oh fuck yes
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
― etc, Thursday, 1 February 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
I've now gotten ahold of this record and boy oh boy is it good.
― Johnny Fever
Yeah, I just heard this for the first time too. It's the first great album I've heard this year.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 1 February 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
I... don't know how I feel about this album
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 12 February 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
I think I just don't like "Guitar"
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 12 February 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
We thought it was absolutely wonderful, start to stop.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
is that the royal we, Ned? are you implying that you are queen?
― how to diss a peer completely (unregistered), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine),
a Prince cover?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
xpost -- 'We' meaning myself and my girlfriend, thank you.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
if only; instead it's a colorless perky '80s thing
"Sister" is fantastic though
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
he is also queen, we had a vote and liz is out
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
Greetings my loyal subjects.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
This album rocks. More albums about a woman in late middle age who's social media savvy and still anticipates a few turbulent love affairs.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 March 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link
Check out @tracey_thorn played on #iggyconfidential last Friday. Lady does not disappoint! #iggypop— Iggy Pop (@IggyPop) March 4, 2018
― groovypanda, Sunday, 4 March 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
I'm in love with "Guitar" and "Air."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
Love this album. Played it twice in a row yesterday and woke up wanting to hear it again
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 4 March 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
In love with "Guitar" and "Dancefloor", me.
― dorsalstop, Sunday, 4 March 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
Loving the album too. I think it's one of the best things she's ever done. My current favourite is Air as it would fit nicely on the Shura album. Dancefloor is such a brilliant closer, I just wish it was a bit longer. Kind of has a Pop Kids vibe to it.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 4 March 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Video for Sister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-XyMzTSWc
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link
the beats on the new album are really cheap. and the songs are not very good either. it all sounds pretty much like mainstream. i love tracey thorn but this is very dispensable.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
why aren't they very good? "Guitar" and "Babies" present points of view we don't often hear in songs, and their melodies are delectable. I don't treat as a dance record – it's a singer-songwriter record with dance colorings, in the same way Bill Callahan would use strings or John Darnielle a brass section.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
it all sounds pretty much like mainstream.
Judging by this comment I'm not sure how much mainstream pop you listen to. This is much better produced than both a lot of mainstream 80s-inflected pop and the sort of shambahla stuff that's popular here. A lesser producer than Ewan Pearson would be tempted to really max out every sound, he allows every sound (especially the voice) the space it needs. He and Tracey are excellent foils for one another
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
I love this, I love her voice
I love how effortless and shimmery the music is
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
This sounds like Drake, Cardi B, and Post Malone.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
I mean, I can see what they are getting at, particularly "Guitar," the production of which sounds like everything I hated about the Paramore album and parts of the last Carly Rae Jepsen record
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
this is really great i think
it's funny how the decline of the music biz makes for strange fellows, imagine thinking oh yeah tracey thorn will be on superchunk's label 20 years ago
i don't think it sounds cheap at all, it's very well engineered and mastered
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
"Go" is just tremendous, cheap-esque drum sounds included
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
but it's fascinating how both albums were disappointments or outright flops – they were failed crossovers.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
Both of those albums are over-compressed to hell in the way that you'd expect from artists gunning for maximum radio play in 2018, that's notably not the case here. I can see how the sound palette and other production choices might be similar (and offputting) but the treatment of them is completely different.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
Yes agreed
I will probably always be a total, melty mess for these big, clear, generous alto female voices over 80s inspired synths - Alison Moyet the other obvious example of this
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
The lyrics and themes in this album are incredible. I don’t gaf if the sounds are cheap. The emotions and depth of thought overwhelm any blandness of the production.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
lol do you really think it sounds bland
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
like i guess i don't associate EBTG or her w/super edgy experimental stuff, more literate well mannered electronic stuff w good songwriting
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
Its brevity is something my girlfriend and I loved as well -- it does the business quickly but does so in a way that feels like a big scope of a record, perhaps even more so lyrically than musically.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
I really love Tracey Thorn, EBTG and solo, I just cannot deal at all, ever, from anyone, with that chintzy canned "Take on Me" sound
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
take on me is a very good song
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
it all sounds pretty much like mainstream.Judging by this comment I'm not sure how much mainstream pop you listen to
Judging by this comment I'm not sure how much mainstream pop you listen to
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
‘Computer beats’, Stella Mozgawa will love that.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
I just cannot deal at all, ever, from anyone, with that chintzy canned "Take on Me" sound
whathuh?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
how do people not hear that in "Guitar" at least?
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Thursday, 8 March 2018 01:37 (six years ago) link
my favourite thing about this record is her willingness to tackle subject matter that other, younger artists might find a bit banal or naff (3 am baby feeds, sending your kids off to college, stalking your ex's Facebook), but doing so with great levity and humour.
The production sounds a bit thin and dated in some places (not a fan of "Guitar", agree with katherine on this), but there's also "Sister", which is incredibly groovy and lush.
anyway, "what year is it? same old shit."
― Roz, Thursday, 8 March 2018 09:29 (six years ago) link
I don't hear a chintzy, canned "Take On Me" sound in "Guitar" at all, and/but also I love the sound of "Take On Me". There's an '80s (though not 'dated') and sparse (though not 'thin') feel to most of Queen, but to me there's a clear contrast with the, indeed compression-heavy, sound on After Laughter, which I disliked for that reason.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 8 March 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
(another example would be Toni Halliday's first solo album -- I want to like it but the '80s production is overwhelming)
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
it's all very 80's certainly but not in a way that particularly evokes "Take On Me"?
album is great, all excellent songs. i especially like Guitar and the ending of Air. the production doesn't really stand out but i'm a fan of the style and it supports the songs well
― ufo, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
On her incredible catalog.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
At Electric mastering @tracey_thorn Dancefloor remixes right now. 💃🎉 pic.twitter.com/kOoF7VtkP9— Ewan Pearson (@ewanpearson) March 22, 2018
― groovypanda, Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Finally picked this up today. The hype sticker made me laugh aloud:https://i.imgur.com/woutA00.jpg
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 26 March 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
haha that is awesome
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 March 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
this collaboration with George FitzGerald (whom I also like) is unsurprisingly very good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHQBLwfnqY8
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
ooh v nice
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:47 (five years ago) link
london you're in my bloodand you've been there for so longlondon you're in my bloodbut i feel you going wrong
There is the heavy and the light. Damn this is an proper album.
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 3 September 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link