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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Good Charlotte |
| Record Label: |
Epic (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
March 22, 2005 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Once Upon a Time: The Battle of Life and Death 2. Chronicles of Life and Death 3. Walk Away (Maybe) 4. S.O.S. 5. I Just Wanna Live 6. Ghost of You 7. Predictable 8. Secrets 9. Truth 10. World Is Black 11. Mountain 12. We Believe 13. It Wasn't Enough 14. In This World (Murder) 15. Meet My Maker (Bonus Track) |
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This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other. Good Charlotte: Benji Madden (vocals, guitars); Joel Madden (vocals); Billy Martin (guitars, keyboards); Paul Thomas (bass guitar); Chris Wilson (drums). Additional personnel: Matt Radosevich (piano). When it comes to a genre as stylistically specific as pop-punk, bands generally aren't expected to progress much beyond the standard mix of raging guitars, speedy drumming, and high-pitched melodic vocals singing paeans to teen rebellion. With 2004's THE CHRONICLES OF LIFE AND DEATH, however, Good Charlotte confounds expectations by delivering a sprawling concept album that borrows from a variety of distinctly non-punk music. Opening with a spooky, orchestral piece that sounds like a mix of John Williams and Arvo Part, the disc races from Cheap Trick-esque power pop (the title track) to shoegazer-y angst-rock ("In This World [Murder]") to Rufus Wainright-like sensitive piano ballads ("The Truth"). On "I Just Wanna Live,"... |
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