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| 3.5 great | Guillaume | March 26th 23 |
5/5 is for the sublime and haunting "You've got a way", one of The Sound's greatest songs The rest of the album is much less strong, but there are some good tracks including the excellent and Doorsian "I give you pain". It may be the band's least successful album, but it's still essential for fans of Adrian Borland.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | May 22nd 21 |
Starting to lose hope that The Sound will truly wow me again at this point in their discog. Despite the key player's best efforts (he really tries on most tracks), I cant help but get a feel of blandness from this. I think the vocals are largely to blame as they often lack energy. Things start off good with 1 which is a great energetic song between adolescent rock and U2core the band's been dabbling with for the last few albums, then 2 become slower but welcome to be so after that energy. It feels a bit bland already but as far as bland songs go I dont mind it. 3 has a cool intro - although transitions are rather weird in this album - but becomes dull after that, and the track really shows how everyone except the key players seems to be a little unmotivated for this. 4 is kinda like 1 but with lots of synths which give a cool Depeche Mode feel. The track conclusion is especially cool and feels like the 80s saying goodbye before the 90s come round. But there are also some meh bits in the track. 5 has a really cool inspiring prod with prominent bass, guitars in the background, and a second guitar becoming only prominent in the chorus. Alas the vox are still dull and they use some mariokart sounds that I struggle to not laugh at (my own fault). 6 is nice ok rock, by 7 I was getting tired of an album that is alright and has ideas but hardly gets me excited. 8 has a cool intriguing intro but remains dull despite the keys. 9 is also dull, but 10 does have more of an atmosphere to it. Still, this was gonna be 3.5 for most of the album, but after this relatively dull last run it goes to a 3.4
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | June 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Keating | December 26th 15 |
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