February SRE Week 2

[gussteivi]

I'm hereby declaring tomorrow: "Songrating Extravaganza Saturday"!

Everybody will listen to and rate at least three albums from this weeks picks,
if they haven't already.



















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Or I will anyway...

[Fergenaprido]

Haha thanks gussteivi... I take it you have your internet (and porn) back now?

I have three albums to go for this week, so if I can listen to them all between my meetings, commuting, and the chocolate festival here in town... count me in!

[gussteivi]

[gussteivi]

Faust-Faust

Album rating: 5/100

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Japan-Quiet Life

1. Quiet Life: 60/100
2. Fall in love with me: 65/100
3. Despair: 60/100
4. In Vogue: 90/100 (!)
5. Halloween: 70/100
6. All tomorrow's parties: 65/100
7. Alien: 60/100
8. Other side of life: 70/100

Album rating: 65

Summary: There's exactly one song I really like. The rest, just plain boring for me.


Randy Newman-Sail away

1. Sail away: 90/100
2. Lonely at the top: 85/100
3. He gives us all his love: 75/100
4. Las night I had a dream: 75/100
5. Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear: 75/100
6. Old man: 80/100
7. Political Science: 80/100
8. Burn on: 80/100
9. Memo to my son: 80/100
10. Dayton, Ohio 1903: 80/100
11. You can leave your hat on: 85/100
12. God's song (that's why I love mankind): 95/100

Album rating: (a solid) 80

Summary: Now THIS is a delightful album!
There's not a single song I dislike and the last track is stunning.
This also feels like the sort of album that grows with on you over time.
This one will definetily be listened to again in the near future.

I'll listen to and rate the other two tomorrow.

[Fergenaprido]

Quiet Life, by Japan 70/100

Nothing spectacular here. I didn't really know what to expect from them, but there were only 8 songs so I figured it would be an easy listen. And it was; almost too easy. As in, sometimes I didn't remember anything about a song I had just listened to that I had to listen to it again to remind myself just so I could rate it. Essentially, the songs blended into the background and didn't really stand out for me. Nice music for background at a party or in a store, perhaps, but not something I'd care to dig up again.

Aside from the title track (80/100), nothing else really gave me a go, and were generally forgettable. This does not mean that the songs were bad, per se, they just weren't great.

In the meantime, I managed to listen to Nightwish, finally. Better than expected. They're more of the symphonic metal than death metal, I think, so I found appreciation in that. They still don't hold a candle to Within Temptation for me, but that might just be personal preferences. The girl's voice was nice, I just couldn't always understand what she was saying. The "best" tracks were Forever Yours and Beauty of the Beast, but I wouldn't say they were stand out ones compared to the others. This would make my top five best metal albums... after my four WT albums, and without having listened to Tool's Ænima yet (it's on my computer and iTunes tells me it's metal too), or any other metal for that matter.

Week 3 will be up tomorrow, sorry for the delay! Hopefully more people will participate (thank for pushing this gus!) Week three will finally have an album I own, so I can start with the song rating right away! Week 3 is also the most diverse chronologically, from 1958 to 2007, covering 4 different decades, so there should be something for everyone.

Well, everyone being anyone who likes original rock, rock and roll, alternative rock, Scot/Brit rock, and country rock

[Kiki]

Japan - Quiet Life

Really a nice album. Like an icecream disco or the patter of fuck feet. Could chill out to this disc.

1. Quiet Life
70/100

2. Fall in Love with Me
65/100

3. Despair
60/100

4. In Vogue
70/100

5. Halloween
65/100

6. All Tomorrow's Parties
70/100

7. Alien
60/100

8. Other Side of Life
65/100

[Kiki]

Randy Newman - Sail Away

Has its own unique charm and contains the views from an interesting chaps star and sandpaper notebook.

1. Sail Away 75
2. Lonely at the Top 75
3. He Gives Us All His Love 65
4. Last Night I Had a Dream 65
5. Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear 75
6. Old Man 70
7. Political Science 70
8. Burn On 75
9. Memo to My Son 65
10. Dayton, Ohio - 1903 65
11. You Can Leave Your Hat On 70
12. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) 65

[Kiki]

Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

The wheels are turning, gears grinding and the guitars plugged into walls of sound and thunder

1 Rusty Cage - 90
2 Outshined - 60
3 Slaves & Bulldozers - 55
4 Jesus Christ Pose - 90
5 Face Pollution - 50
6 Somewhere - 60
7 Searching With My Good Eye Closed - 65
8 Room a Thousand Years Wide - 55
9 Mind Riot - 55
10 Drawing Flies - 60
11 Holy Water - 55
12 New Damage - 55

[gussteivi]