This album rules and is dope and great as well. “Too Much Love” obviously should have crushed this poll followed by “The Model” because this album is all about the joyful, unrestrained strings.
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:23 (six years ago) link
I should go back to this one. It's never the one I reach for if I get the inclination to revisit B&S
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
There are more dud tracks than usual but the jigjs, especially the two tracks I mentioned, are sublime
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
*highs, not whatever i types with the j’s
I think The Model was one of the first songs I ever heard by this band. Too Much Love is one of their greatest songs. I like Woman's Realm too. It's just very patchy and starts a bit like it's going to be some sort of mad concept album and a break from the past before going into slightly-uncomfortable tweeness. That said I think the preceding album is also really patchy.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
Really? I don't consider Arab Strap patchy, unless you find all of their records patchy (which I could see). For me FYHCYLLAP def is their first really uneven album. Dear Catastrophe Waitress was their last good album imo.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
Life Pursuit >>>>> DCW
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
^^ It's got 'Funny Little Frog' so nah
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
"Roy Walker" and "Piazza, New York Catcher" are considerably more headsmacking
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
and "Dress Up In You", "Another Sunny Day" and "Mornington Crescent" all might make my B&S POX
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
Yeah there's a lot on Arab Strap I love (Sleep the Clock and the title track) and a lot I just don't really enjoy much at all.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
DCW is maybe my favourite even though the first two albums are objectively better. Life Pursuit is really really great but a little bit too long. After that, I have no idea because for me B&S was a bright-burning obsession with me for just a short period in the mid-2000s.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
'Dress Up In You' is indeed fantastic
You know what else is great? the B-side 'Desperation Made A Fool Of Me'.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Tuesday, January 9, 2018 2:15 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Among my faves of that record!
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Never really got the love for Pizza Catcher. Chacun son gout I guess
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link