Nine Types Of Light
by TV On The Radio

I find it difficult to make an objective judgement on this album as Dear Science is one of my favourite albums and this album suffers in comparison as it is very similar. The songs are still very good but it feels like shaking hands with Bobby Kennedy whilst secrertly wishing it was JFK. There is a fine line between having a distinctive sound and every song sounding the same and TVOTR are just on the right side of it but I feel they need to take a big step forward or change direction on their next album to avoid Repetition.

Always liked the album, but just noticed I had rated every single song with at least 4 stars on my itunes, which means I liked them a lot! Maybe if this came before Dear Science it would get more love than it does ...

From covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/11/2011 02:55 | #21520 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

With a more accesible sound TV On The Radio makes their strongest statement yet by showing that their ambients and complex arrangements can be part of a powerful and worthy rock n roll piece, it is not as atmospheric as Return to cookie mountain or has that bizarre dance beat like Dear Science but it has a more open edge that allows it to reach into different directions without having to mantain an specific musical context, by far the best album I've heard this year.

Very good. But as with every album this year, I find enough things wrong with it, so I don't exactly love it... Like that over the top falsetto at the end of Keep Your Heart or the repetition in Repetition... And a couple more songs that aren't that great... But when it's good it's good, Will Do and Caffeinated Consciousness are probably my favourites, and just in general I love the energy of it (and the occasional calmer moments when they arrive). Rhythm section is flawless.

Top 10 of the year for me

edit: it got better for me with each listen, esp. after seeing the 1 hour film (including music videos for each song) for this on youtube - the part with "You" at the end is just amazing and I think it is one of the reasons I find the song to be one of the highlights of the album now
Top 5 of the year now for me :)

From Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2016 03:35 | #179697 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album is a lot better than some give it credit for. Sure, it's less groundbreaking and dynamic than their previous 2 albums but it's choc-full of great, catchy tracks. It's a significantly better effort than Seeds which just hasn't gelled with me at all.