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| 4.0 excellent | samthebassman | January 17th 07 |
Back in 1997 these guys were pop royalty & in my opinion rightfully so. This is a fantastic pop album, as good as it gets, for me anyway. There is hardly a weak track here, the stand out being the first single, "I want you". This group disbanded after only a couple of albums, again in my opinion a good thing (meaning I never had enough time to turn on them!). Summing up this is an awesome pop album by Australia's best pop exports.
Fantastic!!!
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| 2.0 poor | TheManMachine | August 28th 15 |
If fluorescent-bulb lighting being reflected off the just-buffed linoleum floor of a major-chain supermarket aisle was in the form of a song, it would be "Truly Madly Deeply" -- but that's the easiest jab this album offers, really it's not all so bad -- "I Want You" on the other hand is a kinda-quirky smash single that's not nauseating, they can drive a beat home if they want to, they're somewhat vocally equipped. But jeez, they do make it difficult -- between the front-loading, being unable to find a safe-sound-slot that's not sappy or strained, the Spanish guitar, cheap wah-wah effects and orchestral hits, there's stinky pseudo-romantic cheese: "Your kisses are like pearls / So different and so rare", "Feel my caress so soft and gentle / So delicate you cry for more", I won't go on. How about these sincere+descriptive "Santa Monica" excerpts?: "All the people got modern names like Jake or Mandy / and modern bodies too", "You'll have to dodge those inline skaters / or they'll knock you down".
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| 2.5 average | MS2k | February 1st 15 |
No album better epitomizes the sound of 90s pop than this. Simple, clean, and calculated, every song sounds like it could have been a radio hit. However, don't mistake "radio hit" with "good song"— after the stellar pop hits of tracks 1-3 the album descends into banality. "Tears of Pearls" is good. "Universe" is not. "Break Me Shake Me" is relatively intense but can't seem to resolve. Among the rest, only "Violet" stands out as a super fun, quality (though silly) song. Average album.
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| 5.0 classic | JoshieG | January 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Get Low | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rick64 | December 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | CRX | January 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Mike | November 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ronike | October 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jadmin | May 12th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Gazo | March 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | GDfan89 | September 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | January 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Saky | December 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | 0ozzy0 | October 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | BHAR | January 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Sysk | October 20th 15 |
| 3.5 great | qdgyu | June 11th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Minaja | March 21st 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | sashlon | July 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Renba7 | April 18th 14 |
| 3.5 great | jsaf7 | March 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | mifzal | February 14th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Simon K. STAFF | November 15th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | LG | June 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SILYW | April 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | seaneh | April 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Douglas | November 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nafo | June 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Irving EMERITUS | March 31st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | iggy00 | March 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | jmmw | January 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Scoot | January 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Edwin | July 3rd 10 |
| 5.0 classic | RadD | March 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Taylor | December 14th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Lawnee | August 15th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | rsa5387 | June 16th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Poet | June 14th 08 |
| 3.5 great | beans | April 16th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | JTV | August 24th 07 |
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