The third studio album from Canadian arena rockers Three Days Grace treads familiar ground, presenting 12 slabs of the kind of reliable, accessible and serviceable hard rock that will always have an audience.
2006's One-X dealt heavily with vocalist Adam Gontier's personal demons, a theme that continues on Life Starts Now, albeit with a hint of sunlight.
With a sound that lands somewhere in between Breaking Benjamin, Collective Soul, and Godsmack, (Gontier sounds like a less volatile Trent Reznor) Life Starts Now treats the well-worn metal themes of anger, isolation, heartache, and redemption with the kind of begrudging respect they deserve, pumping out a competent flurry of fist-bump anthems ("Break," "Bully") and world-weary, midtempo rockers ("World So Cold," "Last to Know" that are so painfully earnest that one can almost hear director Michael Bay pitching them to the studio for inclusion on the soundtracks for his next ten Transformers sequels.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitter TasteThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 2 | BreakThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | World So ColdThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Lost in YouThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | The Good LifeThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | No MoreThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Last to KnowThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 8 | Someone Who CaresThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 9 | BullyThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | Without YouThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | Goin' DownThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Life Starts NowThree Days Grace | Three Days Grace | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 43 mins | 99 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 317 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard Benson | Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 2 | Mike Cashin | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | Danny Clinch | Photography |
| 4 | Paul DeCarli | Digital Editing |
| 5 | Chris Feldman | Art Direction |
| 6 | Chris Feldmann | Design |
| 7 | Adam Gontier | Group Member, Guitar, Vocals |
| 8 | Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki | Engineer |
| 9 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 10 | Nik Karpen | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixing |
| 12 | Jackie Murphy | Art Direction |
| 13 | Jon Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 14 | Mike Plotnikoff | Engineer |
| 15 | Neil Sanderson | Drums, Group Member, Piano, Vocals |
| 16 | Andrew Schubert | Engineer |
| 17 | Barry Stock | Group Member, Guitar |
| 18 | Three Days Grace | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 19 | Brad Townsend | Engineer |
| 20 | Marc VanGool | Guitar Technician |
| 21 | Brad Walst | Bass, Group Member |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |