet the Butthole Surfers), and that incredibly well constructed opening riff (not to mention the dense production) has a huge epic quality that just adds to the drama. And the intense chants of 'HAPPINESS IS NO LONGER AN OPTION!!!' bring the experience to a gripping ending.

The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss isn't completely flawless, though, as excellent as it is. The vocal melody to "De Sitter Horizons" is rather non-descript and rambling, and the slower, mostly boring and repetitive arrangement it has doesn't exactly allow the song to overcome that. Plus, it's unfortunately one of the longest songs on here at over 4 minutes. But apart from that song, I really don't have any specific complaints about this mostly excellent effort - maybe it's a bit too short for me at 37 minutes (discounting the effects-laden hidden bonus track "I Couldn't End It There", which has multiple relaxing melodies to hold my attention), but that's OK, as a concise album will always be more preferrable to a lengthy one with an overly excessive amount of filler. Here's hoping that Disclaimer's really promising career will positively take off, and maybe Willie can bring even more accomplished songwriters and musicians into the mix.

Great!!.......2004-02-29

If you create an acronym of each of the first letters of the album title, it creates a particular word. This word in the case of new band Disclaimer becomes "talk". Several of the songs here lyrically describe a relationship breakdown, so the word "talk" seems particularly appropriate. 'The Airbags Lipstick Kiss' is an album with depth, with lyrical meaning and messages. It's an album that makes the listener believe that it matters, an album that you'll keep listening to regularly for years, rather than months.

The overall sound is relatively lo-fi, but the invention beneath the surface of the production, the attention to detail through many of the songs, very impressive. 'Vending Machine' contains voices and melodies and vocals layered over each other and becomes a very fascinating thing. Highlights? 'Generic Shoulder Blade Tattoo' is a very pretty track musically and vocally - clever lyrically. The distorted guitars of the enjoyable 'You Ruined Everything'. 'Wrong For The Right Reasons', a wordy song with a fast tempo and a rush of melody. The last song proper is particularly impressive. Uneasy harmonies with voices shifting over each other, yet the effect is absolutely glorious. In a perfect world, 'Please Pardon Our Progress!' and 'Generic Should Blade Tattoo' would be hit singles. We don't live in a perfect world, but the quality and intelligence of 'The Airbag's Lipstick Kiss' indicates to me that Disclaimer really are onto something here.

Daddy to Daughter
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Release Date: 2002-09-10

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One of the best hard-rock debuts of this decade.

Awesome

Awesome and I disagree with those saying they copy other grungy bands

Good Start...

Hard Rock

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Manufacturer: Wind-Up
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Karma and Effect

Disclaimer II (Bonus DVD)

One Cold Night

Leave a Whisper

Saturate

ASIN: B00006BMWO
Release Date: 2002-08-20

Tracks:

Gasoline
69 Tea
Fine Again
Needles
Driven Under
Pride
Sympathetic
Your Bore
Fade Away
Pig
Fuck It
Broken

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Customer Reviews:

One of the best hard-rock debuts of this decade........2007-08-02

In a world where you can't go 10 minutes without hearing a Nickelback tune on the radio, Seether is there to offer an in-your-face answer to the formulaic approach that so many bands are using.
Now, I have nothing against Nickelback as a band, but they are extremely overplayed.
Their name is very appropriate, because they are seething with intensity, anger, and emotion. They had a handful of hit songs on this cd, most notably "Fine Again", but it is a very strong cd. If you want some hard rock with some real attitude and energy, I would check these guys out. Also, their second disc, Karma and Effect, is just as good.

Awesome.......2006-03-29

I love this band. I love every song and I love Shaun Morgan's voice. These guys in are awesome in concert too. I do like Broken but I've heard it so much that I got tired of hearing it. Pride is my favorite song and The Gift. I recommend it to everyone.

Awesome and I disagree with those saying they copy other grungy bands.......2006-02-01

Shaun Morgan's voice is not like anyone else out there that I've heard (and maybe that's my fault but bear with me). The guitars while being atypically heavy still don't sound like most bands that I've heard. Now on to the album no more whining :).

1.Gasoline=Absolutely hilarious song about superficial women, I actually laugh when I'm singing along to this one. I think Morgan is right on with how he characterizes women who think the only way to make them pretty is to listen to others and wear lots of makeup.

2.69 Tea=This one is also pretty funny. At one point Morgan sings "Don't tell me that you're bedwetters, I don't care if you are". Mostly about being crazy but not caring what others think about who you are, love the guitars throughout the song.

3. Fine Again=One of the hits on this album. About alcoholism but the chorus is very uplifting and the breakdown is great as well. Morgan's voice isn't exactly on display here (like it is more prominently on Karma and Effect) but it still seems pretty good to me.

4. Needles=My second favorite song on the album. A lot of negative feelings that I can't really describe are in this song, it is pretty heavy and full of some nice screams. Favorite lyric: "Let me stick my needles in and let me hurt you again."

