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| Length = 61:18〔 | Label = Universal/Republic | Producer = David Bottrill | Last album = ''Drama'' (2000) | This album = ''Through The Eyes'' (2001) | Next album = ''Endangered Species'' (2004) }} ''Through the Eyes'' is the first major label studio album by the rock band Flaw. It was released in 2001 on Universal Records/Republic Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flaw - Biography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sevendust Plans Road Race ) ''January 15th 2002''〕 The album debuted at #119 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The songs "Only the Strong", "Payback", "Inner Strength", "Out of Whack", "Scheme", "Amendment", "Reliance", "Away", "No Time" and "One More Time" were all re-recorded from the band's previous independent releases ''American Arrogance'', ''Flaw'' and the ''Drama EP''. The song "My Letter" is a revised version of "Anorexia" from ''American Arrogance''. One song from Flaw's 1998 album Flaw, "Fall Into This", was meant to be on the album, but was rejected by Universal Records. The album produced two singles. "Payback" would serve as the album's lead single in the summer of 2001, backed by a music video, while "Whole" followed as a second. Both songs boast unique and complex opening bass lines. The opening track, "Only the Strong," was also featured in the ''Scorpion King'' soundtrack. "Payback" was also a featured song on their older material before their underground success and Nik Houpt provided the drums. "Get Up Again" was featured on the soundtracks for UFC 2009: Undisputed and xXx, respectively. ==Music and lyrics== The album features a both clean singing〔 and screaming.〔〔 It also features aggressive guitar riffs and melodic instrumentation. Songs such as "Get Up Again" and "Reliance" focus primarily on an aggressive sound while "My Letter" and "Best I Am" are softer songs. The album has been compared to bands such as Disturbed〔 and Tool.〔〔 The album's lyrics are about Chris Volz's life, including his childhood.〔〔〔 The album has music about Chris Volz's time in rehab.〔 Songs such as "Inner Strength" and "Only the Strong" reflect Flaw vocalist Chris Volz's inner growth.〔 The song "Whole" is about the suicide of Flaw vocalist Chris Volz's adoptive mother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Through the Eyes of CHRIS VOLZ )〕 Chris Volz spoke about the song "Whole" and his adoptive mother saying “Everything in that song touches from sadness to anger to grief to blaming myself to confusion,” Volz said. “I just really wanted to go as deep into it as I possibly could and still be able to come back. She was the one who got me into music. She was an operatic singer, and for me to go wholly into music has kept a part of her alive inside of me.”〔 Songs on the album such as "Inner Strength", "Get Up Again" and "Reliance" are about trauma and frustration.〔 MTV News spoke about the album saying "if art could accurately imitate life’s many nuances, Flaw’s Through the Eyes would be one of the most powerful, traumatizing nü-metal records ever."〔 Flaw vocalist Chris Volz spoke about the song "Get Up Again"'s meaning saying "It's about never letting one thing or one circumstance get the best of you and try to turn a negative around into something positive. So, whether it was because I was adopted or my mom's suicide when I was younger or having to take my dad to court so I could take charge of my life, that song kinda stands for dealing with life's problems and never feeling sorry for yourself and actually coming out on top."〔 Chris Volz spoke about the album's emotions and sound saying "Well, I would say that it's a very diverse album in terms of musical content. I mean, we touch on a lot of different areas from a really straight-forward heavy metal sound to all kinds of different layers and textures. We all like different kinds of music and so we didn't want to make an album with one kind of sound. We wanted it to be very diverse because life is like that. There's times when you feel angry, when you feel sad, when you feel happy or even lost. We wanted to incorporate all those feelings into a sound that would actually give the industry a hard time of labeling us."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Through the Eyes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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