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| 3.0 good | The Alaskan Platypus | October 20th 18 |
I wanted to like this album a whole lot more, but it felt like it was lacking something. Too many of the songs are over before you really get the chance to enjoy them, though the album has some amazing high points. Some of my favorites were 'Pink Snot,' 'Ew Jersey,' and 'It's A Process.'
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| 3.5 great | Crymsonblaze | October 30th 18 |
Only listened to it once so far. Pink Snot is definitely the best and most IaRB-y song on the
album, and a few tracks here and there are fairly unremarkable, but there aren't any flat-out
clunkers. Definitely his best work since the self-titled.
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| 4.5 superb | Yay | October 23rd 18 |
This took a few listens to really sink in, but man once it did it hit hard.
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| 3.0 good | angrytortilla | June 5th 19 |
Bemis gets really really cringey on this album. It's really hard to tell if he's serious or not, but he sure seems to be. His knack for good melody and arrangement smooths out his bad lyricism on this record.
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| 4.0 excellent | 3waycrash | April 3rd 19 |
For a while it felt like there was a disconnect for me with Say Anything's recent outputs. I was not drawn to it nearly as much their first few albums, and I had begun to lose interest and distance myself a bit. I heard word of a new SA album and read the lengthy letter Max wrote up. The prospect of a sequel to Is a Real Boy immediately grabbed my attention, and I waited with cautious optimism. What I found was initially underwhelming, however, I came back to it and gave it repeated listens. It also caused me to revisit SA's discography old and recent, and I found myself gaining a better appreciation for it all. While I couldn't wholly relate to Max's new content, I developed empathy for his struggle with drugs, alcohol, and sexuality. I had rose-colored glasses and thought that things were well for Max after being married and starting a family, but I was mistaken. In a strange way, Oliver Appropriate is that silver lining after all the terrible things. It says, "Hey at least things didn't turn out that way," and shows how good things have actually been. The album is rough at points and isn't without its flaws, but to me it has retextured Say Anything for me. Maybe it's the context that we nearly lost Max in the process of writing this album, or him subsequently putting an end to Say Anything indefinitely. Maybe it was reflecting how impactful SA's music has been to me. Whatever it is, thanks, Max; it's been quite the ride.
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| 3.0 good | Trebor. EMERITUS | June 21st 22 |
| 2.5 average | Jadari | June 10th 22 |
| 1.5 very poor | Derek | May 5th 21 |
| 3.0 good | NoSons | January 22nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Sowing STAFF | October 15th 20 |
| 2.5 average | jlsg | September 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | August 4th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Yotimi | July 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xhoven | April 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gschwen | January 24th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Mathias STAFF | July 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Scoot | July 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ellagos | February 11th 19 |
| 3.0 good | LRS94 | February 8th 19 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Atari STAFF | January 30th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Corney | January 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | January 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | chris. | January 28th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Veldin | January 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | CutMan | January 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ebola | January 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Josh | January 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | January 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | DJD1ed | January 25th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | January 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | woxdy | November 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | NBA | October 21st 18 |
| 3.0 good | stasar | October 17th 18 |
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