The Bird And The Bee Sides

Let me start of by saying that I am a Relaint K fan. I have all the CDs I can get, but ever since the Anotomy of the Tongue and Check Album, I have noticed a lack of passion for somthing more. Don't get me wrong the music is great, but am I the only one who notices a lack of what it is all about? As a Christian I was very encouraged by such songs as, For the Moments I feel Faint, Down in Flames and Less is More. If I were listing to this new relase I would not even have a clue that the band was Christian, with many of the songs having more of a secular world view of life. But, the music is good don't get me wrong, the talent is there, but what is it pointing too?

I had a nice chat with my brother about this CD, and we have 2 very different opinions. He doesn't like the newish style of the songs, and I do. I love the acoustic versions as well, and I think that Relient K is still the goofy and down to earth band that I've always loved. Now, despite the number of tracks, this isn't their best work to date (the past two albums were my favorites). But fans should still be able to enjoy this massive collection of witty lyrics and catchy tunes. It is different, to me it's a nice different, but I still hope they go back to the tried and true, old comfortable style for their next album.

Relient K's "The Birds and the Bee Sides" is a must for any Relient K fan. It does a great job giving you all of their styles, from the new country sound of "At least we made it this far", to the Five Score sound of "Scene and Herd, or the Mmhmm sound of "Lining is Silver", along with the old-school sounds found on anatomy ant two lefts found in "the vinyl countdown", "nothing without you", and "for the band".

So many great songs and such a great Cd!

I love Relient K and I love that they put out their bee sides and they charged a great price. However, the Relient K that I love has awesome wordplay and is much more upbeat. They are still brilliant but I hope that they don't continue to head toward a less unique, mainstream direction.

I bought the Cd from Best Buy tuned it in and it sounds nothing like them i don't like it as much as there other cds but for 26 songs some old songs just changed background , but you cant beet the price, it depends on who listening to the song hope you like it

i gave it a 3 out of 5 because i like some songs and it has a bunch of songs
next time they make a new cd im still buying it , because they have the best music