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Originally Posted by Trollheart
My overriding feeling was of being bored, and then also being somewhat depressed.
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I really like music with a melancholy feeling to it. I think a lot of albums that I love would be seen by a lot of people as these unbearable, drab, 70+ minute marathons of minor keys and morose vocals.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
It seems to be the same basic thing over and over again, some woman wailing over acoustic guitar - I think not in English, which doesn't help - and I didn't notice much in the way of variety or change in any of the songs.
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I love her voice (Teresa Salgueiro) and love lots of music in foreign languages. Personally, I quite enjoy the way Portugese sounds when sung. But then, I listen to voices as more of an instrument. I'm terrible at paying attention to lyrics.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Of which there are too many. Sixteen on an album like this is asking too much of the listener without some sort of variation or lightening of the mood.
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Personally, I find a lot of interesting differences in the types of melodies and structures on this album, plus there's some nice - if admittedly very subtle - sonic variety. I can 100% understand feeling that it is too much of the same, but I've managed to sit and listen attentively to the entire thing front to back without getting bored.