Achilles' Heel (CD)

Pedro the Lion

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Label: Jade Tree Released: 2004
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Simply put, Pedro the Lion have made the album of their career. After the huge crossover success of 2002's 'Control,' it was only a matter of time before David Bazan and company would fully realize their potential swansong. Beautifully achieved, 'Achilles' Heel' is crafted as a scathing glance into the crosshairs of the American dream, a heartbreaking sketch of husbandhood, and ultimately an exploration of faith as told through eleven perfectly textured vignettes. As sonically mature as it is emotionally complex, 'Achilles' Heel' is imbued with the hopeful sadness that only Pedro the Lion can, and do, deliver.

Tracklisting
Disk  | 1 
1Bands With Managers
2Foregone Conclusions
3The Fleecing
4Discretion
5Arizona
6Keep Swinging
7Transcontinental
8I Do
9A Simple Plan
10Start Without Me
11The Poison

 

User Reviews

   Tom Speaker - Beavercreek, OH, USA
Pedro the Lion's last record, ''Achilles Heel,'' abandoned their notorious concept-record technique and instead focused on turning songs into individual stories. It succeeds devastatingly. Nearly every track is filled with grotesque imagery and cynicism, such as the cynosure ''Transcontinental,'' where a railroad worker laments his fate after his legs have been severed off by an engine. ''Simple Plan'' features a suicidal plebeian amidst life in a utopian society. And yet amidst the poignant misery, Bazan is able to weave provoking reflection into his songs. He criticizes Christian fundamentalists in the smilingly sardonic ''Foregone Conclusions'' and builds an interesting defense for his own faith in ''The Fleecing.'' Effective from the first note, ''Achilles Heel,'' while anything but catchy, is melodic and considerate enough to be worth infinite replays.


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