Tilt - Collect 'Em All: CD
Somewhere between the time Tilt broke-up and got back together, they got pissed. With new member, ex-Screw 32 bassist Jimi Cheetah, Collect 'Em All is an aggressive, angry album, that sounds more like Naked Aggression than Tilt to me. Not that this is bad. It's a solid album, with great tracks like Storm Center, Dental Wreck and Minister Of Culture. Fans of their earlier, more pop-influenced stuff may be turned off by Cinder Block's lack of harmonic hooks and more gruff and edgy vocals - but not me. I love it. I think it's a more personal album for the band, with wonderful, emotion charged lyrics, and a harder, faster sound. I thoroughly enjoyed all 15 songs. Is it better than Play Cell or Till It Kills? No, but it's not worse either, just different.

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