djchameleon

I listened to both albums this past Saturday but instead of coming to answer questions about them I got distra...oooh squirrel!

1. What were your VERY FIRST impressions on listening to the album, say from the first five minutes in (first time)?
Since I went into the album with a negative impression of it the first track didn't help to change that any.

2. Did your first impressions change, i.e., did the album get better or worse as you listened to it (first time)?
I feel like when I was getting near the end of the album. The album just seemed to get so much better. Usually it is the other way around. Albums like to shoot their load too quickly and leave nothing for the end but this album knew how to work that endurance and build up to a nice conclusion.

3. Which was stronger in your opinion, the opening tracks (first 2-3 songs), or the ending tracks (last 2-3 songs)?

I wouldn't say the ending three songs specifically but some of the songs near the end were pretty damn great imo. If I did listen to the album again I would just go straight to those and skip over the ones near the start.

4. On repeated listens (if you did so), did you find you liked the album more, or less? Feel free to be very detailed if you like.
Such a long album that I was being grumpy about so I don't think I would end up listening to the album more than once and if I did go back to the album it would only be for a few tracks.

5. What is your favorite track from the album, if you have one?
"Losing You"

6. What is your least favorite track from the album, if you have one?
"Lucky (In My Life)"

7. Did you change your favorite or least favorite track as you listened to the album?
Negative

8. How would you describe the variety of tracks available on this album? Feel free to be very detailed if you like.
Non-existant pretty much. I don't know I checked in and out throughout the course of listening to the album and it just seemed very much of the same.

9. What is the overall mood on this album?
Non-stop Party. Don't stop the beat.

10. Is this an album you would listen to again all the way through (for personal, recreational use, outside of listening to it for this club), or are there just a few songs that you would listen to?
People of Tomorrow, Journey and Losing You will definitely get some replays from me but that's about it.

11. How well do you already know the band/artist?
Just from their hit in the 90s, Blue

12. If you are familiar with this band/artist, how would you compare this album to any of their earlier/later material?


13. Do you see any way the album could have been improved?
Better production but the singing was okay in my books.

14. Would you recommend this album to others?
No.

15. Are you interested in listening to more albums by this band?
No thanks but I gave it a shot.

16. What sub-genre, if any, would you assign this music to?
Europop.

17. (NOTE: This question may only apply to certain albums.) Did you like the vocalist? Hate him/her? Any impressions?


18. Your overall album rating on a scale of 1-10 (whole numbers please. Also, please BOLD or otherwise make this rating easy to see)?

4

19. What do you think of the production?
For such a long album, I wish they would have taken more risks with it but alas they didn't. They stuck to a tried and true formula.

20. Any other thoughts you had about this album you would like to share?
It isn't really as bad as I thought it was going to be based off of other's opinions but I don't really have the patience to listen to this album in its entirety again. It just validates my opinion of long albums/songs.

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