I'm more looking for a description than a rating. Also witty comments/failed humour does not pass as an album review. Particularly in OctopusGuy's case, I'm not inclined to listn to that album at all. However the Protomen are awesome, so I will.
I gave Tyler The Creator an A, doesn't mean its great music. The music is probably a C minus... I based that rating on the experience I had with it.
Ratings don't mean shit therefore the other album thread is more reliable for finding stuff.
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3/9
The most badass album of all time (next to My Chemical Romance's the Black Parade). Half an hour of great L.A. punk. This is the album that you play when you're angry and you wanna break stuff.
People can review however they want, though the reviews that I, and probably most people, find useful are the descriptive ones, that instead of saying "9/10 almsot flawless" say what makes it good, why it isn't perfect, what the music sounds like etc
[QUOTE=R. Cookie;30564182]A+ isn't a rating you just throw around, it has to be near perfect, done tight in every way, imfluenced and influential, and more impotantly, A+ is the highest actual rating, meaning that nothing will be better than it.[/QUOTE]
Then they fit very well to those albums.
Albums that people think are perfect don't have to be influential or BIG albums.
Michael Jackson's Thriller is not an A+ in my books.
I don't even like ratings. What the hell makes an album 0.1 points better or worse. All I care about is why you feel a certain way about an album, movie, or any kind of media.
There's also the fact that some people think a 6 sucks but some people think it's just okay and with a lack of a good description you have no idea what they really mean.
My point is giving a non descriptive review is pointless because it would catch nobodies interest. By mentioning the band being the only clue, either the non descriptive review lacks mention of the style of that band, or yoh already are familiar with that band, like them, and have as a result already listened to the album. Therefore, your tiny effortless review is nothing.
If you however describe it, the genre, the feel and other special sttributes but still give the album a C, someone else who reads it may think it's right up their alley, and as convinced to listen to it they may enjoy it alot more than the previous reviewer, then you jut got into a great band simply by having read a description of the work.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;30564617]I don't even like ratings. What the hell makes an album 0.1 points better or worse. All I care about is why you feel a certain way about an album, movie, or any kind of media.
There's also the fact that some people think a 6 sucks but some people think it's just okay and with a lack of a good description you have no idea what they really mean.[/QUOTE]
I gave an album an E plus, I still love the album. Makes no sense at all. :smug:
That doesn't make sense at all. E plus is like sprinkling sugar on poo. It's still poo.
[QUOTE=R. Cookie;30564724]That doesn't make sense at all. E plus is like sprinkling sugar on poo. It's still poo.[/QUOTE]
The album in question is... quite poor.
[QUOTE=R. Cookie;30564626]My point is giving a non descriptive review is pointless because it would catch nobodies interest. By mentioning the band being the only clue, either the non descriptive review lacks mention of the style of that band, or yoh already are familiar with that band, like them, and have as a result already listened to the album. Therefore, your tiny effortless review is nothing.
If you however describe it, the genre, the feel and other special sttributes but still give the album a C, someone else who reads it may think it's right up their alley, and as convinced to listen to it they may enjoy it [b]alot[/b] more than the previous reviewer, then you jut got into a great band simply by having read a description of the work.[/QUOTE]
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I agree though
Well I don't expect people to read my longer reviews in detail. It's mainly so I can [I]get my thoughts out[/I], it's a personal thing rather than an open discussion.
I tend to not put [I]alot[/I] of depth into listening unless I choose to.
[QUOTE=AK'z;30565474]Well I don't expect people to read my longer reviews in detail. It's mainly so I can [I]get my thoughts out[/I], it's a personal thing rather than an open discussion.
I tend to not put [I]alot[/I] of depth into listening unless I choose to.[/QUOTE]
I like to read between the lines of review texts, usually the interest in an album reflects in the said review, and the result is a review that matches the quality of the said album. The user basically tells you it is a good album by reviewing it in detail, and whrn I spot a lengthy review, that tells me the album is one to note down.
Yeah, I should really go into depth when I review shite albums. :smug:
Makes sense only on the condition you are reviewing it so well to further convince people not to listen to an album. Reviewing an album you think is shit is pointless unless you know you hate it for the wrong reasons and that it is possible others will like it
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Sofa Surfers - Sofa Surfers (2005)
4.5/5
I really really like the style they have on some of these songs
vocals fit it perfectly
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Indexi - Indexi - 1974
[B]D+[/B]
Well here's another obscure progressive rock group that I found. I have run into many great ones along my listening but I was told this was another great one that I've missed. What we have here is a psychedelic rock group turning progressive in their later years.
Now I'm not very knowledgable of their psychedelic days but this in my opinion is just a wasted effort rather than a worthy submission into the prog world.
I do like my "foreign" prog, a few come to mind being Anglagard, PFM and Atoll. I can get to grips with their styles of prog because they are willing to push themselves and change directions when delivering songs. However with Indexi, it seems like they took PFM's great influence and made a mockery of it. Nevertheless, the instruments are well played and any ordinary prog fan can throw it on and enjoy it.
All I have to say is that there are no moments of "progressive explosiveness" nor anything telling me to feel a certain way.
All in all, I liked the culture presented here but it's not something I would revisit again because it is predictable and quite frankly a dull effort. I mean even the cover is a half arsed effort at being prog. That's just me, they still play well and I will try something else in their catalogue.
