Evanescence - Fallen

UK Release: April 28th, 2003

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Since 'Fallen' was released it has gone 6x Platinum. The album itself is a true work of art alongside 'Origin'. From the hard rock of 'Going Under' to the soft, mellow sound of Amy's piano playing in 'My Immortal' it shows that the band have real, original talent unlike some other rock bands who fill the charts with tasteless and vulgar music. 'Fallen' is an album which truly deserves every award or recognition it gets.

Tracklist:

1 - Going Under: The 2nd single to be released by the band, 'Going Under' sits firmly in the hard rock category. Amy Lee's voice blows you away in this with lyrics like "I'm Going Under, drowning you" and "I won't be broken again" it begins to reveal to the listener the dark, chilling lyrics that this band can write along with the excellent guitar work.

2 - Bring Me To Life: The 1st single seems to be slightly mellow at the beginning but suddenly rips that away by blasting you once again in hard rock. This single is all about discovering the world to be a bigger place than just yourself. It has excellent drum and guitarwork and was also featured in the 'Daredevil' movie. This single also features Paul McCoy of the band '12 Stones' singing the male vocals, though the original didn't.

3 - Everybody's Fool: The 4th and final single to date and an extremely good song. Amy's voice is used almost in the same way as in 'Going Under' but this song doesn't use as much semi-rap.

4 - My Immortal: The 3rd single to date is the first of two songs on the album which fits in the mellow category as it focuses mainly on Amy's vocals and piano work. It is quite a tear-jerking song, bringing out emotions.

5 - Haunted: The track which gives a real insight into the gothic side of Evanescence with really dark lyrics and great instrumentals. Also this is the song which features the controversial line: "Saving me, raping me, watching me". Do not be put off by this line however as nothing like this is featured in any other songs.

6 - Tourniquet: A cover version of a previous song entitled "My Tourniquet". This is the only cover song on the album and is a song sung with power, feeling and emotion. It will blow you away with striking lyrics and more great instrumentals.

7 - Imaginary: This is my favourite song on the whole album. Almost seems like a remix to Bring Me To Life at first but is a slightly more mellow song with a creepy touch with haunting singing and varying chilling music styles. This is a truly painful song and seems to be a song written from experience by the way the words are chosen. Certainly this is one of Evanescences best non-single songs.

8 - Taking Over Me: Another song to sit in its place at hard rock but this still has some deep, thoughtful lyrics and varying styles in different places. This may appeal to those who like different styles of rock in one.

9 - Hello: The second song featuring Amy Lee's vocals and pianowork heavily. This has a slightly sarcastic yet mentally disturbed edge to it in a way with lyrics such as "has anyone told you shes not breathing" & "don't try to fix me im not broken".

10 - My Last Breath: It has a perfect cocktail of deep, thoughtful but mellow lyrics and hard rock instrumentals. Excellently thought out lyrics with greatly chosen words such as "raptured". This song should be definately considered as a single as it is excellent.

11 - Whisper: Featuring the vocal talents of The Millenium Choir in the background this is the perfect ending to the album summing up all the elements of what Evanescence are about: Rock, Thoughtful Singing, Great Instrumentals and a mixture of mellowness, emotion and captivating vocals.