Your youth pastor's favorite modern rock band is back with their latest release, "Underdog". While this release is still a little too much in the realm of "safe" music where "WOW!" compilations are a vital part to a fan's collection, I have to give credit where credit is due. I have always found the boys in Audio Adrenaline to be the most bearable of the big three of CCM (DC Talk, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline) and with "Underdog," I am reminded why. Within the confines of the box that the GMA has put them in, these guys rock out to their fullest potential. Audio Adrenaline is a great pop band with some ultra-catchy hooks and shredding guitar riffs (in a Nashville sort of way) whom I would probably enjoy if I heard them on the radio. Vocals, instrumentation and songwriting are all equally strong on this album, forcing me to swallow my nonconformist pride and admit that they have done a good job. So, is this a good radio pop album? Without a doubt. Hard music classic? Not quite.
Other coverage for this album
ReAL Magazine 1999Reviewed by Kevin D. HendricksAudio Adrenaline comes roaring back with their fifth album, abandoning the creative explorations of Some Kind of Zombie and returning to the safe and successful fun of Bloom. Audio Adrenaline has always been pegged as a high school band, although with Zombie the band began to shed the teenager-band image and spread their wings. Unfortunately, Audio Adrenaline has somewhat retracted the wings with…Similar sounding releases
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1996Bloom
1994Don't Censor Me
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