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KrazyKris
November 21st 2014


2749 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

t/t yeah, but Long Long Way??? Probably the worst for me...

ChoccyPhilly
November 21st 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

But the female vocals are heavenly

ExplosiveOranges
November 21st 2014


4408 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Probably the worst for me...



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KrazyKris
November 21st 2014


2749 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

~But the female vocals are heavenly~



They are strong, when I first heard them, I thought Hannigan was back for a guest spot or something. But for one thing he finally doesn't sound too good in it, it's overtly long and it is somehow pointless. I mean, there's nothing there for over 6 minutes and the lyrics aren't exactly mind-blowing either.





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ChoccyPhilly
November 21st 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don't find anynof these lyrics great; it's all about the atmosphere

KrazyKris
November 21st 2014


2749 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, me neither. He's getting more and more vague with every album, but the first three, Colour Me In and The Box are quite good lyrically. That mix of creating some big lines and still sound sincere is a bit strange and it doesn't resonate with me as much as his more direct songs. But when you get to the last two tracks it's really nothing more than throwing some lines together that sound good.



And I don't think the closer is really good atmospherically.

ChoccyPhilly
November 21st 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The last bit of Long Long Way just feels so sincere and less calculated like some of the middle tracks on this. He just sounds like he's singing whatever he feels like, which I like a lot

KrazyKris
November 21st 2014


2749 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Well, there isn't much more than him singing not enough, but I know what you mean. But I like him the best, whenever he isn't trying to sound good. It sounds forced. Compared to the whispered parts in Long Long Way or all the climaxes he really sounds best in the first half of It Takes A Lot To Know A Man or The Greatest Bastard. Seems more naturally to me.

ChoccyPhilly
November 21st 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

What? I thought it Takes A Lot To Know a Man was the most forced song on the album

KrazyKris
November 21st 2014


2749 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

What the hell???

fallenbird
November 22nd 2014


4493 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

You're all wrong (joking) I Don't Wanna change You is my least favorite and it's still superb. Every other track on here is perfect in my opinion.

Toondude10
November 22nd 2014


15372 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, I can not stop listening to that ending to It Takes A Lot to Know a Man. That is just perfection

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
November 23rd 2014


38334 Comments


seems like long long way gets a lot of flak but i think it's an immensely satisfying conclusion

ChoccyPhilly
November 23rd 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed, I thought it was the perfect closer for this kind of album

Maniac!
November 23rd 2014


28551 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is really great

Archelirion
November 23rd 2014


6648 Comments


Definitely wearing off over time - definitely not crap, but it doesn't seem to hold as well as I'd hoped it would. The Box and Long Long Way are still wonderful however.

ChoccyPhilly
November 24th 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I can't imagine this being as nice in the summer but whilst it's lovely and cold, this is still nice

Sowing
Moderator
November 25th 2014


45533 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Trusty and True is like the soundtrack to a gradual triumph over an emotionally burdensome ordeal. It just feels like music that would play after a devastating breakup, at that moment when you realize you're all you ever need and walk away from the camera, sun peaking through the autumn leaves.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
November 25th 2014


48417 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If only life worked like that :/

Sowing
Moderator
November 25th 2014


45533 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah it's more like: that moment you realize you'll never do better than her because you're a 4/10, so you drink yourself into oblivion and you're late for work.



But that's a different song by a different artist, I'm sure.



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