Deacon Blue - Raintown
Alright going into this one blind.
Track 1: Born In A Storm (1:32)
Okay is this an 80's album? It sounds like it. Nice little piano ballad if not a little dated. The guy has a nice voice at least.
Track 2: Raintown (3:50)
Okay straight into the next song. Kind of a white funk groove it's a'ight. Those synths are hilarious though they just sound so 80's to me. Like if someone slowed this down, and warped it, this could be vaporwave. I actually don't mind this, dated 80's sounds are kinda fun.
Track 3: Ragman (3:08)
This is a pretty nice pop song. Nothing crazy special, but it's pretty alright.
Track 4: He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now (3:50)
I like the staccato kind of new agey keyboards I don't like new age usually, but I like certain sound from it. Yeah again this wasn't bad, but nothing insanely remarkable for me to grab on to.
Track 5: Loaded (4:30)
Same thing as the last song to be honest. I'm glad this album isn't too long.
Track 6: When Will You [Make My Telephone Ring] (5:01)
Oh boy a ballad. The gospel backround vocalists are cheesy in a bad, really dated way. I think chorus has been just playing on repeat for the last 2 minutes now or something. You know when people talk about like the stereotypically 80's ballad, yeah this is basically the epitomy of that.
Track 7: Chocolate Girl (3:20)
Okay like country vibe to the beggining. Oh back to the 80's sounding stuff. I kinda like this one actually even though it's SUPER 80's just a really catchy song. That was actually really good.
Track 8: Dignity (3:59)
This sounds like the first song, but with Another Brick In The Wall type guitars. Speaking of which The Wall is another extremely 80's sounding album, it's one of the reasons it's one of my least fav Floyd albums. Idk the earlier stuff just seems more timeless in comparison to the later era Floyd. Sorry, got sidetracked, this is an alright song I'm getting bored though.
Track 9: The Very Thing (3:34)
The song is actually pretty good it's cheesy, but the synths are awesome.
Track 10: Love's Great Fears (3:41)
If you just took the backround synths, and did something with that this'd be a pretty great song. Aw man now it's just overproduced 80's music. Not feeling this one.
Track 11: Town To Be Blamed (5:18)
Why does 5 minutes feel like a huge stretch for something on this album. This isn't completely horrible like I don't love it, but it isn't bad. Man this is a soft song I was expecting another overblown cheesy ballad.
Track 12: Riches (2:37)
His voice just dosent really fit this type of music. He has nice voice, but it just dosent mesh very well with this kind if sound. That was okay.
Track 13: Kings Of The Western World (2:40)
I really don't even know what to say. It's just the same for as all the other songs I didn't care about. The chorus is pretty catchy.
Final Verdict: The most I can say was it was alright, but most of it to me was just very mediocre, and bored me quite a bit.
5/10 (not nearly as bad as Manowar)