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Great! But Don't Compare It To Flaw!

Jack | Troy, OH USA | 09/25/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first solo debut album from the amazing Flaw/Five Bolt Main vocalist Chris Volz is definitely a good one. It has a fair mix of both heavier and softer tracks (although predominately softer). In fact, if this was the first time I had ever heard his music before, I think I would have been extremely impressed with it. The one problem though is that this album cannot fairly compare to both of his previous masterpieces that he did with Flaw. The lyrics and vocals are very strong and he is still my all time favorite rock music vocalist. But there is something missing here. Whether it's the band Flaw or their producer David Bottrill who works some studio magic to make him sound incredible, I am not yet sure. A lot of people say this album is too soft, but Flaw's softest material was always my very favorite material that they did. Yet with this album, the songs are soft in more of a "bluesy" or "jazzy" type of way. None really capture the same solemn atmosphere as former Flaw masterpieces such as "My Letter" or "Wait For Me". The only song on this album that comes close to matching up with the very best softer material from Volz is the song "Sometimes". This song is easily one of his greatest songs and if there is any one song on the album to buy it for, it's that song (which channels a very strong Phil Collins vibe). The rest of the songs on the album are great in their own right, but none really had me thinking "wow!". Overall though, the album achieves the full purpose of a solo album because it, indeed, is letting us hear a completely different side of Chris that we never could have heard from either Flaw nor Five Bolt Main and I most certainly do appreciate that. It is a very good record that all of his fans should definitely check out because as long as you aren't expecting another Flaw album, then you will probably still be pretty pleased with it."

FLAW-FIVE.BOLT.MAN-CHRIS VOLZ

victim of the system | new zealand | 09/18/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i have listend to chris since flaw and this album is great in its own way im glad he can break from 2 bands and go solo flaw and five.bolt.main (f.b.m) were good so if your already a fan BUY THIS if your not a fan (yet) get flaw and f.b.m and this new solo album KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CHRIS GOOD LUCK RE-MAKEING FLAW come to NEW ZEALAND"