Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Released '02
Members: Justin Peroff, Brendan Canning, Andrew Whiteman, Kevin Drew, Charles Spearin, John Crossingham, Emily Haines, Evan Cranley, James Shaw, Leslie Feist, Jason Collett.
Background Info: As you can see, theres quite a few band members. You may even recognize some names from other bands, (Emily Haines - Metric, Leslie Feist - Feist). From my understanding, it's just a gathering of artists from pre-existing bands sideproject. With an ever-changing member list. I saw BSS during the summer at a free show, they were extremely good live. I was very satisfied, (especially since I paid absolutely nothing to see them). This is BSS's second album, the first being an instrumental called "Feel Good Lost". I like "You Forgot It In People" more.
Tracklisting: (Best songs in bold)
1. Capture The Flag
2. KC Accidental
3. Stars And Sons
4. Almost Crimes
5. Looks Just Like The Sun
6. Pacific Theme
7. Anthems For A 17 Year Old Girl
8. Cause = Time
9. Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries
10. Shampoo Suicide
11. Lovers Spit
12. I'm Still Your Fag
13. Pitter Patter Goes My Heart
There are a lot of good songs on this album, but there are also a lot of mediocre ones. If the entire album was as good as some of the better tracks, this record would never leave my CD player. I'll review my favourites.
1. Capture The Flag: This is an instrumental intro to the album. It's only 2 minutes long, so it doesn't bore the hell out of you. They did a good job.
2. KC Accidental: One of my favourites off the album, absolutely amazing track. The vocals don't come in until about the 2 minute mark, the build up to the vocals is probably the tracks best feature.
3. Stars And Sons: You'll notice with the band having so many members, they change up the singers in different songs. I like it because it gives every song a different feel. This song has a different vocalist than KC Accidental, his voice is a little more laid back.
4. Almost Crimes: I'm pretty sure they switched singers again in this track. This songs a little harder than Stars And Sons, and maybe even harder than KC Accidental. It's the first track I heard by BSS, it's a good one.
7. Anthems For A 17 Year Old Girl: Emily Haines sings this entire song, I love her voice. I was blown away when they played this song live, they did such an amazing job. The banjo is a very nice touch. If you're planning on downloading some Broken Social Scene tracks, this is a must have.
8. Cause = Time: Another one of their best songs. I can't help but bob my head to the beat whenever I hear this song. Flawless, excellent, track. Another must have.
9. Late Nineties Bedroom...: This is a good track, but live, it's an amazing track. On the album, it's basically an intrumental with very quiet vocals in the background, you can't even hear them. When i saw them live, Feist and Emily Haines did some vocals for this song, it made it 100 X better.
10. Shampoo Suicide: Theres so many people on vocals during this song, I think theres about 4. I love the way they sound together, this is a good track.
13. Pitter Patter Goes My Heart: Another instrumental. With violins and such, it's really pretty.
So, about 1/3 of the album is just boring. All the tracks I reviewed are awesome. The rest, meh. In conclusion, this is download-er. For me to buy a CD
all of the songs need to be good. The rating is going to be pulled done by those tracks. Final Rating:
3.9/5