Pump - Against Everyone's Advice

*=Staff's pick	Dangerous Inside Out* Wasted It`s Too Late Reckless* Shake No Fight - No Glory No Fool Like You I`m Free Waiting For The Moment Heaven Cries (Blood Red Skies)

Genre	Hard Rock	Marcus Jürgens	Vocals
Tracks	11	Ulli Hauff	Guitar
Runningtime	51 Min.	Aki Reissmann	Guitar
Label	Neon Knights/Soulfood	Stephan Bürk	Bass
Release	24 Nov. 2003	Achim Keller	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	Skid Row, Shakra, Aerosmith, Tesla

It sounds 80's.
The singer has this cool, raspy, voice with pondus.
Suddenly there is a smell of hairspray in my room.....
There are a few power ballads popping up every now and than.
Just once during this album a song actually rise above the rest with a refrain that sticks like glue and a riff that is damn heavy and classy.
The sound is flawless - fat and thick and produced by Tommy Hansen who seldom does anything wrong.
There are too many vocallines and harmonies that sound too familiar to be normal and allowed.

Number of standard, boring, non-saying, "party-mood-creating" riffs:
approximatly 13.218.
Number of elements that make you stop and think: "Hey, that's good!":
approximatly 3.

Names, places and things that keep flashing before my eyes while listening to this are Switzerland, Aerosmith, stadiums, Pink Cream 69, highway cruising, the american flag. Enjoyable in small portions, under the influence of distilled beverages and only when already in a very, very good mood. And not too often.

See also review of: Breakdown To Breakthrough

Production	Vocals	Compositions
8,5	8	3,5

Summary
3 chalices of 10 - Tommy

Sure its true that Pump don't offer anything new but it is so well done I simply cannot resist this album. Against Everyone's Advice brings me to a happy place with its strong songs and the melodies it have, even though they might be recycled. Apart from a few tracks including the sleazy ballads these songs stand strong. Of course no classics needed to be preserved for the afterworld but highly enjoyable for the nearest future. //Thomas (6 of 10)