At 47, I am too old to review P.O.D.\u2019s Greatest Hits <\/i>album — or so my 20-year-old daughter told me after I pronounced it \u201cpod.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Apparently, it\u2019s pronounced like an acronym, she said. And being the writer, and the dad, I know that it IS an acronym (for Payable On Death, by the way). But I can be forgiven — it\u2019s not like these guys are ever played on Christian radio. In fact, Audio Adrenaline is about the toughest group played there — and that should tell you a lot about the state of CCM radio. <\/p>\n
But I reviewed P.O.D.\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/i> because I have always had a curiosity about music and I\u2019d never listened to anything that qualifies as driving metal, hip-hop, tribal, and reggae-influenced spiritual rock. I\u2019m convinced there\u2019s not a lot of groups operating in that genre. <\/p>\n
And, you know what? My daughter\u2019s right — this is not my kind of music. But even though I may not choose to listen to Greatest Hits <\/i>often, I can still say that this is great music — and we haven\u2019t even touched on the lyrics yet. <\/p>\n
This collection represents P.O.D.\u2019s Atlantic Records years (1999 to 2006), containing tracks from their four major label releases: The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown <\/i>(1999); Satellite <\/i>(2001); Payable On Death <\/i>(2003); and Testify <\/i>(2006). For collectors there are also two unreleased tracks, \u201cGoing In Blind,\u201d recorded for this collection, and \u201cHere We Go,\u201d an outtake from Testify<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Most modern heavy metal bands drown themselves in misery and angst. P.O.D. is different. Scope these lyrics from \u201cAlive,\u201d a cut from Satellite<\/i>: \u201cEvery day is a new day \/ I\u2019m thankful for every breath I take \/ I won\u2019t take it for granted \/ So I learn from my mistakes \/ It\u2019s beyond my control, sometimes it\u2019s best to let go \/ Whatever happens in this lifetime \/ So I trust in love \/ You have given me peace of mind \/ I feel so alive for the very first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
P.O.D. is a band that offers an optimistic alternative in the musical style many young people prefer to listen to. But, hold on, correct that. P.O.D. is not an alternative \u2013 they are a player in the genre. And one to watch. <\/p>\n
This collection of songs, coming as it does on the heels of Testify<\/i>, could be an encapsulation of P.O.D. and where the group has been before their next disc takes them in a new direction. Or, maybe not, since the band recently announced that original guitarist Marcos Curiel was returning to the band after leaving a few years ago over spiritual differences.<\/p>\n
So, perhaps Greatest Hits <\/i>is merely a time to catch their breath before P.O.D. tears into the new year and a new album. Stay tuned, Warriors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":28731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7775],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-40224","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-p-o-d","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40224"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}