Comatose by Skillet (CD, Oct-2006, Atlantic)

As a fan of Skillet, I bought the album hoping for some more rockin' songs. I was not disappointed. Skillet's Comatose is full of heavy rock songs but also contains a few throwback rock ballads in "Don't Say Goodbye" and "Yours to Hold." Among the headbanging songs, "Rebirthing", and the title track stand out as the best with Skillet's classic sound mixed with some string elements for a definitive sound. "The Last Night" also stands out with Korey Cooper's vocals adding a special something to the song. All in all, there may only be one or two songs on this album which I would not label as great. If you're even a casual fan of Skillet, you must get "Comatose."

I only own a couple cds as they are not something I usually budget, but once I listened to the demo tracks for the CD at Best Buy I had to come over to Ebay to grab this one. And I was not disappointed! Comatose is an awesome cd, I love most the songs on it. Rebirthing, Comatose, and the Last Night are probably my favorite three. Don't Say Goodbye I mostly like because there is a pretty good youtube Kingdom Hearts AMV that is actually how how I came across the sond/CD to begin with. And Yours to Hold is very pretty as well.

In all, its rare I find a cd with so many songs I like and no songs I dislike! Now I just need to hunt up the cd with 'Saturn has a Ring Around It' (my first ever introduction to SKILLET) and I can call my CD collection officially started...

Skillet's Collide, released at the end of '03, did very well. It was Linkin Park with good musicians who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. The only knock on it was a lack of polish. Well, 3 years later, Comatose takes everything Collide did right and did it better and took everything it didn't do so well and went ahead and did that well to.

The only downside to this record is that at times it seems more a collection of fantastic singles rather than an awesome album. This comes because of a couple songs like "Those Nights" where an observer would guess Jon Cooper has been listening to his share of FM Static and Relient K.

All things considered, worth the price of admission. In the wake of Sanctus Real's disappointing third set, Comatose salvages the year, music-wise. This is the best CD to come out this calender year. Period.

this is probably skillets best album, in 2006 this was one of the biggest christian albums out there the hit songs "rebirthing" "comatose" "the older i get" and the biggest one of all "whispers in the dark" are just amazing songs with a great message. just get this cd its the best

To end 2007 on a grand note, Skillet re-releases their latest album COMATOSE, with a few acoustic do-overs and an extra DVD containing a few videos.
It seems Skillet always falls a few feet short from releasing an extraordinary hard rock album these days. COLLIDE was their best to date, with a harder edgier feel, with some screams to boot. Losing their faux-techno look and feel for an all around rockin' sound did them best.
Here on this album, COMATOSE doesn't know where to fit in. It is no where near the intensity of COLLIDE, and tries to rely back on some faux violin/orchestra sounds as extra song filler. The harder edge seems to have faded, as more mushy song filler pushes in through your speaker instead of some heavy laden guitars.
There are a few semi-hard rock songs here on COMATOSE...but not nearly enough to keep the listener entertained. Oh Skillet, where is thy hard rock sting? I guess a novel feature is their extra DVD with a few videos; but hey, who can't see 'em on YouTube these days? As for the extra acoustic renditions of a few songs... I skipped right through them. Honestly. If a song isn't good, then doing it acoustically won't make it sound better.

All in all, if you're a die hard Skillet fan, then pick it up. If you're a mediocre Skillet fan, then skip this one and buy their last album, COLLIDE.