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Post by Mario on Jun 29, 2023 19:48:02 GMT -5
here are my late & unsolicited ratings......
I think I'm one of the only people on this board who loves 'Pretty Boy'.
As Principle Skinner would say, "I'm not out of touch, it's the children who are out of touch"
now then
1. I'm Not Giving Up Tonight 7/10
2. Pretty Boy 10/10
3. Dead to the World 7/10
4. Open the Door, See What You Find 8.5/10
5. Trying to Find a World That's Been and Gone Pt. 1 7.5/10
6. Easy Now 6/10
7. Council Skies 10/10
8. There She Blows! 10/10
9. Love Is a Rich Man 6/10
10. Think of a Number 7/10
Don't Stop 7/10
We're Gonna Get There In The End 7.5/10
Mind Games 9/10
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Post by walterglass on Jun 30, 2023 17:50:58 GMT -5
Most people here have rated it at 8.
That’s really cool.
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Post by somemightsoya on Aug 1, 2023 16:27:24 GMT -5
9. Reminds me of the standing on the shoulders demos. I haven’t liked any other album by Noel. - except the best of. This really works for me. I asked this elsewhere but was ‘Don’t Stop’ on the giants demos? It sounds really familiar |
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Post by Manualex on Aug 1, 2023 18:27:34 GMT -5
9. Reminds me of the standing on the shoulders demos. I haven’t liked any other album by Noel. - except the best of. This really works for me. I asked this elsewhere but was ‘Don’t Stop’ on the giants demos? It sounds really familiar Don't stop was one of the demos heard in snippet form on Lord Don't Slow Me Down alongside with If There's a God aka God Help Us All. |
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Post by carlober on Aug 2, 2023 2:01:09 GMT -5
I asked this elsewhere but was ‘Don’t Stop’ on the giants demos? It sounds really familiar alongside with If There's a God aka God Help Us All. Was it? I can't remember it, I should rewatch the doc, it's been ages. |
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Post by Manualex on Aug 2, 2023 3:32:57 GMT -5
Don't stop was one of the demos heard in snippet form on Lord Don't Slow Me Down alongside with If There's a God aka God Help Us All. Was it? I can't remember it, I should rewatch the doc, it's been ages. It could be, my memory is bad and I haven't watched it in like 10 years 😂🙃 The rumored title was bye bye my family. |
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Post by carlober on Aug 2, 2023 5:38:47 GMT -5
Was it? I can't remember it, I should rewatch the doc, it's been ages. It could be, my memory is bad and I haven't watched it in like 10 years 😂🙃 The rumored title was bye bye my family. Yeah I think I've last watched it in 2010 or 2011  |
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Post by matt on Aug 2, 2023 16:39:54 GMT -5
Was it? I can't remember it, I should rewatch the doc, it's been ages. It could be, my memory is bad and I haven't watched it in like 10 years 😂🙃 The rumored title was bye bye my family. I think Don't Stop was first heard during a Dig Out Your Soul soundcheck in early 2009. Singapore in February that year or something, I'm fairly sure it was around the same time the soundcheck leak of Everybody's On The Run and If I Had A Gun were released. It's a song that's been around for so so long, think it was already a few years old by time the soundcheck version. |
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Post by The Escapist on Aug 2, 2023 17:31:16 GMT -5
This album has already slipped from my consciousness like an eel bathed in butter.
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Post by thehyperbolist on Aug 4, 2023 0:36:14 GMT -5
The two posts above seem sad to me. They take the effort to come to a NG forum to rag on NG, not really rate the album. It's sort of like calling up your ex-girlfriend to tell her you've forgotten her...
I give the album a 7.5. I don't love Easy Now or the regular Pretty Boy (Cure remix is pretty cool). Like some, I was concerned that the album would be terrible when I had heard only those songs.... But the rest of the album is good or great. As an American, I can't do the acronyms - I think several songs are classics, like Trying to Find a World..., Dead to the World, Think of a Number...
Open the Door and Love is a Rich Man are really good upbeat pop songs, but they need better mixing and something else musically or melodically to be truly great - though I still like what he's going for. There She Blows isn't bad, but it needs some more work to be very good - it barely avoids Spinal Tap territory.
Regardless of these quibbles, the whole works as a unified listening experience - especially with the bonus tracks Don't Stop and We're going to get there. I wish Mind Games had stayed more stripped down.
A solid album, I put it after Chasing Yesterday and Who Built - tied with the first album. I think all four of his albums are really good. We are lucky he's still going....though I wish he'd speed up a bit....
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Post by elenche on Aug 4, 2023 13:02:37 GMT -5
Let's be honest with ourselves Easy Now is a great song.
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Post by carlober on Aug 4, 2023 14:30:11 GMT -5
Still enjoying the album (yes, even Easy Now has grown on me). Still not a fan of Love Is a Rich Man.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Aug 4, 2023 14:45:23 GMT -5
This has actually being a very important album for me, it basically was the soundtrack of my life while I was writing my thesis and got graduated and a lot of other (mostly nice) things happened. I think it'll always have a special place in ny heart and it also made me reflect on how Oasis/Noel's music has been there throughout for me, I started listening to them when I was only 12.
It's by no means a perfect record, but it's got heart, a great flow and a melancholic, reflective but still hopeful vibe.
Some of the songs I think will stand the test of time and be regarded as some of his greatest (Dead to The World, Think of a Number), some still fit the category of HFB highlights (INGUT, Council Skies, Trying to Find, There She Blows, maybe even Easy Now although I think it's a tier below), I've also grown to enjoy Pretty Boy and Open The Door despite their obvious flows and undercooked melody bits. Love is a Rich Man doesn't do it for me, but I don't hate it.
I'm just happy he's still producing good music and it still seems to hold great meaning for him, I hope it goes on for as long as possible.
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Post by carlober on Aug 4, 2023 15:27:44 GMT -5
This has actually being a very important album for me, it basically was the soundtrack of my life while I was writing my thesis and got graduated and a lot of other (mostly nice) things happened. I think it'll always have a special place in ny heart and it also made me reflect on how Oasis/Noel's music has been there throughout for me, I started listening to them when I was only 12. Congratulazioni!  |
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Post by defmaybe00 on Aug 4, 2023 15:43:18 GMT -5
This has actually being a very important album for me, it basically was the soundtrack of my life while I was writing my thesis and got graduated and a lot of other (mostly nice) things happened. I think it'll always have a special place in ny heart and it also made me reflect on how Oasis/Noel's music has been there throughout for me, I started listening to them when I was only 12. Congratulazioni! Grazie  |
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Post by Mr. Bigglesworth on Aug 28, 2023 10:42:24 GMT -5
I think I need to listen to it again. Really did not grab me and barely remember anything.
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Post by AllOrNothing on Aug 28, 2023 22:27:01 GMT -5
In the long run it suffers from a lot of the usual problems when it comes to pop rock. It's just a tad too safe. I really like the album, still rate it a 7 as I did on release day but it doesn't reach out to grab my soul by the nuts and force me to listen to it.
I do have occasional earworms coming from this album though.
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