'Tonight' without 'Blue Jean' is the worst album of the two. But 'Tonight' has 'Blue Jean' on it, so...
― bored at work (snoball), Saturday, 16 January 2016 13:11 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pretty otm. NLMD is better overall I think. I'd take both over Black Tie White Noise.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 12 January 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
although BTWN has Jump They Say on it... hmm
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 12 January 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
no BTWN is pretty good through and through. only duff track is the title track to me.
― akm, Saturday, 13 January 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
BTWN is basically "this is what 92/93 sounds like!" in the same way that 'Earthling' is "hey it's 1997!". As long as I listen to it in that state of mind it's OK. I'll only skip the fuck-awful cover of 'I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday', so on the basis of truly duff tracks BTWN does better than 'Tonight' or NLMD.
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Sunday, 14 January 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
Outside of "day in day out" i basically love the first side of never let me down
I don't love it, but it's good. "Beat of Your Drum" is a catchy boneheaded Springsteen/Mellencampm mishmash. Crazy chord sequence too.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
Interesting comparing this album's release and promo schedule with Bryan Ferry's for Bete Noire a few months later. It looks like their respective labels put out all the stops for them, treating them as contemporary pop stars instead of aging dudes approaching forty.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 January 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link