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Originally Posted by transmogrifier
I never listen to anything on shuffle. I can't remember the last time I did. For me, it's a whole album or nothing, and if a band doesn't make a good album they aren't worth my time.
EDIT - sometimes I'll shuffle my songs to pick which album I'll listen to.
Nope I mean The Strokes. I've probably listened to it 50 times since it came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
I liked Angles, but I found it to be merely solid at best. Still merely decent Strokes is better than no Strokes.
I've decided to pair the best weather we've had in months with this classic.
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Another head scratcher of a statement from you. So in your mind 7" singles are basically worthless?Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
Albums aren't singles - I wasn't talking about singles. If I had been, I would have said singles.
I'll listen to some singles as whole things, but if a song is on an album I'll just listen to the whole album, and not in bits and pieces.
I also prefer EPs and LPs over singles, and I don't happen to like many bands/acts that just release singles.
I prefer the thought that goes into a whole EP/LP, the art of making an album is something that I admire far more than making a single track.
Wasn't trying to be snotty, it just seems kind of arbitrary to me. There's plenty of art to a good 7", and some of my favorite songs of all time are on that format. Then again, you don't really listen to actual records do you? So it all kinda runs together.
i like to listen to music
I love The Strokes and Angles is my favorite of their albums.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMan
that is definitely the first time i've ever heard anyone express that opinion ever
Stop trolling. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Acapelli
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Album's solid.
The xx could be so good, if they weren't so committed to being kinda boring on this latest album.
Pet Shop Boys, Elysium
The new Pet Shop Boys is pretty dang good. Not the Behavior-level accomplishment that I was hoping for after hearing the first two tracks, but a great album nonetheless. It is more in line with Behavior, in that it's slower, more introspective, and far less dance orientated. Musically, it is great; it's beautiful, lush, and expertly arranged (recorded mostly in-the-box, with very little use of hardware synths and gear). But I'd expect nothing less from the boys. Lyrically, though, it's rather weak, and this is the main problem with the album. It's too straight forward, and lacks the delicious irony and scathing humor of Behavior.
About half of the tracks are amazing, and the first two tracks ("Leaving" and "Invisible") rank among the band's best. Also coming up tops is "With a Face Like That," (a brilliant track that hearkens back to "Love Comes Quickly" and "Domino Dancing"), "Ego Music," (an on-the-nose, scathing jab at Lady Gaga et al.), and "Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin" (a groovy little lounge tune dripping with nostalgia).
Half of the remaining tracks are OK (including "Your Early Stuff," a humorous review of an aging artist looking back, perhaps the PSB finding themselves shocked that they're still doing what they're doing), but the rest aren't so hot (the worst of the bunch is "Winner," a track written, unfortunately, for the Olympics, yuk; it's drowning in cheesiness).
So yeah - the album is not as good as one of the best pop albums ever recorded. So be it. To expect a modern pop album to be as good as Behavior is asking for a lot. It is, instead, another solid PSB album, and a solid PSB album is better than many bands at their best.
Thanks for the review, D_. I've been jonesing for some new PSB and I probably would not have noticed this release for another month or so if you hadn't reminded me. I liked Yes, but felt it was comparatively shallow. The choice tracks that you mention I've now listened to on youtube and are terrific.
Continuing:Quote:
Originally Posted by EyesWideOpen
Girl Talk - All Day (fantastic album, everytime I'm playing this and anybody else is around they want it)
Interpol - Antics (I really like "Evil" but besides maybe one or two other songs this album does nothing for me. It's ok and I don't dislike any of the songs but no connection.)
Outkast - ATLiens (I have never heard a great Outkast album. They have three or four good songs on each album but 60-75% of each album is sleep inducing.)
Wale - Attention Deficit (a really good album marred by some weak hook choices throughout the middle part of the album. But still he's quite a charismatic rapper. I want to hear more from him.)
Hawkwind, Far Flung, and space rock fans, meet your new god.
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Yes, I do listen to trance.
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I randomly remembered Simon Boswell's soundtrack for Burn: Cycle, and yeah, I still love this track:
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Fucking awesome.
New Flying Lotus and Swans.
New one from Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - Storm Corrosion.
Very mellow, folksy prog.
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Wow, this is pretty great. Might have to pick this up.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
Basehead - Better Days
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