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Post by kenny on Dec 14, 2007 12:08:45 GMT -5
From what I've heard of this album, theres some pretty good tracks on this album. Probably my favorite of them so far is "Waiting for the 7:18," simply because it's a fabulous mix of the good tracks from their first album, Silent Alarm, and in general upping the emotionally deep content, as well as setting everything to a good beat. Kind of reminds me of some of Franz Ferdinand's "L. Wells" on occasion. As soon as I get some iTunes bucks I'll see if I can buy some tracks or perhaps the full album.
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Post by kenny on Dec 15, 2007 1:23:38 GMT -5
Oh yes, I managed to acquire the last copy of this from the local Borders, along with a copy of the 1995 Michael Mann thriller "Heat." I'll certainly review both on this forum when Christmas rolls around.
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Post by kenny on Dec 28, 2007 18:12:03 GMT -5
I liked this album a whole lot better than Silent Alarm for several reasons:
#1- The politics that permeated the previous album are much lower key here, and less militantly liberal- Silent Alarm's "Helicopter" was an example of how blatant the political messages were, with lyrics like "He's born a liar, he'll die a liar" (the whole song is slamming President Bush in this regard), but the messages are less obvious here which works to the album's new sound quite well.
#2- The music is much more personal this time around. I can't really explain why I feel this way, but I guess you only get one "Waiting for the 7:18." In any case, many of the songs have slow half then fast half, which is a song form that I find likable. Bloc Party did this with the first album as well, but reason #1 made it lose some points.
Problems: mostly technical. One of the tracks on my CD ("Sunday" in particular) simply refuses to play. As a matter of fact, trying to play the track from the CD prompted my computer to unexpectedly restart for reasons that I still don't get. As for the music itself, it's much better this time around, and also no random F-bomb "Positive Tension" track to knock the rating up to explicit this time, so this is mostly a kid friendly CD (with the exception of the liberal preaching that we can expect from Kele Okereke. At least he's quieter about it this time.) I'd give "A Weekend in the City" 3 out of 4.
EDIT: My major mistake. This is NOT a very kid friendly CD- we have themes of sex, drugs, and politics on this CD. Ah well, anything is better delivered with a British accent.
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