Post No Wave movement heavy influenced documentary of music.Raw and alive.Creative & experimental enough but gives you the idea it's their first album which it isn't.
I heard this album from start to finish without getting bored.Nice transitions of bpms,rhythms,styles,guitars, electronic woos and Thom Yorke's vocals that has so many layers.Overall It soothed my soul.A masterpiece to me."You can try the best you can,the best you can is good enough". It's like a mantra to my head ever since.
Absolutely fantastic album.Unique and fresh.Most of the songs are amazing!
Sweet Blues & Soul the Memphis way!This album makes you love everybody!
This album is definately creative and mixed excellently. From the beggining you know where you getting into. Piggy its autobiographical probably,March of the pings is starting super noisy then it has a dancable bridge and ends up in piano!Heresy is my thing from the album but i can see some Kurt Cobain in some breakdowns. DDD=Dark,Distorted & Disturbing(in a good creative way). 3/5 for me cause some tracks were really difficult for me to listen.
Besides the obvious hit Alright i really liked only one more song: She's so loose.
Dreamy laidback harmonies.No trophy is a pleasant reggae treat.Binnel Bay has exotic elements like a mini trip in Hawaii.Sunshine is a jazzy soul anthem almost instrumental until the end.Lying in the snow really stands out in this album for me,its a masterpiece.60's martini aesthetics in most songs.
School,Dreamer,Rudy and my personal favourite Crime of the century to name a few from this amazing album,They still have the prog elements that i love in this 3rd gem.
Back in the dayz i was really into Dnb.This album was the first that i bought and it really blew me away until this very day.The soundscapes along with the drum programming and the lush vocals is what made this album really timeless like its title and emblematic.Inner city life is a hymn.
Death thrash metal alright but in this album i think i can hear some industrial edges(samples,fx NIN style),bit more experimental and with some tribal drumming like in track Altered state.I also hear some Ministry influences.. Hardcore punk is in there as well especially in tracks like Subtraction and Desperate cry.Although i'm not that much of thrash metalhead i really enjoy this!! Personal pick: Under Siege.
Eagles is maybe one of the few country American rock bands that you can listen to non-stop!Glen Frey has a voice that really soothes your soul!They are so good that in Take it easy for example (that i really love) can play the badjo almost like an arp giving so much energy to the song!So many good songs in this album..Witchy woman,Chug all night,Take the devil,Early bird..A masterpiece.
A magical album from a tremendous country artist.Those popular songs get the willie nelson treatment and a superb production.Georgia on my mind is as dreamy as you wanted and needed.Unchained melody though is an untouchable original win all the way i think it does it justice.Moonlight in Vermont almost gives me those Sinatra vibes,fantastic.
Another one straight outta Compton.. Autobiographical about his teenage years in the dangerous streets of Compton,this second album first time in a major label has so many famous guest appearances and so many famous producers that the result is real gem. Personal picks: Bitch don't kill my vibe, Backseat freestyle which reminded me of those freestyle mixtapes back in the dayz,raw and unfiltered you know.., The art of peer pressure has a more sophisticated sampling and a nice dramatic turn reminding me of oldschool rap probably my fave out of the album, Money trees which stands out has a nice vibe and a Halle Berry reference, Poetic justice has an 80's flava and beautiful female backing vocals, Good kid has a dramatic and nostalgic 60's sampling sound with a distictive killer bass sound while m.A.A.d city depicts the anxiety,madness,the danger of the gun and drugs paranoia in the streets, Swimming pools(drank) is an amazing moody track with an awesome production making you almost a witness in the situation with a shooting in the end, Singing about me,i'm dying of thirst gave me good old Fugees vibes(12:03 minutes mind you). If you were really into oldschool rap like me you so gonna enjoy this!
