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  • Release Date: 06/13/2006
  • Original Release: 2005
  • Sales Rank: 26,216
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 828768385029
 
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Chroma

1LISTENSay Anything (Else) 3:49
2LISTENHonestly 3:28
3LISTENRunaway 2:49
4LISTENMatter of Time 3:22
5LISTENBurn This City 4:20
6LISTENSave Us 4:16
7LISTENLuckie St. 3:31
8LISTENSettle Down 3:02
9LISTENIf I Fail 3:39
10LISTENThe Minstrel's Prayer 4:38
11LISTENQ 2:34
12LISTENA 9:45

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Editorial Reviews

There's nothing new under the sun, especially not in pop music, and there's absolutely nothing new or innovative or even particularly forward-looking about Cartel's big guitars, big hooks, and big-voiced lead singer. That's not to say that this Atlanta-based band is retro at all -- on the contrary, it's just very much a creature of its time. Call this music pop-punk if you want, but really it's just pop, and more power to them. The album opens powerfully, with two pitch-perfect exercises in hooks-wise guitar rock, the bombastic but tight "Say Anything (Else)," and "Honestly." When things start getting a bit soft it's less a problem with the music than it is a problem with the lyrics: "Save Us" is nothing but a pile of clichés and meaningless phrases ("Now it's all gone but what it takes to make it real/We're standing on the edge of this"), and there's something vaguely creepy about the football-chant phraseology in "Burn This City." Perhaps worst of all is "Minstrel's Prayer," which actually contains the line "Oh carry on, you minstrels of the world." Yeesh. But most of the songs are much less embarrassing than those three, and the big, tight guitars and cathartic chord progressions go a long way toward redeeming even those. Recommended. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

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Underratedby Anonymous

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March 03, 2007: I LOVE THIS ALBUM! It's so underrated. The whole album flows together like one big song, and yet each individual song is amazing. They're not just another poprockpunk band. Will Pugh's voice is unbelievable.

I Love Cartel!!!!!!by Anonymous

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February 16, 2007: Oh my Gosh! I love this band. My friend introduced me to them, and I love their sound its punky-popish, and reminds me of Weezer, Green Day and Boys like Girls. If you haven't listened to their music yet, listen and then buy the Cd! There are no bad songs on it!


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