Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Lyricize this

I realized today that I really like when bands put lyrics in their album booklets. Artwork is cool too, but isn't the point of being in a band to make music? And isn't the point of writing lyrics so that people can hear them and interpret them? There are a lot of artists out there that aren't 100% clear when they're singing. That's fine, but sometimes I want to be able to understand what is being said. So, official lyrics are a big plus in my book.

Maybe I'm old fashioned. I also still love physical albums over digital downloads. But the inclusion of lyrics seems to be one extra thing a band can do to connect to their fans.

Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, and blink-182, three of my favorite bands, always do this. I hope the new lostprophets album does that, too, since only Liberation Transmission has lyrics in the booklet.

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