Papa Roach Music:

		List Price: $13.98		Label: Geffen Records Salesrank: 13766 Released: June 19, 2007
		Our Price: $8.23
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		Media: Audio CD

The Paramour Sessions Track Listing:
1. ...to Be Loved
2. Alive (N' out of Control)
3. Crash
4. World Around You
5. Forever
6. I Devise My Own Demise
7. Time Is Running Out
8. What Do You Do?
9. My Heart Is a Fist
10. No More Secrets
11. Reckless
12. Fire
13. Roses on My Grave

Editorial Review:
PARAMOUR SESSIONS: DELUXE EDITION Includes a ringtone of "FOREVER", cell phone wallpaper and a foldout poster!

The Paramour mansion has no shortage of history. In 1933, oil heiress Daisy Canfield was on her way home from a party when her car veered off a Mulholland Drive cliff, plummeting 300 feet and instantly killing the wife of silent movie star Antonio Moreno. In the decades that followed, the couple's 14-bedroom Hollywood Hills estate would see time as a school for girls, then a convent before falling into disrepair, later being devastated by a 1987 earthquake. Born again more than a decade later, the renovated mansion has served as a recording studio for the likes of H.I.M. and Gwen Stefani, and recently hosted television's "Rock Star" reality series.

It was between seasons of "Rock Star" that Papa Roach were tenants of the historic property, writing and recording the songs that comprise The Paramour Sessions. "We chose to move into the Paramour so we could focus on music and not have to deal with and be affected by the outside world," says Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner. Little did the band realize the impact that the house would actually have. "We went in to the house with the intention of writing the most savage, bad-ass record we could write," adds frontman Jacoby Shaddix, "but when we got there, the house had a spirit about it that was bigger than us. We knew we were onto something the second we went into our jam sessions, because we'd never stepped into a room and played for six or seven hours straight, just being creative."

The results of that creative energy - whether channeled by the band, or the product of a mysterious, more elusive energy - are The Paramour Sessions, the fifth full-length Papa Roach release of the past decade, and second for Geffen Records. "Living in the house together was the best thing we could have done for ourselves," says guitarist Jerry Horton. "It brought new life to our writing process and helped us reconnect musically and spiritually. The Paramour brought another level to our creative flow and that had a major influence on the songs, as well as how we'll write music in the future." Details Shaddix: "There was something about the ballroom we recorded in that made us want to write bigger, with more open chords. Something happened there that we wanted everyone to experience with us, and we wanted the songs to feel as grand and over-the-top as our experience there was."

"Every album we've made is a reflection of our states, both personally and musically, and this album is no different," explains Buckner. "The whole property was completely f***ing haunted, and I saw it as a sanctioned opportunity for me to lose my mind--And I did exactly that. I was visited by inter-dimensional beings, had out-of-body sex with spirits from old Hollywood, learned how to see specters, and now know what it feels like to have a ghost walk through me. It's a very enlightening and inspiring experience, and something to check off the list."

"There were times that I was just lyrically stuck, and I would go down to Daisy's grave - she was buried on the property - and just write whatever came to me," recalls Shaddix. "I wrote `Forever' down there, and also `My Heart Is A Fist.' I'd just walk around the property and find the lyrics - I'd look under rocks, I'd trip out, I'd meditate. "Ultimately, we all needed to face whatever our fears were on this record," the singer continues. "We also need to be able to face the fans, face the world, and be able to be proud of who we are and what we do. After making this record, we couldn't ask for anything more than what we accomplished." "It was a pretty crazy, intense time, and you can hear it throughout the record," sums Esperance. "It's a very honest and direct record, which is the same thing that Papa Roach strive to be as a band." "In the early days, I would obsess and worry about making our mark on rock music, but not anymore," concludes Buckner. "In fact, I'm not sure that's even a worthy concern... We rock today, and that's what's cool."

The Paramour Sessions Reviews:
WANNA BE LOVED.....
2009-12-10 - Papa Roach grow musically with each album, and if you are a long time fan like myself you will have basically seen the band grow up over the past years. Songs dedicated to being where they are now and the dark parts of their past (Jacoby especially) basically force it on you, they are back and they are not the same. LoveHateTragedy signalled a low point for the band as nu-metal was in its deathrows, and along came Getting Away With Murder which was a huge step to where they are now.

I cannot recommend this album enough. There is not a bad song on this album, and even some songs I was dubious about grew on me. I know one of the other reviewers said that when he/she got to Time Is Running Out/What Would You Do, he/she felt like skipping back to the beginning of the CD. I too felt this way to start with, but eventually the songs grow on you, and you have to go passed these songs to get to the great My Heart Is A Fist and Roses On My Grave. Put these with To Be Loved, Crash, The World Around You, Forever and I Devise My Own Demise and you have an album worth the money .

papa roach fan
2009-05-25 - When this album came out I thought it was the most beautiful music I had ever heard. It still stays as close to me as I can keep it and I play it as often as I can. Such a beautiful, perfect album.

Awesome!
2009-04-24 - There is none better than Papa Roach!
Awesome CD.
Highly recommend you get this one!

Papa Roach Rocks!
2009-04-03 - I of course bought this CD for one song and one song only. I have always been a fan of Papa Roach and this CD confirms that they have what it takes to keep you rocking!

Fumigating Infest: The New Papa Roach
2009-03-22 - This isn't the Papa Roach (Jacoby & Co.) that I'm used to.

In fact, I didn't identify "Forever" as them until I saw the "artist" name on my MP3 player. This was especially embarrassing as I'd purchased the song legally, as a download, somehow thinking it was by fellow metal band Dope.

Gone from Papa Roach is their typical lyrical sound of Jacoby complaining to his psychotherapist. Also half-absent from the album is their "rapcore" style, which I feel comes in more subtly and appropriately on The Paramour Sessions (TPS).

This album is a true melange of the variety that the band shows they're capable of producing. Some blast them for departing from their original "style" (but if you ask me, they started doing that, in a good way, in "Getting Away With Murder").

From the deep, low-register "Forever" (there sounds like there are strings in the chorus, as well!) to their more "typical-sounding" song "...Wanna Be Loved", the album contains songs that won't get out of your head.

Don't miss the optimistic "Time Is Running Out" and the emotional power ballad "What Do You Do?", either.

Waaay "off" their style is "Roses On My Grave", which for the most part is instrumented solely by a classical orchestra, with no guitar or conventional heavy metal instrumentation. This goes on until the final chorus, which is done together by the metal-outfitted remainder of the band in "concert" with the orchestra. I honestly liked this track for its variety.

Summary: If you're ready to fumigate Papa Roach's older style from albums such as "Infest", you're ready for this album. Jacoby & Co. has grown up.

And to say nothing of whom they inspired (The Exies, "A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth", which came out the following year!):
A Modern Way of Living with the Truth