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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Vas Deferens on November 01, 2006, 11:27:00 am
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After repeated listenings, I still can't get into this album...anyone else in the same boat?
I think the album has terrible production...
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I would think you're in the minority on this one. I love this album.
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i don't think its nearly as good as the previous 2
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To my ears, their new album hasn't lived up to the more cohesive and catchier Separation Sunday. I'll take "Banging Camp" and "How a Resurrection Really Feels" over any of the new tracks.
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
i don't think its nearly as good as the previous 2
agreed. "separation sunday" was only a very slight step down from "almost killed me," but this one isn't quite in the same league. still very enjoyable, but i think i've already gotten everything i'm going to get from it, which certainly wasn't the case with the others after a couple of weeks.
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I agree with most of the above. Loved the first two. Not getting into this one as much. It's not bad and I'll admit I need to listen to it more, but it's just not grabbing me the way the others did.
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I don't love it as much as the first two. I go back forth between sunday and allmost killed me as far as which one of those I like better.
I still think the new one is pretty great though.
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Guess I was wrong:
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Almost Killed Me is my favorite and I thought that this one sounded more like that, with piano. Seperation Sunday didn't have that initial spark with me that this one did. I did see them at the Ottobar a month ago and the songs do sound great live.
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let me add to the chorus of folks finding it to be a good, not great album
the songs just don't have the catchiness or immediacy of their previous work...as a Hold Steady fine I like it - however if I was trying to convert a new fan I'd be hard pressed to find one killer song on the new one to hook someone
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Massive Nights.
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Either way, I'm really looking forward to the BC show in a few weeks.
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Ditto. While I don't think every track can live up to the brilliance of "How a Resurrection Really Feels", this new album is not as strong as the previous two. Still good though.
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i'm listening to it again right now and it starts off very strong but just never recovers from the over-the-top schmaltz that is "first night." "massive nights" comes close, but i really hate key changes, so that song doesn't quite do it for me. i do like "southtown girls," though. dave pirner's presence on "chillout tent" freaks me out a bit.