Monday, 4 January 2010

Top 30 Albums of the Decade 2000-2009: Number 26


Number 26

Shinedown
"The Sound of Madness"

Released: June 24th 2008
Key Tracks: "Devour" / "Second Chance" / "Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide"

Shinedown's third album gave the world stone cold killer rock songs sitting right beside tender ballads. It's a Shinedown album by the book, but the sheer quality of the songs is what makes it really stand out.

"Second Chance" finally gave them the breakthrough success that they've thouroughly deserved, while lead single "Devour" showed that there's much more to Brent Smith and the boys than just slow songs.

Showing signs of both fragility and brutality, "The Sound of Madness" is from start to finish a great album.

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