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| Rock |
 The 11 tracks that comprise Saving Abel capture a young band full of enthusiasm, practically bursting with excitement to get to the next amped-up guitar chorus. Saving Abel is the group’s major label debut after releasing an independently released 2006 record, also self-titled, which included some songs that now show up on this new offering. The subject matter of Saving Abel covers the expected topics: odes to bad girls, diatribes launched at personal enemies and sensitive recollections of past heartbreak. And while the emotions expressed on Saving Abel are genuine, the familiarity of the song structures leave these sentiments feeling generic.Rockers Without a Style of Their Own The pluses and minuses of Saving Abel come face to face on the opening track, the turbo-charged “New Tattoo.” Over revving guitars from Jason Null and Scott Bartlett, frontman Jared Weeks tells of a memorable road trip involving a broken-down car, its sexy driver and the wild escapades that soon followed. “New Tattoo” has all the earmarks of a hauling-asphalt rocker, but there’s nothing particularly memorable about its execution – the song rolls along pretty predictably both lyrically and sonically. Of course, the track sounds good in general, but when you focus your attention to the song’s specifics, there’s not much to sink the ear into....full text |
| Starpulse |
| "I'm so addicted to all the things you do when you're going down on me," frontman Jared Weeks sings at the beginning of Saving Abel's first single, the Nickelback knockoff &"Addicted." Led by competent vocals and plenty of guitar muscle, the band's self-titled debut makes all the right moves for a modern rock release. The biggest problem, then, isn't found in the band's musicianship, but rather its intentions. Within Saving Abel's first five minutes, Weeks sings about women pleasing him in bed, losing their clothing in his car, and doing god knows what behind closed hotel doors. Talent aside, he comes across as less of a vocalist and more of a kiss-and-tell chauvenist when he gloats about those escapades, and the band does itself a disservice with those first two songs. Several tracks later, &"18 Days" blends blue-collar power balladry with more positive lyrics, sounding vaguely like Candlebox's &"It's Alright" with Chris Daughtry at the helm. The song is perfect fodder for modern rock radio, but only when it's taken out of context, since this debut album is still stinging with the aftershocks of testosterone overload by the time that tune rolls around. Over the course of the 11-track disc, the band almost manages to upright itself, leaving the listener to wonder why Saving Abel chose to lead off with grungy cock rock instead of a more universal number. After all, when an album contains this many ballads, a hard rock band has the rare opportunity to amass a number of female fans rather than bank on the male audiences that support Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, and other such groups. Unfortunately, Saving Abel's track list doesn't do this band any favors, and the co-ed appeal of &"18 Days," &"Beautiful Day," and &"Sailed Away" provides little relief. Andrew Leahey, Rovi...full text |
| Sputnikmusic |
| Surely you’ve all heard of Nickelback? This is their latest album, and I have a few issues with it – no wait, this isn’t Nickelback, this is the debut album of a rip-off artist of theirs, Saving Abel. Saving Abel is: Jared Weeks – Vocals Jason Null – Lead guitar Scott Bartlett – Rhythm guitar Eric Taylor – Bass guitar Blake Dixon – Drums The three singles from this album – “Addicted”, “18 Days”, and “Drowning (Face Down)” – all led me to think that Saving Abel was a decent band. But sadly, those are really some of the only great songs on here. Track 1 sucks, tracks 2-5 show an improvement, then from track 6 onward Saving Abel just seems to spiral into an endless pit of uncreative music and repetitive themes. 1.) “New Tattoo” – 4:23 If you are one of the many people who consider Nickelback to be crappy c**k rock, then you probably won’t like the album opener, “New Tattoo”. “New Tattoo” is catchy on the surface, but a deeper look inside reveals that it’s rather a Nickelback rip-off, and a bad one at that. OK, so I personally like Nickelback, but being a bad rip-off song earns this number a 1/5...full text |
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