This thread is so useless... I like it.

Album Rating: 3.5

Die Hard is shit.

Album Rating: 4.0

3142 no need to argue as this is factually correct.

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Are we now talking Emery or Die Hard? I'm confused.

Album Rating: 4.0

Die Hard. I only know this Emery.

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Oh yeah, forgot about that.



Just watching some icy water as I type this... & Yannis is cold... & I have a tingle in my spine.

Album Rating: 4.0

... & it's so good... & I'm only a paragraph and stream away from posting.



[220 word conclusion though; FFFFFUUUUUUUU-]

Die Hard is shit

blasphemy

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I don't count words Rosco. I just go by the amount of lines in a paragraph when I am writing. Maybe you have lots of small words... Especially "I".

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't think I've used "I" once. I don't buy into this first-person mumbo jumbo.



But yeah, the review is long.

Album Rating: 4.0

Actually oh mighty Staff, I have a grammatical enquiry. Would I be correct in thinking it is poor form to begin a sentence with the word "And"?

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You're asking me. My review is only bits & pieces right now, but I think I have 1 sentence that starts with "I" and another 1 that starts with "And". LOL.



Seriously, you can use conjunctions to begin sentences. The 2 rules are (1) don't overuse it, and (2) it will most likely lead to a run-on sentence, so be careful how you use it. You'll know if it feels correct or not.

Album Rating: 4.0

Well I have one paragraph that starts with "and" butI could easily change it to "yet" or something similar...

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If "yet" makes sense, then do it. But careful, "yet" and "and" will practically be contradictory to each other, so I doubt they'd both be suitable in your sentence.



For example: Def Leppard are the best... AND really great.

: Def Leppard are the best... YET really great.



Only "AND" makes sense in this case.

Album Rating: 4.0

"...a calculated magnum opus serious to the point of disbelief.



And/Yet while the album is both emotionally charged and instrumentally proficient throughout there are still a handful of would-be singles..."



Starting to think "yet" is a much better option

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Oh yeah, I can see how both would sort of fit. I think "yet" is more appropriate though, because I am presuming the main point is that it is "serious" (and you are pairing this with "emotionally charged & instrumentally proficient"), but there are still singles... Which is almost contradictory.



But anyway, you missed the main point: Def Leppard are the best!

Album Rating: 4.0

Well thanks :-) if I hadn't of bought it up I'd have probably left it as "and" so you've helped (marginally) improve my review.



Would you disagree about the serious/singles comparison? Just something in your writing seems to me like it's not necessarily what you'd say.



And you can keep your Def Leppard.

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Nah, I'd agree. I mean, nothing is gonna set the charts on fire and there is no Cassius, but there are arguably 3-5 songs which can be added to SS as singles.



As opposed to '...In Shallow Seas We sail' where every song can be released as a single.

Album Rating: 4.0

Miami, 2 Trees, This Orient and After Glow could all be released and I'd back them all to do quite well in the charts too.

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The first 3 for me, not After Glow. 4 singles should be the average for any album anyway.... Except 'Hysteria', which deserved its 7.