A voice so beautiful, but McMorrows own musical tastes keep getting in his own way. His love for R&B seems to blind him to the fact that these electronic instrumentations do not suite his voice at all, his voice belongs with a dying acoustic guitar or something organic for lack of a better phrase.
It's just so disappointing to see a voice so beautiful being housed in such dull and lifeless soundscapes
A neat package of an album, 9 songs, with some stellar moments to be found all across it, my favorite moments are found in Horizon and Hardings continual theme of "living the classics".
This album is a rare twist on a very long standing genre, therefore it deserves praise and is definitely a hidden gem in the musical sphere of 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ToeaeuOQo (NPR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75l9YdDrgvw (KEXP)
Disc 2 or "Still" remains my favorite piece of work by Trent Reznor.
As such this is a personal essential album, which I highly recommend,
If you're a NIN fan and you haven't heard "And All That Could Have Been" its time to.
The best moments here, are sensual and fleeting.
It's good, though we see Mac caught between an old familiar sound and that of a newer smoother more constructed sound.
Why he decided to place both sets of sounds together on one album? for variety perhaps, or a growing story, it makes the album suffer that is for sure. His older sound, seems worn out at this point, the songs all but disappearing mid way through.
I just hope Mac continues to explore his fleeting sensual side more, as silly as ... read more
If you're looking for Wiz Khalifa's best album on your quest to finish your pokedex, you've found it.
![Joy Division - Still [Collector's Edition]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/60422-still.jpg)
The most wanted b-sides comprised in a studio effort, and their final concert together, mashed into an album to make for the most essential Joy Division album, in the most unessential place, a compilation album.
Well it seems Paramore's new formula has an audience.
Good for them.
The music seems to fit Hayley Williams personality quite well, bubbly and all over the place. This happy but sad pop-rock is ehh, great when I'm in the mood for pop but when is that?
There is something here, but we already knew that? Riot and Brand New Eyes were great albums. This isn't some great new sound for Paramore either they've always had an undertone of dance and new wave, (when it rains, ain't it fun, feeling sorry) ... read more
It's always hit or miss with Clark, and its a miss for me.
But perhaps I just need to speed more time with this record.
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