The Album Club: "Seal" by Seal

Zhanteimi · 10-15-2017, 04:06 PM

.

Trollheart · 10-15-2017, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Water and candles. If you got a car a car charger for your phone is super handy.

I don't have a car but I do have a portable charger (powerbank). We should be ok by the time it gets dark, so I don't think candles will be required but I have a battery torch anyway just in case. Water I'm sorting atm. Thanks for your concern man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mord

Troll, I'm bowing out. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm just not good at reviewing albums I don't like. Cross me off the list. Have fun, guys.

OK, no problem. Sorry to see you go, but I don't want anyone feeling they have to stay here if they don't want to. Is your daughter staying or going with you?

Zhanteimi · 10-15-2017, 04:10 PM

.

OccultHawk · 10-15-2017, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mord

Troll, I'm bowing out. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm just not good at reviewing albums I don't like. Cross me off the list. Have fun, guys.

God what a bitch move

Zhanteimi · 10-15-2017, 04:11 PM

.

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-15-2017, 04:40 PM

Aw come on, the more the merrier. As long as it's an honest opinion, I don't care if it's five paragraphs or five words long.

**Frownland** · 10-15-2017, 04:41 PM

I care. Just vote if you're going to be that lazy.

Anteater · 10-15-2017, 04:48 PM

Mord, if you can sit through all of Da Pacem you could have given Seal more than three minutes. That's all I'm saying. This is an "album" club because we are reviewing whole albums right?

Neapolitan · 10-15-2017, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Define "worthwhile".
And it's Mondo not Mundo.

He literally means Mundo as in Mundo Jerry. I get all my Punk recs from Mundo Jerry. Don't you?

TechnicLePanther · 10-16-2017, 06:26 PM

This album is held together by Seal. If anyone else made an album this eclectic and yet simultaneously by-the-numbers, it probably wouldn't work at all. Even this only works minimally, but it definitely works. I found myself enjoying this album at certain portions, and finding it at least not annoying at other sections. The performances are all bland and lifeless excepting Seal himself, again exemplifying why and how he holds the album together. All in all, the songwriting is pretty by-the-numbers too. The perfect adult contemporary mix of jazz, R&B, soft rock, and electronic influences mixed into one very unique, and also completely tame and expected, album. Not much else to say, this was good but not anything particularly special. Probably won't listen again ever, or at least until I forget I've already heard it. 6/10

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Seal - Seal [1991]
The Divine Comedy - Casanova

View Poll Results: How much did you enjoy the album?
Loved it	2	14.29%
Liked it	3	21.43%
Meh	4	28.57%
Disliked it	3	21.43%
Hated it	2	14.29%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

10-15-2017, 04:06 PM	#31 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 11-12-2017 at 10:50 PM.

10-15-2017, 04:10 PM	#33 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 11-26-2017 at 07:08 PM.

10-15-2017, 04:11 PM	#35 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 11-12-2017 at 10:49 PM.

10-15-2017, 04:41 PM	#37 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I care. Just vote if you're going to be that lazy. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-15-2017, 04:40 PM	#36 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Aw come on, the more the merrier. As long as it's an honest opinion, I don't care if it's five paragraphs or five words long.

10-16-2017, 06:26 PM	#40 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	This album is held together by Seal. If anyone else made an album this eclectic and yet simultaneously by-the-numbers, it probably wouldn't work at all. Even this only works minimally, but it definitely works. I found myself enjoying this album at certain portions, and finding it at least not annoying at other sections. The performances are all bland and lifeless excepting Seal himself, again exemplifying why and how he holds the album together. All in all, the songwriting is pretty by-the-numbers too. The perfect adult contemporary mix of jazz, R&B, soft rock, and electronic influences mixed into one very unique, and also completely tame and expected, album. Not much else to say, this was good but not anything particularly special. Probably won't listen again ever, or at least until I forget I've already heard it. 6/10 Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped Seal - Seal [1991] The Divine Comedy - Casanova __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.