10 Album Reviews in 10 Days - #2 Destroyer

[econophile]

MEbenhoe,
Could you give some well-known examples of albums you would give various ratings so that we can better grasp your standards. What popular albums would score 4, 6, 8, or 10?

[samjjones]

I was expecting a KISS album review.

[MEbenhoe]

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MEbenhoe,
Could you give some well-known examples of albums you would give various ratings so that we can better grasp your standards. What popular albums would score 4, 6, 8, or 10?

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The two most recent examples I can think of that would come close to a 10 are the New Pornographers - Twin Cinema and the go team - thunder, lightning, strike.

Stars - Set Yourself on Fire and the two System of a Down albums from last year would be 8 range.

Gorillaz - Demon Days and Audioslave - Out of Exile would both be around 7.

6 range would be albums such as the Arctic Monkeys one from yesterday, Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, and Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (as much as i love that album, i'd have to honestly put it there).

4 range and below is tough to think of off the top of my head, but i hope that helped a little.

[johnnycakes]

I pretty much agree with your review.

My favorite track on Rubies is European Oils.
I LOVE when that guitar riff kicks in at 1:57.
Gives me chills every time.

Looking forward to tomorrow's review. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is my favorite of the year so far.

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MEbenhoe,
Could you give some well-known examples of albums you would give various ratings so that we can better grasp your standards. What popular albums would score 4, 6, 8, or 10?

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The two most recent examples I can think of that would come close to a 10 are the New Pornographers - Twin Cinema and the go team - thunder, lightning, strike.

Stars - Set Yourself on Fire and the two System of a Down albums from last year would be 8 range.

Gorillaz - Demon Days and Audioslave - Out of Exile would both be around 7.

6 range would be albums such as the Arctic Monkeys one from yesterday, Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, and Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (as much as i love that album, i'd have to honestly put it there).

4 range and below is tough to think of off the top of my head, but i hope that helped a little.

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I completely agree with your Arctic Monkeys review. It was forgettable. I've TRIED to listen to the Go! Team, but I find it unbearable. Should I give it another shot?

I will check out Twin Cinema, and Destroyer. I'm pretty sure I won't like Destroyer at all though, based on your description.

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I completely agree with your Arctic Monkeys review. It was forgettable. I've TRIED to listen to the Go! Team, but I find it unbearable. Should I give it another shot?

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maybe, maybe not. It's a great album, but its not for everyone.

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I will check out Twin Cinema, and Destroyer. I'm pretty sure I won't like Destroyer at all though, based on your description.

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yeah, I would pretty much recommend Twin Cinema to anyone.

[Overdrive]

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I was expecting a KISS album review.

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Me too. Destroyer was one of their better ones though. Starting off with the classic Detroit Rock City which has one of the baddest lines in music when the character in the song knows he is going to die and says, "I got to laugh, cause I know I'm gonna die."

Then King of the Night Time World which is great, then the classic God of Thunder, Shout it Out Loud, Beth, Do You Love Me....One of the best Kiss albums if not the best.

It's so sad they didn't keep doing stuff like this and descended into the hell of the Unmasked cd just a few short years later...

[Salt N Shake]

:-(

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Okay, I'm listening to this now. The first song is absolutely horrible, pretty much because of his lyrics and singing. EDIT: No, the whole song is complete crap.

Sounds very contrived, pretentious, fake. Who puts a 9 minute song at the start of an album? Okay, Zeppelin did. Alright, who puts a crappy 9 minute song at the start of an album? These guys do. They need to work on presentation.

THE SINGER HAS GOT TO GO!

Anyways, that's all for my review. I give it a 3 of 10. Bad.

WAIT: YOU GAVE THIS AN 8? joke.

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I will check out Twin Cinema, and Destroyer. I'm pretty sure I won't like Destroyer at all though, based on your description.

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yeah, I would pretty much recommend Twin Cinema to anyone.

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It's really good. You heard it here first. I mean, a year late as always.