Three albums in and Lifehouse sound comfortable -- comfortable in their skin, comfortable working within the constraints of adult alternative radio, comfortable enough to deaden any possible lingering Creed or Stone Temple Pilots comparisons that might have plagued them after their first two records.
Here, on their eponymous third album, Lifehouse is a rock band that doesn't rock.
They strum acoustic guitars and sing earnest mid-tempo anthems and ballads, all given a slick shine by producer John Alagia, who has previously worked on records by the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, and Jason Mraz -- a collaborator whose very presence indicates how far the group has shifted from its early Brendan O'Brien productions.
While some longtime fans will miss the band's harder side, Lifehouse sound, well, more comfortable in this setting, and they've made an album that's smooth, mellow, reasonably tuneful, inoffensive, and thoroughly unmemorable.
It's not an album that makes waves, it's a record that's designed to ease onto the AAA radio waves, where it will politely sit next to songs by Matthews, Mayer, and Mraz.
And on that level, Lifehouse is indeed a success, since it's pleasant enough as it's playing, but the drawback is that it could too easily be mistaken as the work of many other bands who mine the same territory.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Come Back DownJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | You and MeJude Cole, Jason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | BlindJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | All in AllJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Better Luck Next TimeJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Days Go ByJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | Into the SunScott Faircloff, Jason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 8 | UndoneJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | We'll Never KnowJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Walking AwayJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 11 | Chapter OneJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 12 | The End Has Only BegunJason Wade | Lifehouse | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 47 mins | 109 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 338 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Alagia | Bass, Chamberlin, Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Producer, Ukulele, Vibraphone, Vocal Harmony |
| 2 | Danny Clinch | Photography |
| 3 | Jude Cole | Composer, Executive Producer |
| 4 | Scott Faircloff | Composer |
| 5 | Pete Hanlon | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 7 | Jeff Juliano | Engineer, Mixing |
| 8 | Oliver Kraus | Cello, String Arrangements |
| 9 | Nathaniel Kunkel | String Engineer |
| 10 | Lifehouse | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Stewart Meyers | Bass |
| 12 | Bryce Soderberg | Bass, Group Member, Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Jason Wade | Composer, Group Member, Guitar, String Arrangements, Vocals |
| 14 | Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. | Drums, Group Member, Percussion, Piano |
| 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. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |