Saturate

Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 720616235626
EAN: 0720616235626
ASIN: B00006GF9L

Release Date: 2002-08-27

Saturate

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Tracks:

I Wish I May
Medicate
Polyamorous
Skin
Natural Life
Next to Nothing
Water
Home
Phase
No Games
Sugarcoat
Shallow Bay

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Customer Reviews:

Mediocre debut doesn't do band justice........2007-05-09

For a true taste of this band, get "We Are Not Alone" or "Phobia". Those are both excellent examples of what this band can do. I think this cd was just slightly more thrown together without as much focus on making each song interesting. BB is one of the best hard rock bands of this decade and are growing in popularity. This is still a decent cd, but it pales in comparison to their newer stuff. If you are a fan, buy it. There are some really good songs, but it has some you'll probably feel like skipping, too.

Excellent start up.......2007-05-07

Considering this is BB start up album, it isn't too bad. Only gets better from here with their other two albums...We Are Not Alone and Phobia.

Actually 4.5 stars, but who's counting? .......2007-04-04

Saturate, the debut album by Breaking Benjamin, is a very strong start for the band. I actually listened to Breaking Benjamin with We Are Not Alone, but decided to go back to their debut album to see their musical foundation, so to speak. I was not disappointed. Despite some major weaknesses exhibited in this album, they were relieved by WANA. My opinions:

1. Wish I May: nice wordplay on the nursery rhyme into a more angst-ridden and angry version. Even more impressive is their introduction, which goes off with a screaming bam. 4/5
2. Medicate: absolutely gorgeous song. the music is beautiful. i'm not much of a musical expert, but for a casual listener like me, it's ear candy. The somewhat mediocre part is the lyrics, because it makes absolutely no sense to the point where I can't understand it [this is subject to debate], but the hugely excellent music supersedes the slight lyrical weakness. 5/5
3. Polyamorous: the radio single that introduced Breaking Benjamin to the world. As much as I like it, it's gotten overplayed. Overall solid song that does not sound like a filler [a very very good thing] 3.5/5
4. Skin: has nice musical tonality that alternates between higher and lower. 4/5
5. Natural Life: this one actually reminds me of Wish I May, with its long introduction. Unlike Wish I May, however, the intro builds and revs itself up from the intro, the first verse, and finally to the chorus. Overall great song to sing to and let off some steam. 5/5
6. Next to Nothing: It's a rather calm song but no less better than the heavier ones. 5/5
7. Water: My absolute favorite. Like Medicate, the slight problem is the lyrics, but the music is so strong it can stand well on its own by going into this crescendo until it reaches its ultimately satisfying climax. It reminds me of a car engine and how it's trying to warm up, until it finally goes off at the end. That's how the song is. Burnley's vocals particularly stand out as well. 6/5
8. Home: Another favorite, with a creative spin on The Wizard of Oz. Ingenious. 6/5
9. Phase: Good intro, overall solid song. 5/5
10. No Games: Nice incorporation of orchestral music into guitar riffs and drums. 4/5
11. Sugarcoat: Saccharine sounding title, which is ironic given the fact this is one of the heaviest songs on the album. All the better-- moshpit, head-banging worthy. 5/5
12. Shallow Bay: kickass ending to an overall awesome album that goes out with a bang. 5/5
13. (bonus): Many people have stated their unhappiness with this song because it's softer and much less aggressive. I myself do not have any problem with it. In fact, I find this to be a very vulnerable song that resonates within. Not the best ballad out there in music history, but decent nonetheless. 4/5

Overall: Very solid musically, but lyrics were a bit eh on some of them. Thankfully, this was remedied with We Are Not Alone, where it had the abstract touch without going all over the place. This album is more raw and explosive, and is definitely worth the money. For a debut album, Breaking Benjamin has the chops and talent that were honed eventually in their subsequent album [Phobia, however is a slightly different story].

Definite favorites: Medicate, Water, Shallow Bay, Phase.

Awesome.......2007-03-10

Breaking Benjamin's first album, Saturate has got to be tied with their two newer ones. Here's the ratings:
Wish I May ***
Medicate ***
Polyamorous *****
Skin *****
Natural Life ***
Next to Nothing *****
Water **
Home **
Phase ***
No Games ****
Sugar Coat ***
Shallow Bay **

Overall, about a 4 star album, but thanks to Polyamorous, Skin, and Next to Nothing, I gave it 5 stars. Pick it up!!

Impressive Debut...........2007-01-12

From a guy that is a huge fan of Slayer, Pantera, Dream Theater, Opeth, Suffocation, and all great heavy/death/progressive/thrash metal alike, it's pretty hard for me these days to like a radio rock band. There are few exceptions (such as Coheed and Cambria, Foo Fighters, Three Days Grace, Boy Hits Car, and Deftones) but mostly it all sucks (to name a few, Nickelback [the first two were good, IMO, but they began to suck afterwards] and Crossfade). But when I came across "So Cold," I was immediately hooked on to Breaking Benjamin. I bought "We Are Not Alone" and fell in love with it! Then I bought "Phobia" (their best album to date, IMO) to keep me occupied until Christmas where I recieved "Saturate."

Upon recieving "Saturate," I didn't immediately listen to it, because I had Dream Theater's "Train of Thought" to listen to (awesome CD, btw). But when I did finally listen to the album, I instantly loved it! I was immediately hooked on to each song ("Wish I May" and "Home," specifically). Oh sure, this isn't the likes of much heavier bands (so much heavier than it's like comparing apples and oranges), but at least Ben and Aaron don't bore you with the same friggin' power chords like most bands do. They take these simple little riffs and actually MAKE something out of them. The bass is audible enough to give this thing a pulse and the drums are basically what you would hear in a hard rock band (only better!). "Saturate" is actually competing with Coheed and Cambria's "Good Apollo" and Disturbed's "Believe" as my favorite radio rock album to listen to.

A quick little scorebook of the songs:

1. Wish I May: 5/5 (awesome riff!)
2. Medicate: 5/5 (nice vocals by Ben)
3. Polyamorous: 4.5/5
4. Skin: 4/5
5. Natural Life: 4.5/5
6. Next to Nothing: 4.5/5
7. Water: 5/5
8. Home: 5/5 (references to "The Wizard of Oz" are made in this song)
9. Phase: 3/5 (doesn't appeal to me)
10. No Games: 4/5
11. Sugarcoat: 4.5/5
12. Shallow Bay: 5/5
BONUS TRACK: 5/5

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