This album has been sitting in my collection for a fair while and, to be honest, I’ve never really given it a proper listen. Luckily the new iPod has come to the rescue yet again and this morning I found myself giving it a spin (ok, I guess it doesn’t ‘spin’ on an iPod… the files get ‘read’… but that doesn’t sound as cool, so I’m gonna stick with spin).

“Peace, Love and Armageddon” possibly isn’t the kind of album that I would have bought without a significant nudge in the right direction… (or for someone to just give it to me… which was the case in this instance). But, then I would have missed out.

This album is full of strong, laid-back rock tracks with a fantastic summer-vibe. It’s strange how some albums give me a summer vibe and some give me a winter vibe… Bizarre.

I’m going to ignore tradition and start by talking about the album’s closer “One More Day”. Why start at the end? Simply because I can. So there. I can’t help but want to sing along to this one – it’s insanely catchy… and I really like the lyrics:

“One more day I asked her, one more day to think things over, cos y’know things are getting better all the time, they couldn’t get much worse”

I like the way they’re positive… but in a bittersweet way.

“Second Chances” is a thought-provoking ballad, “Simple Plan” tells the story of getting older and “My Girlfriend” is a great mid-paced rocker… and it starts with a soundbite from “American Pie”.

Overall, this is a fantastic rock album and one that I’d highly recommend.

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