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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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Skidd Mills, ComposerLyricist - Jason Null, ComposerLyricist - Jared Weeks, ComposerLyricist - Saving Abel, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID DAVIDSON, String Arranger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Angell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony LaMarchina, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Monisa Angell, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Pam Sixfin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Null, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Karen Winklemann, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sarighani Reist, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Baeho 'Bobby' Shin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Skidd Mills, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jason Null, ComposerLyricist - Jared Weeks, ComposerLyricist - Saving Abel, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
J. Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Skidd Mills, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Grant Craig, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Null, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Weeks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bartlett, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blake Dixon, Composer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Saving Abel, MainArtist - Eric Taylor, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Album review
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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:48
- Main artists: SAVING ABEL
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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