Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 05-19-2015, 02:52 PM

Title: Tin drum
Artiste: Japan
Genre: Pop/New Wave

Love
I've always liked “Ghosts”. Very minimalistic and quite spooky (appropriately); something of a masterpiece for the time.
“Canton” is also good. Very good in fact. Nice instrumental.

Hate
Pretty generic new-wave eighties stuff so far; not as heavily reliant on synth as some of their stablemates, but still nothing too impressive to me.
Have never been a fan of David Sylvian's voice.

End result: I know Japan from back in my youth, when I reviled anything that was “pop” or at least not rock. Have I changed my mind? Not really: I can see some decent songs here but generally it's the kind of new-wave pop stuff I never cared for.

So, Love or Hate? Hate really

Chances of a full review: 2/10

05-19-2015, 02:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Tin drum Artiste: Japan Genre: Pop/New Wave Love I've always liked “Ghosts”. Very minimalistic and quite spooky (appropriately); something of a masterpiece for the time. “Canton” is also good. Very good in fact. Nice instrumental. Hate Pretty generic new-wave eighties stuff so far; not as heavily reliant on synth as some of their stablemates, but still nothing too impressive to me. Have never been a fan of David Sylvian's voice. End result: I know Japan from back in my youth, when I reviled anything that was “pop” or at least not rock. Have I changed my mind? Not really: I can see some decent songs here but generally it's the kind of new-wave pop stuff I never cared for. So, Love or Hate? Hate really Chances of a full review: 2/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 05-22-2015 at 12:38 PM.