Three Days Grace, despite the fact they have met TRL success, are actually quiet a good band. Usually, when a band has a few hit singles, you might as well not get the album because the best songs have been overplayed on the radio. Not true with Three Days Grace, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they release quite a few more top singles, because the album is full of catchy songs.

The best song on the album is the radio hit “I Hate Everything About You” (but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t close seconds). I was a bit skeptical that such a refrain could compete with Ugly Kid Joe’s take on hating everything, but Three Days Grace’s holds up nicely. It’s a great break up song. In fact, pretty much all of the songs on this album set an I’m-unhappy-in-my-relationship-but-dependant-on-you type feel to it. But that’s okay because it’s the presentation that counts. This isn’t an emo album it’s a rock album so the whole semi-bitter-semi-senitmental succeeds for these guys with out being too monotonous or irritating. When Adam Gontier is complaining it works because at least he's not whining he signing and he is pretty good at it. Supported by catchy melodic riffs and solid but not amazing drumming, these guys have made a good album.

Overall this record is worth listening to if you are into the mainstream rock scene. The album is heavy on the production end and might have sounded better had they left it a little grittier sounding. Heavy Guitar riffs need to be left heavy and not smoothed out to match the Goniters’ smoother vocals. But got to keep the top 40 folk’s happy, so like most bands, Three Days Grace leans more to a commercial appeal.