*2003 repress.
This pressing contains 12 tracks total.
This pressing contains 12 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A
Genre: Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal
Label Number: 60150-13063-2
AllMusic Review by Johnny Loftus
☠: Selected by Lass
© 2003 Wind-UpAllMusic Review by Johnny Loftus
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence,
a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of
20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me
to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos
if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The
other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated
nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic
goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's
crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features
apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of
Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by
chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that
reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.
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