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| 4.5 superb | foxblood | February 7th 13 |
incredible.
4 Bumps | Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | ExoskeletalJunction | January 15th 22 |
14th January: The Chameleons - Strange Times (post-punk, 1986)
The weakest of the original Chameleons trilogy, but by no means any less essential. This one is a
bit more uneven - the undeniable standout is “Swamp Thing”, a beautiful piece of progressive
dreamy post-punk that is everything The Chameleons were about in this incarnation - moody,
emotive, melancholic and passionate. The rest of the album never reaches those heights, which
makes this one feel a bit different from their first two albums, neither of which had obvious
standout tracks. But considering how few aritsts managed to encapsulate the sound of this band,
this is still an essential listen, even if it’s slightly weaker than its predecessors.
7.4 (5th listen)
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | August 7th 20 |
Solid post-punk, extremely consistent throughout the whole record. Nothing sounded amazing but everything was great. Most compositions range from post-punk, gothic rock, pop rock with a special dedication to the guitars, mostly crystalline and melancholic. Great atmospheric rock from the 80s.
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| 5.0 classic | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | gabba | November 7th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | pabcel | July 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | June 28th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | YRI | September 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arche | May 7th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Cam | February 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jsegura | September 28th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Arokan | June 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | fog CONTRIBUTOR | April 13th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Metaxu | March 7th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | peahat | September 23rd 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Taran | August 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Source | July 4th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | alexkea | March 5th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | FatCats | January 8th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | July 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | David83 | June 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | March 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | dunnope | September 21st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Gueero | August 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | WallCRF | June 10th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | May 25th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Yep321 | December 8th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Siouxie | November 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | September 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jan555 | August 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miguee7 | August 20th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Barher | May 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | facupm | April 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Denis | March 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | February 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | phylum | January 11th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | El Olam | December 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | adr | October 28th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | KILL | October 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | September 8th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | August 25th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | heck | August 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keating | December 26th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Collis | December 23rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | werex | March 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | msm008 | March 2nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | tarkus | January 8th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | November 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jambred | July 30th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | TwigTW | February 14th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | dwejkk | November 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | quelus | September 3rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Host78 | March 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Basman | March 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | frankie | February 25th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Jips | December 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | wylpyl | November 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | Japsu | September 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Cavs | April 1st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DonDijk | January 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akumac | November 10th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | Monokid | October 1st 08 |
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