Long before Hayley Williams and Paramore more or less abandoned their "punk" pretensions and conceded that they'd been an ace pop band all along, they were still an ace pop band. 

Riot!, the Tennessee-hatched ensemble's platinum-selling second album, delivers loads of youthful angst, shouty singalong choruses and cathartic quiet/loud dynamics perfect for pogoing around your bedroom when your parents and your no-good high-school boyfriend just don't get it. And that's the secret to its appeal to the eternal teenager in all of us: Riot! captures a certain youthfully messed-up spirit rather perfectly. And tunefully, too: "Misery Business," "That's What You Get" and "Crushcrushcrush" will provide spunky succour to legions of kids and kids at heart for years to come.

TRACKLISTING:

1. For a Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic
2. That's What You Get
3. Hallelujah
4. Misery Business
5. When It Rains
6. Let the Flames Begin
7. Miracle
8. Crushcrushcrush
9. We Are Broken
10. Fences
11. Born for This