5. Driven Under=Another one of the hits. Slow burning and about a bad relationship with a woman. Although I think they could've shaved off about 30 40 seconds off this one, I don't skip any songs on any cd I have anyway and this one is very good if you're in the right mood.

6. Pride=A very good example of what Seether can do. Mixes melody and the harsh grating sides of metal. I sense some sadness in these lyrics: "Steal my pride, leave me blind" as if Morgan is saying I tried being nice to you but you screwed me over anyway.

7. Sympathetic=They should've released this as a single. It was listed as one of the songs on the CD's that are supposed to be the hits. Morgan seems to finally put down some of the walls and show that he cares about others.

8. Your Bore=The anger in this one slowly creeps up. It's pretty heavy but it's no Needles or F888 It. This lyric sums it up pretty well: "Cuz I can't seem to show you what you want to see, I can never give you anything you need, I'm sick of wasting time on what can never be, I cannot control you into wanting me."

9. Fade Away=My apologies for gushing because I absolutely love this song, it is my favorite Seether song. The guitars start off slow then become heavier once the song gets going the second time around. I like this one because it starts off positive but this lyric makes it almost ironically depressing: "Today's the day we'll all fade away". Almost as if Morgan realizes that regardless of how hard he tries he might still come up short.

10. Pig=Similar to Needles as Morgan is basically insulting those who are overtly selfish because it perhaps upsets him because he tries to care but others don't.

11. F888 It=No real explanation really needed for this one. Very angry and pretty short as well. This album almost couldn't have got a Parental Advisory label if this song was removed. Best lyric: "I cannot please you all forever I cannot please you at all".

12. Broken=Since ruined by Amy Lee's relationship with Shaun as they remade this song and screwed it up. Perfect just the way it is on here and my third favorite song on the album. All acoustic and summed up best by this lyric: "Cuz I'm broken when I'm open and I don't feel like I am strong enough".

Overall rating here 10 out of 10. However I love all the music I have so I give that for every album I have. However if you like nu-grunge (Smile Empty Soul, old Puddle of Mudd, old Nickelback, etc.) this is worth checking out.

Good Start..........2006-01-20

I loved this CD when it came out, ran to the store after hearing 'Fine Again' on the radio and snatched myself a copy. There sound may be generic but Shaun has a distinct voice and their lyrical content is impressive to say the least. They remind me of this Generations Nirvana if I can say that without Nirvana fans gunning me down, and I hope that doesn't sound like an insult to the legendary band but more of a compliment to this rising success story. It's a shame to me that most only know them for their top 40 crossover hit with Amy Lee, Shauns GF and Evenescence frontwoman, but if thats what gets them into the homes of fans then so be it. Heres my play by play if this IMPRESSIVE start.

1 - Gasoline (3/5) It's an okay opener, but it's not that memerable...Although I LOVE the lyrics to this song

2 - 69 Tea (5/5) I think this would have been a better opener because it grabs you a little harder and again, the lyrics are great!

3 - Fine Again (5/5) So what if it was played out...IT IS FREAKING AWSOME SONG!

4 - Needles (10/5) My favorite song on the album, this song is brilliant, the lyrics, the riffs, the bridge, everything is great here...

5 - Driven Under (6/5) Another ABOVE AVERAGE song with lyrics that pierce through your core...a brilliant lost love song that shows the ugly side to love

6 - Pride (4/5) One of the heavier songs on the album...it's a good effort but just doesn't sound natural...

7 - Sympathetic (2/5) I hate this song... I mean it's just not right for this album, it's what brings them down from a 5 star album!

8 - Your Bore (5/5) Good song, may seem like filler because it doesn't jump out at you like some of the other songs but when you take the time to listen to it it's really really good...

9 - Fade Away (4/5) Has a beatles type vibe to it

10 - Pig (10/5) Ok, so next to Needles this song is the best here, the lyrics ring true so well and discribe a place I was when this CD came out and so this song alone stands as one of my FAVORITE songs EVER written!

11 - F@#$ It (7/5) Has a similar vibe to it as Needles, with a lot of F words and I feel this is probably the reason for the PA label...but if you listen this is really one of the best songs here...

12 - Broken (5/5) THis is the reason everyone loves this band, well, actually the secondary version which is slightly better due to Amy Lee and the violins...I like this song I just don;t think its a reason to buy an album...I'd stick with songs like Pig and Needles, but thats just me

Hard Rock.......2005-12-21

Straight out of South Africa, Seether provides a nice blend of hard rock and more alternative rock, this grimm cd is a hardcore pickup. A little 'gothy' in sounds, but, it works with the raspy voice of Shaun Morgan, very Kurt Cobain-esque voice.

The hits like "Fine Again", "Driven Under", and "Broken" are a little slower than some other tracks on the CD, but, very good nonetheless. As to other bands bands, they could be compared to Mudvayne, Smile Empty Soul, Three Days Grace, and maybe even Papa Roach and Nirvana.
Aside from the 'hits', my favorite song would be the screamy, powerdriven "Needles".

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Tom Vella & Lucas Richardson
Manufacturer: Tom Vella & Lucas Richardson
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAK3NW
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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