Consumerism (Follow-Up)
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poptimistsBought 3 albums today.
Amerie: first half uniformly gorgeous, love the 86/87 washed-out synth-soul-pop she's using as a template, love the way breaking up songs has become her "thing" post 1-Thing. Second half slows down, I tune out, there's still stuff to like but not itching to hear the back end again.
Dizzee: usual curate's egg - "Pussy'ole" is funny, savage awesome, so is "Where's Da Gs" tho sadly no chicken noises on that one. There is an awful lot of putting ppl down for not being real on this album. DO NOT WANT to know what Dizzee thinks of the state of the world, Lily Allen collab disappointing, enough lust and venom on eg Flex, Bubbles, Da Feelin to make this a "keeper". I'll probably listen to it more than his other albums tbh.
Rihanna - just started listening, very pop but also sounds weirdly thin: where are the BIG ENGINE REVS that have made her number one for eleventy weeks? Futher reports possible. "Breakin Dishes" is good.
What do you think of these PLATTERS? If you've heard them. What else should I be buying in my newly ALBUM-FRIENDLY state?
Amerie: first half uniformly gorgeous, love the 86/87 washed-out synth-soul-pop she's using as a template, love the way breaking up songs has become her "thing" post 1-Thing. Second half slows down, I tune out, there's still stuff to like but not itching to hear the back end again.
Dizzee: usual curate's egg - "Pussy'ole" is funny, savage awesome, so is "Where's Da Gs" tho sadly no chicken noises on that one. There is an awful lot of putting ppl down for not being real on this album. DO NOT WANT to know what Dizzee thinks of the state of the world, Lily Allen collab disappointing, enough lust and venom on eg Flex, Bubbles, Da Feelin to make this a "keeper". I'll probably listen to it more than his other albums tbh.
Rihanna - just started listening, very pop but also sounds weirdly thin: where are the BIG ENGINE REVS that have made her number one for eleventy weeks? Futher reports possible. "Breakin Dishes" is good.
What do you think of these PLATTERS? If you've heard them. What else should I be buying in my newly ALBUM-FRIENDLY state?
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Date: 2007-06-21 03:59 pm (UTC)Rihanna is improving as it goes on, as Moggy promised.
Might try Kelly. Definitely looking forward to MIA - this after disliking her last one, too, but "Boyz" and "Bird Flu" are colossal.
What did you think of Fleetwood Mac, by the way?
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Date: 2007-06-21 04:06 pm (UTC)'Boyz' still hasn't grown on me completely! 'Jimmy' and 'Paper Planes' are the ones to watch out for though...
I'm so glad there are other people who agree that the second half of the Rihanna is better than the first half - I also love the title track (which is really odd and emotionally conflicted, and you can totally tell a man wrote it, and maybe a man should be singing it, I can't get a handle on where it's coming from but in a good way).
There are lots of great break-up songs on the Kelly. The singles apart the theme is v much "looking back on former relationship from every conceivable angle".
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Date: 2007-06-21 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 06:21 pm (UTC)Also recommend "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" by Miranda Lambert (my #1 of the year) and Kelly Clarkson's new one (v. dark, though, kind of a slog but I love it) if you can find it. Someone you know might be able to email you a zip file. (hint)
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Date: 2007-06-21 07:14 pm (UTC)