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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: New McCartney |
| Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:00:34 +0000 |
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Can't add too much an opinion here since I still don't own the McCartney
yet.Kind of broke.San Francisco can do that.But the Sound Opinions radio
show in Chicago gave it a very positive review.And they are rough on
Paul.They liked the entire album except for the "English Tea" song and a
samba type song.
I have to say that the way I listen to new albums is on acouch with
headphones late at night.That way ,I am uninterrupted.I usually stay
awake.But if I fall asleep it does not reflect on what I am listening
to.Just too comfortable I guess.
>From: Robert Berry <rberry@gandronics.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: New McCartney
>Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:40:33 -0400
>
>Obviously we're just sharing opinions here, and everyone's will be
>different ... but I couldn't disagree more. One of the early reviews I read
>of "Chaos & Creation" called it a grower, and that has certainly been true
>for me. I liked it the first time I listened, but I did find it a little
>slow. (In fact, I literally dozed off during my first listen ... it was
>late, and I was on the couch listening through headphones.)
>
>But it has been growing on me in an incredible way. There is not a single
>track on the album that has not, at some point, popped into my head
>unexpectedly. (This morning I woke up with "At The Mercy" running through
>my head.) I'd probably have liked it better if there were one or two more
>uptempo tracks, but I really can't bring myself to complain.
>
>I've said many times that I always rate McCartney albums based on how many
>"skip-over" tracks they contain. In my view, "Chaos & Creation" has zero
>skip-overs, and that's something he has only done once before ("Band On The
>Run"). This is a damn fine album, and in terms of consistently high
>quality, maybe his best in 30 years.
>
>But it *is* slow and subdued and sometimes downbeat, so if that's not what
>you're looking for, yeah, you will be disappointed.
>
>Robert Berry
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