Alternative rocker John Grant of Czar fame going solo with a folk band was the best thing that he ever did. Marz song is beautiful and melancholic and one of the best in the album with lyrics naming most of the candies globally . Sigourney Weaver is also an amazing song with absolutely fantastic and creative lyrics for one of these dayz when you feel weird in this world. It's easier it's also an amazing track talking to an ex lover with warmth and hope. Outer space is also a dreamy song (that i loved) when you feel you don't belong somewhere in this world. Caramel starts off well with piano and when ''my love'' lyrics begin got me instantly.He says his love is like a caramel and we melt along.This guy is obsessed with sweets in the whole album,titles and lyrics. In Leopard and lamb the violin is out of this world. ''I want to change the world but i can't change my underwear'',that's how Queen of Denmark opens..It really shows the self wondering character of the whole album and the self mocking lyrics as well. Nice alternative change with Supernatural Defibrillator. Last song What Time? has dramatic el.guitar stabs,echoes of random hours repeating and fx ending acoustically making it the best outro for this album.
Swing along with this masterpiece! Ray Charles's genius lies in his ability to sing big band songs and string-backed ballads.Beautiful big band energetic arrangements along with nostalgic,dreamy string ones!What can go wrong?Jazzy magic.I give it a 4/5 cause i'm not really into jazz(yet).
60's lover rock with orchestral parts and Sweet inspirations as backing vocals along with the superb fragile and angelic voice of Dusty Springfield seemed to have it all in an album but according to the sales back then took quite a long time to be appreciated as so many albums in this world.It soothes your soul from the beggining to the very end. Romantic and dreamy.Perfection. Personal picks if i may:Just a little lovin',Don't forget about me,The windmills of your mind,In the land of make believe,I can't make it alone and of course Son of a preacher man which was the hit of the album.
Definately creative lyrics and interesting production it's like a sneak peak in SZA's diary but i struggled from 21 songs to find some gems. Personal picks: The weekend,Supermodel,Normal girl, 20 something,Drew Barrimore(my fave,i wish the whole album was like that),Prom is a breath of fresh air-my second fave
What can someone say about this group and this album which influenced so many,that everybody knows its songs and danced to death to it...Top quality pop.Their songs are still considered hard and complex to play or cover but their genius lies that are so easy to listen and connect to,so i will try to name a few of this album beyond the obvious: My love,my life has those dreamy,angelic harmonies although it talks about breaking up,like a friendly pat in your shoulder that everything is gonna be alright. Dum dum diddle has some Mamma Mia vibes in the refrain. Knowing me,knowing you was the third single out of this album but it's my favourite sorry.That nostalgia in the couples is unbeatable! That's me is my least favourite but boy how creative to have a badjo in it! Why it have to be me?Forget about the synths and the disco vibes,you get an American bar anthem all the way. Tiger has strong drumming making it epic! Arrival has a very familiar melody playing it like a bagpipe or perhaps it's really one in it.Epic. Fernando is a bonus track that starts as a gentle march.You can hear and feel the Andes influence in the orcherstation.Like a sweet lullaby with a disco twist..This song was a bonus in two countries,i remember one of them was Australia. Happy Hawaii(also a bonus track) starts off with ocean waves and it's a praise for Honolulu.Good stuff.
I never heard of this band and i so regret it! Amazing debut album so underrated with punk energy,fluid emotional shifts & rhythmic changes,dark & dramatic edges,unbelievable expressionistic(sometimes almost bjork-ish) vocals(that sometimes gave me some chills) and sharp lyrics that makes it superb and creative from start to finish! I swear i had some Blondie vibes in some songs!10/10.
Perfect,crystal clear production with sardonic lyrics and with such balanced elements that nothing can't go wrong even keeping it's fun factor and it's their debut album!Great band,great album that i, of course own as a vinyl! Most favourite songs: Just what i needed(top favourite),Don't cha stop,You're all i've got tonight(because of the synth in the refrain),Bye bye love,Moving in stereo(for it's creativity) and of course All mixed up(second top favourite. i mean,what a song especially at the end with the synth arps and the sax). Least favourite: I'm in touch with your world.
