I think the problem is that a lot of FOB fans are more invested in the people than the music. Because it's FOB they love it; if another band did it, they'd be slagging them off no end.
Too much of it sounds like Panic, to me. It sounds like they've had these huge ideas and missed the mark. Someone once described the Manics as looking like they were trying to be The Clash in a school play, and that's how I feel about this album - it's aimed for something and not quite hit the mark. It's a bit, "Well, at least you tried, bless."
I categorically loathe What a Catch, Donnie. It sounds like Panic at the Disco wrote a musical and cast all of their friends in the finale. That song is the weakest point on the album.
So far, I only actively like 27 and Cooperstown. And that doesn't mean love, either. She's My Winona is alright. But all the best parts of a poor album are in the first half.
On FCF everyone is squeeing and telling Andy how amazing it is. And he's saying it's the one he's most proud of. But Pete said the same thing about IOH, and now he hates it.
I think this is one of the albums they'll look back on and grimace.
Wow, that's a harsh critique of the Manics. I agree with you though about being more invested in the band itself than in the music. For me, it was about the music first. I fell in love with FOB after hearing Arms Race, and I didn't discover Patrick until later.
IOH just got me through so much last year, and it's such a special album to me. I know you're not a fan, and that's totally cool, I respect that, but out of all of FOB's albums, Folie A Deux is the only one I can genuinely say I don't like. I don't think I'll be listening to this one much. I can listen to TTTYG and FUCT and IOH in their entirety and never tire of them but this? No. This one's gonna get filed with EOWYG for the CD I listen to the least. These ones won't rate high on my Last.fm playlist, that's for sure...
Poor Andy. I wouldn't have the heart to tell him I'm not feeling the album. :/
To be fair, the comment on the Manics was harsh, but fair at the time.
I don't have the heart to tell Andy how I feel about it, either. Not in detail. Maybe I will when the shine has rubbed off of the album, but not now. I think he'd take it really personally and I'm not going to set out to hurt someone's feelings.
27 is definitely the best song on this album; the Thin Lizzy-style solo is good, and the whole thing is the most stripped down track on the album. Less show-offy vocals, less over-produced. Generally much simpler and less pretentious than anything else on there.
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Too much of it sounds like Panic, to me. It sounds like they've had these huge ideas and missed the mark. Someone once described the Manics as looking like they were trying to be The Clash in a school play, and that's how I feel about this album - it's aimed for something and not quite hit the mark. It's a bit, "Well, at least you tried, bless."
I categorically loathe What a Catch, Donnie. It sounds like Panic at the Disco wrote a musical and cast all of their friends in the finale. That song is the weakest point on the album.
So far, I only actively like 27 and Cooperstown. And that doesn't mean love, either. She's My Winona is alright. But all the best parts of a poor album are in the first half.
On FCF everyone is squeeing and telling Andy how amazing it is. And he's saying it's the one he's most proud of. But Pete said the same thing about IOH, and now he hates it.
I think this is one of the albums they'll look back on and grimace.
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IOH just got me through so much last year, and it's such a special album to me. I know you're not a fan, and that's totally cool, I respect that, but out of all of FOB's albums, Folie A Deux is the only one I can genuinely say I don't like. I don't think I'll be listening to this one much. I can listen to TTTYG and FUCT and IOH in their entirety and never tire of them but this? No. This one's gonna get filed with EOWYG for the CD I listen to the least. These ones won't rate high on my Last.fm playlist, that's for sure...
Poor Andy. I wouldn't have the heart to tell him I'm not feeling the album. :/
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I don't have the heart to tell Andy how I feel about it, either. Not in detail. Maybe I will when the shine has rubbed off of the album, but not now. I think he'd take it really personally and I'm not going to set out to hurt someone's feelings.
27 is definitely the best song on this album; the Thin Lizzy-style solo is good, and the whole thing is the most stripped down track on the album. Less show-offy vocals, less over-produced. Generally much simpler and less pretentious than anything else on there.