Rock
Genre Rating: 2
Total Tracks in Genre: 11
Length: approx. 38 mins.
This genre will leave you wondering how most of these bands got signed. In general, this is a poor choice to set as the background to the game, with a few notable exeptions.
Guide to rating: 1 = Avoid at all costs / 5 = Can't go wrong with this one.
Track 1
Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Track: Little Sister
Label: Interscope Records
Length: 2.53
Rating: 4
This rockin little track works very well for a variety of races. The song is quite catchy, and you will find yourself hoping it comes up in the playlist. The vocals work well, and the guitar phases are repetitive in a good way. Overall a good choice.
Track 2
Artist: Staind
Track: Right Here
Label: Atlantic Recording Corp.
Length: 4.18
Rating: 3
A catchy little rock ballad. The song isn't bad, but a little too 'tender' to work very well for a racing soundtrack. Not a terrible choice but there are other tracks in this genre which work better.
Track 3
Artist: Secret Machines
Track: Better Bring Your Friends
Label: Reprise Records
Length: 3.05
Rating: 2
This song is not a good choice for racing. It feels like a 3 minute long chorus. It just never really goes anywhere. Im not familiar with these guys, but if this track is indicative of the rest of thier offerings, I am scratching my head over which retard at Reprise decided to sign these guys. In any event, skip this one if it comes up.
Track 4
Artist: Mastodon
Track: Blood and Thunder
Label: Relapse Records
Length: 3.48
Rating: 5
This track is pretty bad ass. The guitar and vocals are very heavy. This track makes me wish my car was equipped with rocket launchers, or machine guns, so i could just gun down the other cars, and maybe even strafe the spectators. It works great for me for the big multiple car races. The best track in the genre.
Track 5
Artist: Dark New Day
Track: Brother
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Length: 3.50
Rating: 3
This song is a bit manic. The song goes from mellow to hard, to mellow. The vocals are non-descript. They sound like about a billion other bands. The track works resonably well for racing, but It gets boring after the first minute and a half or so.
Track 6
Artist: Thornly
Track: Come Again
Label: Roadrunner Records / 604 Records
Length: 3.46
Rating: 4
This song is a pretty good choice for racing. It starts off with a really catchy edgy guitar line. There is some use of keyboards/electronics which adds a bit of depth to the track as well. The vocals work well enough, and as a whole the track is diverse enough to sound fresh from start to finish.
Track 7
Artist: Head Automatica
Track: Beating Heart Baby
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Length: 3.24
Rating: 1
Umm.. I just don't get this song at all. It seems like they just didnt know what they wanted this song to be. The backgound vocals sound quite queer, and the lead tries to be harsh.. Then there is this key change at around 2.50 which is simply annoying.. Oh and they threw in a beating heart sound at the very end, just to ensure you know the name of the track is 'Beating Heart Baby'. How original. Ungh.. Just skip this track.
Track 8
Artist: Crazy Anglos
Track: Fade
Label: Atlantic Recording Corp.
Length: 3.10
Rating: 2
This song screams "We want to be Rage Against the Machine", as if that were a good thing.. I guess you would classify this as rap-core. Or maybe crap-core. Im going to give this a two, since im no fan of Rage, or anything derivative of it.. But other people may like this sort of thing.. And if you ignore the overwhelming desparation of it.. it is barely a passable track. Otherwise i would give it a 1.
Track 9
Artist: Unwritten Law
Track: Get Up
Label: Atlantic Recording Corp.
Length: 4.12
Rating: 2
This song screams "We want to be Helmet.. Oh wait we want to be Weezer.. Aw crap lets be both..". This song is just plain annoying to race to. Please skip.
Track 10
Artist: The Used
Track: I Caught Fire (In Your Eyes)
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Length: 2.20
Rating: 3
These guys remind me of "The Get Up Kids" a bit. Pop-punkish non-descript track. Doesn't work very well for any of the race types. But there are worse tracks in this genre.
Track 11
Artist: Skindred
Track: Pressure
Label: Atlantic Recording Corp.
Length: 2.20
Rating: 1
How do bands like this get signed? Highly derivative. Annoying. If you like this.. get your ears checked.
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