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List Price: $8.99 | | Label: Wind-Up Records
Salesrank: 3464
Released: March 6, 2007 |
| Our Price: $4.44 |
| Used Price: $2.15 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Them VS. You VS. Me Track Listing:
1. Paralyzer
2. Falling On
3. I'll Keep Your Memory Vague
4. Lost My Way
5. So-So Suicide
6. Window Song
7. Sense of a Spark
8. Talking to the Walls
9. Change the World
10. Gather & Give
11. Easy Life
12. Easy Life
Editorial Review:
International pressing of the hit 2007 album featuring two bonus tracks: 'Them Vs. You Vs. Me' and 'Sacrifice'. The members of Finger Eleven collectively wrote / recorded over one hundred songs during the process of creating Them vs. You vs. Me.. The influences are of varying styles from rock to country to dance to funk to old 60's songs. Many of them were written by exchanging files over the Internet wherein one person would track a home recording, send it off, and then some one else would build on it and send it on down the line. Many of the sounds on the record were recorded during the demo process in locations as diverse as a castle, a lodge in Northern Canada and their homes. Beyond the obvious guitars and drums one would expect to hear on a Finger Eleven album, Them vs. You vs. Me features assorted keyboards, xylophones, a lap steel, violin, banjo, and other assorted instruments added in to the mix. Wind Up. 2008.
Description of Them VS. You VS. Me:
Finger Eleven's career shifted suddenly and significantly when their 2003 emo-hit "One Thing" turned the band's career on its axis. At that point, they went from being known as 'the boys from Burlington who used to call themselves the Rainbow Butt Monkeys' to a group whose anthemic slow rock song went Platinum in Canada and Gold in America. So how does a band respond after its widespread fame is the result of just one song? In the case of Them Vs. You Vs. Me, Finger Eleven have consciously stayed away from anything remotely resembling their past and put the focus on the straight-ahead alt-rock formula that they've consistently excelled at. There are certain old-school rock influences that bleed clearly through their music, from Rush-isms in the form of frenetic time changes ("Sense of a Spark") to "Talking to the Walls" and "Lost My Way" which evoke Peter Gabriel-era Genesis. Frontman Scott Anderson's voice is impressive throughout, but when he sings ballads, especially "Window Song" and "Easy Life," something enables him to appeal to a whole different audience than traditional alt-rock fans. There is no 'one thing' on this disc that will allow them to reach the heights of their self-titled CD, just a consistency that will provide longtime fans reason to appreciate the band even more. --Denise Sheppard
Them VS. You VS. Me Reviews:
Originality??? 
2009-11-15 - For all of you who like the song paralyzer...I can't believe this band copied this exact song beat from Franz Ferdinand-Take Me Out....seriously listen to both songs its hilarious. Of course Franz Ferdinand came up with their song in 2004. 3 years before paralyzer came out. Come on, get your own material!
Paralyzed Me 
2009-10-26 - The only song that I had ever heard of FingerEleven was Paralyzer. I was taking a chance buying a CD for just one song, but when I listened to the rest of the CD it all became clear. I enjoyed their music. I had not made a bad choice. It was money well spent.
F11 lost their edge 
2009-09-03 - So these guys are getting older, more mature, and lighter. This wasn't a huge problem with their last album, which is WAY lighter than their previous efforts and a great collection of songs. However, the boys from Canada seem to be moving away from rock altogether. Don't get me wrong, the album has a few good songs on it, but it also has an equal amount of filler tracks, a problem they never experienced on their first three records.
Disappointed
2008-11-01 - As much as I loved the first track I was hopeful about the rest of the CD. However, the remaining 10 songs were pretty slow. There were only about 4 that were okay. The other 6 in my opinion were not good. It's disappointing. I absolutely loved the first song, perhaps other CDs of theirs are better.
sell out
2008-08-01 - This is the textbook definition of a band selling out: trading in great hard rock pieces with little publicity for generic poppy tunes that are suddenly all over the radio. I hope theyre happy with themselves. Listen to the first 2 albums instead.
