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Post by teddykongcountry on Dec 24, 2017 2:47:20 GMT
I've been a fan of Gorillaz since hearing Feel Good Inc. back in the day. When Humans was announced, I can't say I was too excited but the few songs I heard did intrigue me.
What I liked after listening to this album multiple times is that songs that I previously hadn't heard or underestimated grew more on me than the ones that I heard before and enjoyed. There are several sleeper tracks on this album that have a strong feeling behind them. In conjunction with other songs on the album, it makes for a smooth and streamlined listening experience.
With that being said, not every track on this album lives up to the Gorillaz reputation as the patricians of the indie class. The album puts on a lot of artists that are "up and coming" and not so much people who already have solid reputations. While I mostly prefer this, several tracks are forgettable for that reason.
Even so, I LOVE the balance between variety and consistency between songs; at one moment, you may be hearing underground hip-hop ft. Albarn and the next a roots-reggae style track. Yes, there are many interludes but they don't steal the shine of the great tracks on the album.
I got a solid 4 stars out of 5 for this album and look forward to any and all future Gorillaz projects.
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 24, 2017 4:43:34 GMT
Not a bad band. Gorillaz has some very good tracks in their repertoire that really stand out.
My only issue with mainstream music is that I would rarely like the entire album. I'm not talking about Gorillaz in particular, but mainstream music in general.
For example I remember getting an album and absolutely loving 4 to 6 songs then thinking the others were like meh. That's for pretty much all of them such as:
- 4 Non Blondes
- A Perfect Circle
- Alanis Morrisset
- Alice In Chains
- Alien Ant Farm
- Audioslave
- Bestie Boys
- Black Label Society
- Blink 182
- Bloodhound Gang
- Blur
- Coldplay
- Crazy Town
- Creed
- Daft Punk
- Deftones
- Depeche Mode
- Disturbed
- Everlast
- Faith No More
- Fatboy Slim
- Foo Fighters
- Garbage
- Godmasck
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Green Day
- Incubus
- Jamiroquai
- Jet
- Kid Rock
- Korn
- Lenny Kravitz
- Limp Bizkit
- Linking Park
- Marilyn Manson
- Matchbox Twenty
- Moby
- Nickelback
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana
- No Doubt
- Oasis
- Orgy
- P.O.D.
- Papa Roach
- Pearl Jam
- Pet Shop Boys
- Queens Of The Stone Age
- Radiohead
- Rage Against The Machine
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Savage Garden
- Sixpence None The Richer
- Slipknot
- Smash Mouth
- Soundgarden
- Staind
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Sublime
- Sugar Ray
- Sum 41
- System Of A Down
- The Cardigans
- The Chemical Brothers
- The Cramberries
- The Hives
- The Offspring
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Strokes
- The Verve
- The Vines
- The White Stripes
- U2
- Velvet Revolver
- Weezer
..., and more, you name it.
It was rare to find an album that I would like entirely on mainstream music. Maybe Nevermind by Nirvana, or Americana by The Offspring. To be fair there were many albums I did not give a fair chance, so I'm sure there were more than one I missed.
That's why I moved on from it, and found music labels like Metal Blade, Century Media, SPV, and Nuclear Blast that finally gave me that full satisfaction I was after. Not with everything they have to offer, but with a considerable amount of their propositions.
That's not to say I don't like mainstream music. I enjoy it as well, a lot. For a while I admit I did gave them my back, but now I'm over that and I welcome them as well, as they have a lot of goods to offer, even when they can't always be consistent with them. The same goes for EDM and other popular genres, where there are also a few exceptions, but still many lack that consistency.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely look into it and I'm looking forward to enjoy it.
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