Album Rating: 4.0
@Mutantsnowstorm maybe you're in the same phase/state of mind that I was in when I first heard Ever After and Masterpiece Theatre, or maybe I just haven't connected with the album quite yet! Like I said I do like a lot of the tracks and have had them on repeat for the last few days.
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Album Rating: 3.3
Nicely summed up OmriSama & I don't disagree with much of what you state. You've got the makings of a decent review in everything to wrote. Personally, I have 'Ever After' just ahead of their other 2 LPs in terms of my favourite, with this coming in 4th.
But will they be good memories Snowstorm. You might start getting shitty again every time you hear this album.
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Album Rating: 3.5
ha chances are they probably won't be good, but I'll end up nostalgic for it regardless, it's happened to me in the past
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Album Rating: 4.0
I disagree about the title track being weak, I like it a lot. Although I agree that this is far from the most original album out there, I enjoyed it for what it is and sort of looked at it as an homage.
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Album Rating: 3.3
Alex, I can't stress enough how ok I am with homage, heavy influence & being derivative. More than most around here, actually. But what they do in that title track (& a few others) goes beyond that.
I also love epic tempo-switching songs (ie: listing the closer as this LPs highlight), but I find the key changes on the title track forced & unnatural.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yeah personally they should've put key changes in other songs that needed it, like I feel I would "love" Who Do You Love even more if they brought the key up a whole step on that final chorus.
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Album Rating: 3.3
Perfect example snowstorm. I also feel that the title track doesn't build effectively. It's not as if there is tension & release, that's for certain.
So... has anyone seen the credits to any songs as yet? I'd be especially interested to see if 'Footlose' was credited, because it better have been.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Davey is peeved
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Album Rating: 4.0
"Alex, I can't stress enough how ok I am with homage, heavy influence & being derivative. More than most around here, actually. But what they do in that title track (& a few others) goes beyond that."
Yeah you're probably right... I think what you said about it playing better to those under 25 is accurate, it took me a while to pick up on some of the more blatant elements "borrowed" on here.
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Album Rating: 4.0
lol I was just thinking how the shift in 5:25 on the title track sounds really forced
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Album Rating: 3.3
Meh, not peeved. Well, mildly. If I was more than that, I would have rated the album much lower.
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Album Rating: 2.0
I like their old sound alot better.
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Album Rating: 3.3
Me too... Although, there is potential here in this more outright pop sound. It just has to be channelled better.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Gotta check this whole thing.
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One of the best albums of the year, easily. And the transition tracks are handled a lot better here than, say, half the skits from The Documentary 2 albums in my books.
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Album Rating: 3.3
Is the 97 in your user-name your birth year? If so, it looks like my "under 25" point in the review's final paragraph is playing out.
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Album Rating: 2.0
hahaha
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Album Rating: 3.3
It's not meant to be a put-down or anything... Just testing out my theory.
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Album Rating: 4.0
tfw someone mentions The Documentary 2 on the comment section for Astoria.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I honestly concur with Davey here (although speaking from the perspective of the younger). Half of these influences don't bother me at all because I didn't grow up with them. So I can judge the music simply on my personal experience. Time will tell if this holds up with me, which I think it will.
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