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Hiring producer Howard Benson, best known for helming heavier acts, for 2011’s Time of My Life is a suggestion that 3 Doors Down realized their eponymous 2008 album was a little anonymous. To be sure, Benson does pump up the guitars but there’s no fighting the encroaching middle age of 3 Doors Down and, with it, a certain slowing of the band’s pace and mellowing of its outlook. Time of My Life doesn’t dwell on pain and alienation the way previous albums did; there’s heartbreak and loss, the lyrics often referencing the splintering of a long-term relationship, but Brad Arnold and company seem settled, comfortable where they are and where they’re going. Without a churning undertow of angst, 3 Doors Down wind up sounding deliberately anthemic and the louder guitars provide neither sound nor fury: they’re mere coloring. Unfortunately, the lack of powerful hooks, either in the melodies or riffs, means that all that coloring is on a grayscale, keeping Time of My Life a muted black-and-white exercise in half-hearted soul-searching.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Zac Maloy, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Huff, ComposerLyricist - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Zac Maloy, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Todd Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Matt Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Chris Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsukazu Inagaki, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 3 Doors Down, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Hiring producer Howard Benson, best known for helming heavier acts, for 2011’s Time of My Life is a suggestion that 3 Doors Down realized their eponymous 2008 album was a little anonymous. To be sure, Benson does pump up the guitars but there’s no fighting the encroaching middle age of 3 Doors Down and, with it, a certain slowing of the band’s pace and mellowing of its outlook. Time of My Life doesn’t dwell on pain and alienation the way previous albums did; there’s heartbreak and loss, the lyrics often referencing the splintering of a long-term relationship, but Brad Arnold and company seem settled, comfortable where they are and where they’re going. Without a churning undertow of angst, 3 Doors Down wind up sounding deliberately anthemic and the louder guitars provide neither sound nor fury: they’re mere coloring. Unfortunately, the lack of powerful hooks, either in the melodies or riffs, means that all that coloring is on a grayscale, keeping Time of My Life a muted black-and-white exercise in half-hearted soul-searching.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:18
- Main artists: 3 Doors Down
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2011 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. & Lava Music, LLC ℗ 2011 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. & Lava Music, LLC
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