Neapolitan

Yeah, I was a kinda salty too when I found out I was the only one who listen to your album.

Don't slam the door on the Album Club just yet. Listen to Details, you might get another chance of getting something out of it. I said 'chance' being aware of the probability you might not like it. However there is still a possibility you might like it too.

Yeah, that was a good album, except for the final song which was outrageously vulgar. Details ends on a much more classier note than Broken English though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think the whole album is good. Maybe you have to be in the right mood for it?

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MicShazam

Gave this one a listen this evening, just because.

The opening track has a really juicy bassline going for it and an overall vibe - with the singer's voice and everything - that was leaving me hopeful.

While I didn't think this album was bad by any means, it really wore out it's welcome after a while. The songs are pretty cookie cutter most of the time and I'm reminded of a number of acts from the same time. There's some attempt to vary these tracks sonically, but the arrangements feel somewhat shallow and the overall song progressions stick to a fairly repetitive template. Generally, the last minute of each of these songs has a feeling of treading water. I would have liked some more creative chord progressions and/or melodies. The singer has a nice, sweet, but unspectacular voice that lacks dimension and nuance.

A few moments made my ears perk up. Mostly, I experienced this album as being nice but forgettable. Check out "Let Go" or "Psychobabble". They had a bit more going for them in terms of musical detail than most tracks here did.

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Anteater

I'm surprised to see Guy Sigsworth as a co-writer on a lot of this: he was so good with Seal and Bjork, whereas on this album I feel the songwriting is lacking more often than not. That being said, good hooks do shine through now and then: 'Must Be Dreaming' is nice early 00's pop, 'Let Go' is a solid opener and 'Flicks' covers a variety of territory that I enjoy (walks the trip-hop / mainstream pop line pretty well). The whole album might grow on me more as time goes on, but I certainly didn't dislike it after a few spins.

Solid 6.5 out of 10 here.

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I'm waiting for TH to return before I dive into the album club again.