The Rapture ... the new album.

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Okay, so Pieces of the People We Love has finally leaked, and I think in its final form. Here is the tracklist:

01 Don Gon Do It
02 Pieces of the People We Love
03 Get Myself Into It
04 First Gear
05 The Devil
06 Whoo! Alright-Yeah...Uh Huh [this is what WAYUH stood for, for those still in the dark]
07 Callin Me
08 Down for So Long
09 The Sound
10 Live in Sunshine

I'm listening now, still on first listen, and I understand what people meant when they said it sounds unfinished. At least on computer speakers (I know, I know...), it sounds really tinny. I was the bass was mixed louder. If I remember correctly, that was what was great about "House of Jealous Lovers" and a lot of Echoes, actually.... really beefy bass lines that, like someone said above, grabbed you by the throat (or ankles, as the case may be) and dictated you dance.

But yes, the lyrics are truly awful.

regular roundups (Dave M), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

Icky yucky. I'm now convinced the greatness of "House of..." and "Olio" had everything to do with DFA and nothing to do with The Rapture themselves. Echoes pushed the limits of my good will, but Pieces of the People We Love is out and out trashola.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

hi dere i like gogogoairheart

the art ensemble of chicago house (vahid), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

I think it's got some pretty great tracks after 4 or 5 listens. I was initially disappointed, but it grew on me. It sounds good with headphones.

Harpal (harpal), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 04:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

pbthh

hippo eats dwarlf (lfam), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 04:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

Never mind. I just got the new Melvins album and it slaughtered everything I've heard in recent memory.

Harpal (harpal), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 05:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

the serge santiago remix is bomb... i foind it here.

a dub version with less vocals would be great.

grady (grady), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 06:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

found, no less.

grady (grady), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 06:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

sounds dope

The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 23:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

http://vimeo.com/27878921

Gukbe, Thursday, 18 August 2011 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

the synths on sail away are awesome. and the little in a silent way tribute at the end is cool too

mizzell, Thursday, 18 August 2011 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

just a few tracks in, but this album is way, way better than i thought it would be.

Clay, Saturday, 20 August 2011 04:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

this album is way, way better than i thought it would be.

^ this

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 August 2011 05:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh, this exists?

my brother's a basedgod (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 August 2011 08:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

heard two songs off this & both were excellent

J0rdan S., Saturday, 20 August 2011 08:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

The singing is rather awful on a couple of tracks.

a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 August 2011 12:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh, so it's a Rapture album

Rob Based and DJ EZ God (DJP), Saturday, 20 August 2011 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

I would never have guessed there might be awful singing on songs by the Rapture.

my brother's a basedgod (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well, I'd never singing on a Rapture record -- they thankfully shouted a lot.

a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

*never heard

a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

bring back the ratpure

jed_, Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Man, the Dusted review of this is quashing a lot of my excitement:

The rest of the album, however, is uniformly mediocre, except where it’s terrible.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

This is dull, too much songwriting, not enough groove.

Matt DC, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

man, the chorus on "how deep is your love" just makes me think of sisqo

hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

The second side is terrific, especially "How Deep is Your Love" (not a Bee Gees cover), but the first half drags.

a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

"how deep is your love" is great even if its a weak attempt to re-capture "echoes" era agngsty anthems

i've had "sail away" on loop all day. its such an incredible opener that it took two or three listens before i realized i didn't much care for the 3 or 4 songs that followed it.

"it takes time to be a man" is a nice closer, too.

otherwise i'm not crazy into it, but i can keep the whole album on without skipping any tracks. def my most listened to album in the last two weeks, regardless.

 (gr8080), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

jed_ otm

spitting, shirtless man in lawyer's wig (haitch), Friday, 9 September 2011 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

playing this, on "Never Die Again"

wtf happened to the singing

I LIKED the yelpy tremulous Robert Smith-esque wailing, what is this smoothed out boring midrange shit

like, this isn't BAD, but it also isn't what I want from The Rapture

Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

this album is so much damn fun; I liked the Holy Ghost album a bunch but this is basically a fifty-times-better version of that.

punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Friday, 9 September 2011 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

I LIKED the yelpy tremulous Robert Smith-esque wailing, what is this smoothed out boring midrange shit

agreed. the new style singing works great on How Deep Is Your Love but over the course of the album I'm not feeling it.

weak attempt to re-capture "echoes" era agngsty anthems

this song doesn't really sound like anything off Echoes to me but it's def. the best track on here

dmr, Friday, 9 September 2011 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

The singing is rather awful on a couple of tracks.

― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, August 20, 2011

Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 September 2011 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

ive never thought to myself before this record "hey that guy from the Rapture sure does a good job of singing"

 (gr8080), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

This is mostly p boring, but "Never Die Again" and the single are jams.

skrillex pretend (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Last song is p good too.

skrillex pretend (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

Listening to this album again, and looking over the lyrics... it's about him finding Jesus, right?

Popture, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yes

mizzell, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink


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