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| 4.0 excellent | Daneleslie | July 11th 22 |
One of the catchiest albums ever made. Seconds is one of the best songs ever written.
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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | May 4th 20 |
Synthetic pop with a souly soul (eheh). Roland and Korg's synths clearly are the stars of music that's cold on the outside and really warm on the inside. The band's singer decided to recruit two Sheffield student vocalists to replace the two founders of the band. Turned out it worked, fusing electronica and robotic disco a la Giorgio. First half was m'kay, but damn that second one was groovy.
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| 3.0 good | LethalPaintball | September 4th 17 |
YOU WERE WORKING AS A WAITRESS AT A COCKTAIL BARRRRRRR
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| 4.5 superb | derho | January 8th 13 |
"Dare!" is to the culture of it's time what Oscar Wilde was to Victorian England. It's social criticism by the most social of socialites. Philip Oakey is a dedicated hypocrite, happy to flaunt his contradictory ways to grab your attention. At moments it's so shallow it's depraved, then you realize he knows just what he's doing. The same could be said for the music itself. The record was a landmark in that it brought synths to the top of the charts. Eno and Bowie both have a strong presence here, but it's the diffusion of mid-to-late 70's ambient into 3-5 minute ballets of pure pop that makes it a bit of a revolution. In fact, "Dare!" could be called one of pure pop's great high points. There's hardly any ingenuity sacrificed to mindless hookitude. Songs unpeel themselves to reveal greater complexity upon each listen. It's really a joy. To be listened to with headphones for sure. Loud too. Don't be afraid to dance. 9/10
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| 4.5 superb | Tom93M | April 21st 11 |
To the late 70's futurist kids that discovered the 'League' through the bands first two icy-cold, detached, robotic records, 'Dare!' was a betrayal. It completely removed itself from the sound it nailed so well and replaced it with straight ahead, chart-leaning synth-pop tunes like 'Don't You Want Me'. To the aforementioned group it was a betrayal. To everyone else it was a revelation.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | June 3rd 25 |
| 5.0 classic | Ainso | December 5th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | April 3rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nagrarok | November 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | November 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | biggzhc | October 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Khattak | September 17th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | CalinD | December 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | fog | October 22nd 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Wyder | May 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Snuron | December 23rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | August 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | June 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | townseru | November 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | KOZAKY | October 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxblood | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | e210013 | March 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. EMERITUS | November 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Noakesy | October 6th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Greem | June 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jsegura | January 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | IronWolf | February 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | bulk | November 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | TwigTW | March 13th 13 |
| 2.5 average | bobbi | February 21st 13 |
| 5.0 classic | olibbb | December 7th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Atheus | December 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | erdi | October 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | WBalls | December 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blade86 | October 18th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | gervin | August 22nd 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Muzix | May 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cuki92 | August 4th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IAJP | July 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Iai EMERITUS | March 20th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarcus | March 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | KILL | December 2nd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | anged02 | November 4th 07 |
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