Paramore: Riot! Review. (2007)

 Well, Paramore made their name big with this album. Let us talk about that.

Intro:

Emo music, in my eyes, is overly hated for what is seemingly the common faux pas of associating a community with the subject. I bring this up because I need to people understand that the emo community can be strange, yes, but that does not mean that bands like M.C.R, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World or even some of the stuff Green Day did in the 2000s Should not be discounted just because of a genre.

Okay enough of my nitpicking on people, let’s get to the actual review.

Riot... it’s loud, it’s proud and above all, it does a brilliant job in almost every aspect (Note: I said almost, not all). Its musical style is FAR from unique though, It’s 2000s Emo, that’s about it. But, without factoring in genericism, it does a fantastic job of conveying emotion through vocals and themes, no matter how questionable or laughable it may seem to some of you. to follow up on this, it’s undeniable that they are talented musicians and the amount of emotion you can hear in Hayley Williams’ Voice is comparable to the likes of Thom Yorke or Gerard Way (which in my very humble opinion are 2 of the most talented singers to have made music in the 21st Century).

For me I see this as an album of many themes, whether it be romance (or the end of a), Rebellion (I mean, look at the title of the album), or whatever you interpret the themes to be, one thing remains clear: the themes are solid.

The instrumentation at some points brings this album down, it feels a bit clunky at and it makes a mix between under- and over-produced sounds. As said earlier, however, they are talented musicians. It just sucks that some of it feels a bit off, especially compared to later works (which I may review in the future, or not). Besides this flaw however, the album holds strong.

And before we reach a verdict, I’d like to point out a nitpick that might just be personal to me: some of the stuff on this album is SO INCREDIBLY CORNY. It really sucks knowing that a couple of cheesy/cringey bits bring down what is otherwise one of the best hard rock albums of the 2000s (which is saying a lot).

And with all other 403 words of this review said, let’s get to a Verdict.

Factoring in the positives and negatives, this album is still strong. There's a reason Misery Business or That’s What you get are anthems in Rock. It's good music. But on the other hand... this album has its share of corny and mediocre. No songs in particular, it’s just things that way it down from being exceptional.

8.2/10.

Grade: amazing quality, mostly.