Welcome to the 90's sound with this incredible band! Deee-lite is the best creative group combining guest artists as Bootsy Colins,Maceo Parker Q-Tip(from a Tribe called Quest),rhythms,samples like the one from 1934 cult film ''black Cat, club attitude, 60's funk grooves, soul vocals, slap bass and wah-wah guitars,trumpets, jazzy and latin piano, fx and almost everything in between!What a band again! The only band actually depicting in sound all their influences and actually naming all of them in the album,so multi-layered and multi-dimensional! With one word: Eclectic. Favourite Songs: Good Beat,What is love(clubbish to death like a trip to Mars with some acid elements).World Clique for the lyrics and the Hacienda vibes, E.S.P for it's genius sampling and rhyming-a very hypnotic club song and the infectious Groove is the heart of course cause there's nothing else like this 'till this very day!,
Funky and groovy as hell!Absolute fun and bliss to my ears!RnB/hIP-hoP never was sexier and boogie-r than in this album!Clever underground naming of songs definatelly ads to the loose fun/funk factor and maybe ispired others like Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman album titling? i mean there is a little something for all in this album,see Who says a Funk band can't play Rock which says it all! 4 stars for me for some of the long plays except for the live Maggot Brain take which is one of the best phychedelic rock tracks i've ever heard and never wanted to end but it does with the crowd chanting ''think it ain't illegal yet''prologuing next song!
Epic debut album from Cyndi Lauper after her band failure. Pop rock,synth pop and new wave in 1983! I wanna say here that besides her distinctive and unique(almost punkish with incredible range)voice,Cyndi is also an amazing musician playing the dulcimer and guitar though not a lead guitarist in her albums. What can you say about an album that contains Girls just wanna have fun and Time after Time(my all time favourite-dreamy song with killer lyrics and that longing feeling and superb use of hihats from start to finish-what)? Full of great energy, nostalgic synths,gated snares,arpeggiated bass and fantastic guitars! Tracks i love beyond the obvious: When you were mine,All through the night(that synth arp kills me though the lead synth nearly destroys the song). This is for 4 stars though because her expressionism and creativity in her voice might gets too much in the rest of the songs.
As i age,i see myself liking more and more and appreciating folk rock especially from that late 60's-70's era. It's this warmth.. This playlist really opens and expands my ears(that i thought there were already there). With that said i really enjoyed this album. Favourite songs: Carried away, Cathedral(has unexpected swifts and a fantastic atmosphere my top favourite), Dark star it's just magical and hypnotic with amazing keys and bongos, Just a song before i go instantly got me with it's amazing lyrics and last song of the album I Give You Give Blind not only slows down but it's fluid with great messages and energy! it's a 3 stars for me cause at times it is too slow for me and the way one of the lead singers sings in some songs really ruins the atmosphere.
Here's the thing:When a band is at their 6th album they want to experiment or show their influences at that time or do a ''concept '' album which in latter case it will either take off or fail. In this case as it is not clear if it actually is one,you don't know how to rate this correctly. I'm in my 25th album ratings or so right now and nothing confused me and troubled me more than this ''concept'' album.I mean even the Bee Gees got confused about the final direction of this. There's definately a strong Beatles influence in here and if you hear this album as a non Bee Gees one and skip the concept factor is pretty good. There are many wrongs though that just ruin the whole atmophere from time to time,like the poor lyrics and Gibbs's falsettos,but overall i enjoyed this although i felt it was two albums in one. Songs that were pleasant to my ears more: Edison(weird for the album cohesion but still good), Melody fair is like hearing a Beatles bonus track cover but also very good, Suddenly, Lamplight, Sound of love(especially towards the end), Seven Seas symphony is an epic instrumental like a score for a movie-very well done with choir in it and everything), I laugh in your face. Never say never again is also a good song but i felt like they are mocking The Beatles sorry, So with that said it's a 3/5 for me.
