50-word album reviews

Trollheart · 05-09-2021, 06:15 AM

Not as easy as it seems. Can you properly review an album in fifty words or less (say minimum thirty, max fifty?), not including the title, artist etc - no "this is a great album" or "this sucks" or "you need to hear this" kind of things. Can you give some actual information, and your impressions of the album, in so few words?

For anyone who wants to give it a go, here's a link where you can paste text to count the words in your piece.

https://wordcounter.net

Scoundrel Days - A-ha - 1986

My favourite of theirs, it was the one with most of their well-known hits - "Cry Wolf", "Manhattan Skyline" etc. There are only two songs on it that suck, which makes it better than the debut. Soon after this a-ha would be forgotten, but not before putting Norway on the map.

DianneW · 05-09-2021, 09:10 AM

a-ah, not ever been forgotten by us over here.....just playing the Scroundrel Days now...ok they were apart for a few years but still did reform for a few more years with the odd break, still get together to perform, have a tour planned for this year even..

https://www.songkick.com/artists/89797-aha/calendar

Trollheart · 05-09-2021, 10:18 AM

True, and I have all their albums and love them, but the general populace forgot them. Ask anyone now to name an a-ha song and you know what they'll say, but ask them to name an album after Stay On These Roads and they'll be stumped.

You know Morten has solo albums? They're pretty good.

**Frownland** · 05-09-2021, 07:20 PM

Koma Saxo - Koma Saxo (2019)

A funky rhythm section and mind bending horns playing bassist Petter Eldh's arrangements. Koma Saxo is avant-garde jazz that doesn't deal with the usual atonality/abrasiveness and is playful enough for most casual listeners. You're dumb for not listening to it. 5/5 good ****.

fire · 05-24-2021, 02:05 PM

Mark IV - Lånt tid
by Sorten Muld

A nice comeback album, it is a bit different from their other albums from the Mark II (1997), III (2000) and Jord·Luft·Ild·Vand (2002).
I liked most of the songs from the new album, some more some less.
There are more instruments, oriental sound.
I still like their older sound more.
But I am still happy that they returned with a new album this year.

Hillelil
The first song from the album

05-09-2021, 06:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	50-word album reviews Not as easy as it seems. Can you properly review an album in fifty words or less (say minimum thirty, max fifty?), not including the title, artist etc - no "this is a great album" or "this sucks" or "you need to hear this" kind of things. Can you give some actual information, and your impressions of the album, in so few words? For anyone who wants to give it a go, here's a link where you can paste text to count the words in your piece. https://wordcounter.net Scoundrel Days - A-ha - 1986 My favourite of theirs, it was the one with most of their well-known hits - "Cry Wolf", "Manhattan Skyline" etc. There are only two songs on it that suck, which makes it better than the debut. Soon after this a-ha would be forgotten, but not before putting Norway on the map. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-09-2021, 10:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	True, and I have all their albums and love them, but the general populace forgot them. Ask anyone now to name an a-ha song and you know what they'll say, but ask them to name an album after Stay On These Roads and they'll be stumped. You know Morten has solo albums? They're pretty good. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-09-2021, 07:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Koma Saxo - Koma Saxo (2019) A funky rhythm section and mind bending horns playing bassist Petter Eldh's arrangements. Koma Saxo is avant-garde jazz that doesn't deal with the usual atonality/abrasiveness and is playful enough for most casual listeners. You're dumb for not listening to it. 5/5 good ***. __________________ 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

05-24-2021, 02:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
fire Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Israel Posts: 186	Mark IV - Lånt tid by Sorten Muld A nice comeback album, it is a bit different from their other albums from the Mark II (1997), III (2000) and Jord·Luft·Ild·Vand (2002). I liked most of the songs from the new album, some more some less. There are more instruments, oriental sound. I still like their older sound more. But I am still happy that they returned with a new album this year. Hillelil The first song from the album __________________ Last.fm

05-09-2021, 09:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	a-ah, not ever been forgotten by us over here.....just playing the Scroundrel Days now...ok they were apart for a few years but still did reform for a few more years with the odd break, still get together to perform, have a tour planned for this year even.. https://www.songkick.com/artists/89797-aha/calendar