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From the thunderous, ominous opening strains of Avenida Revolution detailing the bloody drug wars in Tijuana, in which Sammy Hagar makes his feelings come through his skin to the album closer, the shimmering rock ballad Future's in the Past, Chickenfoot is a firebomb of a record, the likes of which we haven't heard in ages.The band kicks and snorts their way through a passel of take no prisoners rockers like Soap on a Rope, Sexy Little Thing, Oh Yeah and My Kind of Girl. These are the kinds of songs I could never do on my own, says Joe Satriani, I needed a band like this to make those songs come alive. The band explores mature themes on songs such as Runnin' Out, about a world stretched to the breaking point to Learning to Fall, perhaps the most poignant love song Hagar has ever written lyrics for.
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