I think you know but just to clarify, I was joking. I just think it's funny how you love to bash the band that made one of the best albums of last year.
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Posts: 5730 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005
Actually you're wrong. Boxer was an absolutely gorgeous album from a band on top form. It'd only be boring if you have a short attention span or only listen to music at 200bpm. Masterpiece is the word I'd use.
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Posts: 781 | Location: Glasgow | Registered: 21 December 2006
I'm more on the "Boxer is boring" side. It was ok, but for me not any more special than, for example, The Clientele album that came out around the same time last year.
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Posts: 901 | Location: Ain'T it stiLl obvious? | Registered: 22 August 2006
I am looking for brutal death metal that is easy to meditate to. Vocals that are basically low screeches and easy to tune out. Stuff that sounds like Torsofuck, Saprogenic and Devourment.
Posts: 901 | Location: Ain'T it stiLl obvious? | Registered: 22 August 2006
Actually the music on Zaireeka is pretty good. The whole concept of forcing people to get together to listen to music (most people don't have four CD players) was kind of interesting in theory. But in the end I'd say it was a fairly silly idea given that:
a) Most people listen to music by themselves b) When people are together, they probably don't often want to sit and listen to an album, let alone one that they have to coordinate the timing on.
Still, if you do get the timing right the songs are actually good.
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Posts: 480 | Location: Michigan City, IN | Registered: 14 December 2007
"A hideous mess of electro noodling and maddeningly obtuse, tuneless vocals"? Tuneless? Honestly. He clearly never listened to 'Marble House' - the chorus alone could melt an ice statue. Sure, there are a few embarrassing lines, but the first 7 tracks or so are pretty solid.
BTW, has noone noticed the fact that the RS reviewer said that Ys was an EP? How pig-ignorant.
Posts: 78 | Location: Godzone | Registered: 11 October 2005
Originally posted by sans_success: Actually the music on Zaireeka is pretty good. The whole concept of forcing people to get together to listen to music (most people don't have four CD players) was kind of interesting in theory. But in the end I'd say it was a fairly silly idea given that:
a) Most people listen to music by themselves b) When people are together, they probably don't often want to sit and listen to an album, let alone one that they have to coordinate the timing on.
Still, if you do get the timing right the songs are actually good.
I've only ever heard it mixed down to one disc, and I think it is pretty unexceptional-- good in places, but never great. I would imagine, on four great stereos with the help of some mind altering drugs it might be pretty fab though.
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Posts: 1996 | Location: The Noog, TN | Registered: 08 April 2007
I think I was mostly offended that an album which was designed, literally, to bring people together warranted the worst possible rating. Even if all the music was the worst ever you have to give it like .1 for warm fuzzy intentions.
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