One Second

Artist: Paradise Lost
Label: Music For Nations
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5016583122225
ASIN: B00000705B

Release Date: 2006-07-03

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Tracks:

One Second
Say Just Words
Lydia
Mercy
Soul Courageous
Another Day
Sufferer
This Cold Life
Blood of Another
Disappear
Sane
Take Me Down

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Customer Reviews:

This wasn't just change, but rather a complete nosedive..........2005-01-28

As an old fan of Paradise Lost, I have agree with those condemning the album. I'd say they completely ceased being any sort of "metal" with this album. That in itself isn't a bad thing - my tastes are much more diverse than that - but with it, they tossed out the grand melodrama that made them a great band. Still singing signature gloomy lyrics, but suddenly to simplistic uninspired rock melodies that sound almost devoid of any emotion or character at all.

I have every album Paradise Lost has released, and One Second is, imho, thier worst album of all, despite going even lighter and more electronic with thier next offering.

A lot of bashing, but no love..........2004-01-21

honestly, im glad paradise lost changed their tune a bit, even with the most genius instrumentals, you can only listen to so much simple screaming....their new sound, put simply, is heavy and still sounds good, real good...meh. the child submission, btw thats just the quickest way to submit

HORRIBLE.......2003-06-15

this album was horrible...i listened to the first 5 tracks (only about 30 seconds of each) and then threw away the cd...they sound like depeche mode or duran duran. what happened to paradise lost from the earlier days? the only album i have of thiers is ICON. i highly recommend that album, its great. i really just didnt dig his vocals or the music on this album at all...being a huge black/death/thrash metal fan made me recoil in terror at this album...DONT BUY IT, unless thats what ur into

Essential Paradise Lost.......2003-06-13

This disc is bottled intensity -- epic, dramatic, and intoxicating. Dark and sinister without resorting to screams and howls ... this band writes music that haunts you. From the piano line of "One Second" that opens the album, to the pained, slow pace of "Take Me Down", Paradise Lost weaves a musical tapestry that ensnares anyone who dares to listen. One for the ages. Among my favorite albums of all time.

Brilliant Gothic Metal........2003-05-09

"One Second" was Paradise Lost's first big change of musical direction. At first I didn't like the idea of Paradise Lost "changing", but when I bought "One Second" at the signing session in London in 1997, I was eager to hear it.
This was the first Paradise Lost album that, on first listen, blew me away! I didn't have to wait for it to grow on me, it just worked immediately.
The heavy guitars characteristic of Paradise Lost remain. Guitarist Greg Makintosh has relaxed his efforts on soloing in favour of an enhanced atmosphere provided by keyboards. The keyboards really work here aswell, providing a clean, mature feel as well as a colourful futuristic sheen.
Vocalist Nick Holmes has found a new vocal style here, while maintaining some of the old grunts, he prefers to sing on this album, and it works very well too. Bassist Steve Edmonson peforms several subtle rhythmn deviations and nice flicks, demonstrating his ability to work around the rythmn passage. The bass on this album is very loud. Aaron Aedy's guitars are as precise as on all previous and following albums and Lee Morris' drumming is similar to that on "Draconian Times"; largely rhythmic with several ghost strokes.
There are several songs here with the use of heavy guitars throughout, and are not alien to previous works. "Sane", "The Sufferer" and "Blood of Another" are good examples of this. The title song "One Second" is the opener and demonstrates how a nice simple rhythmn with underlying piano lines can create a very effective and tuneful song. "Say Just Words" is another example of this, with a nice groove. Some songs on this album are very topical. This typifies "One Second" in that most of the song's lyrics are easier to understand than on previous albums. "Lydia" and "Another Day" are two of the best songs on this album, both concerning two disturbing elements of human life and the face of society in the present age. The album also contains a few what could be termed "gothic masterpieces", these are "Mercy" my favourite Paradise Lost song, "Disappear", "This Cold Life" and "Take Me down". These are the album's most atmospheric songs, where the keyboards shine at the forefront, and the listener realises that Greger Makintosh has surpassed himself having written this album. "Soul Courageous" was my first taste of "One Second", and it took some getting used to. After a few listens the song grew on me, the lyrics are particulary impressive on this song. "I Despair" is an effective closer. It is more uptempo that "Take Me Down" which is the album's official closer, and so finishes on an amazing high.
The most obvious musical indicator that this is Paradise Lost is the air of misery. "One Second", although colourfully keyboarded and masterfully written, is very dark and downbeat, and this is what I love in music. "Mercy" is the greatest song I have ever heard with it's slow, heavy drum structure, beautifully keyboarded atmosphere and slow guitar melodies.
This album was a brave step forward for the band, and what an amazing step it was. This is dark gothic metal at it's finest, presented by the fathers of gothic metal themselves, Paradise Lost.

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