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I had pretty low expectations but have been pleasantly surprised after the first 3 listens - some new sounds mixed in with elements from most other stages of their career (e.g. the end of Evil Has Landed has a real self-titled vibe). I don't think the production is as awful as some are making out, but it's definitely different for Queens.
Early standouts are Feet Don't Fail Me and The Evil Has Landed, but that could be because I heard them a couple of times before the rest.
Will give it some more time before I dare rank it against the rest of the catalogue. Already better than Era though
I think Era is better than this one by a fair margin. It's only 9 songs and it doesn't have any true bangers (Feet and Landed come close). If you are going to put out a new record this short you better have the songs to pull it off.
Post subject: Re: QOTSA is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Mon August 28, 2017 5:34 am
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I've had this for 3 weeks now. After a week I thought it was pretty average then it started to take root in my head. Now with the better sounding release I enjoy most if not all of it. My gripes are that most of the moments I like have been done better before in their career. Also, if you took Ocean, Tail, Smooth Sailing, FFriends and IAMissing, this is the logical extension. With a lot of TRex thrown in.
Best Track is UnReborn Again.
Domestic Animals I really disliked at first but now I enjoy it. Leg of Lamb nod is nice.
The vocals of Fortress still annoy me. Too sweet a melody and delivery. I'd love to hear both an instrumental version and Lanegan having a crack at it.
And the cymbals are fucking weak. I like a meaty crash.
Post subject: Re: QOTSA is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Mon August 28, 2017 5:42 am
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verb_to_trust wrote:
I think Era is better than this one by a fair margin. It's only 9 songs and it doesn't have any true bangers (Feet and Landed come close). If you are going to put out a new record this short you better have the songs to pull it off.
It's 48 minutes long. That doesn't strike me as unusually short
Post subject: Re: QOTSA is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Mon August 28, 2017 11:39 am
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LetMeSleep wrote:
I've had this for 3 weeks now. After a week I thought it was pretty average then it started to take root in my head. Now with the better sounding release I enjoy most if not all of it. My gripes are that most of the moments I like have been done better before in their career. Also, if you took Ocean, Tail, Smooth Sailing, FFriends and IAMissing, this is the logical extension. With a lot of TRex thrown in.
Best Track is UnReborn Again.
Domestic Animals I really disliked at first but now I enjoy it. Leg of Lamb nod is nice.
The vocals of Fortress still annoy me. Too sweet a melody and delivery. I'd love to hear both an instrumental version and Lanegan having a crack at it.
And the cymbals are fucking weak. I like a meaty crash.
Nope. This sounds much closer to EV or PLDM. This doesn't have the boring self-seriousness of LC.
Post subject: Re: QOTSA is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 12:50 am
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A few times through.
Initial impressions:
I'm enjoying this. The sexiness is there. But, for better or worse, this album sounds like an extension of Clockwork. Some of the songs of similar ilk were done better on Clockwork. Like others, I do wish the drums were more prominent. They have such a kickass drummer - just seems under utilized here. That being said, I think these songs would be a lot of fun to hear live.
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