Let's clear something up. This record is not called "Tell all your friends" and it doesn't have a song called "Cute Without The E (Cut from the team). If you want that in a Taking Back Sunday album, then they have one that matches that exact description. Go listen to it.
The opening track "El Paso" caught a lot of flack when it debuted, that's no secret. The real secret, the key to listening to this album if you will, is to disambiguate that song from the rest of the record. View it as an audio "parental advisory" of sorts. A mission statement.
Viewing it this way, "Faith (when I let you down)" is the first stop in our trip down memory lane. If you don't get a little bit of a "Make Damn Sure" vibe, then your ears are broken.
"Best Places To Be A Mom" sounds like it could have been a B-Side from the afforementioned "Tell All Your Friends" album. I wonder why that is.
"Sad Savior" opens with a riff deeply reminiscant of the Gaslight Anthem, and instantly grows into something a lot less familiar. Adam and John really hit their vocal stride in this song.
"Who are you anyway" and "Money (let it go)" both give somewhat of a New vibe. They're both great.
"This is all now" has a bit of a sound of controlled experimentation. You can really hear a bit of John's Straylight Run influence shining through.
"It doesn't feel a thing like falling" sounds absolutely huge. It also has a little bit of a Jimmy Eat World feel to it.
"Since you're Gone" mixes Adam's signature screams of utter helplessness with...The Beatles. Seriously. It's pretty damn sick!
"You got me" turns it back around with another fast tune, kinda like "Money", but definitely not ripping it off.
"Call Me In The Morning" has that sort of...ending sound. It works out well, cause it's the last song.
In all, this half assed review doesn't get the message across the same way LISTENING to the album does.
The message? After 9 years and a nightmare involving a Fred other than Krueger, we finally got the follow up to Tell All Your Friends.