Glam/hard rock at it's best and here in this album more straight-forward that the previous more progressive ones resulting to a more commercial break-through sound. All songs are amazing but my personal picks are: Brighton Rock(the guitar solos here is just wow), Tenement Funster though it's a Roger Taylor song, the delivery of the band gives justice to his vision, Flick of the Wrist following is a masterpiece,agressive where you need it with amazing lyrics as with all Freddie Mercury songs, In the lap of the Gods makes you wonder about the operatic high range of a voice,so beautiful but the Revisited one made me sing along with the crowd ''wo wo la la la wo-wo wo la la-wah wah ooh'' introducing their final big arena sound, Misfire is only 1:50 long but managed somehow to get me good-it's the guitars, She Makes me is a Brian May song,more of a slow burner,an ode to a woman with nice vibes that they change a bit towards the end getting more darker with police samples and heavy breathing. Extraordinary album.
It's 94 and Britpop certaintly had it's momentum,but though i really liked Britpop bands i was more into Oasis,Verve stuff never really a Blur fan. So i never really heard an entire album only the hits from the radio. Listening to this i liked the following songs excluding the singles: Tracy Jacks(the repetition annoyed me at first but as it progressed it was really nice), End of a century,Badhead,Far out(second favourite),To the end is a moody,60's influenced dreamy number very different to the others,very beautiful, London Loves is great fun with nice guitars but the end could be shorter, Trouble in the Message center is more agressive my top favourite out of this album left me wondering why this wasn't a single, Clover over Dover which i don't know what this means but i really loved it's sound, This is a Low is a hypnotic song with such beautiful tones and guitar playing. Overall is a good album of a great era and a great band that their singles didn't do justice to what they were capable of.
I have to say that i struggled to find some songs out of this album to really like,so barely i'll name a few: All the pictures in the wall Has my fire really gone out? 5th Season Shadow of the sun(7:36!) Hung up. it's a 2/5 for me cause songs could be shorter,yes even the 3:00 min or so ones and the instrumentals were unnessesary.
Blues from Mali are very interesting.Ali Farka Toure's last swan song is a very good album. Let's see it song by song: Erdi starts off with a lot of reverb,bit noisy and with Ali Farka Toure talking it feels more like an intro song, Yer Bounda Fara reminded me of a traditional chinese song for some reason,sounded almost like a ritual, Beto has a sax in it and a repetition in lyrics like a mantra but the female vocals compliments it,and sort of completes it, Savane has a great guitar (among other instruments) through the whole song,french vocals and an almost reggae-ish rhythm,bit long though, Soya has african vocals with a nice rhythm, Penda Yoro (Yoro is a small village in Mali) has a more blues feel that the previous ones very rhythmic and very well played, Machengoidi sounds more like a traditional song, Ledi coumbe wasn't interesting at all. Hanana, again reminded me of Chinese traditional music in a weird way, Soko Yhinka song was a joy to my ears mixing traditional rhythms along with bluesy guitar and great vocals,very hypnotic probably my favourite, Gambari Didi has the King of the Desert Blues reffering to himself and talking throughout the whole song,my least favourite, Banga has a more Arabic, sound of the desert feel with hypnotic repetitions like the music of the Sufis, N'Jarou is a bluesy song with some Soul-funk undertones. Overall it's a great album,i really enjoyed this and heard it without forwarding no song (like i did with the previous Paul Weller one) but i wish i had more knowlwdge to rate this more properly so it's a 4/5 to me.
The Smiths sound is so tight,Johnny Marr's guitar and the rest of the crew but Morrisey's vocals could be better but then again this was their second studio album and in 85 ',punkish vocals gave you a sort of freedom to express more,sometimes in purpose (production shoutout) and i wish this was the case here. So, listening carefully I loved the following songs more: The Headmaster Ritual has a lot of ooh lalalalalala iey in it but it's FIRE, Nowhere Fast has an aligory,i mean the song is full of energy but the lyrics are sad almost suicidal and at the end that worked for me weirdly enough, (i had to listen to this twice to appreciate it but i think it worth it), Well I Wonder has a more dreamy feel with beautiful guitar,bass and drums,very melodic and even Morrissey's vocals really works here adding to the atmosphere,bliss,my favourite,ON REPEAT, That Joke isn't Funny Anymore is a dark,pessimistic song and i liked it for that,maybe too much,definately one of my favourites.ON REPEAT too, Barbarism Starts at Home has that fantastic funky disco rhythm and bass/guitar but it could have been half it's time(6:50!) but on second thought it probably was an attempt to those long extended disco funk numbers so it could maybe be played by djs in clubs but definately not in the radio stations. *I want the one I can't have could be a favourite but the vocals ruined this one for me, *RusholmeRuffians was my least favourite,it bored me to death, *Meat is Murder is a heavy requiem that adds to the concept and is the inspiration on this album and i find creative the cow sampling, i get it,i'm an animal lover myself but i won't go there,to the Vegetarian talk, this was too much for me. So with that said it's a 4/5 to me.
