Full on slog

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

this could have been a 3 out of 5 at best



straight off, cut the opener - what a stone cold erection killer that is

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Yes Boney, their weakest since Sad Songs no matter what.

Even if they reordered the track list, made Hairpin Turns the much better music video version, cut Underwater, Her Father in the Pool, Kansas, The Pull of You, Hey Rosey, and maybe the opener and Roman Holiday even, this is still 4.2/4.3 at most. I'd be fine with that though, not much of a step down from TWFM or SWB for me.

That's still only a little shorter of a run time than Boxer and Alligator, so it's not like they were low on material for this album. Just don't know why they released it the way they did when easy decisions could have made it noticeably better.

Album Rating: 4.0

What kills the album for me is the stupid interludes

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Still think Beast has 5 or 6 tunes better than ANY song on this one



I'd plump for 'Quiet Light' being the best of the bunch on this and...Nobody, System, Guilty, Carin and the T/T off Beast I'd all rate higher, maybe Walk it Back too tbh primarily due to Quiet sounding like such a retread of past glories and at least WIB is something different and pretty successful imo



I'd only switch Quiet Light with Need My Girl or Heavenfaced off Trouble Will Find Me....so the best song on this album would be the 2nd or 3rd worst track on that one. That's not good, esp as TWFM is a 13 song album lol

Album Rating: 4.0

idk they're like a few mins and they add to the mood nicely



@Talons why on earth would you cut Pull of You that's one of the best

Album Rating: 4.0

"Pull of You" may be the worst song they've released since 2001

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Not sure it even qualifies as a song



Not music I dispute etc



I'd say the opener on this is their worst ever song as it was such a hype killer, an awful way to kick off an album, and is generally just a complete dog's dinner of a composition

Album Rating: 3.5

pull of you is just poorly executed but like many other songs here could have been a bop



agreed that the opener is straight up hype killer and the worst offender here

Album Rating: 4.0

unbelievable





I agree the opener is in the wrong spot though

Album Rating: 4.0

When I saw them they opened with Rylan, I feel like it'd be a great album opener too

Album Rating: 4.0

I like the opener, reminds me of Radiohead’s “Burn the Witch” in the way it opens the album. Not my favorite way to start an album but it’s an approach that I think can work.

Album Rating: 4.0

I like “Rylan” as a penultimate song, though having an interlude after it before “Light Years” kind of ruins that.

Album Rating: 4.0

>idk they're like a few mins and they add to the mood nicely



A few minutes too long and they absolutely kill any flow the album manages to create. They just feel plastered over the whole thing and out of place

Album Rating: 2.5

Always thought this album was Daytime TV: The Soundtrack and honestly Rylan is the worst offender

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed, pretty sure I heard Quiet Light on Loose Women

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

People thinking The Pull You Off is one of the best songs on this glorified landfill of an album says a lot about how bad it is.

Album Rating: 2.0

Daytime TV: The Album (2). Amusing line.

Boney will really go to any length in defending this steaming pile of mediocrity, I’ve never heard anyone mention songs ‘in the context of an album‘ (paraphrasing) as often as he does. The only possible saving manoeuvre here would be to move them off this completely, album ‘flow’ can only do so much when what your working with is sub-standard.

Do not besmirch the bone or I’ll come and find ya but yep album is a turd.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

'Always thought this album was Daytime TV: The Soundtrack and honestly Rylan is the worst offender'



Rylan is a bit bland, definitely inferior to 'Carin' off SWB