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3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down Release Date: 2008 05 20 Rating:

Like many heavy guitar bands who surfaced at the tail-end of the '90s, 3 Doors Down have reverted to comfortable old habits in their advanced years, shedding some of the post-grunge trappings of their hit album in favor of a slightly more conventional sound, one where classic rock mixes it up with '80s metal. Not that the boys have gotten fun on their eponymous 2008 album. Some of the cavernous murk has lifted, some of the sonics have straightened out, replaced by something that's heavier yet still leaden -- as typified by the opening "Train," which lurches with the intention of turning into a Southern-fried Skynyrd rocker but never quite does -- but the group is inherently indisposed to having a laugh. Naturally, a group this earnest does sing about matters of life and death, as on "Citizen/Soldier," a salute to America's National Guardsmen, that wound up being used in a National Guard recruitment ad in the year prior to the release of 3 Doors Down, but there's heartfelt searching, like when singer Brad Arnold complains that "It's Not My Time," or the many times he decides he just has to be himself, thereby exhorting his fans to do the same. All this moodiness is set to guitars that surge, not really riding any riffs but rather pushing his pleas forward on Walls of Sound so compressed and cleansed they wind up sounding like mush. And that's the ultimate irony of 3 Doors Down as they mature: try as they may to pour out their angst-ridden hearts, by riding out their success and smoothing out their music they've turned into mildly aggro background music at malls and movie theaters across the nation. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Train	Arnold, Harrell, Roberts, Henderson	3:10
2	Citizen/Soldier	Harrell, Roberts, Arnold, Henderson	3:52
3	It's Not My Time	Henderson, Roberts, Harrell, Arnold	4:01
4	Let Me Be Myself	Henderson, Roberts, Arnold, Harrell	3:48
5	Pages	Arnold, Harrell, Roberts, Henderson	3:47
6	It's the Only One You've Got	Henderson, Harrell, Arnold, Roberts	4:23
7	Give It to Me	Roberts, Henderson, Harrell, Arnold	3:21
8	These Days	Arnold, Henderson, Harrell, Roberts	3:39
9	Your Arms Feel Like Home	Henderson, Harrell, Arnold, Roberts	3:44
10	Runaway	Harrell, Roberts, Arnold, Henderson	3:24
11	When It's Over	Arnold, Roberts, Harrell, Henderson	4:18
12	She Don't Want the World	Henderson, Roberts, Arnold, Harrell	4:03

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3 Doors Down [Bonus Track] Release Date: 2008 Label: Universal Distribution

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