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World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots - 2010
7/10
It's kind of uh. Experimental bullshit (that is great). Lots of guitar stuff and electronic stuff and then general noisy rubbish with sound samples of voices and whatnot. No actual words that I made out (though it is Japanese so how could I anyway).
It has one single, with a video, for the song Les Enfants du Paradis, which is pretty alright (kind of like Lotus Flower's video, what with weird dancng in a room to the music [lol except it's shittier in this]). It'll give you a good idea of what the music is like in this album.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfG_G2O2q40[/media]
Unfortunately a lot of the tracks aren't on Youtube so here's my personal favourite track, TEEN AGE ZIGGY, which I found on Soundcloud.
[media]http://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/worlds-end-girlfriend-teen-age[/media]
It's wonderfully fun.
Now here, the weirdest track (posted this before somewhere), The Offering Inferno. I guess it's creepy ambiance. Disappointed that it really only just got noisier and noisier and stopped being creepy though and became more ear-achey kind of stuff instead. Still though, great for the most part.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_UC3agrzBc[/media]
And just another track why not, Bohemian Purgatory, Part 1.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9wy6I3WFM[/media]
Best bit is probably 4:15ish with all that piano and whatever kind of tsh tsh beat that is, then jazzy-ness, then drum and bass-ness and violin or whatever. Until 6:00 when it kind of just decides to give up on life and be weird bullshit again.
There is a lot I dislike about this album (noisy bullshit, ruining good things with noisy bullshit), but there's so much that makes up for it (fun fun and creep creep). And I think the good outweighs the bad with this one for me, so I'm giving it a 7.
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Talking Heads - Remain In Light
pretty yummy. I feel like I don't have much to say about this right now, but yea this is some good post punk. But I feel like this is a much less chaotic relative of The Pop Group, who's just as primal sounding without the repetition. Musically this isn't quite as interesting as I would have liked... the really mechanical sound gives me mixed feelings.
7/10
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9/10, Peter's vocals > Mikael's. Fuck the haters. <3
Anyway, perfect, old school styled death metal. Bloodbath's finest release IMO. Eaten has to be one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard. Also, Brave New Hell is my personal favorite song.
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9/10, Peter's vocals > Mikael's. Fuck the haters. <3
Anyway, perfect, old school styled death metal. Bloodbath's finest release IMO. Eaten has to be one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard. Also, Brave New Hell is my personal favorite song.[/QUOTE]
I didn't like the production,it felt kind of overproduced
Still like to listen to it from time to time though, Soul Evisceration is godlike
Flogging Molly - The Speed of Darkness
9/10, Last 5 Tracks are awesome.
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Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer - 2010
[B]C+[/B]
I held off listening to this because I didn't recognize the mass hype at the time. Although the obvious hit single becoming a craze was imminent, I didn't listen to the album.
That was until I felt the time was right, so it's now 8 or so months after the release and I'm feeling a sense of "overhype" that I did predict. I don't want to offend lovers of this album, but I can only say this is uninspired and pretty much an "okay" try at what a soul record can be.
First of all, it's not 100% soul because there are instances of hip hop within it, making it [I]neo-soul[/I].
Now at this point we hit a boundary of which I'm knowledgable, and it doesn't really put much my way when it comes to Neo-Soul.
It has tried to create this "smooth" textured production but is almost shattered completely by the use of really fake reverb. Many soul records as some would know, can have a style of reverb used to put you in that trance state. It does not happen here at all, and feels gimmicky. He even uses autotune on ONE instance in the song "No One's Gonna Love You". That's poor.
Vocal wise, it was okay... he can throw it around decently. I hear instances of "Al Green" whines in his effort but I think he's made his own. There is room for creativity with it.
Lyrically, I did like the things that were portrayed. The flow of the album is good, it feels almost like an album soundtrack kind of vibe, but I don't want to be too hasty.
The one track though, that hit points where I was grooving, was "Fool For You".
That song is a killer soul track and in my mind, by far the best on this album.
Other than that, we can all enjoy the uplifting tones here because we're mainstream. But I'm glad I didn't go fully on board with this hype at the time. I would've disappointed a lot more like that. :smugdog:
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
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A Big Beat album often mislabeled as, but not to be confused with, Drum and Bass. There is hints of it, however - the bass in the album is very overpowering and prominent, and the beats are built off of up tempo loops with minor variations here and there. There's also a feelgood element to most of the songs reminiscent of Happy Hardcore vocals, and the voicework on the album is superb. Basically, the only reason to listen to this album (other than being a big beat or dance fan) is because there is no reason not to. Many tracks do the album better than some others, though. The title track is one of the stronger tracks, however Tarantula seems to be either a track made for fun or experimentation. Not that it's bad, I just wasn't too fond of it.
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[QUOTE=R. Cookie;30583430]however Tarantula seems to be either a track made for fun or experimentation.[/QUOTE]
I thought that was one of the more creative tracks they made.
I hope that wasn't in a term of disagreement
[QUOTE=AK'z;30583477]I thought that was one of the more [b]creative[/b] tracks they made.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=R. Cookie;30583430]however Tarantula seems to be either a track made for fun or [b]experimentation[/b].[/QUOTE]
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