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200 Million Thousand is the fifth studio album from
the Black Lips, and
could easily pass as one of your Dad's records.
Not that your Dad has a
poor taste in music. But everything from the song
structure, to the
guitar tone, vocal melodies, and recording style
are hugely reminiscent
of the sixties and seventies. The album boasts an
overwhelming sense of
“homemade” raw recording, with rough
edges galore; which one would
suppose, is the charm of it. The nostalgic ragged
vocals float over
speaker hiss, microphone clipping and a guitar that
sounds like it's
been recorded off of an low wave radio station.
That said, no matter how much you develop your
sound and its charm, that
doesn't instantly mean you can write fifteen exciting
songs. And thus,
the downfall. It's not bad, don't get me wrong,
but there's nothing
leaping out of my speakers and captivating me
like some other records
I've heard recently.
Imagine a video montage if you will, of the youth
of the sixties,
sitting around in parks and losing themselves
in everything around them.
This album would fit perfectly as the soundtrack
to that Summer you're
envisaging. But now, unless every day you wake
wishing you were born in
the sixties, I can't see this tickling your pickle.
It's not enthralling
enough to consciously listen to, yet the texture
is too thick for it to
pass as background music.
This is a real marmite album. You can decide for
yourself.
3/5
Review by Thom |
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Cole
Jared
Ian
Joe
King Khan |
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1. Take My Heart
2. Drugs
3. Starting Over
4. Let It Grow
5. Trapped In A Basement
6. Short Fuse
7. I'll Be With You
8. Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today
9. Again & Again
10. Old Man
11. The Drop I Hold
12. Body Combat
13. Elijah
14. I Saw God |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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