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Sharenge
April 15th 2021


6833 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this album is neither as bad as people say it is, nor is it as good as people say it is

MyNameIsPencil
April 15th 2021


6666 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

reasonable take

Sharenge
April 15th 2021


6833 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"It Could Be Sweet" is good as fuck though

Trifolium
April 15th 2021


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Omg Wandering Star is one of my faves here it's crazy good.

BaselineOOO
April 15th 2021


2846 Comments


Wandering Star is like a trip-hop lullaby. I find it cute - a cute track.

Dewinged
Emeritus
April 15th 2021


33075 Comments


this album is neither as bad as people say it is, nor is it as good as people say it is

BaselineOOO
April 15th 2021


2846 Comments


nah, I think of Dummy as LOVE DELUXE lite

JohnnyoftheWell
April 15th 2021


64287 Comments


can't decide if Wandering Star is B minus or A plus on here, but it's great either way lawl

Sharenge
April 15th 2021


6833 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

curious, is there anyone here who prefers either of their subsequent albums...?



have had this one for years, but never got around to the others

BaselineOOO
April 15th 2021


2846 Comments


I prefer Third, slightly. It vibes like a West Germany arthouse movie from the 70s.

We Carry On, Hunter, Machine guns are tracks that destroy my soul. Third is so cartoonish and fake... like, at the end of the ride, it didn't even happen. It just exists in its personal space as an artistic masterpiece. It certainly doesn't allow to be compared too closely to their previous records.

Trifolium
April 15th 2021


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Each and every one is a 5.0. Including Roseland NYC. There certainly are people who prefer the s/t as well, Source for instance. It's darker than this one. Third deserves all the love it gets, and then some.



Dewi 💚



Love Deluxe is also wonderful agreed love it.

HooperD87
June 1st 2021


425 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Man, I slept on Its a Fire for wayyy too long. Unreal song.

Pangea
June 1st 2021


10946 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it's a beautiful song agreed

Demon of the Fall
June 1st 2021


39126 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

'curious, is there anyone here who prefers either of their subsequent albums...?'

No, but Third is close and I say that as someone who's started to consider this my favourite album of all time. Third is perhaps bolder, unpredictable, arguably more adventurous. s/t has an unparalleled 'smoky' sort of atmosphere.

It's fair to say that despite how much I absolutely adore this album, there are actually things both their other releases do marginally better (and that's before we get to NYC, which is also essential). Incredible band.

Trifolium
June 1st 2021


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes yes yes to all of the things Demon said with his new avatar. Yet this is still my fave, but only by the slightest of margins.

Pangea
June 1st 2021


10946 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is definitely their best for me. s/t did grow a lot on me & nyc os awesome even if i don't listen to it a whole lot. third is a bit hit or miss for me though

Egarran
June 1st 2021


36867 Comments


Album Rating: 7.0

~'Cause this life is a farce
I can't breathe through this mask
Like a fool~

Beth out there with the anti-mask propaganda

Demon of the Fall
June 1st 2021


39126 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

^ Accurate rating

Trifolium
June 1st 2021


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes Egarran bringing in the truth!

NorthernSkylark
June 25th 2021


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Did you really walz???



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