Hinder Welcome To The Freakshow Album Review

When All American Nightmare Came out, I was positive that nothing could top the excellency of that album. In some ways, I was right. While this album, is great, it just does not live up to the hype and excitement that All American Nightmare, Take It To The Limit, and Extreme Behavior gave to me. I hope I can learn to appreciate this album more as times goes on, but for now it is probably my least favorite Hinder album. 

1. Save Me – The lyrics are just like “Get the eff away from me. I don’t need you anymore” It makes a great album opener.

2. Ladies Come First – “You left your goodie two shoes at home.” When I heard that, I busted out laughing. That is lyrical genius. “My mind’s in the dirt” is a very true statement when you are talking about Hinder and that is what I love about them. Just dirty rock and roll. That is very hard to beat. This song strongly reminds me of Striptease from All American Nightmare.

3. Should Have Known Better – “Just two kids, it was way too soon. Didn’t realize what we had to lose, no way to know we wouldn’t make it through.” “Keep leaving me with nothing. Someday I’ll live my life but right now I’m losing this fight. Lust ain’t the same as trusting. Can’t figure out this loving.” Teen love at its finest. You can really hear Austin’s emotions in this song.

4. Freak Show – The guitar at the beginning rules!!! “Super sweet in real life, super slutty else where, fighting for the spotlight, feeling no shame.” I am starting to think that Austin is writing about his high school days because this sounds like typical girls in high school. This would totally be a cool set opener.

5. Talk To Me – “Love takes work and work takes time.” That is gold. This song really is not my favorite.

6. Get Me Away From You – This song strongly reminds me of The Life from All American Nightmare. I like his rhetorical question “What the hell am I supposed to do?” This is signaling a chill out point in the album.

7. Is It Just Me? – The lyrics to this are really sad. “How we are just broken hearts, wasting time here in this bar, trying to hide from who we are, or is it just me? How we are just drunken fools, going broke, breaking the rules, think we need another drink, Or is it just me? Is it just me?” It is very upbeat for such a sad song and I like the questioning tone of the song.

8. I Don’t Wanna Believe – The guitar sounds like Guns N Roses! “I don’t wanna believe if I can’t believe in you. But I’m ready to fall if you are the one I’m falling to. That made me cry. It is so beautiful.

9. See You In Hell – I love the allusions to famous people in the beginning. “I smoke, I drink, I lie, I cheat, and damn I do it well. See you in hell!” That is excellent and very clever. This strongly reminded me of Hey Ho from All American Nightmare.

10. Anyone But You – “I can’t love anyone but you.” If I am ever sad, this song would make me cry. It reminds me of Everybody’s Wrong from All American Nightmare.

11. Wanna Be Rich – I love this song. It is probably my favorite on the album. Even though I do not party, this sounds like a good party song.