dope song
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
in "Wildest Moments" does she sing "do wrongs no rights" or "two wrongs"?
The latter, I hope. It's what I've sung to myself for three weeks.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
it's definitely the latter
― Number None, Sunday, 19 August 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqVNfE_GhDQ
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― Number None, Sunday, 19 August 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
cool venue
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 August 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
I really want to like this, but I can't stop laughing at the Yacht-Rock guitar solos.
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
nah, those are awesome
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
They are awesome, yes, but so absolutely inexplicable in the midst of all those "been around the world ay-yai-yai" orchestral stabs that they are also hilarious.
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:17 (eleven years ago) link
gonna pop in and see her at rough trade east tonight
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
'Night Light' is the killer here, sounds like it could have sat in the middle section of the last Beyonce album.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
It sounded like Laura Brannigan to me. Not a complaint, BTW, it's just odd how sounds get recycled and reshaped. I'm just old enough to have heard those sounds move from cool to naff to cool again through varying cycles.
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
some good songs on this, but ultimately it sounds too much like adele/florence with vocals way too high in the mix.
"night light" was the tipping point for me, and i like beyoncé, it's the british 00s pop vibe of this that bothers me.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
I often have a knee-jerk aversion to a lot of British pop/soul—there's something about the sterility of the production, the overloud-ness of the vocals and the general air of politeness that just totally puts me off—so I'm really relieved by how much I've liked everything I've heard from this album. Enjoying how tasteful and restrained most of it is (though the title track is maybe too cute by half).
No American release, though? I can't even find a stream of it anymore. Kinda odd that the American press is tripping over themselves to praise an album that most of its readers can't hear and might not be able to hear for some time.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
it's on spotify
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
Not in American, sadly (or at least not on my account)
― Evan R, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
i've got it and i'm def in america! maybe look again?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh, not anymore! weird. maybe they took it down?
try to listen to it thru this playlist? http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/2WPKGFgC5xncEu6AfY5gTe
i threw it on there earlier today when it was available and i can still listen to it through there...
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, that works! Thanks man! Great playlist, too
― Evan R, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
"Taking in Water" and "Something Inside" are one hell of a closing punch.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
yep
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
4/5 on resident advisor? makes me want to check it out! what's the best track?
― the late great, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
the one in the title of this thread
― Number None, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
for RA's purposes
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Interview:
http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/jessie-ware-talks-breakthrough-devotion-1007883152.story#/column/the-juice/jessie-ware-talks-breakthrough-devotion-1007883152.story
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Spent some time with this and it's not quite my thing—the quiet-stormy tracks are pure bliss, but the pop tracks ring empty to me. It's an impressive album, of course, and she obviously has remarkable control over her aesthetic, but I'm not finding a strong songwriting voice to carry me through the record. Is there one there, or am I missing the point? Are there any good reviews/interviews that explore her songwriting? That Billboard interview was more about process than content.
― Evan R, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
I wish this album hadn't come out right in the middle of two giant list-generating exercises with massive associated playlists because I would like to spend some more time with this album before I make a decision on it. But there is so much amazing music to listen to in the world right now!
This is probably one of those albums I'm going to come back to in a year, after all the hype has passed and be all "Damn, you know, this was a really good album."
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
bonus tracks are dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1-EAZ2eYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ltza7hYls
― sisilafami, Friday, 31 August 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
ooooooh, the Bobby Caldwell cover is excellent.
― The Reverend, Friday, 31 August 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
oh i was wondering where "strangest feeling" was!
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 August 2012 10:07 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
seems fair? many points already made here in fact.
― r|t|c, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDg4tcZpYS8
was just saying on the other thread about this kinda sound maybe already running its course
― r|t|c, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
what other thread?
i like this album a lot. it's bigger splashier moments are sort of wearing thin tho. the overt classy pro soul stuff is not reading exactly as meant to me after a week or so. but the album tracks are getting better. "no to love", "swan song", "sweet talk".
i think at its best there is a grown-up playacting quality to it that is very endearing. i mean, "i'm taking water, my brother, remember" has a little bit of slam poet about it. 27 isn't that young tho...
― goole, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
no it's literally about her brother
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
really not feeling anything by alunageorge i've heard
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
I keep trying to get into this, and the first couple songs I hear are very slick and nice and sound good, and then it all just slides away from my ears and I can't listen to it any more. I cannot seem to get through the album in one go. I'm sorry.
― Atomow dhe Kres? MY A VYNN, mar pleg! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not sure we can forgive you.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
I'll go boil my head.
― Atomow dhe Kres? MY A VYNN, mar pleg! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Monday, September 10, 2012 2:14 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh.
― goole, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
fuck the backlash this album is gorgeous and really affecting too. it's devastating and if it doesn't connect with you, fine, but oh man this is more than just inoffensive dinner music to me. ugh
― heiswagger (rennavate), Monday, 10 September 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
i wish things skewed more towards the lighter, less bombastic side, like "110%" and the opening and closing track. also there's a few times where it'a bit too much for me... esp "WHO WOULD SAY NO TO LOVE???"
but i'm just nitpicking. this is a sure top 5 i think for me.
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 10 September 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
"No to Love" is one of the duff tracks yeah
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 September 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
I have to confess a growing unease with romantic/erotic vastation; last year it took a few weeks to love the Marsha Ambrosius, for example. But in Ware's case the cavernous sound is an ideal musical correlative.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 September 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
"110%" is too cutesy and always throws off the vibe of the rest of the album when it comes on imo. "Running" and "Sweet Talk" are amazing tho.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 September 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
"running" is the one that hits hardest for me
i like "110%" a lot but it's a bit toooo obvious what she's going for
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 September 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
still haven't warmed to "110%."
On the other hand the title track sounds effective.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
the run from sweet talk through to the end is just sublime
― monotony, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ EXACTLY RIGHT!
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
i've also been grappling w/ the fact that they released all the best songs before the album dropped
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link