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Grand Unification |  | Artist: Fightstar
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 22542
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602498769997
EAN: 0602498769997
ASIN: B000E41MXG
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | To Sleep | | • | Grand Unification Part 1 | | • | Waste A Moment | | • | Sleep Well Tonight | | • | Paint Your Target | | • | Build An Army | | • | Here Again (Last Conversation) | | • | Lost Like Tears In Rain | | • | Open Your Eyes | | • | Mono | | • | Hazy Eyes | | • | Grand Unification Part 2 | | • | Wake Up |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Seldom has a pop personality engineered his own fall from grace quite so determinedly as Charlie Simpson, formerly of UK chart stars Busted. There's enough visceral energy and musical depth to debut album IGrand Unification/I, however, to confirm his new project Fightstar are something far more fully realised than a haphazard stab at rock credibility. A suite of dynamic, gutsy post-hardcore songs in the vein of Biffy Clyro, Hell Is For Heroes, and Funeral For A Friend, Fightstar can't entirely hide Simpson's impulse for a inclusive shout-along chorus, but the likes of "Waste A Moment" and "Paint Your Target" take care to temper their moments of pop hookiness with screamed vocals, bludgeoning guitars and the odd arcane time-signature. "Build An Army" is the most convincing example of Fightstar's heaviness at its most rampant and unchecked--a coiled rattlesnake of quiet/loud dynamism that achieves Deftones levels of intensity. A success? Put it this way: in controlled conditions, nine out of ten Kerrang! readers could happily mosh out without ever once suspecting an ex-member of Busted was in the building, and one suspects that for Charlie Simpson, that's a victory well worth winning.--ILouis Pattison/I
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 God bless Charlie Simpson, he got there in the end February 2, 2007
Lucas Jacobellis (South Cornwall, England)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Right, so Fightstar are uncool because the lead vocalist is Charlie Simpson and he used to be the bushy-eyebrowed one in Busted.
br /Wrong.
br /Okay, so Fightstar make really bad music then.
br /Wrong.
br /So why does everyone hate them?
br /Because they are too scared to come out and say they love them.
br /Unlike me.
br /Grand Unification is the only album I have ever listened to which made me, after the last track finished, open the curtains just so I could make sure the earth was still there.
br /It isn't death metal, and it isn't emo, it's just damn good rock. From the soft Track One (To Sleep) that lures you into a false sense of security before dropping into Track Two (Grand Unification Pt1), the epic and truly magnificent Mono and even Charlie Simpson's incredible scream on Waste A Moment, this album is so good it hurts. And I mean, really, really, hurts.
br /Charlie Simpson should have been celebrating when Busted finished their first live performance on tour. And he was celebrating. But only because he and his bandmates from side project Fightstar had just completed a nine-track EP, most tracks of which made it to the main album.
br /So don't go thinking Fightstar is something CS did in desperation when Busted broke up. He was with them even before he was with Busted, and used them as a stepping stone to their recording contract. Wrong, yes, but very, very clever, and I'm sure his bandmates appreciated the sacrifice he made by getting up on a stage and singing the theme tune to the latest Thunderbirds film in front of thousands of girls barely out of training bras. Not many of us would.
The best album of 2006. March 13, 2006
Michael S Gibson (Sussex)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This album is pure brilliance. Fightstar#x27;s sonic, tight and full sound is put to the test, and it scores full marks. There are no weak songs, and the production quality is perfect, which makes the highly emotional and heartfels songs even more epic. Charlie and Al#x27;s contrasting voices fit together perfectly, when trading lines and harmonising, and the interesting vocal lines and harmonies make the songs interesting and diverse. pThe guitars, when both clean and distorted, are always huge-sounding and melodic, while the basslines are always hearable and complex, without sounding confusing. The huge, epic drums perfectly compliment the riffs and more often the bass.pThis album is absolutely excellent, and I challenge anyone, even if they are not a fan of the genre, to try it and not like what they hear. Top notch.
Very Good March 31, 2006
J. Batabyal (Caterham, Surrey United Kingdom)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My cousin was a HUGE Busted fan, to my shame, so when he sent me a couple of Fightstar's songs, I wasn't too impressed, thinking it would be a poppy, rubbish attempt to resurrect Simpson's career.brHowever, I listened to them, and was immediately gripped by the strong sound and powerful vocals. So I bought their Album, and I have to say I'm very glad i did. The CD starts very melodically, and then explodes into the single Grand Unification (Part 1)brThe brand new songs are interspersed with re-recordings of songs from their EP They Liked You Better When You Were Dead (The re-recording of Hazy Eyes I especially liked as I had only ever heard a live recorded version before)brThere is a good blend of heavier, more metal material combined with softer, less hardcore Emo tracks. The disc finishes with Wake Up, a new song that bridges with a choral repetition of the title, a very good ending to an excellent albumbrMy recommendations would be:brGrand Unification (Part 1)brWaste a MomentbrBuild an ArmybrHazy EyesbrLast Conversation (Here Again)
Fightstar.........Just Listen April 20, 2006
M. DEACON (UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okies, for all the busted haters out there i first of all want to say that this is doing charlie alot of good since he left. All i've heard from people about fightstar is negative comments but i have to say i brought palahunuiks laughter single and ever since then i have been nothing but impressed with them.
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br /This album is a great peice of work and the boys should be very happy with it. full of hard riffs that any band would be proud of and i have to say the best tracks on there are paint your target, here again and build an army. You cannot miss this album so pick it up today!
What happened to that nice boy from Busted? May 5, 2006
Brother Grim
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This will have Busted fans running screaming to the hills, never to be seen again. Not a duff track anywhere, the production is first rate with a maturity of song writing that makes it difficult to believe that this is the band's debut album. Stand out track for me is the brutal Build an Army which has all the subtlety of a tank shell to the head. Terrific stuff.
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