kubrickblues

A greeting to the reviewer I don't know, but I'm glad for him since things are going well. This album is one of my absolute favorites in my collection, and when it comes to the killings, together with Night Time, it's the best without a doubt.

I just gave him a taste. It's definitely a descent into hell, but the music, for the little I've heard, didn't really "grab" me, except for one piece whose title I can't remember. Honestly, I liked them much more in the beginning. Anyway, I'll listen more closely and judge. The review is excellent, just like the cover; I agree with mariaelena.

I apologize to all of you for the much more than a couple of lines I wrote, I didn't realize it. It was just a pure outburst from a disappointed fan, I’m punishing myself with a trip from Rome to Helsinki with an uninterrupted play of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie records.

For the almost excellent review, I would have added a few more lines to better describe the main songs, even though you conveyed the idea of the album's style very well. As for the topic of discussion, I’ve dipped into it a bit here and there, what can I say... I need to listen to it better, I'm fresh off a slight taste, but it doesn’t convince me, I will let you know... They are certainly not the powerful and energetic Who of the past, and to say that the intro of the first track promised something similar to Baba O'Riley, but gradually the album becomes more "unplugged". But it’s in vogue now, unplugged is cool, it sounds very intellectual, even the great Boss, hugely praised by audiences and critics for his recent works, in my opinion has lost a bit of his edge. Forgive my term, I usually don’t like to speak ill, but I’m sincerely getting fed up with seeing the legends pulling the plug, they should really unplug if they can’t keep up, or maybe it’s old age that changes tastes, styles, needs, and this is coming from someone who is not a kid, bah... I also understand their needs, let them do what they want, but let’s not say these are great albums. They are nowhere near comparable to the old ones. I generally find a purely acoustic album to be quite boring. Sometimes I enjoy a certain acoustic song, if it’s truly a masterpiece, but a whole album, alas... Just as background music, but way in the background. Don’t remind me of old Zeppelin ballads, for goodness’ sake, that’s a different kind, a different beat, and still integrated into heterogeneous albums. Electricity and acoustics are fine, but more of the former, definitely not the latter alone. This is what I think. I don’t know if I’ve made myself clear.

Overly praised the album by Southman; for me it essentially comes down to his final phrase: an album without praise and without infamy. But along with Who's Joe and a few other tracks, except for Morning Night and Day, which South described as anonymous, a track that sounds commercial but still appeals to me very much. However, the N.O. do their duty in just a few songs; overall, my old school vote for the album would be around 5+, maybe. The review is well written and articulated, but I partly agree with the judgment on the album. If possible, I would give 2.5 to both the review and the album, although ultimately the review is better than the album. For New Order, compared to their previous work, the stunning Get Ready, they took as many steps backward as the boy from The Shining did in the final sequence of the maze. Disappointment!

Review good or not? I don't know, I can't give it a rating, also because it's too narrow-minded, although I understand and partially agree that the album didn't appeal to PTR. I don't think he made a wrong comment about the album, but he's too drastic in general, as seen in discussions about echoes now lost like Joy Division and the dead new wave. I would simply say that the album sounds decent, but essentially it's not much, except for a few moments. It's very, very far behind Get Ready. Personally, I liked Who's Joe, Morning Night and Day, and a few other tracks. The rest is just some good but unused ideas, decent opening or closing fragments of some songs, a few ideas, tracks that don’t say much, some very well packaged, even catchy and enjoyable up to one listen, but in essence, bland, others very trivial. The previous album Get Ready, however, dear PTR, was, in my humble opinion, a masterpiece, a synthesis of rock and new wave, class and energy, old ideas excellently renewed mixed with new ones. It was an album that showed that New Order were not dead at all and that they had indeed revived a new, fresh, powerful wave, far from the dead new wave. But perhaps, as another deb wrote, you never liked New Order and you stuck to Joy Division, nothing to say, it's a matter of taste; I like both, even though they're stylistically so far apart. Rating of the review n.g./the album 2.5. PTR, have you listened to Get Ready, what do you think?

perfect review, stunning album. Porcupine Tree just keep getting better, and to think they started off great several years ago. With this album, they have reached their peak, in my humble opinion. Truly amazing in a time when I don’t see and especially don’t hear much rock around. Regenerating oxygen!!

trell, do you think it's a bad sign?

This time you really beat me to it; I was just saying that things get lively around minute 3 and a half...

Psycho, tell me that Far Behind by Candlebox reminds you of good times with a girlfriend and I’ll get you... ;) As soon as I heard it, except for around the three-and-a-half-minute mark, well... Scots are muy mejor!