The first time I heard this album- I hated it. I couldn’t fathom why the album was so popular with so many of my musical peers and I certainly didn’t understand why every critic from rolling stone to Doctor Finkleshitz blog was utterly infatuated with it. I thought it was over-processed, overplayed rubbish that every up and coming pretentious “no, I listen to more albums than the beatles!” critic unanimously decided to overrate just to fuck with me. I was let down from ... read more
I adore the production on the single, working with his withering vocals rather than against it.
Truth be told, I’ve always been concerned about what McCartney’s last album will sound like. Though I don’t expect him to make ‘Sgt Pepper’s 2’, given at his age- he doesn’t want to make something too artistic of a leap when his fans would accept if he just made an album full of ASMR scat noises if it had ‘Paul McCartney’ on it. Not even John ... read more
The production is remarkably better than what he's been doing for the past few years, even if every element besides his voice has been notably improved.
Morrissey attempts to persuade his audience after a nearly 6-year hiatus caused by record label drama. He attempts to execute a sound that somewhat resembles singing, but is muffled both by his elderly voice and the obnoxious production that barely suits anyone, letalone the 1950s crooner-esque voice of Morrissey.
The only depth that any of the lyrics he was once famous for are granted throughout this 50 minute album- is when he yells at clouds in the opening track, informed by being let go ... read more
Primarily out of context, seeing as the soundtrack is just as much part of the experience as the film- but there’s nothing hateable here. Film was great though.
No sound has ever been closer to capturing the essence of eternal bliss like the marriage between the innocent, and yet non-oblivious warmth in the voice of early 60s Lesley Gore and the glory of the perfected, lavish orchestral pop production that resides in this disc.
No title has ever been more apt than ‘I’ll Cry If I Want To’. Melancholy and heartbreak is tied with love for the most common subject of a song- yet this collection of covers personifies the rare and ... read more