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| 4.5 superb | AndreasG | January 23rd 07 |
The logic behind this album is that the structure of the typical pop song is the same as that of commercial jingles, except that the pop song repeats the chorus-verse sequence 3 times. This album consists of 40 “pop songs” that are exactly one minute long each, and in which none of the elements are repeated. To call these “pop songs” is definitely a bit of a stretch, however.
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| 2.5 average | Iai EMERITUS | March 3rd 08 |
One of the more celebrated of the concept albums The Residents pumped out during the their peak, The Commercial Album is an experiment in boiling the pop song down to its fundamentals and ignoring its repetitious nature. Sadly, it basically fails, remaining an album that's much more interesting than it is enjoyable. Ultimate this just feels like forty out-takes, none of them particularly notable. This is far from a bad record, but The Residents have made at least three other albums that blow this out of the water.
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| 0.0 | mindleviticus | August 1st 12 |
Extremely weird and very scary at points made by unknown people, but that doesn't excuse it from being a great album.
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| 3.5 great | Type2Diabeetus | October 8th 11 |
An album with a clever concept, The Residents being one of the most mysterious and bizarre bands ever, have expressed their distaste with mainstream pop music on more than a few occasions. And on this album, they decided to make 40 one minute "commercial pop songs" poking fun at the simplicity and basic formula of most pop music. Although the album alone is pretty good, watching the creative and equally strange music videos that accompany each song makes for an even better experience
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | ach31 | August 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nash J! | January 6th 23 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | September 18th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | December 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Andrey | July 21st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Nate | April 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Benman | February 24th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Tropby | March 22nd 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | AWOL3 | December 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | eskioma | November 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Gtzk | January 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | DeeDee3 | January 4th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Grimsby | November 28th 13 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | November 8th 13 |
| 2.5 average | fmicale | January 11th 13 |
| 2.5 average | ZGP1992 | October 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | quelus | May 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | KaZenPhi | December 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vasky87 | October 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | lzizzo | April 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Minion | April 7th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Curvely | February 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | fp3 | July 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Goule | July 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ikubak | February 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pflurie | October 30th 09 |
| 3.5 great | star69 | September 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krampus | April 20th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | January 14th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Thyrm | January 25th 08 |
| 3.5 great | EPacK | November 14th 07 |
| 3.0 good | tuff | October 30th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | MeowMeow | September 19th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | jk2two | September 11th 07 |
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