The Weeknd Echoes of Silence
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Hawks
Staff Reviewer
January 11th 2012


115239 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I agree with Gyro about House of Balloons. Easily my favorite album of 2011. This and Thursday are both really amazing too though.

robertsona
Emeritus
January 11th 2012


28660 Comments


chan's lovin the crew

kingsoby1
Emeritus
January 11th 2012


4970 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

that's probably my favorite track on that record

patrickfannon
January 11th 2012


892 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is definitley my favorite of the three, but House of Balloons is an extremely close second. "Outside" and "XO / The Host" is such a fucking insanely awesome sequence.

DBlitz
January 12th 2012


1693 Comments


whats wrong with thursday :@

DBlitz
January 12th 2012


1693 Comments


yea its the worst

fuckthatnoise
January 12th 2012


1479 Comments


its cuz they dum, chan.

AsoTamaki
January 12th 2012


2524 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

They're scared of "The Fall'

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2012


32288 Comments


i really really love 'the fall' but i've seen a few people in this thread dislike it. not sure why


The beat just really doesn't go anywhere. I know that might seem a little strange because it's a beat, but it feels as if it's on the brink of exploding but Clams always seems to stop just short of the tipping point. He reins it in when it would be so much effective if he just let it go

Jash
January 12th 2012


5393 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

"chan's lovin the crew" lol



it's pretty much a tie between this and HOB for me, Thursday is great but not as good as these two thats for sure.

AsoTamaki
January 12th 2012


2524 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The beat just really doesn't go anywhere. I know that might seem a little strange because it's a beat, but it feels as if it's on the brink of exploding but Clams always seems to stop just short of the tipping point. He reins it in when it would be so much effective if he just let it go
Nah, man. I think it works so well exactly because it never explodes. Pay attention to the lyrics. "The peak ain't reached but the peak is all I feel." There's like this building tension that represents how "the fall" is imminent. Then finally, at the end, the beat sort of rides out into a steady jam. He's like whatever, he's not scared, so he's just going with it and enjoying the high. It's a perfect song really.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2012


32288 Comments


Yeah there's building tension, but nothing comes of it musically. For a project that's been built under the impression of excess, restraint just doesn't work given the material

sniper
January 12th 2012


19075 Comments


people are still talking about this? so last year, get with the time bros.

AsoTamaki
January 12th 2012


2524 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Eh, there would be no connection to the lyrics if it did anything other than it does. I have "Initiation" for when I want a song that goes all out. Restraint is a positive thing in certain situations.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2012


32288 Comments


Eh, there would be no connection to the lyrics if it did anything other than it does.


The thing is there doesn't have to be a connection. Clams just made a half assed beat (what else is new) that stumbles around without really doing anything

sniper
January 12th 2012


19075 Comments


I AIN'T SCARED OF THE FALL

should be good enough for you. of all people i would think you could appreciate a beat that never drops dev.

AsoTamaki
January 12th 2012


2524 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Clams just made a half assed beat (what else is new)
Ah, now we've gotten to the root of the problem.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2012


32288 Comments


Not really. Just because I'm not the biggest Clams fan doesn't mean that I'm predisposed to dislike everything he does

TechieCore
January 13th 2012


662 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Count on Sputnik users to pick apart and analyze every detail of every album buzzing.



If the music is good, it's good. If it blows, it blows.



I could write a god damn thesis paper on this album.

guitarded_chuck
January 14th 2012


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hard to pick a favorite between this and HoB. And yes Thursday is great too.



All I know is that my favorite pass time for the past year has been to put on the ever-growing library of The Weeknd songs on shuffle, get high, and fuck. And it's been a great year.





zwag



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