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Extreme III Sides to Every Story Release Date: 1992 Running Time: 76:08 Label: A&M Records Extreme's brand of hard rock balanced ambitious, progressive tendencies with catchy melodies owing more to the Beatles than anthemic arena rock; on III Sides to Every Story, the former tends to dominate. The album is divided into three "sides of the story" -- roughly speaking, "Yours" concentrates on politically oriented rockers showing off Nuno Bettencourt's virtuosity; "Mine" leans toward pop songs with warmly romantic sensibilities, plus an occasional philosophical lament; and "The Truth" tries to wrap things up into a coherent whole but dissolves into indigestible prog-rock excess. Thus, the thematic material can be likened to a less focused version of Pornograffitti. The album is wildly uneven, but amidst the indulgences there are some fine songs to be found: "Rest in Peace" displays both Bettencourt's technique and melodicism as a soloist, while "Seven Sundays" continues in their occasional lounge ballad vein, and "Tragic Comic" and "Stop the World" are two more intelligent, wounded-romantic pop gems. Steve Huey, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Warheads Bettencourt, Cherone 5:18 2 Rest in Peace Bettencourt, Cherone 6:02 3 Politicalamity 5:04 4 Color Me Blind 5:01 5 Cupid's Dead Cherone, Bettencourt 5:56 6 Peacemaker Die 6:03 7 Seven Sundays 4:18 8 Tragic Comic Bettencourt, Cherone 4:45 9 Our Father 4:02 10 Stop the World Bettencourt, Cherone 5:58 11 God Isn't Dead? Bettencourt 2:02 12 I Rise 'N Shine 6:23 13 II Am I Ever Gonna Change 6:57 14 III Who Cares? 8:19 Releases: Year Type Label 1992 CS A&M Records 1992 CD A&M Records 1992 CD A&M Records

Group Members: Paul Geary Nuno Bettencourt Pat Badger Gary Cherone Mike Mangini More >> Similar Artists: Poison Slaughter Bon Jovi King's X Tesla More >>

Influenced By: Def Leppard Queen Van Halen The Police Ted Nugent More >> Followers: Luna Sea Godsmack More >>

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