Appeal To Reason

Re-Education (Through Labor) - Rise Against

It seems like the perfect backdrop for Rise Against to release Appeal to Reason, their third major-label record, and in a way it is -- certainly, the group rages against the moral decay rotting the core of the U.S. on the opening "Collapse (Post-Amerika)," just as they strike out against the slow dumbing down of America on "Re-Education (Of Labor)" and tell Iraqi soldier stories on "Hero of War."

For all the thunder the band seems to have recaptured, some songs fall flat in the search for mainstream appeal.

Rise Against - Appeal to Reason review: A generally great record, featuring some of the best songs Rise Against have written, with perhaps a little too much filler.