Great songs but most of them covers and not all from black people as we would assume with the 50s racism situation that branched into music too. So Blue Suede Shoes we all remember from Elvis is actually a Carl Perkins song.Fair delivery though,Elvis gave it more energy and the vocals are very close to the original (with a touch of reverb), Counting on you is a slow lullaby with some pam pam pam pam choir in the background,quite good actually, I got a woman is also a cover from the superb Ray Charles and frankly i prefer the original,the line ''she gives me money when i'm in need''is just unbeatable ,2:55 minutes and leaves you hanging from Ray's lips throughout the whole song, too much reverb in Elvis's voice on this one, One sided love Affair though an original,Elvis rambling delivery and heavy accent really ruins it, I love you because was originally a country song by Leon Payne with a string band,what a surprise..BUT in this case Elvis wins, Just Because was a bit boring to me, Tutti Frutti it's a sin even touching this.Little Richard was even playing backwards in the piano while singing,no comparison, Trying to get to you was originally writen by Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton.So yes,you guessed it again it's a cover but this one i really enjoyed it as the original was a stripped guitar/vocal song, I'm gonna sit right down and cry(over you) was a Roy Hamilton original(even covered from the Beatles) but Elvis gave it justice by covering it as a more speed-up energetic number,very clever choice cause this fits like a glove into his voice, I'll never let you go( Little Darlin') is a cover again from Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders in which Elvis reminds me of the Beatles,very humble here and dreamy,nice version, Blue Moon(Take 9/m) is also a cover(boy i.m struggling for some original recordings here) from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's original(even covered from Sinatra)with a history behind it as the dreamy melody of the song was first conceived for a movie in 1933 and to be sung by Gene Harlow but never was recorded,the same in 1934 for another movie with different lyrics and performer but again didn't happened until it was featured in a movie(I think Manhattan Melodrama) again around that time with different lyrics and a title:''Bad in every Man'',but a gangster shoot outside it's opening forced the creators to re-write it again but this time as a more romantic commercial song ending up with the dreamy ''Blue Moon we all know firstly performed by Ted Fiorito. I think Elvis really nailed it with respect,with an almost whispery,soft,humble and tender delivery and picky almost muted guitar,fantastic, Money Honey was first recorded and released by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters(oh i have a thing for the Drifters,so good)but i really enjoyed it by Elvis(maybe it was the careful use of reverb on this one). So,after all this analysis i'll give it a 3/5 cause it's Elvis after all but his debut album is mostly a cover album.
This is a legendary hip-hop album.It's an 94' East Coast Boom Bap hardcore NY hip-hop actually. Nas is a natural rhymer,and the whole album is a passionate reflection of Queens street war zone. From the beggining with the Genesis intro you can hear the quality of this album, NY state of mind is a repetitive,monotonous track flooded by Nas's lyricism and i can say he rhymes like a male Lauryn Hill, Life is A Bitch has an excellent sampling including some jazzy trumpets,great atmophere,bliss, The world is Yours has a jazzy sampling,flawess rhyming,back male vocals,i really enjoyed it, Halftime is amazing,the soul funk bass sampling,fluttering trumpets,female vocal and the lyrics,wow, Memory Lane(Sittin' in da Park) has a haunting vocal sample that gave me the goosebumps,so good,the scratching,the lyrics all works out perfectly here like a Swiss watch, One Love is again a more monotonous marimba like sampled track but Nas raps like his life is dependending on it.Least favourite but still good, One time 4 your mind again pushes the weight in Nas with his tight rhyming,the production is minimal, Represent is like a rhyming battle in the streets with his homies,raw and to the point, It ain't hard To Tell got me from the beggining with its famous samples(M.Jackson's Human Nature,Kool and the Gang's N.T hook/riff, and Stanley Clarkes's Slow Dance drums),Nas is again unmistakable here so instantly became my favourite,ON REPEAT. Excellent album,i was bopping my head in most songs,but it's a 4/5 to me for the monotonous ones.
