Originally Posted by Trollheart

Thanks to some ****er bumping necro-threads to up his post count so he can save our musical lives with his ****ing crappy link to his ****ing crappy band, this thread got pushed to page two!

Time to take back this town!



Title: Spirit of Eden
Artiste: Talk Talk
Genre: New wave
Familiarity:I know a few of their singles

1. The rainbow: Somewhat Floyd opening (circa post-Waters era), quite drony in its way, now it's morphed into a kind of early Eagles vibe, slow percussion and screeching guitar with yet no vocals and we're into the first third of the track. Ah, here they come now. Oh very nice; smooth and laconic, kind of smoky, blending really well with the rhythm and melody. Some really understated piano, vocal really reminds me of Steve Hogarth from Marillion actually. Blues guitar now with I think a talkbox on it (appropriately!) and some searing harmonica. Really enjoying this.
2. Eden: Kind of flowed seamlessly from the opener, quite similar tone from what I can hear. Really nice buildup. Can't get over the similarities to Hogarth though. Great organ, passionate vocal, guitar breaks in at just the right time.
3. Desire: Love the slow church organ opening, very sedate (not that any of the rest of the album so far has been anything but downbeat, but in a very good way) but then it kicks up in about the second minute for a short moment, and back to the low-key approach. More harmonica, methinks. Winding up now for the big finish. Excellent.
4. Inheritance: Another low-key effort, driven on soft piano and some great sparkly synth
5. I believe in you: Some really nice wailing synth here, and what sounds like an accordion?
6. Wealth: Lovely soft emotional closer, great use of the organ to drive the song along.

End result: I loved everything about this album, the atmosphere it creates, the soft, languid vocal, the sensuous keyboards and often brittle piano. The only thing that stops it being perfect is that it's basically all slow, and I would have liked a more uptempo track just to break the pattern. Nevertheless, a great great album.

So, Love or Hate? Came close to True Love but it gets a solid Love.

Originally Posted by DeadChannel

The overuse of babe/baby, the lack of any sort of discernible originality, the melodrama and the general sense of an especially heinous sort of hardcore vapid stupidity all make me want to jab my eyes out with a drill-press and then hang myself from the CN Tower with an electrified rope that sends shocks in excess of 10,000 volts through my body as I slowly die. While listening to Dream Theater.