Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2011 22:43:13 GMT -5
This man is decided to keep making TERRIBLE albums! I used to looooooove his music. His first 3 albums were amazing, and from there, he has been going downhill. This album seems to have passed with no press, cause I barely noticed it existed. The album title tells us what it is about. The songs might not be bad, but the treatment is sucky. I remember around the time of Daylight, that he mentioned making a covers album, with really slow and morose music. I was super excited, cause I had the foolish thought it would be like Phantom Moon. Several, several years later, he delivers this... thing. I checked this album with renewed hope he would make something good, but was disappointed. Then, let it collect dust for a while, and right now I'm revisiting it again, and it sounds even worse. Is there anyone who can stand this piece of... horribleness? The songs sound boring, nothing at all happens, he just keeps on droning with nowhere to go. The instrumentation sounds as if he was trying to recreate "Requiescat", in more than one song! And fails of course. I have also been loathing his use of female background vocals in his latest albums, and here's it's no exception. The voices he chooses are jarring to me, too contrasting with his voice. He sounds bored and this is a trainwreck! Any fans?
|
|
Bebe Reptar
Dr. Faceless
I like to stomp and roar... hey, I'm just a dinosaur!
Posts: 8,828
|
Post by Bebe Reptar on Nov 5, 2011 22:53:39 GMT -5
Yes, it's a really uninspired and flat effort. I only got through the previews, but he basically sucks the life out of Howard Jones and Tears For Fears, among others. When he's on a stride ("Barely Breathing, "On A High"), he's great. When he's not (the past few albums), it's just dull.
|
|
|
Post by billcs on Nov 6, 2011 9:34:19 GMT -5
Definitely a disappointment. Great choices of songs but execution leaves a lot to be desired. The only one that I really thought might have something is his cover of New Order's Love Vigilantes.
|
|