CCR in this album are fearless,you can hear so many influences in each song and boy do they deliver all of them so good! The songs that really made it to my heart mostly are: Ramble Table is one of the best Rock songs i've ever listened especially when it shifts by slowing down at 1:53 and 'till 5:32 where they speed up again ,one of my favourites of all times,the most interesting 7:11 i've ever listened! Who'll stop the Rain,great song, I heard it Through the Grapevine cover( after Glady's Knight first original and Marvin Gaye's treatment) is amazing,showing their Motown influences,John Fogerty's deliver is absolutely fantastic,the heavy bass and drums and the guitar makes this a timeless version with respect, Long as i can see the Light.Fogerty's vocals here can show his ''black'' influences,what a voice! Great album but overall it's a 4/5 for me.
One of the most important hip-hop/rap albums not only for it's scratching artistry and back 2 back rhyming but also for bridging rap with rock. Of course It's Tricky contains samples of "My Sharona" by The Knack and "Mickey" by Toni Basil so there's already Rock elements there,you can see it comin', My Adidas has amazing drums and is always a reminder that back then and even now Adidas shoes and wear are still a hip-hop brand! Walk This Way is a genre-bender.How open-minded these two bands were and still are to come up with such a collaboration,this powerful fresh version, Is it live has James Brown and LL Cool J samples in it,The bongos and cowbells mixing shows some wizadry but it feels empty in comparison with the previous ones, Raising hell is quite interesting because of blending again Run Dmc's hip hop with live Aerosmith guitar solos,my fourth favourite along with the three hits, You be illin' has a Kurtis Blow sample,quite good song, Dumb girl had something hypnotic that i really liked although they seem to have serious issues with that girl! Overall is a good album and for the 4 songs that i liked i will give it a 4/5
Be careful and hear the right album cause i found firstly one with a lot of live versions so i had to find the right studio one. Favourite tracks: Junk Bond Trader,Everything Reminds of Her,Everything means Nothing to me,L.A, Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?,ColorBars,Happiness/The Gondola Man,Can't make A Sound(especially towards the end), It's a 4/5 to me.
Not too many knows that The Thrills are actually an Irish Indie band,and i am not really into Indie at least not this one. Too much of an American accent for me at times and too much of a badjo for me at times and too much jetlag from the visiting all those places. Memorable mention to: Don't steal our sun,deckchairs and cigarettes,one horse town.
