The Album Club: "Somewhere Deep In the Night" by Swing Out Sister

OccultHawk · 12-28-2017, 05:24 PM

I think they took it down just this week.

**Frownland** · 12-28-2017, 06:46 PM

Probably different regional licensing. Those UK bastards get TMR on Spotify too.

OccultHawk · 12-28-2017, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Probably different regional licensing. Those UK bastards get TMR on Spotify too.

The lack of Beefheart does suck. Or those live bootlegs or whatever they are. Pisses me off.

Trollheart · 12-28-2017, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I think they took it down just this week.

No, I'm still listening to it.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Probably different regional licensing. Those UK bastards get TMR on Spotify too.

Yeah, could be that I guess.

OccultHawk · 12-28-2017, 07:37 PM

I saw it on there earlier and set it up to listen and now it’s gone. I do have Spotify set to show music they don’t have, though. The stuff they don’t have is written with dimmer light.

OccultHawk · 12-29-2017, 09:09 PM

It’s hard to find anything not to like. The songs are very well-crafted. The vocal arrangements are fantastic. The production and the orchestration is great. The songs are catchy and fun to listen to on a pop level and the jazz and soul elements are tastefully and intelligently incorporated. It’s a good record. Voted liked it. Would probably go 3/5 stars back in the day but adjusted for inflation I’ll say 4/5 stars.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-01-2018, 04:01 AM

By all means very pleasant music. I very much enjoy the reverby-yet-crystal-clear sound of many of the tracks. While the vocals are good and it all sounds very appealing, I'm just not really feeling grabbed as such. Maybe with repeat listens - and I do want to return to this album. It's good music, but I wish the music and the melodies were just a bit more interesting.

I voted "liked it".

Trollheart · 01-01-2018, 05:28 AM

I'll do a more involved appreciation of it soon; I've listened about five times now and I want to make a proper review. But as a quick reaction, I think I pretty much loved this, and I've voted as such.

TechnicLePanther · 01-03-2018, 06:57 PM

I thought most of the tracks were simply pass-able. Perhaps I'm just not in the mood, but most of this album was just not interesting in the slightest. The first track is a best by far. Rated "meh".

P.S. Also possible the poor quality of the YT tracks put me off but you know what that isn't my fault. This seems to me like the kind of album that needs some pretty flawless production.

Psy-Fi · 01-04-2018, 02:53 PM

A very well written, played, sung, arranged, and produced album. There's nothing here I didn't like musically, lyrically, vocally, or from a production standpoint. The (slight) problem was that it didn't really grab me quite the way it usually does when all of those factors are present so there was just a certain something missing which kept me from rating this a bit higher. I can see this one possibly growing on me over time, though, so that could change.
The album reminded me of a lot of 60's & 70's jazz/pop and jazz/pop soundtrack music which I tend to like. Exceptionally well done throughout and it was interesting enough for me to want to listen to it 5 times. I can definitely see myself coming back to listen to this again sometime in the future. It also got me interested in checking into their other albums, so that's a bonus in my book.

8.5/10

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12-28-2017, 05:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I think they took it down just this week. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-28-2017, 06:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Probably different regional licensing. Those UK bastards get TMR on Spotify too. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-28-2017, 07:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I saw it on there earlier and set it up to listen and now it’s gone. I do have Spotify set to show music they don’t have, though. The stuff they don’t have is written with dimmer light. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-29-2017, 09:09 PM	#16 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	It’s hard to find anything not to like. The songs are very well-crafted. The vocal arrangements are fantastic. The production and the orchestration is great. The songs are catchy and fun to listen to on a pop level and the jazz and soul elements are tastefully and intelligently incorporated. It’s a good record. Voted liked it. Would probably go 3/5 stars back in the day but adjusted for inflation I’ll say 4/5 stars. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-01-2018, 04:01 AM	#17 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	By all means very pleasant music. I very much enjoy the reverby-yet-crystal-clear sound of many of the tracks. While the vocals are good and it all sounds very appealing, I'm just not really feeling grabbed as such. Maybe with repeat listens - and I do want to return to this album. It's good music, but I wish the music and the melodies were just a bit more interesting. I voted "liked it".

01-01-2018, 05:28 AM	#18 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	I'll do a more involved appreciation of it soon; I've listened about five times now and I want to make a proper review. But as a quick reaction, I think I pretty much loved this, and I've voted as such. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-03-2018, 06:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	I thought most of the tracks were simply pass-able. Perhaps I'm just not in the mood, but most of this album was just not interesting in the slightest. The first track is a best by far. Rated "meh". P.S. Also possible the poor quality of the YT tracks put me off but you know what that isn't my fault. This seems to me like the kind of album that needs some pretty flawless production. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.