Tormented

by

Staind

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If you are a Staind fan and you don't own this album you be ashamed. This is an awesome album that all fans should own. It's raw and well deserved of recognition, especially by the fans.

Tracklisting:

1. "Tolerate"(*****, awesome opener w/ Aaron cocking a gun, then the awesome opening riff by Mike. This song introduced me to the album 5 yrs. ago.)

2. "Come Again"(****, awesome song, but chorus is lacking, kickass nontheless)

3. "Break"(*****My favorite song on the album, and one of Staind's best.)

4. "Painful"(*****Raw emotion, nothing hard hitting riffs and drum beats.)

5. "Nameless"(*****One of the album's best, again just hard hitting riffs.)

6. "Mudshuvel"(****Definitely different than the one on Dysfunction, I prefer the Dysfunction version probably cuz they cleaned it up a bit, but this is the raw version of the song, and there's nothing wrong w/ it. Still f--king awesome.

7. "See Thru"(*****Staind just don't stop, they keep hitting you hard track after track, my ears are f--kin bleeding.

8. "Question?"(*****)

9. "No Ones Kind"(****1/2)

10. "Self Destruct"(*****Definitely a favorite, one of the most hard hitting songs on the album, Aaron shows so much raw emotion that you can't help but notice he's putting his heart & soul into this)

11. 4 Walls(*****The only soft song on the album, and a very awesome song w/ the gun that was cocked in the beggining of the album going off at the end of this song, and then a hidden track at about 13:30 which is just a funeral procession(sp?) and nothing special, I think the album would have been better w/o it, or maybe just put in a song instead, but there are people that like it, so just listen to it yourself and don't take my word for it.

This album is a must-have, and if you don't know who Staind is or just never had an interest. Check out Dysfunction, if you like that album check out Break The Cycle, then go on to 14 Shades Of Grey, and finally their 1996 release Tormented. Unless you want to start w/ Tormented it's up to you, it's Raw, and definitely for people that are already fans.

Peace out from tha R-o-d-Z