Guilt Show by Get Up Kids

Guilt Show

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Guilt Show

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Audio CD (March 2, 2004)

Label: Vagrant Records

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The Get Up Kids-Guilt Show. Some may say this may be the worst album, some say it's the best. However, I just say it's the most mature sounding as the band is now in its so called "college years." But let's review their high school. First off we have the very intelligent album Four Minute Mile which showed how much promise they showed. Which lead up to Eudora, which were basically covers and EP songs, still very good. Next came Something To Write Home About which truly signified how these guys would end up...a great band. Next came the total change-of-pace that is On A Wire, which showed a new Pryor. Which now leads us to the beautiful album that is Guilt Show. Which seemingly abandons all older sounds of the Get Up Kids and almost creates a rebirth. Guilt Show is basically everything that could go right in an album...going right. It contained poppy songs, slow-subtle songs and just truly genius songs. First, we have opener Man Of Conviction which is one of the pop-songs. The is perfect in this situation because it gets the album going which in-turn drives you to want to hear more. With a combined roaring guitar and Dewees' keyboard it adds perfect accompaniment to Pryors vocals. Other pop songs include The One You Want, Wouldn't Believe It, Martyr Me, How Long Is Too Long and In Your Sea. These songs are truly the backbone of the album, but do not mistake that with the heart of the album. Getting off of the pop subject, we have the slow, subtle songs reminiscent to that found frequently on the album On A Wire. Songs like Never Be Alone, Holy Roman and Sick In Your Skin show that these guys are past pop-ballads and have moved on to bigger and more mature sounds. Bass lines are heard much better and smarter lyrics evident. These songs do very much show how these guys have grown from the likes of Four Minute Mile and Something To Write Home About. With that being said, it brings us to the last 3 songs of this album. I truly believe that The Dark Night Of The Soul, Is There A Way Out and Conversation are in a league of their own. It shows their songwriting abilities (The Dark Night Of The Soul), beautiful vocals (Is There A Way Out) and just going all out with everything just pounding but not randomly (Conversation). All 5 instruments come together on all three songs and blow you away. This truly signifies the end of a less mature band, and the beginning of something bigger/better. It is virtually impossible to label this album pop, because that's just false. If the high points of all four albums were put together, the end product would surely be Guilt Show. Nothing goes wrong in this album, and the work put into this album is clearly shown. It deserves many listens to truly appreciate every aspect of it.

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