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11-16-2015, 10:54 AM | #2061 (permalink) | |
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TH has already decided that he's not going to do live albums for no apparent reason, so there's no point in trying to make him see common sense.
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11-16-2015, 11:06 AM | #2063 (permalink) |
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He already rantionalized it on a very what if what if basis. There'll be no converting him.
It all just screams of a close minded view of the live format to me.
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11-16-2015, 11:12 AM | #2064 (permalink) | |
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Thing is, a lot of live albums contain either completely new tracks, or old tracks realised in new ways. I don't see why you can't judge a live album in the same way you can judge a studio album. Davis' Dark Magus being an example of an live album which contains unreleased stuff that deserves to be critiqued and reviewed as if it were a 'regular' album. But if TH is so sure...
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11-16-2015, 11:27 AM | #2065 (permalink) |
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Title: Queen of the Clouds Artiste: Tove Lo Genre: Electropop Familiarity: Zero 1. The sex (intro): It's a six second intro. Spoken. What can I do with that? 2. My gun: Decent enough pop tune; don't see any of the darkness she's supposed to be famous for. “The saddest girl in Sweden”? Not here anyway. Fairly generic I have to say, nothing special. 3. Like em young: Started promisingly with some dark piano but then took off into another meh pop song. 4. Talking body: Yeah, again it's okay but I don't see anything special about it. Still don't see this darkness they're all talkng about. 5. Timebomb: This might be better. Sounds like a Coldplayesque piano ballad maybe. No, not a ballad; it's kicking up now. Still, it does sound a whole lot better than anything else that's gone before. 6. The love (interlude): Another few seconds of talk. 7. Moments: Yeah this isn't bad either. Kind of downtempo though with a good sense of energy. 8. The way that I am: Another good one, again downtempo with some nice piano. 9. Got love: More upbeat and uptempo; getting better. Great hook in this. 10. Not on drugs: Good powerful song. Contains the album title. Getting a little more into this now. 11. The pain (interlude): And another spoken few seconds. 12. Thousand miles: Going back to the sort of downtempo songs with a punch in them. Percussion on this is really good. 13. Habits (Stay high): Meh, not mad about this one. Just not feeling it. 14. This time around: This one's better; back to the downtempo for the most part. 15. Run on love: And this one's more uptempo. Nice rippling keys. 16. Love ballad: Interestingly, not a ballad. Decent closer. End result: Decent pop album but I don't get the hype; certainly don't see any particular darkness or sadness in her songs that can be remarked upon. For me, it's a more or less forgettable album that I'm not sorry I listened to, but could just as easily have lived without. So, Love or Hate? Probably be more in the Like area really.
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11-18-2015, 02:28 PM | #2066 (permalink) |
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Title: Thrust Artiste: Herbie Hancock Genre: Jazz Familiarity: I know of him, have heard a few singles. Who hasn't heard “Rockit”? 1. Palm grease: Very funky, very cool. Nice use of synthesisers near the end. Still, something again I would probably only have on in the background if at all. 2. Actual proof: Great piano and organ work here 3. Butterfly: Sort of an Arabian melody here, but I'm already too bored to care by now. You know me and instrumental albums...Very laidback, very smooth. And very boring. 4. Spank-a-Lee: Yeah, jsut more of the same. Bored ****less now. End result: Bored the arse off me. I can't hack instrumental albums unless they're something that engages me, and this did not. Possibly as background music, but even then it might be pushing it. So, Love or Hate? A solid Meh for this.
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11-18-2015, 02:37 PM | #2067 (permalink) |
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I did not know you and instrumental albums did not see eye to eye, I just thought the lack of instrumental reviews on your part was because you gravitate towards rock music more. I figured the funk would be undeniable for you, but you somehow denied it.
Just curious, why do you think vocals are such a dealbreaker?
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11-18-2015, 02:41 PM | #2069 (permalink) |
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He clearly says he enjoys instrumental albums if he finds something engaging about it, but hey just another example of a literal moderator not actually reading anything anyone types and pushing his own prerogative instead
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11-18-2015, 02:45 PM | #2070 (permalink) |
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Or maybe I'm trying to understand Trollheart's perspective a little better. Quit with the weak sauce trolling.
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