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Originally Posted by sidewinder
Yes. Float On, Dance Hall, This Devil's Workday, The View, Blame It On The Tetons, The Good Times Are Killing Me. A few others have grown on me, and generally I don't hate these as much as I used to, it's just that his singing/lyric style changed to something a bit less sincere, and were bordering on cringe-worthy. For what it's worth, I like Oceans Breathe Salty, Bury Me With It (best one), Bukowski and Black Cadillacs (though parts of that one bug me). Now I actually feel like giving the album a listen now one of these days.
I so looked forward to that album, too. I was on the mailing list, I pre-ordered, and my dreams were shot down. I guess the album art has meaning.
I couldn't even bear to listen to We Were Dead... more than once. There were a few decent tracks, but the rest were so bad and cringe-worthy it just wasn't worth it.
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I guess it is different for someone like you who had been around throughout their career and worked your way through chronologically, obviously. I started with
Good News when I was about 15 and have kind of jumped around since then. And it's not that I only like the new MM sound, because I don't. I couldn't stand
We Were Dead either. If I had to pick my favorites albums it would be:
Good News, then
Sad Sappy Sucker, then
Lonesome Crowded West, then
The Moon & Antarctica. So I'm all over the place haha.
And you seem a little inconsistent with you likes/dislikes on that album. 'Float On' is their popiest song to date, but it's still a good pop song, just like 'Ocean Breathes Salty'. 'Dance Hall', 'Blame It on the Tetons', and 'The Good Times are Killing Me' are kinda silly but catchy nonetheless. And different. 'This Devil's Workday' is eccentric and I like the horns, even if it wasn't executed very well on that track. 'The View' is my favorite. The horn intro and 'The World at Large' are great. I also love 'One Chance'. I am gonna guess you like 'Bury Me with It' because it is in Brock's classic, grating voice? I guess I'm not as caught up in Brock's voice...
