Rockwood; In Review
Rockwood; In Review
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Coming as the first album for Mark Ambor, Rockwood was released on the 16th of August and was one of the better projects in that stacked month. The album gives that bright, cheery feel with its indie pop songs and helps the album to come across with a very high level of sincerity that you don't see from a lot of albums. The album is a great first album, we'll discuss about it now.
Track Listing
Track Listing
1. Rockwood
2. Good To Be
3. Academy Street
4. Belong Together
5. Our Way
6. Second Best
7. Hate That I Still Love You
8. Bruises and Stains
9. I Hope It All Works Out
10. Someone That’s Better
11. Under the Willow
12. My Love!
Tone Deaf Metric
Best Song
When you think of the best song on an album, sometimes it’s one of the most popular. Belong Together fits within that case as it is the most popular from the album, as well as the best. The song's lyrics give this warm fuzzy feeling across so well as they repeat the title’s phrase of you and me “belong together”. The happiness that comes across from the song is infectious, which fits well with this earworm of a song. The song is a great pop song that’ll be stuck in your head for a long time.
Worst Song
With how hard it is to pick the worst song, typically, I don’t give it to songs that are instrumental as it sometimes can be a cop-out. In this case, Under The Willow still gets this dishonor since it's the second instrumental piece to an album and is more or less a filler that cuts off the final song of the project. The piano of the song sounds great melodically, but when listening to the album in full, it interrupts the final song and somewhat throws off the flow of the album. Under The Willow is the worst for being a rather plain melodic piece that's little more than filler.
Most Underrated
The most underrated song on Rockwood is a rather easy choice this time around. Second Best is the most underrated song on the album, as I think it’s the second-best song, coincidentally. Streaming-wise, the song isn’t even in Ambor’s top 10, which is a tragedy. The song’s lyrics do such a good job of describing the feeling of inadequateness you can feel when you’re in a relationship that just ended. The track comes across as one of the most sincere tracks on the album and is one of the best.
Most Overrated
For the most overrated track on the album, I think that it has to go to Someone That’s Better. While the song is good in its own right, the topic of the song is what drags it to being overrated. This is because the most underrated song talks about almost the same topic but is the better song that does so. While slightly different in the perspective of the song, if you’re looking for that vibe or subject, second best is superior in every way. The song just falls behind because that is the case.
Track Rankings
Track Rankings
1. Belong Together
2. Second Best
3. I Hope It All Works Out
4. Good To Be
5. Academy Street
6. Our Way
7. Hate That I Still Love You
8. Someone That’s Better
9. Bruises and Stains
10. My Love!
11. Under the Willow
12. Rockwood
Final Rating
Overall
Overall
The first album of new alternative/indie pop musician Mark Ambor came out on August 16th of this year. The album is a good first project and contains a lot of great songs. The pop hits are all earworms that are so catchy they get stuck in your brain. The project came after the release of the single on Spotify. The album has more than just a single; however, the new songs on the album leave me with a desire for new music. Overall, it is a really good first album of music for people to enjoy.
Credits
Vocals: Mark Ambor
Producers: Mark Ambor, Noel Zancanella, Ryan Hadlock, Dave Basset, Parker Sundby, Alex Maddon
Writers: Mark Ambor, Dave Basset, Amy Allen
Distributed by: Hundred Days Records, LLC, Warner Chappell Music
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