Dream

amazing music in amazing condition for an amazing price. god i love this album

I highly recommend this product because the music is awesome. It sends some good feelings listening to "Life as is". Buy Now!

Open Hand is like bottled up potential with this cd. I heard about this band through the single they put on the "Punk goes Pop" cd, and wanted to check them out, because the song "Time to talk" was amazing. I can't say that the band didn't live up to the song, but they simply tried to put a little too much into it, making the songs garbled and confusing to where they were going. Throughout their whole album there are spotty places, where you think, "wow this band is awesome," but then the next instant they break off into something else, and you lose it. Overall though, this is a good cd, and if Open Hand capitalized on their ability to play songs like "Time to talk" and the first part of "Life as is," they would be pretty amazing. I would reccomend getting the cd, and trying it out for yourself...

yeah, this CD was alright during the first half but after that I would rather hear fingernails scraping on a chalk board.

"11th Street" is an incredible song. So incredible that it got me to track down this album many years after I first heard the track in order to add it to my collection. I only wish the rest of "The Dream" offered the same experience. While I have heard much worse music in my life, there are a lot of issues with this release. One great song aside, there is a decided lack of memorable material. A song may start off with a catchy riff but eventually loses you when you realize it is a one trick pony. One of the biggest problems may actually be the mixing, as certain parts that should be more prominent are far too inaudible and become very distracting. What I can't knock is that there is a really good vision at play here. For example, when Life As Is kicks in your attention is immediately dragged from whatever else you may be doing to the music itself. It is just that interesting and unique. Unfortunately the song also features moments where various elements don't blend well together, making what could have been home run moments sound more like an arts and crafts nightmare. I am both interested and completely cautious of checking out any of Open Hand's later releases for fear of similar disappointment.

in my opinion Open Hand's album "The Dream" is one of the best albums to come out this year. i was surprised when i heard they were on trustkill after i got a sampler from my work. trustkill made a wise choice by taking these guys under thier wings(otherwise, ferret would've gotten them). seriously though, this album is amazing, the first two songs crossfade into each other so well that the first time i listened to it i thought it was still the same song. Open Hand makes for a wonderful work soundtrack and it's good to relax to when i'm not listening to converge. i give it 10 stars not just 5. buy it or download it. it's worth it.

This year is going to bring us MANY great releases from A Static Lullaby to Vendetta Red to Poison the Well, but THIS, this cd is kicking my ... !! Open Hand have possibly created one of the most perfet cd's for 2003. Sure you're going to disagree, but that's why we all have opinions. From the opening song "In Your Eyes" to the ferocity the title track "The Dream" brings to the dynamics of "The Struggle", you're not going to be sorry for making this purchase. if I could personally GUARANTEE you your money back if you weren't satisfied I would, but I have aan odd feeling that you're not going to want your money back. Just a hunch.

a girl i met at my school gave me my first listen of openhand at first i thought they were alright but the more i listened to them the more i realized how amazing they were. the album is made up of two previously released EPs the first half of the cd is a much better recording than the older second half but i like the older stuff better despite the poorer recording i cant really describe what kind of music open hand is but what ever it is i like it and i think if you give them a try you will too p.s. if you ever get chance to see openhand live do it. the rock like no other.

かなり良いです。 NEW SCHOOLっぽいギターも使われていたり。。美メロと咆哮のミックスもあったり、熱いロックサウンドを展開するパートもあるし、若干シャガレ気味で伸びやかなヴォーカリストもかなりいい感じです！THURSDAY、をはじめとした、美しいメロディと熱くも爽やかなサウンドが売りのエモが好きな方はどうぞ！