Having long ago dumped the tired rap-rock format of their early work, Papa Roach continues attempting to reinvent the hard rock wheel on 2006's The Paramour Sessions.
Unfortunately, while the band seems to be aiming for Mötley Crüe's Theatre of Pain, the results sound something more akin to a nu-metal version of Loverboy's Keep It Up.
These are boisterous, brash, and in-yo-face tracks that really want to convince you they have the goods.
And sure, the band does evince a kind of Technicolor, Sunset Strip club, cocaine-line-on-a-Marshall-stack vibe, but mostly the songs just ain't there.
Admittedly, "The World Around You" has a catchy chorus and "Time Is Running Out" is a suitably anthemic pop tune.
However, while Papa Roach makes a lot of gestures toward rock & roll suicide on The Paramour Sessions, the album ends up being a lot like lead singer Jacoby Shaddix's confession of "I've got a jet black heart, it's all f*cked up and it's falling apart" on "...To Be Loved." It sounds a lot cooler than it actually is.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ...to Be LovedPapa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Alive (N' out of Control)Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | CrashPapa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | The World Around YouJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | ForeverJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | I Devise My Own DemisePapa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Time Is Running OutPapa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | My Heart Is a FistJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 9 | No More SecretsJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | RecklessPapa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | The FireJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 12 | Roses on My GraveJ.D. Horton, Papa Roach | Papa Roach | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 13 | What Do You Do | Papa Roach | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 14 | Scars(Live & Murderous In Chicago) | Papa Roach | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 15 | SOS | Papa Roach | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 16 | The Addict | Papa Roach | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 58 mins | 133 MB | |||||
| 58 mins | 424 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Armstrong | Mixing Assistant |
| 2 | Howard Benson | Audio Production, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 3 | Dave Buckner | Art Direction, Drums, Photography, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Lenny Castro | Percussion |
| 5 | Paul DeCarli | Digital Editing, Pro-Tools |
| 6 | Devin DeHaven | Photography |
| 7 | Tobin Esperance | Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | J.D. Horton | Composer |
| 9 | Jerry Horton | Art Direction, Guitar, Photography, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 12 | Yuri Karapetyan | Drum Technician |
| 13 | Jen Kuhn | Strings |
| 14 | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixing |
| 15 | Jamie Muhoberac | Piano |
| 16 | Jon Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 17 | Paul Orescan | Marketing |
| 18 | Thom Panunzio | A&R |
| 19 | Papa Roach | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 20 | Greg Patterson | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 21 | Evan Peters | A&R, Artist Coordination |
| 22 | Mike Plotnikoff | Engineer |
| 23 | Mike Renault | Management |
| 24 | Mark Robertson | Strings |
| 25 | Michael Rosen | Engineer |
| 26 | Dennis Sanders | Management |
| 27 | Jacoby Shaddix | Vocals |
| 28 | Casey Stone | Engineer, String Engineer |
| 29 | Jeff Toll | Illustrations |
| 30 | Andres Gil Torres | Assistant, Guitar Technician |
| 31 | Marc VanGool | Guitar Technician |
| 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). |