Album Of The Day: Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll by The Elms

Album Art of The Elms's Truth, Soul, Rock And Roll album - A photo of four young men in collared shirts and coats. The one in the front has a pinstriped suit coat and a scarf. The man on the right's head is almost completely obscured by a bright light and is behind the one in the front, so not too much detail to make out of them there. They are all sporting short hair and their outfits all seem to have versions of dark red or blue colors. On top of the photo, vertically centered but on the left horizontally is the band's name in loercase, with the 'e' from 'the' and the 'e' from 'elms' overlapping. The text is all white and below it is the album title in a much smaller font.

Released 23 years ago today, this is The Elms's second album and it cemented the band as one of my all-time favorite bands. Their first album was good, but on this album, they definitely dialed up the excellent guitar tones to 11 and I love it. From the opening riff of "Speaking In Tongues" to excellent rock songs like "You Saved Me" and "Come To Me", the guitars are definitely a highlight of this album for me. The whole band does a great job, though, with excellent bass, drums, and vocals as well. Lyrically, this band does a great job of writing love songs and being honest but positive about the struggles of life. This album was my personal soundtrack for many, many years and it continues to be played very regularly by me to this day. It was so much fun to see them play these songs live a month ago at a reunion show and meet other fans!

Release Year: 2002
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