Evanescence Album: «Bring Me to Life»
- Customers rating: (4.3 of 5)
- Title:Bring Me to Life
- Release date:2003-04-14
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Msi Music Corp
- UPC:667342771922
Ok I AM a huge fan of Evanescence, and i still felt let down with this buy. "Bring Me to Life" is great, but don't be fooled by the Bliss Mix. All the Bliss Mix is, is "Bring Me To Life" without Paul McCoy's lines, that is it.
As for the other songs, while its great to get them, since they were cut from the album, they are not that good. The slow "Missing", however, is better than the fast, hard "Farther Away". The 3rd song cut from the album, "Breathe No More", is much better; sadly it is not on this single.
If you want to have Bing Me to Life without buying the album, or want to have the 2 extra songs, go for it. Other than that, be wary about buying this single.
I don't normally listen to top 40 rock music. I am a hip hop, reggae, R&B fan. When I heard 'Bring Me to Life', I could not get enough of it. I wish they had an extended mix version which runs at least 15 minutes. Not a day goes by without a need to hear it. It has become my daily music fix and I haven't tired of it yet. It gives me goose bumps when I listen to it. The rush I feel when I hear it really gets my blood pumping. When I work out I can go farther when it plays. Something about it is just addictive. The lyrics have great depth and feeling. It is a wonderful piece of art.
I prefer the version with the added vocals of Paul McCoy. The Bliss Mix is potent but it's like a good stew with an ingredient missing. Farther away is also very good to listen to. I'm glad I bought this CD so I can hear it whenever I need to.
I purchased Evanescence's "Bring me to life/ Farther away" import single that is advertised here. However I was surprized to find out it did not include the song "missing", The song has been replaced by the video version of bring me to life, for cd-rom, and that's fine. The single is great, but don't expect to get the original import(AUS.)(2003).
I never was a fan of "remix" versions of songs, but the two unreleased songs, Missing and Farther Away, make this CD worth the money. "Missing" follows the beat of "My Immortal" and "Hello" from the album Fallen, where the beat of "Farther Away" follows that of "Going Under" and "Bring me to life".
Too bad Evanescence's first CD "Origin" is only availible on [another website] (at a premium price to match its rare-ity). There are several other songs that have yet to be released, hopefully they will make their way to Amazon's warehouse sooner rather than later.
I bought this album on ebay from australia. I fell in love with Bring me to life last summer (the reviewer below mine can kiss it if he thinks he's special). I have reciently become a devoted fan and have acquired EVERY track ever released by the band. I was even lucky enough to get an actual copy of the 2000 Big Wig release of Origin.
I love this single because it has 'Missing' and 'Farther Away' on it, 2 previously unreleased tracks. Sadly, since this particular version of the single was recalled for one that included a CD-ROM video, the general public has been deprived of 'Missing', unless you download a version loaded with nasty interruptions or an incomplete re-constructed version (as is found on the fake Origin from europe). This extremely beautiful song will forever captivate those lucky enough to hear it.
Farther Away is performed live as part of Evanescence's set. It's such an awesome song (the energy Amy sings it with is awe-inspiring), but I can see why wind-up would remove it from 'Fallen'. The song seems sort-of artificial and it doesn't flow with the rest of Fallen. It's better live because, when you sing along, people arround you are like 'what the heck? how do you know that song?!'
Any true Evanescence fan agrees that Paul McCoy Ruined Bring me to life. I'm not saying I totally hate it and everyone involved for it, but his part is so last-minute and manufactured, that it gives the ballad a completely different feel. The bliss mix now replaces the album version on all of my computer playlists.
The album version, though with it's faults, is what captivated me to love evanescence in the first place. The strong emotion Amy Lee put into all of her songs make them all true gems in this world.
