cobl04
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Well I bought this album for $4 from Cash Converters about a week-and-a-half again, and here are my thoughts. Feel free to comment, and add your own.
Slug is beautiful. A slow, melodic build-up, with gentle instrumentals and vocals that mesh together brilliantly. The only thing that wrecks it a bit for me is the ending and some of the overbearing noises in the intro. Otherwise very good. I'd give it a 7/10.
Your Blue Room is another beautiful gem. Much in the same way as Slug, the instruments and vocals mesh together very effectively. I prefer this to Slug though, just because it's more gentle and calmer, and has a nicer ending. Whose is the falsetto? It adds another layer of beauty to the track. 8/10
Miss Sarajevo is the only other standout track for me. Again, the vocals are terrific. I prefer the Milan version, but this album version has a significant haunting quality, and is awesome when Pavarotti comes in. 7/10.
The other tracks were either a bit too diverse or boring for me. United Colors is kind of scary in a way.
Always Forever Now has a nice touch to it, that fast-moving feel, but is a tad too long.
A Different Kind of Blue is boring and quiet, but Brian Eno's vocals are nice in places. Beach Sequence flows nicely, and this is a better track. I like the instrumental, and wouldn't have been surprised if you told me it came from TUF sessions.
I didn't like Ito Okashi much at all (what does that translate to?), but again the vocals are alright.
I like One Minute Warning's fast pace-edness, and it joins Beach Sequence in the best of the rest.
Corpse is quite haunting and joins United Colors as a track I would not like too hear if I'm home alone at 2 in the morning.
Elvis Ate America is one of the most annoying songs I have ever heard, and subsequently didn't like it a great deal. Who sings the 'Elvis' bit?
Plot 180 is another boring instrumental to me, which is nice, but nothing else.
Theme From the Swan is extremely boring, but nice enough. Theme from Let's Go Native is better, and again I'm a fan of that fast pace. It's the best of the instrumentals the album has to offer.
Sorry If I've offended anyone here, but these are my thoughts. These songs will grow on me in time, I have no doubt, but in the mean time it probably ranks last of U2 works I have. But, that said, Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1 has three absolutely magnificent and beautiful songs in Slug, Your Blue Room and Miss Sarajevo.
Your thoughts?
Slug is beautiful. A slow, melodic build-up, with gentle instrumentals and vocals that mesh together brilliantly. The only thing that wrecks it a bit for me is the ending and some of the overbearing noises in the intro. Otherwise very good. I'd give it a 7/10.
Your Blue Room is another beautiful gem. Much in the same way as Slug, the instruments and vocals mesh together very effectively. I prefer this to Slug though, just because it's more gentle and calmer, and has a nicer ending. Whose is the falsetto? It adds another layer of beauty to the track. 8/10
Miss Sarajevo is the only other standout track for me. Again, the vocals are terrific. I prefer the Milan version, but this album version has a significant haunting quality, and is awesome when Pavarotti comes in. 7/10.
The other tracks were either a bit too diverse or boring for me. United Colors is kind of scary in a way.
Always Forever Now has a nice touch to it, that fast-moving feel, but is a tad too long.
A Different Kind of Blue is boring and quiet, but Brian Eno's vocals are nice in places. Beach Sequence flows nicely, and this is a better track. I like the instrumental, and wouldn't have been surprised if you told me it came from TUF sessions.
I didn't like Ito Okashi much at all (what does that translate to?), but again the vocals are alright.
I like One Minute Warning's fast pace-edness, and it joins Beach Sequence in the best of the rest.
Corpse is quite haunting and joins United Colors as a track I would not like too hear if I'm home alone at 2 in the morning.
Elvis Ate America is one of the most annoying songs I have ever heard, and subsequently didn't like it a great deal. Who sings the 'Elvis' bit?
Plot 180 is another boring instrumental to me, which is nice, but nothing else.
Theme From the Swan is extremely boring, but nice enough. Theme from Let's Go Native is better, and again I'm a fan of that fast pace. It's the best of the instrumentals the album has to offer.
Sorry If I've offended anyone here, but these are my thoughts. These songs will grow on me in time, I have no doubt, but in the mean time it probably ranks last of U2 works I have. But, that said, Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1 has three absolutely magnificent and beautiful songs in Slug, Your Blue Room and Miss Sarajevo.
Your thoughts?
