Length: 48:41
Released: June 26th 2006
*1. Everyday Combat
2. A Town Called Hypocrisy
3. The New Transmission
*4. Rooftops (A Liberation Transmission)
5. Can’t Stop, Gotta Date With Hate
*6. Can’t Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won’t Save You This Time)
7. Everybody Screaming!!!
*8. Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters, And The Story Of A Lonely Girl
9. 4:AM Forever
10. For All These Times Son, For All These Times
11. Heaven For The Weather, Hell For The Company
12. Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances And Messed Up Chances)
Over the last 3 albums Lostprophets have switched genres 3 times. First nu-metal inspired alt. metal, then hardcore influenced alt. rock, and now pop punk/pop rock. Hurray for the wonders of selling out. But at least they had a reason and the album isn’t all cheesy pop influenced garbage. During their last effort, Start Something, the band included various covers from acts like Duran Duran, Justin Timberlake, The Cure, and Phil Collins. In LT the band rides of those popish vibes in an attempt to jettison them from their system, oh and acquire legions of American fans who gobble up “Emo” bands faster then you can say Gerard Way. Anyway the album lacks the solid structure & dependability of “Start Something” and the raw power of their first album “Fake Sound Of Progress” but it is by no means a failure. LT is divided, with the first half comprised of high energy songs, any of which could have been singles, and the second half drifting into mellower tracks, EX: the single 4:AM Forever. But some parts of the album sound too much alike and there isn’t much variety. Since its release Ian Watkins has cut back his massive fringe, just type in his name on photo bucket and you’ll get a million pictures of his old hair, and the band has sworn they’ve quit poprock and moved on, as evidenced by their cover of Machine Head’s “Davidian”.
7.5/10
* notes greatness
