Raw passion and energy, this album is flawless! - Face to Face is an awesome punk band but they are also very diverse, which may or may not be a good thing. They have run the gamut of styles and side projects throughout their history. Some people like them for some aspects or albums more than others but IMHO this band is truly at their best when they are clean, hard, and fast. Reactionary takes its place with Big Choice as the two must-have albums showcasing this band s best moments. Reactionary is nonstop from the very first cut, the cleanest most aggressive and yet emotional punk album I have ever heard. Every song contains the spirit of jilted anger or resentment or impunity that makes you want to tear your heart out while at the same time propelling you with the fury and energy that only these guys can deliver. This album stayed in my cd player for over a year while I got over a breakup, this band and this album resurrected my life! After listening to it religiously I bought the follow up How to Ruin Everything and was TOTALLY disappointed. I don t know where they were going with that one.Big Choice and Reactionary are peas in a pod. If you cannot afford or don t care to collect every album of every artist, Reactionary is a keeper. All the other albums are too experimental, too raw or arrived before the band s sound and talent matured. . .Thumbs WAY up!
Reactionary to what? Quality? - For a band that has earned a reputation as one of the best and most-respected punk rock bands in the genre, Face to Face s 2000 imprint, Reactionary, seems like a misstep. I m in agreement with allmusic.com - it does take more than pissed off vocals and fast tempos to make a good punk album. Face to Face has unfortunately made an album here that is very average - ordinary message, weak lyrics, simple song structure - clearly not the benchmarks of one of punk s best and most respected bands. Check out self-titled or How to Ruin Everything to hear the band in top form. NOT ESSENTIAL.
Great Album! - I m glad to see Face to Face go back to their roots. This CD has the energy and style that most Face to Face fans are accustomed too. The album to me, seems to be a cross between Don t Turn Away and their self titled album, which makes it great, and full of energy and style that makes Face to Face who they are
Pretty neat - I m a big face to face fan and i can tell you,this cd is great!! There s a lot of wonderful song like:You could ve had everything,Best Defence,Hollow & What s in the name.Trever Keith & Chad Yaro are very good guitarist & Scott Shiflett & Pete Parada are great too. So,there s 12 great songs,it s better than Ignorance & you ll not disappointed!
better than ignorance - this ones better than the last,but anything would be better than that.they go back to the style that we like,fast,loud,punk pop.not as good as their earlier work.i d recomend buying big choice,live,or self titled first album.