Paramore
Riot!

It was the night between December 31, 2014, and 01/01/2015: at the New Year's Eve party organized by UNITALSI (acronym for Unione Internazionale Trasporto a Lourdes e ad altri santuari Internazionali), I met, by pure chance, the girl I can't forget. Between one conversation and another, we ended up talking about music. And while we were chatting, I discovered that she appreciates, among others, My Chemical Romance (a great pop punk and emo rock band, whose albums Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and The Black Parade [a true pop punk/emo rock masterpiece, which contains an authentic masterpiece, Welcome To The Black Parade] are two milestones of the genre), and Paramore. At that point, during that memorable party, which for me will go down in the annals of the association itself, she recommended the album I am about to review: Riot!

When I bought the album, I was a bit reluctant to listen to it, also because at that time I was really getting 'fixated' on the legendary Jethro Tull, and I thought this album would undermine this passion of mine. But as soon as I put the album in the stereo and pressed Play......................... .... BAM!.................... I was faced with a true masterpiece, and I felt a bit guilty because I regretted having had initial resistances. But when I listened to it for the first time, I wasn't able to understand and appreciate this album as it deserves. Now that it is an album that I hold dear to my heart, I can talk about it with great detail and in a quite substantiated way. But I will speak with the language of emotions.

The album begins with For A Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic, a splendid pop punk song. Here, Hayley Williams and company show all their potential, demonstrating all the energy the American band can unleash in the studio and in live performances. This is certainly one of the most underrated tracks of the entire album. Track number 2 is That's What You Get, one of the most beautiful songs on the album. This song truly gives you goosebumps, especially if you listen to the chorus as it should be listened to.

Then it continues with an excellent pure pop song: Hallelujah. It may not be the best on the album, but it highlights the versatility of Paramore and Hayley Williams, a great artist who, as far as I'm concerned, has the chops to sing in prog albums.

But here we are at the most beautiful song on the album: Misery Business. This track is perhaps the supreme masterpiece of Paramore, with a truly splendid videoclip. Then there are the other tracks on the album for which what was said for Hallelujah holds true. But then comes Crushcrushcrush, another great pop punk masterpiece that truly gives you goosebumps. As for the next track, namely We Are Broken, there is little to say, even though it should be noted that it eases the tension that has built up, which re-explodes in the last song: Born For This.