Seven Mary Three - American Standard

The term "bubblegrunge" was coined to describe stuff like the Toadies, Collective Soul, and Seven Mary Three. It's not a complimentary term, and I was the one who coined it in the first place, so you can tell what direction we're going here. Then again, Seven Mary Three have a weird sort of Southern-rock authenticity to their Pearl Jam bluster (they're from Florida), which suggests they might have even more right to the sound than a dilettante like Eddie Vedder. By "Southern rock," though, I don't mean the Allmans or Skynyrd so much as Molly Hatchet. They should be .38 Special instead: a swamp-boogie hat act that throws on some pop hooks and sucks back the Yankee dollars. The hit here is cumbersome. Er, that is, the hit here is "Cumbersome." --Gavin McNett Amazon.com

A Great Listen

This is a great album! It starts out a bit dark with Water's Edge...but the order 7M3 put the songs in really works well as you listen to the album in its entirety. Cumbersome, Roderigo, Devil Boy, Headstrong, My, My and Lame are all great songs! The rest are good songs too so don't count them out. This is one of their best compilations, I think...it would be a great addition to your music collection. January 13, 2008

perfect

this was a new c.d. in the wrappings, great price, great availability and sounds great. Thanks March 18, 2007

7M3 American Standard

I love this item I used to own the CD, but lkie all CDs, it got scratched; and I was only abel to hear songs 1-4. I can now enjoy the whole CD once again. January 10, 2007

Southern Blend Of Modern Rock

Seven Mary Three just about does their own thing, but they do it well. I see them as part of a new version of Southern Rock that also includes acts like the Gin Blossums, Better Than Ezra, Dada, Four Star Mary, and others.

This album in particular resembles what Seven Mary Three is as well as shows effects of the nineties and grunge rock. They showed they could be hard on songs like My My and Water's Edge. They showed they could be emotional on Lame and Devil Boy. They showed off some interesting and extremely weird storytelling on many of their songs like Margaret and especially Roderigo.

Killer successful Platinum album by one of my favorite artists. Similar albums to this: Seven Mary Three's "Orange Avenue", Pound's "Same Old Life", Better Than Ezra's "Closer", and Stone Temple Pilots' "Core". December 30, 2006

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CD'S

I LOVE THIS CD!!
I LOVE JASON ROSS'S VOICE WHETHER HE IS SINGING HIS HEART OUT OR SINGING SOFTLY. HE IS GIFTED!
THIS ALBUM, ALSO ROCKCROWN AND DISLOCATED ARE EXCELLANT.
I WASN'T TOO HAPPY WITH ORANGE AVE. BUT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW CD COMING OUT THIS FEB '07!!!
GO SEE THEM LIVE -- YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!!! November 18, 2006

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