Buckcherry - Confessions (2013) [Deluxe CD+DVD Edition]

Deluxe CD/DVD edition includes two additional audio tracks plus a bonus DVD. 2013 release, the sixth studio album from the L.A.-based rockers. Confessions is a loose concept album that revolves around the notion of the seven deadly sins and is inspired by events in singer Josh Todd's childhood. Todd said that Confessions is "definitely a heavier, musically, record than we've ever had, and more melodic. It's pretty intense, but everybody's gonna love it. It's quintessential Buckcherry at the end of the day".

Confessions is an odd title for a Buckcherry album, as the Los Angeles Rock & Roll band has never held back any secrets. They've always been unapologetic for what they are: an old-fashioned hard rock group, living hard for good times in an era when good times are hard to find. Now on their sixth album, the bandmembers aren't necessarily getting long in the tooth but they do lack the young, hungry energy that made their Guns N' Roses rips work. Now, they feel more at home whenever they cop the candied psychedelia of Stone Temple Pilots, emphasizing melody over riffs, and they do that a fair amount on Confessions, enough to keep the record relatively varied, certainly more than most Buckcherry records, which isn't to say that it covers a great deal of ground but it does indeed have light shade and a nice melodic bent that counters the slightly desperate Rock & Roll found elsewhere on the album.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, all media guide

Tracklist - CD:

01. Gluttony
02. Wrath
03. Nothing Left But Tears
04. The Truth
05. Greed
06. Water
07. Seven Ways To Die
08. Air
09. Sloth
10. Pride
11. Envy
12. Lust
13. Dreamin' Of You
14. Give 'Em What They Want (Bonus track)
15. When The Fire Starts (Bonus track)

all lyrics by Josh Todd



DVD Content:

01. Gluttony (Official Music Video)
02. On the Set: Gluttony Video Shoot
03. The Story Behind "Confessions"
04. Gluttony (Official Lyric Video)


Produced by Keith Nelson and Marti Frederiksen
Engineered by Jun Murakawa. Recorded at The Bastard Ranch, March 2012
Drums recorded at Westwood Studios, Nashville, TN.
Mixed by Joe Barresi at JHOC, Pasadena CA except "Dreamin' Of You" mixed by Mike Fraser at The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC.
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

• Josh Todd - lead vocals
• Keith Nelson - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Stevie D. - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jimmy "Two Fingers" Ashhurst - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Xavier Muriel - drums, percussion
+ Jimmy Nichols - keyboards

Release Date: February 19, 2013
Number Of Discs: 2
Format: Deluxe Edition
Label: Eleven Seven Music
Catalog No.: ESM 035-1/2