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Silver Spoons and Broken Bones | 
| Artist: Stone Gods
Label: Stone Gods
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 3369
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5050954182524
ASIN: B001AI93TA
Release Date: July 7, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Burn The Witch | | • | Don't Drink The Water | | • | Defend Or Die | | • | You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight | | • | Magdalene Street | | • | Where You Coming From | | • | Lazy Bones | | • | I'm With The Band | | • | Start Of Something | | • | Making It Hard | | • | Wasting Time | | • | Knight Of The Living Dead | | • | Oh Where My Beero |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Thoroughly Enjoyable October 9, 2008
I'd never really liked the Darkness, but this is a different kettle of fish.
Varied songs and styles from start to finish, all played with some polish, yet keeping the basics of good solid guitar-based rock 'n' roll close to the fore. Lots of eclectic moments from other bands here (I kept thinking of Def Lep, and even, dare I mention it, NightRanger...)
50 minutes of enjoyable music to drive to, work to, do anything to, basically. Worth the money.
Not bad at all September 28, 2008
A strong debut from the boys. This is defintely heavier and harder than The Darkness. The main issue most people had with that band was Justin's annoying vocals - that is no longer a problem. The jokey lyrics and humour have gone too, which will please some people but not everyone. It's a more varied album than either of the Darkness ones, but without the overproduction of the last one. The musical influences remain much the same in Stone Gods, but now the heavy riffing and speed of Metallica is added to the mix on some songs as well. I've seen this band live twice now and they certainly deliver the goods.
Best album of the year August 31, 2008
Wow, these guys show the rock is still alive and kicking! I liked the darkness, they were good for some light hearted humor laden rock. Justin had amazing talent but his voice did get annoying.
These guys simply ROCK, From Megadeth esque riffage in Burn the Witch to ballads like lazy bones these guys echo classic rock and 80's metal. Richie has a strong powerful voice that perfectly suits every song on here.
Some standouts for me were the bone crushing "Burn the Witch" "Don't Drink the Water" and "Knight of the living dead"
If you like this album you guys MUST check out the b-sides. The original Burn the witch EP includes the Very thin lizzy inspired "Breakdown" The Knight of the living Dead has the awesome Def Leppard esque "Pretty Ugly"
Diamond's In The Rough Finally Shine August 28, 2008
Now I know a lot of people will instantly dismiss this album because it features 3/4's of The Darkness but thats their loss.
Now i loathed The Darkness but I knew somewhere in the queen rip off merchants there was potential and finally I'm pleased to say they have unlocked some of that said potential.
SS&BB is a good solid Rock album with Metal moments think AC/DC laced with Metallica opening track "Burn The Witch" has got a great riff's and a catchy courus. "You Brought A Knife To A Gun Fight" has the mentioned AC/DC swagger and attitude.
My personal fave's are the more heavier tracks like "Defend Or Die" and "Knight Of The Living Dead" which have the cool straight up Metal riffage throughout.
However this album isn't without it's flaws and the cheesy moment's are still there "Don't Drink The Water" is one track I cannot get into as the lyric's are really bad (basically a song about going Benidorm on holiday)
But minus that this is a really good album and by the time drinking anthem "Oh Where 'O My Beero" comes you've forgotten all about that song.
Hopefully now these boys get the credit they deserve as they now are making music not for the money but for the pure enjoyment of it and with this album you can tell.
Rockin' hard... August 22, 2008
Stone Gods recently formed as Dan Hawkins (The Darkness), Ed Graham (The Darkness) and Richie Edwards (The Darkness). Oh, and Toby MacFarlaine, who replaces Richie on bass, while he switches to guitar.
So that's the Stone Gods. But what about their music?
Well, as you'd expect, there are obvious hints of The Darkness to be heard. However, it is on rare occasions and SG have formed a good sound of their own. Tracks like 'Burn The Witch' tease us with Metal (80's thrash and contemporary), as does 'Defend or Die' and 'Knight of the Living Dead'.
It isn't all Metal though, although they rock harder than The Darkness did, in all honesty. There is more variety here. Richie's vocals are flexible and he sings anything from ballads ('Magdalen Street') to rock power-ballads ('Makin' It Hard', 'Start of Something') and the Metal of the aforementioned tracks.
Dan Hawkins's guitaring is as excellent and articulate as ever, and Dan Graham's drumming is sharp and cohesive. MacFarlaine adds a good sound and his own ideas ('Magdalen Street') to the band.
Overall then, a decent enough album, and I reckon things can only get better for SG.
Who needs Justin Hawkins anyway? These guys have proved they don't. Great album. 9/10.
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