Trying to review an album for a band called Sick Puppies is a lot harder than one would think. It took me a while just to get over the band’s ridiculous name to try and enjoy their album. As much as I tried to head into this session of music listening of being open minded, my mind quickly closed as the cd played. Although being from Austrailia, the band resembles many of our famous North American rock bands Creed and Nickelback mixed with the trashiness of Puddle of Mudd. Throughout most of the album, very few songs really caught my attention. I found myself even hating a few of the songs. In all fairness, even with the bands cheesy grunge rock style there are some good rockin’ guitar parts.Like most of the bands they resemble, the lyrics are definitely quite cheesy and trashy. Don’t get me wrong there are some good songs on this album, like “World” and “Pitiful”. Other than those two songs I didn’t seem to find many songs catchy or worth spending my time listening to. For all of you who do like the slower songs, there are a few slower ballads “What Are You Looking For” and “Too Many Words”. Then there are some songs like “Asshole Father”, which I found so awful I wanted to break the cd. This band definitely has the talent, it’s just not talent I feel like wasting my time listening too. If would recommend this album to fans of Creed, Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, or any other cheesy band of that genre. But don’t get me completely wrong, I love all kinds of music, it’s just that I believe that this album could have had some better songs on it. An album needs more than just two or three catchy songs to be considered more than decent, and decent is exactly how to describe Sick Puppies.

The Only Standout Tracks
“World”, “Pitiful”, and “What Are You Looking For?”

Tracklisting
1. My World
2. Pitiful
3. Cancer
4. What Are You Looking For?
5. Deliverance
6. All The Same
7. Too Many Words
8. Howard’s Tale
9. Asshole Father
10. Issues
11. Anywhere But Here
12. The Bottom