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Plate Full of Delicious Tracks

C. Smith | New York | 11/22/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Kicking off the album with Fire On The Inside and Whatever it Takes the album starts off as you would expect from Pillar. They are both decent hard rock songs which really get things moving for the album. Secrets and Regrets shows a more matured version of Pillar, a slight change that happens with each of their releases. Not Without A Fight and Call To Action are excellent Christian-soldier/anti-complacency anthems with a similar theme to Frontline, Fireproof, and For the Love of the Game, except these songs don't start with the letter "F". There are three ballads on this ten track album, but they are arguably Pillar's best ballads to date. The lyrics, although they don't necessarily suffer from any clichés, are not the best in the genre, but they get their point across with a positive message. This time around Rob flexes his vocal abilities a little bit more, and his aggressive screams are brief and well placed. The Collective Soul cover of Shine is well done, and although true to the original, it cranks up the volume with some excellent guitar and drum work from Noah and the new drummer. Kalel and Lester are both missed, but they are replaced by Taylor Carroll on drums and Rich Gilliand on Bass. Both replacements are obviously very skilled and fit in nicely with Pillars sound. This album is not groundbreaking, nor will it stand the test of time, but if there is one thing about Pillar it is that they can rock with a positive message and deliver a plate full of delicious tracks."

PILLAR...YOU ARE CAPABLE OF SO MUCH MORE!

iliveforhim1976 | Kalamazoo, MI | 09/24/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I am a longtime Pillar Fan. I became a Christian in 2000 and found their first album Above and it really helped me understand that Christian Music wasn't just lame. It could rock, and I needed it to at that time of my life. Since then Pillar has been through a few transformations, and a few albums. Their strongest album to date in my opinion, one that I can put in and just never get tired of, is their First album with Lester on the drums, "Where Do We Go From Here". It is quickly apparrant that they figured it out quickly. That album is truly AMAZING. It showed Noah really letting go and just tearing it up and this was Lester's first time in the Studio. Pillar is an amazing band. Don't get me wrong, I am not upset about this release. It is a good disc. I just don't believe it is their strongest album. I like "Secrets and Regrets", "Better off Now", "Will you be there" and "Lose it All". However, the first track on the album is one of the worst Pillar tracks yet. It starts off terrible, and goes from bad to worse. It is a simple riff, with just a terrible sound. It is just noisy, with nothing really there as substance. Especially when the Chorus comes in. Then they did a cover of Collective Soul's "Shine". Why?? That is the worst cover they have done.



All in all, the album is a decent one, but one where the harder rock tunes don't do so well, and the ballads shine. I am a hardcore Pillar fan and I will support them, until they start playing tunes that sound like Insane Clown Posse. Then I am out. I hold high hopes for the second album from this new foursome.



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