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harkan
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| #461 | Posted: 04/07/2012 06:45 | Post subject: |
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Public Image Ltd's Metal Box / Second Edition (from lancashirearab's chart)
So unsure of the actual name of this, I got to a stage with the album that I was unsure of how to take it. Elements of post-punk and new wave tinged with art-rock mentalities, it was an interesting listen.
Interesting because I never could get into it. Maybe the epic 10-minute opener of Albatross threw me out or that I was listening to the album, hoping for a new post-punk obsession. Sadly, The Sound (the band) seems to keep that mantle, searching for other gems of theirs.
The key tracks for me on Metal Box (or Second Edition) were No Birds and Socialist (an instrumental), maybe because these kept to a punk-driven sound rather than trying to be "arty".
Might come back one day. Possibly when I can figure out if I have Metal Box or Second Edition. Guess if I had the vinyl (as the difference between them is 6 sides on Metal Box and 4 sides on Second Edition), my review might be clearer.
75/100 - Squeezed inbetween Roxy Music's Roxy Music and Wire's Chairs Missing
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| #462 | Posted: 04/07/2012 08:16 | Post subject: |
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| Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote: | | Coming today, maybe. 50% sure about that. |
Listened to it (I haven't listened to it the whole way through, but some of the tracks I think I had listened to before)
It wasn't exactly amazing, just a pretty good album. I like it more than the Blue Album, at least. I liked the guitars on some of the tracks. Overall, a great album which deserves most of the praise it's getting.
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| #463 | Posted: 04/07/2012 09:39 | Post subject: |
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| Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote: | | Listened to it (I haven't listened to it the whole way through, but some of the tracks I think I had listened to before) |
That's not the point Eggman! It's how it runs together as a whole! 
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| #464 | Posted: 04/07/2012 10:21 | Post subject: |
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| Xavygravy wrote: | That's not the point Eggman! It's how it runs together as a whole!
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Curses, I wanted to write that I HAD not listened to it all the way through before! 
And yeah, I thought of that while listening to it, because the lyrics of the songs indicated that there was this concept through it all. I liked that. 
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| #465 | Posted: 04/07/2012 11:13 | Post subject: |
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Oki, just like Mellow Yellow and Sunshine Superman, A gift from a flower to garden is... nice.
I can't bring myself to rate it more than a 75, it just bores me a little bit too much. Well, future listens might change my etc etc. |
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| #466 | Posted: 04/09/2012 09:21 | Post subject: |
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From gussteivi's top 100: Derek & the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love 70/100
i had some trouble rating this album, because in one hand i'm not a blues fan, and in the other hand musically this album is flawless. a good album but not the kind of music i'm listening usually to. |
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| #467 | Posted: 04/09/2012 11:08 | Post subject: |
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| Gonna do The Suburbs from cartokens chart. |
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lancashirearab
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| #468 | Posted: 04/09/2012 11:26 | Post subject: |
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I have had a look at itsit's chart and I have started listening to Here's Little Richard.
This has gone straight into my 1950s chart. This album has so many great songs that I have obviously heard sometime in my life. They are just a part of our cultural heritage now. I am so glad I listened to this.
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| #469 | Posted: 04/09/2012 12:30 | Post subject: |
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Well I've listened to The Suburbs and I've got to ask, why is this so highly acclaimed?
None of the songs really stick for me and the mixing doesn't do anything for me either. |
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| #470 | Posted: 04/09/2012 16:40 | Post subject: |
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| itsit wrote: | Well I've listened to The Suburbs and I've got to ask, why is this so highly acclaimed?
None of the songs really stick for me and the mixing doesn't do anything for me either. |
Really ? not even the fabulous : The Suburbs, Ready To Start, Deep Blue, Sprawl II ? they are all perfect.
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from Itsit chart : Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell |
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