BUCKCHERRY – Black Butterfly
Buckcherry – Black Butterfly (2008, Atlantic Records/Eleven Seven Music)
Track Listing:
1. “Rescue Me” … 3:12
2. “Tired of You” … 3:07
3. “Too Drunk…” … 4:02
4. “Dreams” … 3:51
5. “Talk To Me” … 3:28
6. “Child Called ‘It’” … 2:55
7. “Don’t Go Away” … 3:49
8. “Fallout” … 3:36
9. “Rose” … 3:53
10. “All of Me” … 3:45
11. “Imminent Bail Out” … 3:11
12. “Cream” … 3:34
Band:
Josh Todd – Lead Vocals
Keith Nelson – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Stevie D. – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jimmy Ashhurt – Bass, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
Xavier Muriel – Drums, Backing Vocals
Produced by: Keith Nelson & Marti Fredericksen
I bought this album the day it was released, but prior to that, I was surfing the net checking reviews on it. A place I frequently visit, AllMusicGuide, gave it one and half stars out of five. Ouch. Other sites are claiming it’s pedestrian and some giving as much praise to say it’s “okay”. Wow. I don’t get that at all here.
This album rocks! I dare say it’s Buckcherry’s best. I was there at the ground floor with their debut and that was good, but nearly half the album was filler, IMO. Time Bomb I skipped out on due to poor reviews and then I came back with 15, which like their debut, was solid but nothing special outside of a few great songs, I thought.
So here we see the band’s fourth release and I think this is their most well-rounded album yet. The first three tracks are a great punch full of rock (with the funky “Too Drunk…” being this album’s “Crazy Bitch”) and the fourth track “Dreams” features the band mellowing out, just a bit, to talk about love.
You can definitely say there’s a 15-like format as far as the singles go, with the aforementioned “Too Drunk…” and a wannabe “Sorry” called “Don’t Go Away”, but so what? The songs are strong. Songs like “All of Me” show a different and maturing sound of Buckcherry and that’s cool. There’s really not a whole lot of filler here at all and I imagine I’ll be playing this one for sometime to come.
Fun Fact: The band played “Too Drunk…” and “Tired of You” (and sounded great doing them) during their setlist at the Detroit CrueFest show I went to back in July. 
Hightlights: “Rescue Me”, “Too Drunk…”, “Tired of You”, “Dreams”, “Talk to Me”, “Don’t Go Away”, “All of Me”, “Cream”
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Posted on September 18, 2008, in Buckcherry, Collection and tagged AOR, Buckcherry, Classic Rock, Glam, Glam Metal, Glam Rock, Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock 'N' Roll. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
I could not disagree with you more. I looked around a bit and it seems like a few people love this album (usually the hard core fans), some absolutely hate it, but most find it pretty blah. The first time I heard ‘Too Drunk’, I actually said, “Are you KIDDING me?’ out loud. In my opinion, these guys are riding on 15 and in serious danger of becoming caricatures of themselves. I loved their first CD and really wanted this one blow my socks off.
I’m certainly not a “hardcore” Buckcherry fan. I like their look & attitude more than anything else, but as I said, as a whole, I never thought their albums were anything special though they all had good songs.
I figured I would be in the minority with liking this one.
No one is really raving about it (except me, apparently)!
Going by sales estimates for this album’s debut, I’m guessing ’15′ was kind of a fluke success for the band. I hope this time, it won’t deter them from staying together like ‘Time Bomb’ flopping did though.
only been into buckcherry for about 3 years, they have the fuck you attitude, this album is great really gets me pumped up. If only more bands would play this style of sleaze, this is the sound i grew up with and proberbly the sound i will die with. Amazing release their best yet.
Welcome to the club, Eddie! Me, you and Buckcherry against the world!
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