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Urban Hat€monger ? 09-06-2005 12:36 PM

Supergrass - Road To Rouen
 
Got this yesterday.

Just WOW.

You can really tell they`ve matured.This album is gorgeous full of strings & melodies & they still have the really catchy pop hooks , although it`s done in a totally different way. The loud stomping rock songs they did in the past are gone but the songs are so good you dont miss them one bit.

I`ve liked this band since their debut album came out which must be about 10 years ago now & I can honestly say this is the best album they have ever released.

And there`s not that many bands you can say that about after 10 years & 5 albums.

right-track 09-10-2005 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Got this yesterday.

Just WOW.

You can really tell they`ve matured.This album is gorgeous full of strings & melodies & they still have the really catchy pop hooks , although it`s done in a totally different way. The loud stomping rock songs they did in the past are gone but the songs are so good you dont miss them one bit.

I`ve liked this band since their debut album came out which must be about 10 years ago now & I can honestly say this is the best album they have ever released.

And there`s not that many bands you can say that about after 10 years & 5 albums.

True, true, true...

...this album grows and grows with every listen.

cloudwalrus 09-15-2005 09:51 AM

Really liked st petersburg,the rest of the album sound like that? i found their britpop stuff a bit too annoying.St petersburg sounds like theyve grown up.

kida 11-01-2008 05:12 PM

Supergrass
 
Just heard them they are ****ing brilliant. What do you think of them?

right-track 11-01-2008 05:26 PM

I'd almost forgotten about this band.
Shame cos I quite liked them.
No idea what they did after Road to Rouen...

jackhammer 11-01-2008 05:54 PM

'I Should Coco' has some cracking tunes. A few tunes passed my radar but not enough to declare my undying love for them lol

Akira 11-01-2008 05:56 PM

They really are such a fun band to listen to, and often get overlooked. you only have to listen to a greatest hits selection, like Supergrass is 10, to see how many great catchy songs they did.

Rainard Jalen 11-02-2008 01:36 AM

they're aiight. they had enough good songs during the heyday of britpop. one of the better acts of the period without any doubt. i'm not sure if they really have done anything worth a mention in the last 10 years, tho.

Bulldog 11-02-2008 01:33 PM

They're one of the best bands doing business today in my opinion. Road To Rouen is a brilliant, brilliant album. In It For the Money and their self-titled albums are sheer class too

jackhammer 11-02-2008 01:40 PM

I would'nt mind hearing their debut again. Unfortunately I can't find it now ;)

cfletch11 02-10-2009 04:13 AM

Supergrass are a vital band with much dollar value per square inch of music. I would guide people to their album 'life on other planets' it's a psychadelic punk mashup, brilliant song writing unique delivery. track that record down.

Guybrush 02-10-2009 04:33 AM

Wow, way to bump an old thread.

I like Supergrass a lot too, but I don't think I share the same enjoyment for their later stuff. It's been going down for them the last 3 albums, I think.

I should coco, In it for the money and Supergrass are all very good albums.

cfletch11 02-11-2009 03:49 AM

yeah i know a lot of people agree with you...I guess a part of me agrees to, the first 3 are the classics, maybe my opinion is coloured by the fact that I saw them when they were touring their later albums, I feel a stronger connection with the riffs, melodies, and production of the last 3 albums......

Guybrush 02-11-2009 03:56 AM

Especially on the last album, Diamond Hoo Ha, I think the Supergrass sound is getting somewhat watered down. They're sounding more and more like modern rock contemporaries .. Road to Rouen was a good album, I really liked songs like St. Petersburg, but I tired of the songs rather quickly and they had little replay-value.

cfletch11 02-11-2009 06:41 PM

whats your opinon of 'life on other planets'.....one of the songs off that album was meant to be on 'I should Coco'. I would say they are the third best live band I've ever seen!!!

Malicious Wakizashi 02-11-2009 08:56 PM

Yeah Supergrass has done some pretty good stuff. I Should Coco got me hooked and I think its a pretty good start for people interested in this band. In It for the Money is good, Life on Other Planets I have but have not listened to as much as the others... on Road to Rouen you can definitely tell they are moving a step forward... almost more serious with their music and less silly as on I Should Coco.

Guybrush 02-12-2009 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfletch11 (Post 594875)
whats your opinon of 'life on other planets'.....one of the songs off that album was meant to be on 'I should Coco'. I would say they are the third best live band I've ever seen!!!

It's a good album .. there are some enjoyable songs like brecon beacons, rush hour soul, seen the light, run, can't get up, funniest thing, run .. all those are good, enjoyable songs. But I don't think any of them really touch upon the genius of songs like Time (I should coco), Richard II (In it for the Money) or Mary (Supergrass) ..

I prefer Life on other Planets to road to rouen actually, but I think overall, the sound is a bit simpler and the songs again have less to keep you coming back compared to the earlier albums.

For example, most should be easy to play if you're learning guitar. :p

TheBig3 09-08-2022 07:45 PM


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music_collector 09-11-2022 08:03 PM

I inherited their self titled album. I have yet to play it.


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