Search - Hurt :: Goodbye to the Machine

Different, sweeping, and emotional

Dddd | 04/09/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Big Fan of Hurt here. I gave the album 5 stars because it is in my opinion very very good, with a high level of musicianship, and different, and diverse, although I do not think the album is perfect (I like the hard songs to be a bit harder). But it is so different, and good in so many ways, that I do think it deserves 5 stars... despite some flaws. The best way I can describe it is that it is a perfectly flawed thing of majesty. And where it is excellent, it is better than any rock in this world, and where it is not excellent, it is still very good, and you just sort of feel that maybe you need to give it just a little more time.



What makes this undeniably Hurt is that "Goodbye to the Machine" really wraps itself around you, and this is just something unique to Hurt... Their music simply does not let go of you. For example Pills and Dreams Away have these great hooks, and are bordering on being pretty commercial in my opinion, but they are not necessarily so when you really listen to them and absorb them. Got Jealous and Role Martyr X and Fighting Tao, and even Wars and Well, are each outstanding in their own right. These are some really brilliant songs.



I just have this feeling that this will sit in my car or stereo for months, because I just think it is another outstanding entry in the Hurt catalogue. And I honestly believe I am going to need a few hundred more listens to fully appreciate this offering. Some might say you shouldn't have to listen to it so much to get that, but any real fan of Hurt knows what I mean. It just is that way. You invariably are moved more each time you listen.



Production quality is very good for analog, but I do prefer the more polished production that marked their previous efforts.



I recommend this album highly."

Hurt----- New Label; New Sound

Dr. Balzman | chicago, il | 04/10/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It has to be hard for a band to be dropped from their previous label which causes two of its members to bail, and to still release an album, all recorded in analog on cassette tapes. I believe Hurt has triumphed not only in releasing an album after getting thrown out on the street, but also in the diversity in their new sound. Gone are most of the heavy riffs but welcome are the melodic and and deep sounds. I think that it is great for a band to be evolving, especially in a world like this with pitiful bands like nickelback, hinder, saliva, etc... insert crappy band here. J. Loren is so talented that anything they release is amazing, and the only reason they got thrown out is because they are too creative and did not succumb to the power teet of the capitol records. end of story...."

Different but excellent

Todd A. Engstrom | Round Rock, Texas United States | 04/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a long time HURT fan I was of course a little skeptical when I heard J say they wanted to try a new sound. But after listening to this CD many times I have come to the conclusion that it is exactly what was needed. It has just enough of that original HURT sound from Vol. 1 and 2 to keep it familiar but branches off in so many different directions from there to keep it new and interesting. Why this band does not have a greater following is beyond me. As for the CD i can only whole-heartedly recommend it.!"