NLOTH FULL ALBUM - Shamelessly Immediate Review Thread (DISCUSSION ONLY)

[Yahweh_OMG]

Too many "OOOOOOHHHHHHH"

Just listened to the album 1 time, so very fresh.... I like it, seems like an album that needs a few days to be digested (like AB, ZOOROPA, POP) but something annoys me.... and I wanted to know if you also noticed it.
There are so many "OOHHHHHHH or OUHHHHHHHH" all over the place. I'm really not a fan of those.
Anyway, the album is great and a few songs are incredible, but I had to say something negative about it....

 

[Shono]

Sorry - someone sent me a link which is now down. Could ANYONE please send me another link so I can listen to this?

Thanks and I'm forever grateful!

shawn@jamiesonhilts.com

Cheers!

 

[MilotheMayor]

There's too many Baby lyrics in Achtung Baby.

I don't really care, because the melodies are much better than the last two albums.

 

[powerhour24]

I love them most of the time, its one of the things that endears me to Bono's vocals.

 

[MadDaisy]

Please someone I NEED to hear this album NOW!!!! aaaaaaaaaaargh

 

[bcrt2000]

no lines on the horizon, but plenty of oooooooohs on the horizon

 

[rock888nwo]

the 320 kbps must be a transcode from this one, so far this has been the only leak (except from the one from napster but was pulled of before anyone noticed hehe).

could you please explain what a transcode is....

 

[Reead]

Too many? Maybe.

Do they work in context? Yes, all of them.

Opinions, of course.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

I love them most of the time, its one of the things that endears me to Bono's vocals.

alright.... i must be different

 

[elevation]

I kind of follow you there.
There are lot of those.
And Bono shouts. A lot. And his voice sounds raither strained sometimes ....

Hmmm... I dunno know if I'll hate this later on.

 

[RademR]

yes there is a lot
doesnt bother me though

 

[purpleoscar]

Ohhh! Ohhhh! OHHHH!

 

[Acrobat1977]

ooooh's and whoohoohoo's, yes I agree with TS

 

[djerdap]

First impressions?

Breathe is tits.

Crazy Tonight sounds like ABBA.

That's it for now.

 

[BVS]

but something annoys me.... and I wanted to know if you also noticed it.
There are so many "OOHHHHHHH or OUHHHHHHHH" all over the place. I'm really not a fan of those.
Anyway, the album is great and a few songs are incredible, but I had to say something negative about it....

Hello? Are you new to U2?

 

[Cask]

could you please explain what a transcode is....

When you take the original 256 kbps files and reencode them at 320 kbps. Therefore you will have a "fake" 320 kbps file. File size, bitrate and everything will match a 320 kbps file, but sound quality will still be 256 or even worse because of the reencode.

 

[Achtung Ya'll]

This last song is haunting...zooropa "ish" only dark...very dark

Whaaa??? Not one song on here is darker than Zooropa. Zooropa was the darkest the band has gotten.

 

[Reead]

Whaaa??? Not one song on here is darker than Zooropa. Zooropa was the darkest the band has gotten.

I'm a huge zooropa fan, but there was definitely a "playfulness" to Zooropa that is absent on some of the darkest songs on NLOTH. That doesn't make them better or worse, but to say that Zooropa is universally darker than anything on NLOTH is a little bit silly.

Fez-Being Born and Cedars of Lebanon are pretty fucking dark.

 

[TheEnd]

When you take the original 256 kbps files and reencode them at 320 kbps. Therefore you will have a "fake" 320 kbps file. File size, bitrate and everything will match a 320 kbps file, but sound quality will still be 256 or even worse because of the reencode.

Since every time you encode you lose information the transcode/reencode should sound worse or at best, no better.

 

[Y2K]

You want dark? Try An Cat Dubh or Wake Up Dead Man.

 

[TheReasonSF3]

1. NLOTH- 8/10
2. Magnificent 9/10
3. Mos 7.5/10
4. UC 8/10
5. IGCIIDGCT 8/10
6. GOYB 8/10
7. STC 7.5/10
8 FBB 5.5/10
9. WAS 7/10
10. Breathe 7.5/10
11. COL 5/10

Overall- B-

 

[BVS]

Whaaa??? Not one song on here is darker than Zooropa. Zooropa was the darkest the band has gotten.

Zooropa was dark? Yeah, maybe 3 songs, darkest the band has gotten?

 

[Cask]

Since every time you encode you lose information the transcode/reencode should sound worse or at best, no better.

Exactly. You compress again every time you reencode. Everyone should just stick to the original 256 kbps files until they can make their own from the phyisical album.

 

[xaviMF22]

I'd say POP was darker what ever the hell that means

 

[johnb137]

mos 7.5 r u kiddin me??? i give it 11 its better than any arcade fire song and i am huge fan

 

[purpleoscar]

Love is blindness (About terrorism in Ireland) is darker than anything on Zooropa. How about Exit?

 

[PowerSurge]

I think Rattle and Hum was literally the DARKEST album they've released.

 

[Anji]

I think Rattle and Hum was literally the DARKEST album they've released.

Well the cover was that's for sure

 

[AtomicBono]

I'd say POP was darker what ever the hell that means

Pop is their darkest album.

AB is a close second.

NLOTH to me is a mix of light and dark, just how the B-man described it. Songs like Magnificent and Breathe are among the most uplifting U2 has ever done, while Cedars and Winter are tear-jerkers.

good job U2.

 

[Reead]

I am astoundingly blown away by this album, but I have one question:

How the hell is Bono gonna sing these live? Unlike bomb, for me, I'm eager to hear almost ALL of these songs live. Some of them sound like songs that will really, really strain his voice during the tour. Thoughts?