Fallen (by Evanescence, Rock)

I love Evanesence. My favorite song of teirs has to be Bring me to life. Nothing bad really in this cd. A good cd to start tweens into todays rock music. Bye now!

This is probably the best album I ever heard. Dark and depressing, but beautiful.

Fallen features beautiful music, and a lot of it is actually positive in spite of the dark sound. The main concern for letting younger kids listen to it is the generally spooky sound of most of the music and two songs - "Tourniquet" is about finding salvation on the verge of suicide and "Haunted" is about being stalked and, possibly, sexually assaulted. As a sexual assault survivor and a Christian who was very depressed at one point in her life, I can say that "Tourniquet" and "Haunted" were both important songs to hear because they gave me someone to relate to (and "Tourniquet", after all is said and done, is about holding on through the darkness), but tweens and little ones probably shouldn't be listening to them just yet.

It's a little dark and depressing, but is excellent with Amy Lee's pure vocals. I recommend Bring Me To Life. My Immortal is very depressing and is probably the darkest song on this album.

I started listening to Evanescence when I was around 10, I think (I heard it when I was even younger since my older sister would listen to it, but not really that much) and while it's dark and gothic, the music is very good and catchy.

Just listened to this whole album, and while Amy Lee is a good singer, nothing is jumping out as super special about this band. I understand why people would like it though, the sound is similar to one of my favorite bands, Paramore, but a bit more dark. This album is just the kind of sound that's right for an edgier tween. Nothing new music wise, it sort of just sounds the same as any other band in a similar genre. There is nothing explicit about it, but the songs are dark and bleak sounding. Not a problem, but you just have to be into that kind of thing to like it.

I want to say that this is a really good album but there are some disturbing lyrics which definitely aren't suitable for younger kids. The age appropriateness of this album very much depends on the child but I would advise parents to listen to at least some of it first to see whether they think it's suitable for their children. I'd say 12 and up but I'm not saying a mature 11 year old couldn't listen to it, that's just my rough guideline.

Not many positive messages, but not distinct, outright bad messages either. Amy Lee talks about how dreadful and miserable life can be at times, and in Touriquet, she says "I want to die" and "my suicide", but those are the only clear bad messages. I think it's fine to play when your kids are around--they won't learn anything bad from it. It's a great album, and those dramatic teens can really appreciate it.