Jason Lo's 'The Fall' opens with 'Feel No One', which is a heavy rock track. I think it's always good to get me hyped up in the beginning, especially when I'm listening to an entire album at one go, so this one did it for me.

The next track to follow is 'Operator, The Line Is Dead'. It's frequently played on Hitz FM so it should not be new to Malaysians. I'm sure you all love this one. It's not as hyper as the first track. If you've never seen the video, you should definitely try to catch it on his website. Only thing I don't understand: why aren't there Malaysians in the video? *scratches head*

And then of course there's 'Sleepy Head', the very track that saw Jason Lo in the spotlight again. Again, catch the video. Simply awesome. It's definitely one of my favourite tracks in the album.

The progression of an album is extremely important to me, especially when I'm listening to an entire album at one go. I tune out after 2 songs of the same flavour. This album definitely fared well with the track listing. 'Impress Them' right after the first three tracks was definitely a good move. It was a good slowing down process, especially because I really like this song.

The lyrics for this album is tasteful. It's not empty screaming, or rumbling rubbish that you can't decipher. I think there are enough empty songs out there to deafen the universe, so thank God this album does not fall into that category.

Really, this entire album is good. 'Redondo' sent me jumping up and down, seriously. 'In My Way' has a very angsty vibe. I like the beats at the beginning. Very catchy. And Jason Lo's suddenly haunting voice going 'testing'? Rocked.

When I heard the first few seconds of 'The Inside', I thought that Jay Chou had somehow magically taken over my speakers. Obviously, I was proven wrong. This song seems as if it tried to break off from the 'angry songs' path, but it failed. Hehe. Okay, so it's not that songs can't fall in between; I'm saying it wasn't too successful.

'Paid' is a bit of a reflection of an artist's life, or you can replace artist with any other profession that is commonly perceived as one that you enter and shouldn't hope to make big bucks, concerns about getting paid, etc. Not too big on this song, sorry, but I'm sure it caters to a lot of other people's tastes (and I'm not trying to be nice about it cause J. Lo is obviously not going to read this!).

The first part of 'The Fall' wasn't very impressive to me, even if I like the lyrics. If it hadn't been included, I doubt I would've missed much. The second part of 'The Fall' is, of course, that song you've all heard on radio that screams 'Old Newspaper!!' If it can get any more Malaysian... well, it can't! I love it. You might change the 'sau kau pou zhi' to 'sau kau tilam' since I've heard recordings of those around my neighbourhood.

I give this album 8.5 out of 10. I might be a tad biased cause J. Lo is Malaysian and I feel pride knowing that he can better a lot of other bands out there that are big internationally. ;) I think 30 bucks for an album like this was definitely worth it. :) Especially if you like rock music that isn't empty. Mine was from Rock Corner at Mid Valley; Tower Records had already ran out when we tried it.

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