Average Rating: 3.66 Rating Variance: 1.11 Objectivity Score: 75% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicJamiroquai Emergency on Planet EarthThe Stone Roses The Stone Roses4.5 superbNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea4.0 excellentCirca Survive Juturna3.5 greatCirca Survive Blue Sky NoiseManchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing3.0 goodSmith Westerns The Smith WesternsTokyo Police Club ChampOverall This is the second release from Canada Electro-Indie Quartet Tokyo Police Club. last year i was introduced to Elephant Shell (Debut 2008) by a friend and thought that it was a really good consistent release, However, the album sounded like the band needed to do some maturing in their sound to really suck me into the music. When i decided to finally listen to the album from start to finish i had really great expectations having heard the songs "Bambi" and "Breakneck Speed" beforehand. For the first half of the album i was in almost a state of awe, each song that i was hearing had everything that i loved about elephant shell, but with more energy and focus. However, on the second half of the album (Tracks 6-11) i was surprisingly underwhelmed by the tracks. Almost every song on this half of the album (Excluding Frankenstein) seemed almost like filler songs that compared to the first 5 songs, Seemed to cause the momentum and excitement i was feeling to minimize greatly. The songs themselves are listenable, However, Tokyo Police Club started the album with their five strongest tracks, Its not more of a case of bad music but, bad organization. Strengths Dave Monk's voice- Seems to be clearer and less whiny than the first few demos and albums Production- on this album is great, each instrument can be heard equally and the effect on the guitar and keyboard blew me away Weaknesses Organization- The album has a few fillers (Not a horrible thing) but all of the fillers come after the best songs on the album, which really slows momentum for the listener.1.5 very poorJamiroquai Dynamite
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