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- #11
- Posted: 07/25/2013 23:00
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JMan wrote: | A fantastic folk album with many songs almost as memorable as Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia. |
I don't really like either of those songs.
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- #12
- Posted: 07/25/2013 23:34
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For me, this was one of those seminal albums that opened my ears to many other styles of music. An appreciation for fine lyricism was developed and left me yearning for afrobeat and worldbeat music such as (Fela Kuti, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Vampire Weekend etc). Objectively and subjectively; a great album. _________________ If you're reading this, that probably means that I had something to say.
Best Albums of 2014. Rate That Shiz, yo
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- #13
- Posted: 07/25/2013 23:44
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The first six tracks of this album are really great 80s pop music, particularly tracks 2, 5, and 6. Sure, some of it is cheesy and even mawkish in lyrics and arrangement, but it comes with the territory in this genre. Unfortunately, the rest of it is really not that great for me. "That Was Your Mother" is awful. So is "Under African Skies."
This record gets a lot of crap for the circumstances of its creation and subsequent critical reception (i.e. the fact that arguably the most famous and widely praised album having anything to do with Africa at all in lyrics or in sound was created by a White American guy appropriating "World Music" seems to piss a few people off) but musically it's solid. At least for the first half.
Last edited by ColumnatedRuins on 07/26/2013 05:13; edited 1 time in total
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- #14
- Posted: 07/26/2013 00:11
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JMan wrote: | A fantastic folk album with many songs almost as memorable as Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia. |
This. I'd say, in folk wise, this guy is twice as good as Fleet Foxes
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