whenever I listen to this I always see Wonder Woman and realize I'd forgotten that song existed
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
that Amanda Shires sounds good on first listen...did you post it on the country thread?
No. Feel free to introduce it, it's a great great record.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 August 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
it's great, the only talk of it was (unfortunately) on the worst music writing re: Xgau being a creep about her
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
WONDER WOMAN is a trademark of DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, 20 August 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
Re drug album, slow burn does mention “good on green” yeah.
It's also called slow burn
― Number None, Monday, 20 August 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
But if anything she's cut back on the weed refs
― Number None, Monday, 20 August 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
"Slow Burn (A Doobie of Weed, Get It?)" was the original title
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Anyone else hearing traces of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in "Lonely Weekend"?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 2 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
How so
― yes, said (Ross), Sunday, 2 September 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
i guess 'of-a-lo' and 'it's-a-lo' are similarly placed and basically equivalent melodically
― dyl, Sunday, 2 September 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
album rules
it's very existential really, kinda zen, I really hope she's got a long career ahead of her
― niels, Thursday, 4 October 2018 07:35 (five years ago) link
Amazing record - occasionally I turn it up and am swept away. Still got no time for “Space Cowboy” and “Velvet Elvis” grates sometimes. Anyone who loves this, I can recommend “Same Trailer Different Park” - some killer songs there.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
I wish I loved this record. Her wan approach kills it.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
stoned, immaculate
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:12 (five years ago) link
love this album i even have time for space cowboy
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
What does "wan approach" mean ? (sorry, tried to look it up but only got tech explanations, which I doubt are related to the matter !)
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
Same Trailer is certainly all time
― niels, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
this album was the biggest musical surprise for me this year.I had never heard of her until High Horse came up on my Release Radar so i went to the album and just fell in love with the production and vibe.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris
Her singing.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Ah ok, so you don't like her voice/singing ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
Her "wan approach" is actually a perfect fit for the songs, the production and the all-around vibe. Her performance completes the album.
IMO, of course.
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
yeah it's hard for me to imagine the album with more powerful/commanding vocals? i do think that something like "rainbow" also really benefits from a certain narrowness of range. the whole album is just sort of meditative, even the real emotional moments
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
probably album of the year, every time i come back to it i get a lovebuzz
― flopson, Thursday, 4 October 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
I would rank :1/ Pageant Material : great songs, melodies, lyrics , production2/ Golden Hour : amazing production and arrangements, fantastic melodies but the lyrics are a bit impersonal/generic love songs(and less fun)3/ Same Trailer Different Park : very nice songs, cute/clever lyrics, great first albumAnd I love her voice. It's strong and emotional.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
my ranking would be opposite but it's all good
― niels, Friday, 5 October 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
You can't be everybody's cup of tea !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
Pageant material is def her weakest ! Also kind of a rehash of same trailer
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 5 October 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it has enough keepers for an excellent EP but it felt like it needed more time in the oven
― Number None, Friday, 5 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
Really !? I think it has so many great songs ! More than Trailer and deeper/more interesting than Golden Hour...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
GH has the best melodies and production/arrangements though
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
I erased Pageant Material, kept two songs.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
She’s such a great melodist
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
Well if you don’t like her voice, I suppose it’s more difficult to enjoy her work ! How many songs did you keep from GH ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Did you keep "Late To The Party"?
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
The first four sound good to me but LTTP is definitely a level above
― Number None, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
"Dime Store Cowgirl" and the title track are good, but the three PM essentials for me are "Die Fun", "Miserable" and "Late to the Party".
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 5 October 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
I really love the debut, hated that Mind Your Own Biscuits song so much I never got Pageant Material, and her recent singles' Dolly-goes-disco steez I appreciate in theory but it's not really the kind of thing that plays to her strengths imo.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
« Die Fun » is so good
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
i liked pageant material a lot at the time -- i listened to it again earlier this year and i still see the charm in it but it's seems clearly her third best album to me. i still appreciate it tho bcuz she was mining a very specific set of her influences. but the songs on "same trailer" are more clever and from a production/songwriting standpoint golden hour is like, in another strata
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 October 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
when she hits the chorus on "Golden Hour" it's the most blissful thing imo
― omar little, Friday, 5 October 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
Basically, I simply like her work a lot, mostly the 2nd and latest albums (I like the 1st one but less).I don’t really understand how one can love the 1st one and hate the 2nd one (or vice versa) though... they’re so close !The 3rd one is something else : less country, more mainstream pop, so I can understand how one could like it but dislike her previous output.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 5 October 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
I like this album a lot but I also miss"Blowin' Smoke" Kacey
― Heez, Friday, 12 October 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
I think I like each album less than the first but love them all.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 October 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
I’ve seen this discussed as a potential Album of the Year (Grammy) nominee.... which surprised me, but we’ll find out on Dec. 5.
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Saturday, 3 November 2018 05:28 (five years ago) link
why doesn't the new album have its own thread?
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 15 November 2018 03:55 (five years ago) link
POLLden hour is surely coming soon
― Heez, Thursday, 15 November 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
cma album of the year
― dyl, Friday, 16 November 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
That’s cool; I would have thought it’s not “Country” enough.
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Friday, 16 November 2018 03:46 (five years ago) link
pretty cool given how hitless it was
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 November 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
Didn’t CMA give Stapleton awards before he had hits?
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link