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Black Butterfly

	Black Butterfly Buckcherry Atlantic, 2008 average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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Black Butterfly

Buckcherry-Black Butterfly *****

To begin with, Black Butterfly is the bands best and strongest and most consistent album since their 1998 self titled debut album. Finding a nice balance between the overly produced and popish sounds of their previous album 15, and the hard rocking almost metal of their first two albums Buckcherry, and Time Bomb. Black Butterfly is the bands most concise album to date. While a eerie feeling tells me this won't sell very well, it still is a killer album.

'A Child Called It' and the album opener 'Rescue Me' are both inspired by the book A Child Called It. This shows growth for the L.A. rockers. Serious subject matters for Todd was previously getting high and laid. 'Too Drunk..' is classic Buckcherry and the guitar work from Keith Nelson and Steve D is incredible here and through out the album. 'Dreams' is what they have been trying to capture on songs like 'Babe' and 'Sorry' but just feel short of the mark until now.

The same sex, drugs, and rock n' roll we have come to know from Buckcherry is here but they seem to have matured where most L.A. bands hit ruts. Buckcherry is one of the strongest rock n' roll bands around today and Black Butterfly just might be their strongest album yet.

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Great CD

This is buckcherry's best CD to date. It builds off the same sound of the previous 15 album and has some killer rock and ballad tracks. I won't make this a long review, but i just wanna express how great this CD is. I downloaded it from Amazon this morning (Its not on itunes for some reason...) and am happy with the entire thing. My favorite tracks so far are Cream and A Child Called It. Great CD and Highly recommended to any rock fan, whether it be classic or current.

Buckcherry NEVER disappoints!

Buckcherry were definitely a favorite of a lot of teenagers at my high school growing up! I have continued to follow their music through today and am really impressed with their latest effort. It blends their signature sound with some different approaches to production and writing. I'm a fan!

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You Won't Be Disappointed

Buckcherry has been around since the late `90s. They released two albums ("Buckcherry" & "Time Bomb") and then broke up. Frontman Josh Todd formed a self-titled band and released one album, "You Made Me." In 2006, Buckcherry re-formed with an additional guitarist and a new rhythm section for the effort "15," which featured hits like "Crazy B*tch," "Sorry," and "Everything." The album went platinum, yet all this flew under the radar for me. I didn't discover Buckcherry until March of 2008, through the "15" CD. I fell in love with and soon had the other two CD's, Josh Todd's solo album, etc. Buckcherry is the most played band in my Ipod, something about them hit me. The songs are uber-catchy, I love Josh Todd's voice even though a lot of it lies on the production, and the lyrics connected with exactly what I was going through ("Sorry" and "Without You" are particularly poignant). The first Buckcherry album was good, "Time Bomb" was even better, and their efforts all culminated in their masterpiece "15." It was what they'd been building up to, catchy, poppy, over-produced rock music. Needless to say I had extremely high expectations for "Black Butterfly," which I've had for a week now (I might've stolen it off the internet). On my first listen, I was completely disappointed. The first reason was the lyrics. Todd's lyrics have always been simple, but here they are repetitive and un-original, for the most part. In "Too Drunk..." he sings "young and dumb and full of cum." In both "Don't Go Away" and "All of Me," he sings the same line ("you opened up my eyes and made me realize."). Breaking away from the sex, drugs, and rock `n' roll attitude they've had on the previous three albums, they wrote two songs about child abuse. The first, "Rescue Me," is too vague to notice that. The second is, unfortunately, titled "A Child Called It." Yeah, they aren't messing around. Then, with the track closer "Cream," Todd sings "Cream on me..." and you wonder "what was he thinking?" As for the songs; the band found a comfortable medium. The sound is a mix between the first album and "15." It's not over-produced, in fact it's produced just right with a hint of being just slightly under-produced. This album isn't as good as "15," and it took some time to grow on me, but most great albums are like that. "Black Butterfly" is not a masterpiece, but the songs it has have their merits. The opener "Rescue Me," is a terrific track that could be a first single. It's much better than "So Far." The next song "Tired of You" is one of my favorite songs on the album, catchy as hell with great vocals. Odd choice of words in the lyrics though, "you're addicted to medicine." The next song is "Too Drunk..." which is a total party song. I myself have been sitting in the backseat of a car, drunk, blasting this song. The lyrics are immature, but the song is great. "Dreams" is really good with lyrics that pretty much anyone can relate to. It's just as good as "Sorry," just not as accessible. "Talk to Me" is good, but you won't return to it a lot...Then you have "A Child Called It." This is likely one of the worst Buckcherry songs I've ever heard. I don't know what they were thinking when they wrote this song, but chances are (when you listen to it), you'll be thinking "epic failure." It's not really a bad song, but one that shouldn't have been written. "Don't Go Away" is one of the first singles off the album. It's not a masterpiece, but it's a great song and Todd's vocals are great. "Fallout" reminds me of "Slammin'" from the "Time Bomb," album..."Rose" is a terrific, country-tinged ballad in the vein of "Carousel." "All of Me" and "Imminent Bail Out" are two of the weakest tracks on the album. Oddly enough, they are great songs...Just not as accessible as the other songs on the album. The album closes with "Cream," which has lyrics that will leave you scratching your head but is a really good song and a great way to close the album. This is arguably Buckcherry's best album; they're really comfortable as a band at this point and they've found their comfortable medium on the production. I prefer "15" but many people will love this album. Josh Todd, in the studio, has the perfect rock voice. He doesn't have a 4-octave range or anything, but he can sing, moan, and screech with the best of them. Buckcherry is one of the few bands that have come out within the last ten years that I can see as having staying power and "Black Butterfly" continues the trend of putting out terrific albums that won't come out of your CD player. Pick this up, you won't regret it.

Lyrics: C+
Production: B+
Songs: A-
OVERALL: A-

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Buckcherry's fourth album, Black Butterfly

Let me start out with this: I've been a fan of the band since the beginning, and own all albums. My favorite is 2001's Time Bomb, but I also love both their debut and comeback 15. Buckcherry is a raw, controversial, and in your face band, unlike any other band of this age except for JET, and much like AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, and the other greats before them. I've seen them live, and am a big supporter.

This album is so commercially slick by Buckcherry's standards its almost scary. A few songs here are amazing, such as Rescue Me, Too Drunk..., Dreams, Don't Go Away, and Imminent Bail Out. The rest of the album is absolute filler. Its sad, and I think its just a reflection of the current music industry in general. Also, don't expect the guitar extravaganza that you heard on Time Bomb or 15--- this one lacks any amazing guitar solos from Keith and Stevie. The album also sounds extremely generic, as I think the band is trying to live up to the success of 15.

Because of this, Black Butterfly is the band's weakest attempt yet. The other three albums are amazing, and I just was really hoping this one would follow suit.

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