Consumerism (Follow-Up)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Bought 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?

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My fave alBUMs of 2007 so far

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

The list of faves I posted on ILM four weeks ago:

Björk - Volta (even if you think you know her, this will surprise)

Jordan Pruitt - No Ordinary Girl (Best singer of the current teenpop crop, no contest. Songs all good to great. No filler.)

Ono - Yes I'm a Witch ("remix project": old vocals, mostly entirely new backing from trendy indie and Wire-friendly acts. Results: variable, but Yoko shines throughout)

Gui Boratto - Chromophobia (Kompakt, you know the drill. Or maybe not. This is colourful and dancefloor-friendly, though still short of banging/boshing. Works well as an alBUM to listen to.)

Low - Drums and Guns (the most un-Low-like record they've ever made! Still very indie though)

Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music (cf. League of Pop: trio of pre-Raphaelite young ladies with casios make dreamy indie-pop, with emphasis on the pop)

Spirit Catcher - Night Vision (slick electrohouse from Belgium, not a million miles from Daft Punk but with their rough edges smoothed off)

Clubbers Guide to 2007 (Ministry of Sound mix from the beginning of the year. All the big club hits from the first five months of this year are present and correct. Love this!)

...and I'll now add the Rihanna alBUM to the above list. I commented on this on your earlier thread today.

Recent purchases that I've only listened to once so far:

Ellen Allien - Fabric 34 mix
Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High
Rush - Snakes and Arrows
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - Reinterpretations
Ghosts - The World Is Outside (probably this will turn out not to be the classic I was hoping, but there are a few tracks as good as the two singles)

:)

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

The Gui Boratto album (coming on top of The Field, now that I think further) was the thing that really got me to explore Kompakt, so I'll pile in (late) like everyone else.

Au Revoir Simone is the band well-loved by Fluxblog, no?