With their second album, Miss America, Saving Abel raise the immortal question: is misogyny easier to swallow when it’s softer? Certainly, it’s somewhat easier to miss Saving Abel’s ugliness -- how the good girls are “Angels Without Wings,” the bad ones are sleazy, stupid starlets on the prowl in Hollywood, the kind that’s “not much for talking/but you’re hot as hell” and it doesn’t really matter that “I’m not in love” because “the sex is good” -- because their power chords are muted and frontman Jared Weeks isn’t proud of his lunkheadness the way, say, Chad Kroeger is.
No, Saving Abel’s comparatively light touch makes it easier to ignore the sexism that roils underneath the surface of Miss America, whose rabble-rousing title cut also serves to throw off the scent, but perhaps that makes them more insidious, because their soft spin on active rock can worm its way into the head, particularly when they revamp STP licks like they do on “Bloody Sunday.” So call it a draw: as music, Miss America is a bit easier to take than much of its ilk, but that only makes the message more odious.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tap Out | Saving Abel | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Stupid Girl (Only in Hollywood) | Saving Abel | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Contagious | Saving Abel | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | The Sex Is Good | Saving Abel | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Bloody Sunday | Saving Abel | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | I’m Still Alive | Saving Abel | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Mississippi Moonshine | Saving Abel | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Angel Without Wings | Saving Abel | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | Miss AmericaM. Frederiksen | Saving Abel | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | I Need You | Saving Abel | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Hell of a RideB. Dixon | Saving Abel | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 41 mins | 95 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 295 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Angell | Violin |
| 2 | Monisa Angell | Viola |
| 3 | Richard Avery | Photography |
| 4 | B. Dixon | Composer |
| 5 | Scott Barlett | Group Member, Guitar |
| 6 | Brad Blackwood | Mastering |
| 7 | Johnny Cash | Quotation Author |
| 8 | Angelica Cob-Baehler | Creative Director |
| 9 | Steve Cook | A&R |
| 10 | Grant Craig | Assistant, Digital Editing |
| 11 | David Davidson | String Arrangements, Violin |
| 12 | Blake Dixon | Drums, Group Member |
| 13 | M. Frederiksen | Composer |
| 14 | Fred Greaves | Photography |
| 15 | Anthony LaMarchina | Cello |
| 16 | Skidd Mills | Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer |
| 17 | Jason Null | Group Member, Guitar |
| 18 | Sarighani Reist | Cello |
| 19 | Saving Abel | Primary Artist |
| 20 | Baeho "Bobby" Shin | String Engineer |
| 21 | Pam Sixfin | Violin |
| 22 | Kim Stephens | A&R |
| 23 | Eric Taylor | Bass, Group Member |
| 24 | Lance Turner | Product Manager |
| 25 | Jared Weeks | Group Member, Vocals |
| 26 | Kristin Wilkinson | Viola |
| 27 | Karen Winklemann | Violin |
| 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). |