The Decemberists The King Is Dead
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WatchItExplode
January 6th 2011


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

thing is everything great this band has done has something behind it, something bold whether narrative, arrangement, genre pulled from or otherwise...this is just a well performed abeit stale performance by the band...



That said it may well be a genius move, if the next album is as ambitious as THOL

thebhoy
January 6th 2011


4460 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

They should never make another album like THOL ever

WatchItExplode
January 6th 2011


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

they dont have to, but I would like a bold concept

WatchItExplode
January 6th 2011


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don't understand why some people are afraid of indulgent, excessive Decemberists

thebhoy
January 6th 2011


4460 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I'm not afraid of excessive, indulgent anything. They just didn't do it very well.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 6th 2011


38334 Comments


That style suits them a lot better than this.

Knott-
Emeritus
January 6th 2011


10259 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

LOL



no



i mean it's cool disliking this album but HoL wasn't even decemberists

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 6th 2011


38334 Comments


So? It was all the better for it. But even still, my reasons for disliking this album aren't that it's not 'ambitious' enough, I just find it to be boring and dull. Still, I can at least safely say that there are some great ideas here.

Knott-
Emeritus
January 6th 2011


10259 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

no but you can't say the style on hol suits them better than the style here since the style here is basically just what people would deem 'real' decemberists

luci
January 6th 2011


12844 Comments


so the non-real decemberists style suits them better what is the problem

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 6th 2011


38334 Comments


no but you can't say the style on hol suits them better than the style here since the style here is basically just what people would deem 'real' decemberists

Yes I can...

thebhoy
January 6th 2011


4460 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I can't follow this discussion anymore. The whole point of my review is to state that I like this album BECAUSE of Hazards of Love, and while I didn't enjoy HoL that much, it is entirely necessary for me to enjoy this. Which sounds really weird, I know, but it comes down to intertextuality kinda thing, where this just feels so clean and approachable compared to some of their other stuff. Is it profound? No. Is it going to become one of my favourites ever? Probably not. But dammit I like the songs.

klap
Emeritus
January 6th 2011


12410 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

why do i always get the vibe that most sputnikers who don't like this have only listened to the crane wife decemberists and on

AtavanHalen
January 6th 2011


17919 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

You're all cockheads.

Motiv3
January 6th 2011


9351 Comments


i like both styles tbh, tho i probs prefer the CW/HOL style overall. This album is already getting so much hate.

omnipanzer
January 6th 2011


21827 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

great album

that is all.

Rev
January 8th 2011


9882 Comments


I need this

And the 9 minute sea shanty is my favorite :/

thebhoy
January 14th 2011


4460 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I love it too, I was just saying it was ridiculous haha

JayDWood
January 18th 2011


16 Comments


I heard this band was good band.

Sowing
Moderator
January 18th 2011


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This not good band. This great band.



But this album suck. It suck.



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