Music Album Review: OneRepublic's Dreaming Out Loud Album

           This was not a hard one for me to decide. I just love OneRepublic's songs, and I have the whole album on my iPod Touch. I would listen to it every day (before my iPod got stolen) for up to 2 hours. It was released in November of 2007, and the critics do not rate it so well, according to Wikipedia, but I for one love the album. The album itself has 12 songs, the most famous of which (and probably my favorite song ever) is Apologize, in which Ryan Tedder has a solo. The song is about someone trusting and loving someone, and that person breaking their heart. The singer poured his whole heart into loving the person, but something went wrong, and the "rope" he is holding onto is precarious and then his love cuts it. She apologizes later, but it is to late to repair the damage. Later, he points out he still loves her and would like to be with her, but she has broken his heart too many times. As time goes on, he is more weary and loves her less, unsure he can trust her. He thinks of the love they had, and regrets what happened. The melody is slow,and there are some string instruments involved, as well as a piano, among other things (not the best at deciphering instruments). The other songs have similar themes of love, and are also beautiful.

The other songs in the album are:

 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Say (All I Need)"	Andrew Brown, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher, Brent Kutzle, Ryan Tedder[10][11]	3:50
2.	"Mercy"	Brown, Tedder	4:00
3.	"Stop and Stare"	Brown, Filkins, Fisher, Tim Myers, Tedder	3:43
4.	"Apologize"	Tedder	3:28
5.	"Goodbye, Apathy"	Tedder	3:32
6.	"All Fall Down"	Brown, Filkins, Fisher, Kutzle, Tedder	4:04
7.	"Tyrant"	Brown, Filkins, Tedder	5:03
8.	"Prodigal"	Jerrod Bettis, Brown, Filkins, Myers, Tedder	3:55
9.	"Won't Stop"	Brown, Filkins, Fisher, Kutzle, Tedder	5:03
10.	"All We Are"	Myers, Tedder	4:28
11.	"Someone to Save You"	Fisher, Myers, Tedder	4:15
12.	"Come Home"	Tedder	4:27