Music: Evanesence - The Open Door

Evanescence -

The Open Door

I am reviewing some music today, and not any particular music, but one of my favorite albums ever. The Open Door by Evanescence came out in October 2006 and makes, quite an old album. But it was the first we heard of the band since Fallen came out in 2003. In meantime, of course, they gave us Anywhere but Home, but since that was a live album/DVD it does not count in the direction of new. I first heard it when it came out and their opening single, "Call Me When You're Sober" struck me as what it was. An abuse by a drunken man who could only say I love you when he had too much to drink. 

I myself was in a troublesome period at that time and I remember that there were a few songs during that time that could get me through the rough patch. The songs were "Lithium", "Snow White Queen" and "Good Enough". 

Where Lithium and Snow White Queen oppressed by deepest and darkest intentions of making me unleash the anger and fear within, Good Enough soothed me into this lullaby dream state. I listen to the album for several times before noticing that the position of the songs was just right that I would mostly listen to it about an hour for bed time on any given bad day and I would be able to unleash the anger within and be soothed by the last song for bed. 

I succeeded in converting people who never heard of the band, to give it a shot. For people with the same experience in their past and present as I had, it was the perfect get out. For me, it was all there, and fairly simple. Even though the words of the lyrics still catch me by surprise, I do have to admit that without this album I might have fallen into a deep(er) depression than before. As I mentioned above, The Open Door belongs to one of my favorite albums. Even if the rest of the collected works of Evanescence isn't that high up on my list (with the exception of a few amazingly individual songs) this is still my go to the album every time I had a bad day, feel sad or start getting depressed with issues over men. 

You can listen to the album sampler here on YouTube

What I think:

Normally I'd stay away from things so depressing they make me cry every time I hear it - but for this album, as mentioned above, I am willing to make a huge exception. Every single song on this album is good.

What I didn't like:

I did not like the fact that the album was released and nothing more was heard from Evanescence. I did not like the fact that there were only 13 songs released on the regular one and that there were bonus tracks scattered throughout the world.

Verdict: 4/5 stars