Being obviously a music genius,Kanye West lost his sanity somewhere on the road.This album is incredibly creative and every song different,huge thing for a rap album and from a guy that nowadays thinks his girlfriend is a naked installation for the world to excibit.So let's break it down song by song. In Dark Fantasy has a genius sample "can we get much higher?" line from the song "In High Places" by Mike Oldfield, In Gorgeous he sampled Enoch Light and the Glittering Guitars's "You Showed Me". It has this amazing guitar carpet and a hypnotic feeling, In Power he samples King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man," Continent Number 6's "Afromerica," and Cold Grits' "It's Your Thing," with the King Crimson sample being the most prominent in this iconic production,and by adding some mic techniques effects in his voicings gives this what else a dynamic,a POWER, All of The Lights violin and piano intro is out of this world,in the explicit main song he samples "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy and "Do What You Gotta Do" by Nina Simone,it also has some Jungle drumming and Rihanna's blissful vocals,fantastic,one of my favourites, Monster has amazing drum sampling and some tight rhyming and also contains samples of "On the Bus" from the movie Napoleon Dynamite and "The Hoe's in Church" by LaWanda Page,Nicki Minaj is also a ''monster'' rhymer on this one!Also a favourite,my head was up and down in the entire song!Distorted vocals towards the end along with the melody is also a treat, So Appaled contains samples of "You Are - I Am" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins, "Can't Knock the Hustle" by Jay-Z ,A dramatic orchestral distillment,absolutely hypnotic and fantastic,f**king ridiculous line might have taken it too far though, In Devil In A New Dress has a blissful 60' soul carpet with Smokey Robinson's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"sample, Runaway starts with a one note (and then some) piano and progresses geniously with these piano notes and with a drumming pattern sampled from the song "Expo 83" by The Backyard Heavies,very interesting and wonderful, Hell of A Life starts powerfully with an agressive distorted electronic bass and has beautiful synth arps adding to the dramatic character of the song,here he sampled Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"respectfully, In the Blame Game we got a dreamy,sad and nostalgic feeling,very soothing,here he samples Aphex Twin's "Avril 14th",the sample is a "plaintive keyboard instrumental" from the 2001 Aphex Twin album Drukqs,a pleasant surprise for me as it was for all his entire album sampling from songs/tracks that i already know and love!Unnessesary p*ssy talking in the end though, Lost In The World has a strong ''Woods'' sample by Bon Iver,very well blended though here,energetic and a nice addition,some creative tribal rhythms with bpm changing at the end and preaching adds to the song, Who will survive in America was my least favourite,too commercial for me,it has a sample from Gil Scott-Heron's "Comment #1 which is a bridge,it flows directly from the preceding song, "Lost in the World," which also samples this. A very all-rounded album with amazing production and cameos,never a dull moment in this one,i so enjoyed the sampling which portrays Kanye's influences from all genres.
I really enjoyed Cosmo's Factory more. Memorable mention to; Born on the Bayou,Proud Mary & Keep on Chooglin'.
Alison's Goldfrapp half of the duo has an amazing voice and their influences contains folk,cabaret,pop and of course electronic elements where Alison is the queen with her synths.The result is a dramatic almost cabaret sound with sophisticated coctail music elegance,orchestral James Bond like strings kits and an Aphex Twin fx mood in songs bits.Most of the times you think you can almost hear a Theremin.This album could have been easily a soundtrack to a futuristic film noir if there is such a thing. Songs i enjoyed: Lovely Head is like an experimental 60's song,nostalgic and beautiful, Pilots is quite eerie almost operatic and dreamy with a twist,just a bit, In Deer Stop you need to have patience until the end to see how she tweaks her voice into something magical,to the very end though, In Felt Mountain the high notes along with the more electronic build is amazing reminded me of Balearic sounds ''it's a fine day''song vibes and 60's synth experimentalism,one of my favourites, --Oompa Radar really creeped me out,the weirdest thing ever,starts like a futuristic waltz,has a March turn,ends up like something it could have been played in American Horror series the ones with the circus weirdos,my least favourite-- Utopia is a more powerful electronic bliss,also a favourite,used to play a remix of it back in my Dj days, Overall it's not that good.no surprises there but yet it's sophisticated.At the end i will give it a 2.5, so 3/5 to me.
A female new Wave band(actually they emerged from the punk scene but they evolved into a pop/punk band to be precise) with an early Belinda Carlisle in it and tight playing couldn't be more than an outstanding album that i actually own.And it might still is the only one pop/punk album that had clear vocals..! From the beginning you can hear what you are getting into and i tell you, you won't regret it for even one second! My most favourite songs(excerpt the whole album) are: Tonite,Lust To Love(Blondie vibes right there),This Town(although the refrain could be better),Fading Fast,Automatic(creative and interesting),You Can't Walk In Your Sleep(If You Can't Sleep). This album review really made my day after 2 previous dissapointing ones.It's a stellar record. 5/5 all the way!