[Mockery]

I'll admit, I got fairly sick of Evanescence because of how often I heard their songs on the radio when driving in the car, on various movie soundtracks, etc etc. But I guess that's what happens when an album goes über-multi-platinum.

I wasn't really expecting much from their follow-up album after having heard that their guitarist left. Sure, I knew her voice would sound good, but musically, I figured it had a good chance of being a flop. I'm actually surprised to say that it's pretty good. The first half of the album is a bit weak (which includes that first single of theirs, "Call Me When You're Sober"), but the 2nd half is filled with some extremely good songs. So yeah, while I doubt it'll pack the same chart-topping punch that the first one did, it's a solid follow-up to an album with a success that was basically impossible to follow-up.

Stand-out tracks would have to be "Like You", "The Only One", and "Lacrymosa"

Anybody else heard it yet?