Vacational Megapost!

Oy!

Okay, the case is that I'm going to Spain tomorrow and I won't post anything the next two weeks. So! I shall present you: The "okay" albums of 2008! It's the 16th of July, and I already have about 40 albums released in 2008. Some of them rock. Some of them rock hard. Some of them are almost masterpieces. And some of them are good, but not that good. Allow me to take it away:

Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time For A Love Revolution

Lenny might be the king of funky, and It Is Time... sure is a groovy thing. As always, Lenny writes good songs, BUT, none of them are brilliant. He's got the grooves (just listen to the title track or Will You Marry Me), but he doesn't give it to us a 100%. Something's missing out. The first single is alright, it's the über-clichéed piano-driven ballad, I'll Be Waitng. There is grooves here, but something's still missing.
It Is Time For A Love Revolution... It sure is, Lenny...


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Filter - Anthems For The Damned

Just look at that album title. Filter files themselves under "Industrial", but it's not really Industrial. The producing of the album has given it a metallic edge, but that's about all that is Industrial on this album. Nine Inch Nails do Industrial way better. So, why listen to this album? There's one answer to that question, and that answer is: Frontman Richard Patrick. His voice is really, really good and that is what saves Filter from just being lame industrial rock.

Filter rock. But not very hard.

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Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Death Cab For Cutie say they've written more rock-orientated songs this time. They may have, but you can't really hear it. This is well-produced, but there is a massive lack of memorable songs on this album. The only song that sticks to my brain is the 8-minute single, I Will Possess Your Heart, that starts with a 5-minute instrumental jam. Other than that, there really isn't anything special and that is that makes Narrow Stairs their weakest effort yet.

They sound like "the middle of the road" for emotional teens. That's a step down the "Narrow Stairs". Haha. Oh...

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The Subways - All Or Nothing

The Subways' second album, and now they're going for both "rock-ish", "pop-ish", "hard-rock-ish" and, sorry, a bit of "rubbish". The stand-out kick-ass track is the "hard-rock-ish" track called Girls And Boys. Tom Morello helped writing that riff. It kicks in at 0:32, and it's a damn cool riff. Nuff said. The track called Alright really isn't alright, and the album sounds too much of "pop-ish" which is "rubbish". If it had more "rock-ish" and less "pop-ish" it wouldn't be "rubbish" which limits "pop-ish" in this case.

It really isn't All Or Nothing. Ish.

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I'm outta here,
Joachim