No.
Really, do I have to?
My blog. My Rules. my ears might start bleeding. No one wants bleeding ears.
What was I thinking when I paid money for this?
Obviously I wasn't.
skippable song - all of them?
guilty pleasure - It's all coming back to back to me but I'll listen to the Meatloaf version instead
Friday, March 20, 2009
17. All the pain money can buy - Fastball
I don't know if it's a reflection of the album, but I'd complete forgotten that this album, the band and the songs existed. Yes, more late '90s generic rock?pop?
But I'm enjoying it, you can say maybe I'm stuck in the 90s (and yay, plaid is back. check out my new converse shoes...http://tinyurl.com/cla7lj) but it isn't a bad cd to listen to on a Friday night.
Don't know much about the band Fastball, sounds like they have 2 different singers, I shall look them up on wikipedia. Well, apparently this album made Platinum sales within 6 months of release and stayed in the top 200 for a year. The follow up didn't do so well. But looks like they are still around, and will be releasing a new album in 2009. Maybe I'll check it out. 10 years after "all the pain money can buy" it still stacks up as a reasonably listenable disc, so I'll give them a chance this year.
favourite song - the way (it was my favourite back in whatever year it was on the radio) and out of my head
skippable song - sooner or later - just yuck. fast forward please.
Fastball on wikipedia
released 1998 -All the pain money can buy
But I'm enjoying it, you can say maybe I'm stuck in the 90s (and yay, plaid is back. check out my new converse shoes...http://tinyurl.com/cla7lj) but it isn't a bad cd to listen to on a Friday night.
Don't know much about the band Fastball, sounds like they have 2 different singers, I shall look them up on wikipedia. Well, apparently this album made Platinum sales within 6 months of release and stayed in the top 200 for a year. The follow up didn't do so well. But looks like they are still around, and will be releasing a new album in 2009. Maybe I'll check it out. 10 years after "all the pain money can buy" it still stacks up as a reasonably listenable disc, so I'll give them a chance this year.
favourite song - the way (it was my favourite back in whatever year it was on the radio) and out of my head
skippable song - sooner or later - just yuck. fast forward please.
Fastball on wikipedia
released 1998 -All the pain money can buy
Back....
I took a break. Bought a new ipod - the 120GB, probably the last 'classic' ipod I'll ever purchase. That makes 7 ipods in total. Sold one (my 3g 15gb, and I regret the parting) and broke one (first gen nano)...
bought more music too. But spent the past few months listening and discovering the genius of the New Pornographers, Immaculate Machine and Neko Case.
But there are still too many albums that I've never listened to, so here I am, back at the blog, and churning my way through the "A" section. And there is still a long way to go...
bought more music too. But spent the past few months listening and discovering the genius of the New Pornographers, Immaculate Machine and Neko Case.
But there are still too many albums that I've never listened to, so here I am, back at the blog, and churning my way through the "A" section. And there is still a long way to go...
Saturday, August 30, 2008
16. All the lost souls - James Blunt
It's the curse of the second album. The first was a huge commercial success, I liked parts of it. But 'all the lost souls' really just "back to bedlam" redux. It might just be my preference for the followup album to be different and the artist to take risks with something that deviates from the formula of the last cd.
Or maybe I'm just being pretentious. I was sent the first album from a friend in the UK before it hit New Zealand, so approached it with open ears and no preconceptions. And I really enjoyed it. But then he became "the next big thing" and was everywhere on the radio and tv. I never want to hear the song You're beautiful ever again
And 'All the Lost Souls' although it has highlights like '1973', 'same mistake' and the catchy 'give me some love' (reminiscent of the catchy 'so long jimmy'), everything just seems a bit boring and the same as the last. There are some way better male singer/songwriters who I'd rather spend my time listening to.
I'm not anti - commercial top 40 stuff, but I think my future in that 'genre' will be one of picking individual tracks off itunes. I'll save my limited $ to spend on CDs that are a little bit different. More of Mr Glen Phillips maybe ;)
Or maybe I'm just being pretentious. I was sent the first album from a friend in the UK before it hit New Zealand, so approached it with open ears and no preconceptions. And I really enjoyed it. But then he became "the next big thing" and was everywhere on the radio and tv. I never want to hear the song You're beautiful ever again
And 'All the Lost Souls' although it has highlights like '1973', 'same mistake' and the catchy 'give me some love' (reminiscent of the catchy 'so long jimmy'), everything just seems a bit boring and the same as the last. There are some way better male singer/songwriters who I'd rather spend my time listening to.
