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Hours |  | Artist: Funeral for a Friend
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 13154
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5050467843820
ASIN: B0009F2BNK
Release Date: June 13, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | All The Rage | | • | Streetcar | | • | Roses for the Dead | | • | Hospitality | | • | Drive | | • | Monsters | | • | History | | • | Recovery | | • | The End of Nothing | | • | Alvarez | | • | Sonny |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The second album from Funeral For A Friend confirms that the spirit of emotional hardcore is alive and well in the valleys of South Wales. Hailed by the band as a darker follow-up to their 2003 debut, IHours/I strays from the time-honoured boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl template, with vocalist Matt Davies tackling topics like domestic abuse, alcoholism and the death of friends on tracks like "Roses For The Dead" and "History". p Somewhat disappointingly, there's less vocal input from drummer Ryan Richards, whose gutsy death-metal howls always proved the perfect foil for Davies' sensitive, pitch-perfect tones. It's not quite enough to unbalance Funeral's perfect balance between sweetness and savagery, mind: for every "Drive" - a chiming, lighters-out moment that sounds unnervingly, towards the end, like Bright Eyes - there's a raging, thrash-tinged "The End Of Nothing" that reminds you exactly why Funeral For A Friend are still more vital, important, and plain enjoyable than 95% of the other nu-emo bands out there. I--Louis Pattison/I
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 66
 They still got it June 14, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having loved the first album so much this is probaly my most anticipated album of the year. Upon the 1st listen it appeared to be not the same funeral of a friend, with no screams and not as heavy on most songs.pHowever the more I have listened the more I have fallen in love with this album. The catchy metal guitar riffs are still here along with Matt Davies soaring vocals. I understand the complaints about it sounding 'samey' ,the lack of screams from drummer Ryan Richards and i do miss them, but to be honest with them it would have sounded very similar to the first album.I can especially appreciate some of the more mellow offerings on the album including personal fav "History".pOverall i think it works better as a collection of songs that their previous effort, definately a much more polished and mature sound expressed in emotional lyrics.pHighlights include the 1st single "Streetcar", "Hospitality" and "Alavez" , but to be honest their isnt a bad track.pI hope fans can appreciate this release as a step foward rather than stepping back.pYou gotta get this!
funeral for a friend do it again June 4, 2006
lust_and_lunacy
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first heard FFAF about 2 years ago. I saw the video for escape artists never die on MTV2 and was thoroughly hooked. After rushing out to get 'casually dressed...' I couldn't wait to see what the welsh lads would do next. And this is it...Hours, an amazing collection of heartwrenching, blistering, mosh-worthy anthems from a group who deserve all the recognition they've gotten over the last few years.
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br /Classic songs off Hours include the first single 'streetcar', one of the best songs of 2005, and the beautifully moving 'drive.' There is a diverse range of tracks on here, ranging from the slow, tragic melodies to pure, heavy guitar riffs that you cannot ignore. I would recommend this for any FFAF fans, and it serves as a great introduction to their work. Oh, and if you ever get a chance, go and see them live...they're one of the most amazing and lovely people to go and witness doing what they do best...ROCKING OUT! just buy it, you need this album.
Absolutely Amazing August 28, 2006
S. Higton (Ayrshire)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
It was actually my friend who introduced me to Funeral for a Friend for the first time last year and ever since, I have been listening to Hours on my Ipod. It is a diverse, beautiful album with loads of different sounds and packed with heartfelt emotion.
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br /Who could forget Streetcar?
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br /I love the album because I can relate to it, the lyrics reflect my emotions which means sometimes it makes me cry and at others it makes me smile. My favourite song is Alvarez because the lyrics, "You took and killed everything about me" has to be the best line ever and its the perfect comeback to someone who has broken your heart.
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br /It has to be one of the best albums of last year and I looked forward to the next. Both their albums in fact are absolute class and should not be written off as emo but experimental because they are ten million times better than MCR and all that other unoriginal crap in the charts which is considered as "music". This is music.
This is a Review NOT a Comparison June 19, 2005
L. A. Brown (bishops stortford, herts United Kingdom)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
All the reviews so far are comparisons to the great casually dreesed album, which only knock the differances, which is completly wrong as this is a fantastic album in its own right. Im sure most fans would buy this hands down and had thier money saved for months, and the wait is definately worth it. If you dont like it or cannot accept the change, then you are not a true FFAF fan.pSo for new fans, who presumably are goin for this after listening to Streetcar, I must warn you only half the songs are vaguely as fast beat as this. The rest still remain true to the emotional side of the music but more to the emo theme than hardcore. So if you love emo its a standout for that genre of music.pVocally its amazing, and very similar to please new and old fans, with lyrics we can all relate to. There are plenty of firmly structured songs with solid riffs, keeping its unique sound. No screaming drummer this time (Barely noticable in The End of Nothing)which does benifit the songs, as even tho I love him, he would be out of place. The last song may show another future direction for the group, adding in some techno drumming and piano finish.pI recommend mlistening to a few tracks before purchase, with History and All the Rage being very different yet my 2 favourites. pOrigional fans may take 2 or 3 listens to fully appriciate the new sound but once you get to grips, you will be fully captivated. They are still one of the most origional bands at the moment, and only second to me behind Metallica.pThink about that. Funeral for a Friend nearly as good as Metallica. There you have it!
What is wrong with you people?!?!? June 24, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is better than "Casually Dressed..." They have experimented far more and put much more feeling into this record. The lyrics that Matt Davies has wrote are very personal to him e.g. "Roses For The Dead" is about his difficulty to deal with the loss of his friends and "Hospitality" is about when he worked so hard that he put himself into hospital.br brThe two genius guitarists, Darran Smith and Kris Roberts have improved so much and, as a guitarist, i aspire to them for their awesome two handed tapping riffs in "Roses For The Dead" and more simply in the first single "Streetcar." br brMany fans i'm sure will be disappointed by the lack of screaming, courtesy of drummer, Ryan Richards, but just listen to track "The End Of Nothing" and you will hear that he has not been totally forgotten and his drumming is astounding on tracks such as "Streetcar" and opener "All The Rage." You also have to listen to his other talents of playing piano and loop sampling on end track "Sonny."br brGareth Davies vocals are brilliant as well, especially on "Streetcar" and his bass harmony on "Hospitality" is very cool.br Many "true fans" have slated this album because of it's mellowness compared to the last album, but these "fans" obviously don't know what they are talking about:p1. All The Rage - Heavybr2. Streetcar - Heavybr3. Roses For The Dead - Heavybr4. Hospitality - Heavybr5. Drive - Mellowbr6. Monsters - Heavybr7. History - Mellowbr8. Recovery - Heavybr9. The End Of Nothing - Heavybr10. Alvarez - Heavybr11. Sonny - Mellow then turns heavypSo thats 8 - 3 to Heavy, some fans they are. The true fans would buy this whether it be good or bad. Anyway to finish up, stand out tracks are, "All The Rage", "Streetcar", "Roses For The Dead", "History" (greatest song ever - band choir sing the final chorus, just brilliant,) "Alvarez" (awesome riff) and "Sonny."pBuy this record now and i hope you all have tickets to go see them in June/July. It's gonna be really good!!!pP.S. Just for the record, my favourite track by "Funeral..." used to be "This Year's Most Open Heartbreak", it's now "History." Mellow is good...
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