― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 02:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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― M.V., Friday, 11 May 2007 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Friday, 11 May 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
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― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 01:47 (seventeen years ago) link
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― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
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― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
This should be higher on the list but it's physically impossible for me to run longer than thirty minutes. -The Macallan 18 Year
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Christ almighty is this ever good. I really didn't like Coming On Strong, but this one's just so breathtakingly easy to listen to that it's almost alarming. Maybe they beefed up the low end? I remember Coming On Strong sounding kinda artlessly chintzy, like they were sufficiently satisfied with making a blindingly ahead-of-the-curve R&B album that they didn't bother to make a GOOD blindingly ahead-of-the-etc., but this is just relentlessly dance-y. And WOW does "Over & Over" trump anything on the first album. -James.Cobo
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Ok, my reaction to "Justified": Man, this is pretty great, the Neptunes rule, I want to hug JT My reaction to "FutureSex/LoveSounds": God, this is really amazing, Timbaland is today's best producer, I want to make out with JT, take him up to the bedroom, etc. What makes "FS/LS" so great is its consistency. Rather than setting out to make a few great singles, Justin really tried to create a great pop-forward album. With the help of Timbaland, he succeeded. From the steamy title track to "My Love," FS/LS is, to lift a phrase from Paris Hilton, really fucking hot. -Tape Store
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link
After several weeks of finding this pleasant but slightly underwhelming, it all slotted into place perfectly at the weekend. Now I think it's better the first album, certainly more consistent (and Like A Child and FM are easily the equal of Teach Me How To Fight and Last Exit). A couple of things really strike me about it. The first is that it initially seems so similar to Last Exit in mood and tone, but on closer listening they're constructed in totally different ways. I like the greater emphasis on loops this time round (and arpeggios, wow!), the way you can follow a thread through a song while barely listening to the vocals or the main melody. I can envisage some remixes of So This Is Goodbye, Double Shadow or The Equaliser that would sound amazing in the middle of a really hypnotic minimal set. The second is that the removal of the Johnny Dark rhythmic tricksiness has left other elements of the sound to blossom. This is every bit as complex and detailed a record as Last Exit, possibly more so. It's not really the rhythms as such (and it's not exactly rhythmnically simple). It's the meticulous attention to detail that's been given to the tone and timbre of every sound. No note that's held for more than a fraction of a beat sounds the same from start to finish - especially on When No One Cares, which consists of little other than these big open chords, but virtually every single one of them sounds different. There's so much depth and subtlety of texture there that only really hit me when I listened to it very loud on headphones. Also, the swell two third of the way through Like A Child sends a shiver down my spine like no other moment in music this year. -Matt DC
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― M.V., Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link
good album for a sluggish late summer - hot, humid, drunk -Lukas I think I'm spending more time with it paused so I can do happy dances around my house without missing anything than actual listening. -The Reverend
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
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― M.V., Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
They are definetely talented shane has a great voice and well mark is incredible in every song just breathtaking. some good song choises some not that much the rose is without a douth the best song of the album perfect choise for the firts single easy is another great effort ,total eclipse of the heart is very good but compared with the original lacks passion all or nothing is very well done and if you like westlife you surely will enjoy it also You Light Up My Life songs great one of my fabourites All Out of Love (feat. Delta Goodrem) nicee song but something dosn't work there i love delta's voice but it just dosn't work well with the westlife guys so finally if you are a westlife or a true romantic this one is a no brainer this album if for you -Paul Edward Wagemann
― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
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― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link