I'm not anti - commercial top 40 stuff, but I think my future in that 'genre' will be one of picking individual tracks off itunes. I'll save my limited $ to spend on CDs that are a little bit different. More of Mr Glen Phillips maybe ;)
Friday, August 29, 2008
15. All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer
Original Release Date: March 23, 2004
The fourth album that I listened to on Tuesday. From Sum41 straight on to Sarah Harmer is a bit of shock. But I do really like this album, bought on the recommendation from someone on the fte list. That was a good bunch of cds that I bought back in early 2004 when the $NZ went over 60cents against the $US. Unfortunately I had a listen or two in the car, liked it, then put in the next cd I'd bought - 'this business of art' and was hooked on t&s and kind of forgot about all other music for a while there (I went on to buy 'if it was you' immediately, and preordered 'so jealous' which was released later in the year).
Sarah Harmer is another in the long line of Canadian singers or bands that I seem to really like. And wouldn't have discovered if I hadn't been a fan of Sarah McLachlan. It seems a lot of the music I listen to now is all Canadian.
There isn't one song on the cd that stands out too much, it's a good album to have on in the evenings or a lazy sunday afternoon when it's wet and grey outside.
But if you are interested, check out "Greeting Card Aisle". It's a good song.
The fourth album that I listened to on Tuesday. From Sum41 straight on to Sarah Harmer is a bit of shock. But I do really like this album, bought on the recommendation from someone on the fte list. That was a good bunch of cds that I bought back in early 2004 when the $NZ went over 60cents against the $US. Unfortunately I had a listen or two in the car, liked it, then put in the next cd I'd bought - 'this business of art' and was hooked on t&s and kind of forgot about all other music for a while there (I went on to buy 'if it was you' immediately, and preordered 'so jealous' which was released later in the year).
Sarah Harmer is another in the long line of Canadian singers or bands that I seem to really like. And wouldn't have discovered if I hadn't been a fan of Sarah McLachlan. It seems a lot of the music I listen to now is all Canadian.
There isn't one song on the cd that stands out too much, it's a good album to have on in the evenings or a lazy sunday afternoon when it's wet and grey outside.
But if you are interested, check out "Greeting Card Aisle". It's a good song.
14. All Killer, No Filler - Sum 41
Original Release Date: May 8, 2001
To sum up - Blink 182 wannabes with moments of the beastie boys on a couple of songs. I haven't followed their career since, so don't know if they deviated from the formula later on. Other than that I still quite like them and this album! I'm now over thirty but I still enjoy this light loud stuff some days and it is a bit of a relief after listening to 90s pop Alishas attic style. (yes, had a bit of time to myself at work the other day and managed to get through about four albums on my list)
'Fat lip' is a favourite, as is 'Motivation'. From memory I bought the cd for that song back in 2001, and it was good music to listen to when trying to keep myself awake on a boring evening shift.
Don't know whether the title 'All Killer, No Filler' as some of the songs sound a bit
too much like each other. It is an album I can listen too right through without fastforwarding as long as I don't think about it too much and decide to listen to Blink 182 instead....
To sum up - Blink 182 wannabes with moments of the beastie boys on a couple of songs. I haven't followed their career since, so don't know if they deviated from the formula later on. Other than that I still quite like them and this album! I'm now over thirty but I still enjoy this light loud stuff some days and it is a bit of a relief after listening to 90s pop Alishas attic style. (yes, had a bit of time to myself at work the other day and managed to get through about four albums on my list)
'Fat lip' is a favourite, as is 'Motivation'. From memory I bought the cd for that song back in 2001, and it was good music to listen to when trying to keep myself awake on a boring evening shift.
Don't know whether the title 'All Killer, No Filler' as some of the songs sound a bit
too much like each other. It is an album I can listen too right through without fastforwarding as long as I don't think about it too much and decide to listen to Blink 182 instead....
Thursday, August 28, 2008
13. Alisha Rules the World - Alisha's Attic
Release Date - haven't been able to really track this one down - it is listed as 2006 and 2007
I'm in two minds about this one. I still like "I am, I feel" but then that was the only song off this album that I heard in the 90s and I still like it now. But not sure if that is more because it was a favourite for a few months back then or if is a good song that has stands up ten years later.
I did notice that the rest of the album it kind of reminds me in places of "hormonally yours" by Shakespears Sister. Overall it is pretty good but definitively 90s. I found it pretty hard to listen to all of it, there were parts that I would really have loved to have fast forwarded through, and I probably will never listen to the full album again, although I'll probably add "I am I feel" or "Indestructable" to a playlist every now and then. If you are a fan of this style of '90s girl pop music, you'd probably like it - it's certainly better than B'witched!
I'm in two minds about this one. I still like "I am, I feel" but then that was the only song off this album that I heard in the 90s and I still like it now. But not sure if that is more because it was a favourite for a few months back then or if is a good song that has stands up ten years later.
I did notice that the rest of the album it kind of reminds me in places of "hormonally yours" by Shakespears Sister. Overall it is pretty good but definitively 90s. I found it pretty hard to listen to all of it, there were parts that I would really have loved to have fast forwarded through, and I probably will never listen to the full album again, although I'll probably add "I am I feel" or "Indestructable" to a playlist every now and then. If you are a fan of this style of '90s girl pop music, you'd probably like it - it's certainly better than B'witched!
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