Such a powerful voice.
I like the blend of the guitar and the jazz sounds in some songs.
The ones that stood out to me the most were Save Me, Drown In My Own Tears, and the single with the same title as the ablum.
Every song was a banger, and they did really make me wanna dance.
Also, I may be hallucinating but I think Simply Red sounds a bit like this.
It does feel a bit formulaic. For a not-so heavy, melodic album they could have changed things up a little between each track.
I think with this album, they condensed the sounds of 70s doom and 90s thrash rock to make an overproduced, watered-down album.
It starded off strong, I quite liked Sad but True, but after that it's just boring tbh.
It creates a special atmosphere, hipnotizing. Iove the calm tempo. I love when an album tells a story, and this one does that.
They managed to create a characteristic sound through a sort of repetition that never gets old, and you can feel the creativity put into each song.
Some highlights for me are Spacelab, Neon Lights, and The Man Machine.
Also, I noticed some similarities to Daft Punk and Japan.
A very pop rock album, but also very representative of the time, of the transition to the 2010s.
The tracks show a good combination of electronic sounds with guitar and drums.
They have very upbeat, happy and danceable songs, but they balance it out with more calm tracks, however, its those songs that I didn't like. It could be because of the overly epic, dramatic style, too reminiscent of 2010s pop scene, or imo that the nature of those tracks didn't fully fit with the singer's voice.
A highlight for me was Zero. The singer shows a particular character in that one, that I couldn't find in any other song.
It reminded me a bit of the sound of Barbi Recanati, specially in her song "Que no".
I think the epic style suits them well, they did glam perfectly good. I still think other songs like Cowboy and The Boys are Back in Town are great, but I prefer Emerald and Southbound.
The vocals were great, specially in the melencholic tracks. Also, I (mostly) love the way Lynott writes.
I have so many highlights: Suicide, Massacre, Southbound. I loved the drum solo in Sha-La-La, and my favourite was Still in Love With You. It blew me away, and it reminded me of some songs by Bowie.
The vocals are nice and convey very well the nostalgic or melancholic feelings of the story the first half of the album is telling. Overall that story is ... endearing? I can at least say that I liked Voices of Old People.
In terms of music, or instrumental music, it was really simple, and I was not satisfied or impacted by what the songs were trying to say.
Idk if it's just not my style, that what I'm looking for can't be found in this type of music, or if maybe it was really that weak of an album.
Love all the styles she tried, she nailed each one. Amazing
