Description
Away from the Sun, released in November of 2002, immediately went Gold, and reached Platinum in early January 2003. It's a much more accomplished album than The Better Life, smoothing out most of the rough patches that slowed down the debut. Lead single "When I'm Gone" is a muscular blues-rocker that recalls Kenny Wayne Shepherd - it's representative of the album's predominantly mid-tempo arrangements that focus on Arnold's contemplative lyrics. He doesn't proselytize like Creed's Scott Stapp, nor does he rely on obvious nu-metal clichés like Saliva's Joey Scott. Instead, Arnold's lyrics lean more towards the first-person confessional style favored by Southern rock mainstays such as the Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd. While Universal/Republic might lump them in with the chest-thumpers and active rock doomsayers, Away from the Sun makes it clear that 3 Doors Down are really more comfortable where the sky is always blue.
Tracklist:
- When I'm Gone
- Away from the Sun
- Road I'm On, The
- Ticket to Heaven
- Running Out of Days
- Here Without You
- I Feel You
- Dangerous Game
- Changes
- Going Down in Flames
- Sarah Yellin'
- [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)
UPC: 044006439624
Label: Republic Records
Release Date: 11.12.02
Format: CD
