Track Listing

1. It's All That Rage
2. Streetcar
3. Roses for the Dead
4. Hospitality
5. Drive
6. Monsters
7. History
8. Recovery
9. End of Nothing
10. Alvarez
11. Sonny

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96426 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics

Album Description
Informed by the full-gale force of hardcore punk and metal, yet infused with a poignant, provacative melodic sensibility, Funeral For A Friend have won fans from both sides of the pond by touring relentlessly and winning fans over one by one. Hours showcases the band's musical abilities and innovation while delivering some of the most tuneful songs of their career.

Customer Reviews

Elegant, Beautiful, and Rougher Than A Dull Razor
This is my favorite Funeral For A Friend album. I have them all, and admittedly, I am not a fan of screamo, and their newest album gives me the impression that their musical influences are leading them in a softer direction but they're shifting that way reluctantly.
First of all, the first three tracks are stellar in my opinion. The lyrics to the first two are easy for me to relate to, and all three feature catchy riffs and good vocals. It'll certainly get your head shaking, if you don't mind looking like a bit of an idiot in public...
In any case, the next few tracks are good, and normally would be even better, but to be honest, most of the best tracks are first. Then comes History, which is beautiful, softer, elegant, and if you haven't seen it, (I'm well aware this has no bearing on the rating of the CD but it makes the song more powerful) the music video is amazing. Then there are a few song which some people like and some people don't, notably Alvarez and Sonny. The great thing about this album is that it all has a sense of unity, but every song has some sort of defining characteristic to give each one a unique feeling, but they aren't so different that the album feels dis unified. Overall, the best part about this album is actually the lyrics:not many bands like Funeral For A Friend have decent lyrics any more, they're usually fractured and don't make much sense or are difficult to relate to, but personally, I find myself singing along to Hours more than once a week.

YAWN!!!
This is basically another emocore tripe that tries too hard to be punk and metal and it still fails miserably. There really is at best four or five metalcore bands that I like ,but this can't even compare, boring riffs, unimpressive "solos", hack bassist, and a drummer that can't even get his beats right. The lyrics are just whiny and cheesy, no real sense of maturity or maybe even penmenship and it's just more lyrical rehash from their other albums. You want some good punk go for The Clash, The Ramones, Black Flag, The Misfits, Sublime and Suicidal Tendencies. For great metal, Soilent Green, Venom,Celtic Frost, Suffocation, Voivod, Metal church, Behemoth, Daath, Amon Amarth and Mastodon. Just skip this eyelinecore junk altogether.

Great CD! FFAF are so the best band ever!
This CD is so amazing and has great cover art. FFAF are my favourite band and the song roses for the dead shows how good they truly are. This is their worst CD out of the 3 but it still one of my favourites of all time. Hours has great songs like streetcar and also is very emotional with great screams.
Truly Amazing!
FFAF forever!