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My 200th Rating and the final album in this discog deep dive. And I have to say that I was quite underwhelmed but it was to be expected with the track record of their previous records post Staley's death. But I feel at this point the music is becoming kinda redundant and felt there wasn't anything really redeeming about the album. Of course it doesn't bad by any means but yet again it fails to caputure your attention and provide anything that is out of the ordinary. I feel the ... read more

Having the same issue with this album along with the last one. In that it is an album that is good but nothing interesting in here that is keeping me intrigued. Like on the surface the album does sound good, has great production, decent vocals and decent instrumentataion. But again, nothing really in the album was intriguing to me honestly. Felt pretty generic and doesn't innovate on what the band has already done in their previous work and It felt like it was very similar to their ... read more

Honestly I listened to this a few days ago and I kinda forgot to review it. It was kinda forgetable to be honest. Staley untimely death really felt like they lost a big piece of the band and most of the overall identity on the band to be honest. But with William's arrival I feel that they did the best job that they could in continuing their signature sound. His vocal style to some extent is somewhat similar and you can hear Staley's vocal style within him and I understand why he does ... read more

Very well done live album. Up there as one of the best live albums of all time with a very unique twist of being mostly acoustic. While I still stand that Portishead Live in Roseland is still the best live album I have ever heard, this is not so far behind. The Portishead live album was extremely good since it was able to elevate their songs on top of what they already had and made it sound better better and brighter in the Live version. This on the other hand doesn't expand and make it ... read more