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The Better Life (CD - 2000)
UPC: 00601215392029
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Artist: 3 Doors Down
Label: Universal Distribution
Genre: Rock & Pop - Alternative
Album Description: 3 Doors Down: Brad Arnold (vocals, drums); Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson (guitar); Todd Harrell (bass).Additional personnel: Kevin Paige (keyboards).Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee."Kryptonite" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Son... read more
Additional personnel: Kevin Paige (keyboards).
Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
"Kryptonite" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
The Better Life, 3 Doors Down's debut album, positions them somewhere between radio-ready post-grunge and more aggressive alternative metal. The best songs are memorable exercises in that style, and even though the songwriting is uneven, that's often to be expected from a first record; there is at least an indication of potential here. ~ Steve Huey
The success story of 3 Doors Down starts typically enough. An aggressive and unrelenting phone campaign to radio stations for their breakaway single "Kryptonite" snowballed into a showcase at New York's legendary CBGB's and a deal with Universal Records. The Escatawpa, Missouri quartet offers a sound that is grounded in '90s alternative rock but doesn't ignore the contributions of hard-rock music's foundations from the '60s and '70s.
"Loser" finds 3 Doors Down using Alice In Chains-influenced minor-key vocal harmonies and acoustic-then-electric dynamics. In "Duck and Run," vocalist/lyricist Brad Arnold urges fans to remain positive despite life's trials. The delicate balance of human relations is explored in "Not Enough." In "Be Like That," Arnold sings of a daydreamer's envy, sounding like a heavier Matchbox 20. Though the band began as a power trio, with Arnold on drums and vocals, 3 Doors Down added a second guitarist and a drummer to fatten its sound for THE BETTER LIFE. minimize
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- Feb 08, 2000 Release Date:
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"A cd worth buying, not many are that good, on my opinon...." Posted Apr 9, 2008 by Musicfan19 -
" Uninspired cliched garbage!..." Posted May 18, 2005 by kingguiness -
"Thier lyrics are cheesy, the guitars use stereotypical wah. This is..." Posted Apr 21, 2004 by Burko Jerko
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"High energy, a "rock your world" CD....especially Krypton..." Posted Jul 13, 2001 by jlosux -
"I haven't heard any songs by 3 Doors Down except 'Kriptonite'. I lo..." Posted May 15, 2001 by cellomaster
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