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Nick Hexum – vocals (lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-9, 11, 14, 17-21, 'Gap', 'Grifter', 'Writer's Block Party','Lemming'), guitar, programming.'(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais' ( The Clash cover) (Appears on Burning London: The Clash Tribute)Ĭredits adapted from album’s liner notes. 'Grifter (The music of this song turned into 'Long For The Flowers' on the album ' Don't Tread On Me' released in 2005, the original demo version leaked during the DTOM sessions)' 'Stealing Happy Hours': Hexum 'Enter Space': Instrumental 'Stealing Happy Hours' (contains hidden track 'Enter Space') 'Transistor Intro' (Hidden track that can be accessed by rewinding from the index of the first track by 1:36) This was done at their very own Pow Wow Festival, created to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the album. Over time, Transistor has developed a cult following and become a fan favorite, eventually leading to the band performing the album in its entirety on Augin front of over 10,000 fans.

It's the deep cuts that you play over and over again, trying to catch the meaning', they conclude that the album is 'one of a kind'. Commenting that 'the singles aren't what make Transistor great. In contrast, the album was retrospectively received positively by Consequence of Sound, comparing it to The Beatles' album Sgt. Rolling Stone criticized the album, saying it was 'trying too hard to expand their sonic horizons', and commented how they seem to unwillingly change their musical style. Entertainment Weekly also panned the album, stating that it features 'some of the weakest rhymes and derivative white-bread dub in recent memory' and concluded that the band did not know 'the thin line between experimentation and self-indulgence'. Club, who says 'With 21 songs spread out over 68 minutes, the record has taken plenty of critical punishment for its excessive length alone,' and calls it a 'joyless, tedious exercise in white-boy reggae, white-boy rap, white-boy dub and white-boy rock,' concluding that the band could suffer a ' Spin Doctors-style career combustion' in the future. The album has received criticism from The A.V. They nominated the title track as the only Track Pick from the album. Transistor received a mixed review from Allmusic, who commented that 'a project of this magnitude is almost doomed to fall on its face, and Transistor nearly does,' and noted there were enough good songs for a 30 to 40 minute album, but had too much filler.

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Transistor also contains elements of dub, space rock and funk. Although, their rap rock style is still present in some songs, such as 'Galaxy', 'No Control', 'Tune In', 'Starshines', and 'Borders'. While still utilizing their alternative rock sound in many songs, Transistor saw 311 moving away from their hip hop-influenced sound of their previous albums for more of a reggae-influenced sound, as shown in songs such as 'Prisoner', 'Inner Light Spectrum', 'Running', 'Rub a Dub', and 'Stealing Happy Hours'. Nick Hexum admitted that doing too many songs in not enough time for Transistor was a mistake. Transistor was originally intended to be a double album, but all songs were instead placed onto one disc. Clocking in at 67:59 and with twenty-one tracks (or twenty-three, counting both hidden tracks), Transistor is 311's longest album and, until their 2017 album Mosaic, was their only album to contain more than sixteen tracks.

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