rapping or singing in this song, but Nick keeps his cool throughout the track by given us some melancholy vocals, but they are great without a doubt. It is more, shall I say, gloomy perhaps than any other track on the record. This song is so beautifully written and well composed that it can give you a tear in your eye at times. What I believe are the standout tracks on this album that make it such a great album are the acoustic-paced, Use of Time. This is one of the best songs of the album so don’t miss out. When listening to the following track, Jupiter you get the urge to some air-guitar with that melodious guitar riff. P-Nut really shines in the instrumental driven song, What Was I thinking by opening the song by an impressive slap bass line. At time’s you can’t help but to sing along to this great tune. A great song featuring a duel-guitar face off by Nick and Tim at the beginning. More outstanding songs from Transistor include another single off the record, and pretty-well known successful one at that, Beautiful Disaster. on tracks like Galaxy and strong vocals from Nick featured on tracks such as Use of Time Hip-hop influenced beats are also heard throughout the record as well as lightning fast raps from S.A. Hard rock guitar riffs like those found on Electricity and Tune In (almost metal-ish at times), jazz guitar, funk and reggae guitar are often fused together to make an original song. Throughout Transistor we hear various styles of music mixing together so well and cohesively. P-Nut’s bass playing on this song is outstanding and gives the song a nice, relaxing feeling.
Prisoner is just another groovy song that mixes rock riffs with reggae guitar almost flawlessly. This is truly an awesome opening track and it gets better with the next track, which just so happens to be another single. The song is highly energetic and you can’t help but bop your head to that sweet friggin’ guitar riff. However, if you own the disc, you can rewind this track from the beginning and hear a pretty sweet jam known to many fans as the, “Transistor Intro”, so do that if you must. The album begins with one of the singles off the album, the riff-laden Transistor. What your are in for is an hour of Tim (or miT as it is spelled in the inlays) Mahoney's superb rhythmic and lead guitar playing, P-Nut's implausible bass lines and funky innovative slap technique, Chad Sexton’s dexterous drumming with his signature piccolo snare and the systematically harmonized vocals of S.A. People see a low rating in the catalog and they just skip it! Don't! You'll be sorry my friend.
In my opinion, this is 311's most overlooked record, but it contains some really great work and musicianship. Now, this shouldn’t sway people away from listening to this great record. Originally, 311 wanted do a double-album, but they instead condensed it into an elongated 21 track record.
Well, the time has come and Transistor shall deliver!Ĭlocking in at over an hour in length, Transistor is by far 311's longest LP. People have since discovered them from their massive radio, Rap-Rock hybrid hit, Down and people are anxiously awaiting for a new 311 album that will hopefully live up to its predecessor. It's the summer of 1997, and 311 has broken into the mainstream.
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