Track Listing

1. Get Stoned
2. How Long
3. By the Way
4. Nothin' Good About Goodbye
5. Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)
6. Better Than Me
7. Room 21
8. Lips of an Angel
9. Homecoming Queen
10. Shoulda

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2075 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.com
In the liner notes to their major label debut, Oklahoma City's Hinder endorse tequila, Belvedere, Crown Royal, Jägermeister, and Mr. Watson 540. In "Get Stoned," photogenic Austin Winkler (who sounds tougher than he looks) rasps, "Let's go home and get stoned." Later, he adds, "The break-up is worth the make-up sex you're givin' me." In "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)," the lead singer laments, "The vodka's running on empty." This is a problem because, "I can't stay sober/if it's over." But things pick up in "Room 21" where he meets a "b*tch" with "red lipstick and pale pink boots," who shows him a good time (yes, he said boots). And he doesn't even know her name! The days of big hair-and-spandex metal may be long gone, but in songwriting terms, Hinder's music is a throwback to the politically incorrect Sunset Strip days of Guns N' Roses, LA Guns, and Faster Pussycat. For some hard-rock aficionados, they will surely come as a breath of fresh air. For those with more refined tastes--a blast of stale cigarette smoke. That said, "Homecoming Queen" is surprisingly tender ("She never walked on water/'cause no one really saw her"), proving that way down deep inside, the frisky fivesome does have a teeny, tiny, little beating heart. Overall though, if the platinum long-player, which was cowritten with producer Brian Howes, has a message, it's this: Girl, you broke my heart and I hate you for it. Oh, and alcohol is good. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews

GREAT ALBUM
LA VERDAD QUE LLEVABA TIEMPO SIN COMPRAR UN CD QUE PUEDIERA ESCUCHAR COMPLETO. PUES HINDER LO HA HECHO POSIBLE. SENCILLAMENTE, ES UN BUEN ALBUM PARA EL OIDO, DE PRINCIPIO A FIN.

Hinder
I have to admit I was a bit turned off by the over playing of Lips from an Angel on the radio. They have so many other great songs that were only played like once or twice. I saw them live and it opened my eyes to their ability to tear it up! A great CD to have! I wish it would have encluded their cover of Take Me Home Tonight!

AWESOME CD!!
Every song on this CD is good; it's rare to find that these days. I recommend it 100% - totally worth it!