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Third Eye Blind Blue 4. With Blue , they more than accomplished this goal, as a brilliant mix of alt rock ethos, pop rock hooks and the occasional post-grunge or electronica flare ties togther an album that is strong front to back and stands up as possibly the defining album of the late '90s alt rock boom. Blue pulls no punches from the beginning, as "Anything" has a short intro into a rocking, slightly creepy love song.

Stephen Jenkins' vocals are spot on, delivering lyrics comparing his love to the ever-classy Jackie O. From the romance to the darker side of love, Blue moves seamlessly into "Wounded," a song sung to a female friend with an abusive boyfriend. The lyrics capture the confused emotions and deer-in-the-headlights effect this has on the boy, who in the spirit of love, of course eventually does the right thing and decides to stay with her and help raise the child.

Jenkins' falsetto is on full display, as fully half the song is sung in castrato ranges, and unlike too many male singers, he knows how to use it. Suddenly, the tempo is kicked up a notch with "1, Julys," a rocker with a romantic twist about two outcasts who find love throughout what seems like 1, Julys. After a rocker like "1, Julys," the weirdness level is kicked up a bit with "An Ode to Maybe," then shot through the roof with "Red Summer Sun.

In "Farther," things get back to basics, with catchy guitar hooks and lovelorn lyrics describing the undesired end of a relationship.

Not a breakup song by any means, it is more a plea for forgiveness wrapped up in enough machismo to keep the whipped rumors at bay. The opening guitar riff for "Darkness" evokes just that - the feeling of empty, total darkness. Again, the lyrics don't really make sense, which fits the feel of the song - that of a man searching for his identity in the darkness of his confusion cliche, I know, but applicable.

Now, Christian fundamentalists beware: "Darwin" is a trumpeting of evolutionary science wrapped up in electronic, catchy pop rock. A bouncy song with exceedingly clever lyrics they have to be clever to make the subject interesting make this a unique and impressive song that most likely would have created controversy if released as a single. Musically, however, this might be the most impressive, as that first showcases the band outside of Stephen Jenkins' lyrics, and, after a fade out, a sort of second part to "Red Summer Sun" closes both that strange song and the excellent record very satisfactorily.

Rank: for Tweet Recent reviews by this author. Honestly, it was a very, very tough period. I had just learned that Stephan had all shares of our corporation issued to himself.

I seemed to be alone in my disgust at the situation. Because of this, I thought about quitting every day and felt I would do so after the tour for [ Blue ]. These were difficult circumstances going into a record and trying to be creative. The making of the album was, simply put, not a united effort — not even close.

I was desperately trying to get some ownership and Stephan was desperately trying to get rid of the person standing in his way of complete ownership. In reality, before we even tracked a note for Blue , plans were being made to replace me. I would later learn through the manager that every effort was being made to get me off the record deal at that point. Blue was almost never made.

After the tour for the debut and during this contentious period, Stephan and I decided to set things aside and get to work at my house. We set up some equipment and had the engineer, Jason Carmer, come over and record our ideas. This two-week period was the first and only time we collaborated on anything since writing songs for the debut.

I am proud to say that I did my best, given the situation, to give fans a great record. The business of the band was awful, but the music, at times, was great. Would you agree?

I always try to create interesting atmospheres that work well with headphones. Ping-pong delays, dry and distorted panned guitars, reverse echoes; things like that make for good headphone listening.

The guitar almost serves as a second vocalist on both of these albums, which definitely set Third Eye Blind apart from your radio contemporaries of the time.

Also, our live performance working as a band, not hired hands in the shadows. You can tell when you are watching a real band where the guys that are playing are the ones that actually put the sweat into creating the music. I know the audiences that we were playing for felt that authenticity, and that was a big reason why we sold so many records during the debut tour. The guitar work that I am most proud of is on my first solo record.

Back then, it was called Bully For You. It is now re-released as Wunderfoot. It was still very expensive to record back then, and now I am very excited about all the recording tools musicians and songwriters have at their disposal.

Specifically, Logic Pro X and Waves plug-ins make it possible to make a great record without all the studio hoopla. Third Eye Blind — which now consists of original members Stephan Jenkins lead vocals, guitar and Brad Hargreaves drums, backing vocals , as well as Kryz Reid guitar, backing vocals , Alex Kopp keyboards , and Alex LeCavalier bass , are currently on a U. Great article. Seriously great! I love 3eb, all of it. Blue is an excellent record. Your email address will not be published.

News News. Album Reviews. Soon thereafter, Elektra Records re-released Blue with an instrumental version. However, the full version of the song was released everywhere outside of the States and found its way around the internet, and people began to request the song at every show. In the summer of , Rhino Records released Third Eye Blind: A Collection , which features the full version of the song, all lyrics included. After the fadeout of "Darwin," there is about twelve minutes of silence, and then a hidden track , an extended coda of "The Red Summer Sun.

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