"Unlike many people, I don't actually like Falling Up. My two best friends and my little brother on the other hand, practically worship them. When Exit Lights came out, I was completely certain that I'd hate it, so you can imagine my surprise when I listened to the first fifteen seconds of Islander and immediately asked Kristin if I could borrow it. Alas, I had to return it to her yesterday, but that only means that I have to go shopping in a few hours and buy the CD for myself.
Remixes suck, you say? Believe me, I couldn't agree with you MORE.
Is this one any good? HELL. YES.
Don't like remixes? Buy Exit Lights anyways.
Loathe Falling Up with a passion? Buy the dang CD anyway!!!!
I promise you, you'll be blown away. As another reviewer mentioned, Falling Up actually DID remix their songs. The tempo, music, and vocals are all exquisit and far better than the originals (in my opinion). If you enjoy listening to songs that have clean lyrics, addictive beats, and brilliant music, I encourage you to look up this CD."
A Remix Album Actually Worth Buying!!
Jon Wymore | Midland, TX United States | 10/03/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Falling up does it again with a remix album that is truly creative! This is not just the same songs dubbed over with a funky dance beat, these songs have many times totally been remixed including the tempo, vocals, guitars and drums. The result is a fresh look at some of their hits from the past two albums as well as a new song and some new instrumental songs.
"The Islander" is the new song and it is an amazing mix of keyboards, guitars, and Falling Up's soaring vocals, it kicks off the album with a bang. Another great remix is "Exit Calypsan" which starts off with an electronic sound and kicks it up on the chorus. Most of the songs are unique enough to listen to and not sound old or overplayed. The only exception I found is "Moonlit" which starts out with a very funny voice over, but then gets sounding too hip-hop for me, but it's my opinion. The rest are fantastic.
The sound is truly unique and the layered mixing of keyboard, synth, piano and beats just really flows. If you like Falling Up then check this album out and even if you don't and want to go for a sort of industrial/electronic rock sounding album then don't hesistate to buy Exit Lights!"
Way better than their actual albums!
Eric Diaz | Saint Augustine, FL, USA | 05/26/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Like the previous reviewer's have said. This is a remix album that does not suck. It actually improves upon the original songs vastly.
Even if you do not like Falling up you will like this album.
It is that good."
Remix Done Right
Jonathan Mahoney | Middle Tennessee, USA | 08/24/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have to agree with Mel on this one, most remixes aren't worth the time or money, but Falling Up managed to beat the system by putting out a remix cd that, in my opinion, manages to improve on the originals. The sound is an organic mix of industrial/electronic, rock, and hip-hop with a melodic soul.
The collaborations add a neat touch to this CD. Solomon Olds from Family Force 5 blends a little of his groups sound into "Moonlit" to good effect. Rachel Lampa lends her amazing voice to "Exhibition" (I've never cared for her own stuff, but man, she sounds incredible with Falling Up). An artist I'd never heard of before, Troma, shows up in "Fearless" along with Trevor McNevan from Thousand Foot Krutch and FM Static, which brings me to the one major low point of this album.
If "Fearless" hadn't started off with so much promise, I wouldn't even be mentioning it. But it really had the makings of an incredible song. I really liked what they did with Troma's guest part, and even Trevor's rap could have been made to work. But what it felt like when the song ended the first time I listened to it was that I was looking at the pieces to a masterpiece still sitting on the workbench. Still, for that to be the one low point on the whole CD, I'd say they're still doing pretty good.
I remember hearing some of the band members talk about how they try to write their music as if they were writing a sound track to their own lives, and to me that's how this CD comes off. It's one of my favorites to pop in while driving, running, working on a project, etc. Great "doing stuff" music.
Exit Lights isn't just a good remix CD. It's just plain good music. Go get it. Now. Run, don't walk. You can thank me later."