Taking a break from my metal expedition for a bit and doing something different.
Unpopular opinion: either 2010 did not have many good albums, or the people who voted for
The Suburbs as album of the year were all high, but this is pretty far from a perfect album. It has way too much filler, and the pacing/track order is just terrible. The first four tracks, "The Suburbs," "Ready To Start," "Modern Man," and "Rococo," are all superb, but after that, none of the songs even come close to matching any of those. The songs after those just really get all mellow and I cannot stand most of them. It is just a very oddly sorted album and the track order needed a serious revamp before the album was made in my opinion. "The Suburbs" is probably the high point of this album for me, along with "Modern Man." The closing track is also fantastic.
Overall, not really impressed with this album. A
measly 2/5 from me.