Imagine Dragons is an alt-rock band from Las Vegas. In March 2011 they released their EP It’s Time and it landed the group a deal with Interscope. The band was known for its emotionally charged songs with a blend of pop and rock. The songs were inspirational and different, which made them gain instant success in a time where alt-rock wasn’t really getting play time on the radio.
Listen to their highlight tracks here:
“Demons”:
“Radioactive”:
“America”:
“Bleeding Out”:
After they landed their deal with Interscope, they released their first full-length album Night Visions in 2012 that included the hit singles, “Radioactive,” “Demons,” “Bleeding Out” and other great tracks that deserved to be singles. It was truly a strong album we needed at that time. It debuted at number two of the Billboard top 200 and went double platinum in the U.S. They waited two years to release their next album, Smoke + Mirrors and it didn’t do as well as they would have hoped since it didn’t produce as much hit singles.
In 2017 the band released their third album, Evolve, and they certainly did evolve, but in the worst way possible. Taking a far right turn from their alt-rock sound, the band went strictly pop and tried to infuse EDM into their tracks. They took a more positive spin on these tracks. The fact is that Evolve doesn’t sound anything like the original sound of Imagine Dragons. I was shocked to hear that the atrocious song “Thunder” was by this band I once knew and loved.
The track “Thunder” is one of the worst tracks I have heard in a while. The repetitive nature over the repetitive beat makes it painful to listen to. The beat drop at the chorus is nothing special at all and is highly recycled. Not only that but the lyrics seem like they were written by a child.
He sings:
“Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning then the thunder
Thunder, feel the thunder
Lightning then the thunder
Thunder, thunder
Thunder”
How original? I don’t know how this song went through the producers, the radio stations and the charts.
Listen to the track here if you want your ears to bleed:
Not only was this one of the worst songs I have ever heard, the album is chock full of them.
Their other song, “Whatever It Takes” sounds almost exactly like “Thunder” when you hear the chorus progression. The chorus is also just as repetitive. They really are doing the same sh*t every song. What are they even singing about? What are you taking? I don’t get the vision for this song.
Ironically listen to it here:
If you want to listen to Thunder Part Three, this is the track for you. “Believer” is next on my list and it is as equally as frustrating. Racking up 500 million views on Youtube, it is making me believe that I can have a music career. The screaming lyrics near the chorus are so unnecessary and so annoying- and the worst part is that it makes this song at least a little different from their others on the album. The only saving grace is the bridge, but then it cuts back to the horribly annoying chorus. I definitely don’t believe in this album- that’s for sure.
Imagine Dragons used to be a great band but now they have turned into a sorry excuse for music. I feel like they are trying to produce tracks that are similar to their hit, “Radioactive” but they lack the creative depth to do it again. They used to be “On Top Of The World” but now are switching it up on us to the point where we don’t even recognize their sound anymore. They should have kept their “Demons” inside of them, they were probably writing the music.
