MB Album Club 2022

Lisnaholic · 05-02-2023, 04:54 PM

^ Good question! I suppose for years, I often liked having something for my eyes to do while I was listening to an album, so Sgt. Pepper's was kind of good in that sense, but yeah, it's a bit daft to expect every album cover to entertain you in that way.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I think it's a great album cover. And I went to design school—so there, haters.

It's interesting to me that some people perceive minimalism as somehow being low effort.

Ouch! You have pinpointed what I must confess is my instinctive reaction to a minimalist album cover, even if I hadn't realised it!

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Originally Posted by SGR

^ She's wearing the album cover design! So that's quite neat, but my idea carries with it a subtle visual word-play on the band's name:

....Blooms, geddit?

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Bloom - Beach House

I've listened to this twice and it just hasn't impressed me. I mean, I like it until it seems all of it is the same, then I just don't care. I kind of feel like I'm drowning in a bath of honey and sugar with the cutest teddy bear in the world shoving my head under and keeping it there. I'm suffocating. None of it sounds any different to me - I'm sure it is, but it all sounds the same - and the guy's voice just gets on my nerves after a while. Sorry I know it's a short and probably slightly brutal review, but I don't care for it, I won't remember it and I really don't want to hear it a third time.

Yep, that was similar to my feeling in many ways, TH, though you have expressed it more graphically, with the suffocating teddy bear.

Did you forget to allocate a number, which helps when I work out those average grades per album ? I've been putting down a "rather not rate this album" as a zero, which really pulls down its score. Perhaps instead I should just not count you in the tally for those albums, which of course gives the album a higher rating than it's really earning.

Trollheart · 05-02-2023, 06:56 PM

Honestly I didn't bother, since this will be the last one reviewed here, but then I did carry over all the scores onto SCD so yeah I guess I should. Despite what I said above it does have a nice sound and I wouldn't give it a low score, so let's say, oh, 7/10. How's that?

I think I thought it was a guy because s/he reminds me of yer man from the Lightning Seeds a little.

Maybe it's just me.

Feel free to post your reviews of this album here, but as we now have new members over at SCD please ONLY post reviews on Grandaddy and all further albums over there. TVM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqM...ZWRzIHB1cmU%3D

djchameleon · 05-03-2023, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Honestly I didn't bother, since this will be the last one reviewed here, but then I did carry over all the scores onto SCD so yeah I guess I should.

Feel free to post your reviews of this album here, but as we now have new members over at SCD please ONLY post reviews on Grandaddy and all further albums over there.

Is the name of the thread the same over there? I took a peek but couldn't find it.

rubber soul · 05-03-2023, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Honestly I didn't bother, since this will be the last one reviewed here, but then I did carry over all the scores onto SCD so yeah I guess I should. Despite what I said above it does have a nice sound and I wouldn't give it a low score, so let's say, oh, 7/10. How's that?

I think I thought it was a guy because s/he reminds me of yer man from the Lightning Seeds a little.

Maybe it's just me.

Feel free to post your reviews of this album here, but as we now have new members over at SCD please ONLY post reviews on Grandaddy and all further albums over there. TVM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqM...ZWRzIHB1cmU%3D

Are we all now over at SCD?

Trollheart · 05-03-2023, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Is the name of the thread the same over there? I took a peek but couldn't find it.

Here it is https://scd.community/index.php?topic=318.0

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Are we all now over at SCD?

I think so. Not sure about DJ, and Fetcher, Music Collector and Carpe are all kind of not here at the moment, but the majority of us are over there, so I think it makes sense to just respond over there now.

05-02-2023, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Honestly I didn't bother, since this will be the last one reviewed here, but then I did carry over all the scores onto SCD so yeah I guess I should. Despite what I said above it does have a nice sound and I wouldn't give it a low score, so let's say, oh, 7/10. How's that? I think I thought it was a guy because s/he reminds me of yer man from the Lightning Seeds a little. Maybe it's just me. Feel free to post your reviews of this album here, but as we now have new members over at SCD please ONLY post reviews on Grandaddy and all further albums over there. TVM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqM...ZWRzIHB1cmU%3D __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018