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Silver Spoons and Broken Bones | 
 enlarge | Artist: Stone Gods
Label: Stone Gods
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 816
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5050954182524
ASIN: B001AI93TA
Release Date: July 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Burn The Witch | | • | Don't Drink The Water | | • | Defend Or Die | | • | You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight | | • | Magdalene Street | | • | Where You Coming From | | • | Lazy Bones | | • | I'm With The Band | | • | Start Of Something | | • | Making It Hard | | • | Wasting Time | | • | Knight Of The Living Dead | | • | Oh Where My Beero |
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Rock AND a hard place July 15, 2008
Big Jim (London, UK)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was never a fan of the Darkness with the screechy Justin Hawkins lording it over everything. The only saving grace was that they kept guitar based rock in the charts and in the public eye I suppose. But now they have got rid of the dandy the rest of the band can get on with doing what they so obviously did and now do well.
They Rock!
Other reviewers have nailed the influences, but to me all you need to know is that this is good, old-fashioned yet bang up to date heavy rock.
There are more riffs per minute here than we probably deserve, the vocals are well handled by Richie Edwards, who can shout sing, scream and lets face it sing as well as anyone on the scene right now.
Vying with Airbourne for rock album of the year so far.
Out of THE DARKNESS June 21, 2008
S. Hammond (Wickfrod, Essex, UK)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I got hold of a preview of this album, and being big fan of the darkness a few years back, I was expecting to be disappointed.
I was hooked from the very first track BURN THE WITCH, which I believe is their first single, which ends with a bit of thrash metal stylee guitar shredding. This band are a lot heavier than the darkness ever were, and I don't think can be seen as a novelty band which was a kinda label that the darkness couldn't really shake.
I have had this cd for a week, and its been playing in my works van non-stop on repeat....it's a catchy album!
The bands seem to have gelled well with new addition of Toby MacFarlaine (out of Graham Coxons band), and Ritchie Edwards seems to have taken over well at the mic.
There's not quite as many of the thin-lizzy inspired twin lead guitar-work on here as on the darkness, as I suspect Ritchie is playing rythm guitar, and not dabbling too much.
There's influences you can here from a few artists....some acdc, and a little thin lizzy in places (as with the darkness), track 12 has DEFINITELY got a reminicence of Def Leppard about it.
I can't pick out a bad track on here, like I say its been playing non stop in my van, and I think it will be for quite some time.
This is what the darkness SHOULD have been like!!
I hope Stone Gods have huge success with this album, and I hope many folk will be as pleasantly surprised by this cd as I were.
Brilliant July 24, 2008
cougarric
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just to set the scene, I am late 30's and a fan of rock/metal in general. I can enjoy anything from Matchbox 20 to Metallica.
I wasn't expecting too much from Stone Gods, but seeing the Classic rock review made me sit up and take notice. I'm glad I did.
The first few listens were encouraging. Burn The Witch being the best. Similar to the Darkness in terms of riffing but this time supporting by the awesome rock vocals of Richie Edwards. A perfect match.
The songs are all great. Not a single filler, and a lot of variation, but not too much so that you find the album disjointed.
There's a few potential commercial singles, but thankfully they sit nicely with the rest of the (heavier) songs and don't sound out of place at all.
I'd played the album around 10 times when it suddenly became a "repeat play" album - something which doesn't happen too often with me these days. The only song I do skip is the final one O Whereo my beero, which is ok but a little pedestrian compared to the sheer quality before it.
I checked out how the album and singles had done just now and couldn't believe how lacklustre the sales have been. The Darkness' hype obviously made the difference because this albums kicks both of their albums into touch and deserves so much more.
Awesome songs, awesome singing, awesome riffing. Buy it.
Love this band and album -- buy this immediately! July 15, 2008
PhotoRuss (MA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What I liked about The Darkness was that the songs were good, I got the humor, and the band was absolutely killer! I sometimes got tired of the Justin's vocals, though.
The Stone Gods are not that similar to The Darkness, except for the fact that it is the same band and they're still just as amazing! This is a very strong hard rock album with solid songs all the way through. Drummer Ed Graham still lays down a groove like all of my favorite AC/DC songs, and Dan and Ritchie's guitar work is in top form, as there are tons of great riffs, and lots of great playing. Ritchie's vocals are quite a bit different than Justin's were, but I *much* prefer Ritchie's!
This album reminds me a bit of the excellent Canadian band Sword from the 80's, but I really prefer the Stone Gods. It's too bad that US radio is so useless these days, because Don't Drink The Water, Where You Coming From, and Lazy Bones would all make awesome singles.
If you're looking for one of the best hard rock albums in a long time and one of the best hard rock debuts this decade, don't hesitate -- buy it immediately. This will be a band to watch. I hope they come to the US.
Forget the Darkness, this is not Mark II. June 30, 2008
Hard Rock Scot (Scotland)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've never felt the need to comment and normally take these reviews with a pinch of salt. But this is without doubt one of the best rock albums you will hear this year. Forget the Darkness. This is better. Think of a rock artist of the last 30 years, and you will hear their influence. AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Def Leppard, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi even Metallica gets a nod with the riffing at the end of the opening track 'Burn The Witch'. 'Don't Drink the water' and 'Im With The Band' are the kind of track The Wildhearts have made a career out of, the guitar tone on 'Where You Coming From' conjured images of Big Country with a Phil Lynott vocal.'Lazy Bones' is a classic rock track with singable chorus that if someone like Robbie Williams had recorded would be No. 1. Its written for singing in a stadium. 'Wasting Time' is a track that Jon Bon Jovi would wish he'd written and is better than anything on their last album by a way. Second last is 'Knight of the Living Dead', a full blown fists in the air anthem. Superb. Then finishing up with a great stomping rock track in 'Oh Wheereo My Beero'. Great albums are made by sales and tours. Buy this album. Give it the support it deserves.
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