"Seventeen Days" album review

Since 3 Doors Down is my favorite band, its only appropriate that the first album review I do is of their most recent release, titled "Seventeen Days", named that because it was heard that the entire album was written in 17 days, now whether theres any truth to that, well you'd have to ask Brad Arnold yourself. The drummer on the album, Daniel Adair, quit the band right after the CD was released. He is now Nickleback's drummer, and 3 Doors Down went out and got a very good replacement, they got Puddle of Mudd's drummer! Now getting back to the "Seventeen Days" CD, it is a masterpiece of modern rock music. Now although I think that there will never be another 3 Doors Down hit as great as "When I'm Gone" ( hard to top perfection) , there are some songs on this album that come mighty close to it. It is also the hardest 3DD album yet, now its nothing compared to say Metallica or somebody, but take the hardest songs on "Away From the Sun" and you pretty much have what the majority of songs sound like on "Seventeen Days". The opening salvo, a song named "Right Where I Belong", gets the album off to a rockin start. One of the best songs on the album, "Right Where I Belong" is a short song, only approx 2 and a half minutes long. But what lacks in quantity it darn sure makes up for in quality. The next song, "It's Not Me", is a studio version of the same song from their LP record "Another 700 Miles", with a few minor adjustments in the lyrics. The next song, "Let Me Go" is the first single off of the album, and it is tearing up the charts. Now in the music video for the song, 3 Doors Down takes a mighty big risk with the content, because the storyline of the video involves a stripper doin her stuff in the nightclub. Although its nothing compared to the majority of rap music videos ( 50 Cent's "Candyshop" comes to mind) , it still might turn a few people off. No big deal to me, considering whats out there elsewhere. Now getting on with the review, the next song about a boy just trying to make it in this world. Named "Be Somebody", its a good quality song. Next comes one of the absolute gems on this CD, "Landing In London", a duo with oldie rock icon Bob Seger. A soft rock song, this song will please almost anyone who hears it, even those who don't normally listen to rock music. Hey kids, if you like 3 Doors Down and are afraid your parents might not like your kind of music, introduce them to 3DD with this song, heck they might even like it too. If released as a single, I think this song would be #1 for a long, long time. If theres any song on this album that could possibly top "When I'm Gone", this is the one. The next song, "The Real Life", isn't one of the best songs on the CD, but any diehard 3DD fan will like it. The seventh track on the CD is named "Behind Those Eyes", which is the newly named 2nd single off of the album. It is starting to get some radio play, although I haven't seen a music video for it yet. I like this song better than the 1st single, with its great guitar work by Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts. The next song is "Never Will I Break", which is a good song, but not a great one. The 9th song, named "Father's Son", is a emotional song, dealing with a 17 year old girl which, I can't figure out, was either a prostitute or was raped, maybe someone out there could post a comment telling me which it is. Anyway, it is a good song, but not a song that I think should be released as a single. The next song, "Live For Today", sounds a awful lot like the others on the album, which may have some people thinking that the CD is repetitive, but its a good song that doesn't let any 3DD fan down. Next comes one of the harder songs on the album, named " My World", is kind of a in your face song, but not quite as much as say, Linkin Park stuff. The last song is "Here By Me" which is a nice soft love song that ends the album in a good tone. A definite must-buy for any 3DD fan, I give it 4 out of 5 stars.