As the follow-up to the Prisoner of Society EP, Save the Day was the 1998 single off The Living End's debut album.
As per my review of the song on their debut album, Save the Day is an oddball song as far as The Living End's style for the time goes. Somehow, it quite reminds me of The Angels. Much of the enjoyment for me is in the lyrics, which perfectly capture the unsung heroes watching our back. Maybe I'm imagining things, but it seems this single version is slightly slower than the album version?
The B-sides are throwbacks to the band's very early (It's For Your Own Good and Hellbound) style. Lone Ranger is big on youthful energy but also feels immature, especially in the simplistic chorus. The punk meets spaghetti western style works well overall, though. Mr Businessman is more of the same musically (not a bad thing), but with a bit more variation and polish musically, and a much more interesting chorus.
The recording quality here is satisfactory. The double-bass has a hollow, echoey feeling on Mr Businessman (like the inside of a guitar's sound box), but on the other songs it strikes a nice balance between character and clarity. I also like that the vocals aren't too forward in the mix here.
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