Getting Away with Murder (album)
Occupation
- Vocals: Jacoby Shaddix
- Guitar, vocals: Jerry Horton
- Bass: Tobin Esperance
- Drums: Dave Buckner
Getting Away with Murder is the third official studio album of the Californian band Papa Roach. It was released on 31 August 2004. It was the first album with Geffen Records and reached number 17 on the Billboard charts.
- 3.1 Tour Edition
- 3.2 UK Edition
Music style
On Getting Away with Murder less nu-metal bonds than on the previous albums Lovehatetragedy and Infest are included and contains hardly any rap elements. The album is stylistically more in the direction of alternative rock, Allmusic Guide calls but as the styles and Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal and Hard Rock also be heard, even punk influences like to Tyranny / Normality and Done with You. The latter is next determined by tempo changes. On the title track, Getting Away with Murder Industrial elements are included and Be Free has certain parallels with the musical style of AC / DC on. The song Scars is one of the first ballad of the band at all and therefore has a different rhythm than the rest of the songs on Getting Away with Murder.
Title list
Singles
The first single of the album is named after the album, it's called Getting Away with Murder. She reached in Austria ranked 28th and 38th in Germany She is also the soundtrack of the film Riddick. Furthermore, the title Scars was released as a single, which is also included on the album The Paramour Sessions in a Spanish-language version as a bonus song.
Bonus Tracks
Tour Edition
UK Edition
Reception
The album reached the German-speaking and in the United States, the top 20 of the charts. After Getting Away with Murder was awarded in 2005 in the United States with the gold record, it is there now with the higher platinum record certification.
The response of critics to Getting Away with Murder varied considerably. From eight English-language reviews the website Metacritic calculated an average score of 59 out of 100 possible points.
In German media there were also different views on the album. Rock-Hard -author Marcus Schleutermann praised in his criticism of the guitar Jerry Horton, which is " essential for the recognition of Papa Roach " sorrow. In addition, he was, Jacoby Shaddix 's vocal was " equally hard as melodic " and " conveys emotions." A similar opinion was, among other things Eberhard Dobler of Laut.de which " emotional power" saw it as a reason for the breakthrough of the band Jacoby Shaddix '. The reviewer led the strengths of the band on the album " catchy songs [ ... ] and energetic vocals " on. The e-zine Vampster predicted the album, although less commercial success than Infest, but was of the same opinion with Laut.de and Rock Hard respect vocals and guitar riffs. The majority of tracks on Getting Away with Murder was well received by the critics of the magazine, so the song Scars has been described as " powerful ballad" and Not Listening as " catchy song ".
A rather subdued opinion about the album was, for example, represented by Armin Linder of Plattentests.de, Scars was a " painful hit" Jacoby Shaddix and ' singing ' is not always necessarily authentic "; the pieces on Getting Away with Murder would be similar to what was a bad sign.