A brilliant album with a beautiful voice of Amy

This record gets meme'd on a lot and for good reason most of the time, but it was one of my first forays into heavier music and I'll always be grateful for it. A lot of these tracks hold up well too, which is nice to see.

I remember in my high school days any girl who named Evanescence as a favorite band was a freak in the sheets.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 22.08.2020 at 00:25

a freak in the sheets.

[googling it]
oh, really?

Whenever I hear "Bring Me To Life" all I can think about is the layered "WAKE ME UP, CAN'T WAKE UP, SAVE MEEEE" Lyric line and how hilarious it must have been in that studio recording it. It's so corny but you know everyone after the first playback was like "Yep this shit hitttttts".

A female version of what Linkin Park was doing at the time. Amy Lee has stated many times that Fallen is the result of their demos modified by the record label to become a commercial success. Not even the rap bridge on Bring me to Life was something desired by her. I see the high rate here as a matter of the album being very digestible.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 22.02.2021 at 02:52

Whenever I hear "Bring Me To Life" all I can think about is the layered "WAKE ME UP, CAN'T WAKE UP, SAVE MEEEE" Lyric line and how hilarious it must have been in that studio recording it. It's so corny but you know everyone after the first playback was like "Yep this shit hitttttts".

I've always been partial to the Goofy cover version

Written by Troy Killjoy on 09.05.2021 at 02:43

I've always been partial to the Goofy cover version

This album brings back so much nostalgia to my ears, I remember looping "Bring Me To Life" endlessly for weeks on end, but aside from a few good tracks and her great singing voice, the album itself isn't anything that special imo.
Some say Evanescence was a female fronted version of Linkin Park, both were very big bands at that time, but I always preferred Evanescence, it was Amy Lee's vocals that drew me to them in the first place.

I quickly moved on from them when I discovered heavier metal bands from around that time though, these were at least a gateway into the nu/alternative metal scene for me, which again was a short phase genre for me, as I kept going back and forth from heavy metal to 70's hard rock.

This album means a lot to a lot of people

Maybe it's nostalgia (it's definitely nostalgia) but this is usually the first album that comes to mind when people ask what my favorite album ever is. it was not only my intro to heavier music, but i basically taught myself to sing by listening to it. super influential album to me and i can't give it anything less than a ten for that.