24-05-2012, 08:49
(This post was last modified: 24-05-2012, 09:26 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
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PAUL WELLER "SONIK KICKS", 2012
Finally bit the bullet and got this piece of musical crap...
Weller goes Kraut Rock..about 30 years too late IMO.the whole thing just sounds dated,forced,flat,uninspired and uninspiring...the lyrics are possibly the worst of his 35 year spanning career, his vocals seem to be flat also,sounds like he is also uninspiredby the sounds he is making...sort of a means to an end maybe???,maybe his contract is up for renewal and he doesnt want to renew it, or maybe doesnt want Island Records to offer him a renewal...i dont know?, this is without a doubt the worst album of his career...worse than that stupid Style Council "cost of loving" album from 1987....
even the tracks that get "**" here barely make the grade IMO and almost all the tracks would not be worthy "b-sides" to singles at any time throughout his career...
stupid thing is though, with some of the live links below the songs sound a bit better without the studio trickery and dumbass synths...but thats the way it was recorded and thats how it is marked here
crap by both Macca and Weller this year,below par albums from Neil and Tim Finn also last year...lets hope and pray that Neil Young's new one due out next month makes the grade!!!!
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: that dangerous age
best track: paper chase
tracks:
1. green *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NCeCo4lqY vevo video
2. the attic **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZIl7McOC8 live
3. kling i klang **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAc9CQGyqK0 live
4. sleep of the serene *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwqFVmR6x-I video
5. by the waters *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohp1nV70y6A live
6. that dangerous age *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcJ3-1QZfk live
7. study in blue **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK3kc63xKXQ audio
8. dragonfly *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrRYOGPL-GM audio
9. when your garden's overgrown *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcxSdnxUDa8 audio
10.around the lake **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdOi9lVutJ0&ob=av2e video
11.twilight *
12.drifters *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6a-BYQLT4 audio
13.paper chase **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-N61YZ8_R0 audio
14.be happy children *
3s=0
2s=5
1s=9
rating: 1.3
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.