Admittedly I too prefer dance/rap hybrids like Dizzee's output and 'I'm Going For Your Brother' to the sort of 'rap allstar cast collaborations' like Bedrock and Do You Remember, but there are a lot of decent and original US rap tracks, they're just not the ones that are usually promoted over here :lol: :(

Standing Where You Left Me is FABULOUS. However, I really, REALLY don't like the new, 80s-goth-rock guitar on Wanna Be Loved - he was a fool not to keep the electro of the original!

 

9.0 'Bump In The Road'

10 'Hurtful'

10 'Don't Bring Flowers'

7.5 'Isn't It Obvious'

6.5 'The Thanks I Get'

10 'Standing Where You Left Me'

8.5 'Bitter End'

8.5 'First Time'

8.0 'Love Me To Pieces'

9.5 'Wanna Be Loved' (the original version's a 10 though...)

9.0 'Back To Bed'

8.5 'Amelia'

 

Very, very solid album...SWYLM MUST be the next single. I have to say, I've never really gotten the hype for Isn't It Obvious :/

the bassline of Isn't It Obvious is fantastic :o you can easily imagine it being a soundbed for BBC trailers etc...

 

in fact, I heard Don't Bring Flowers in the background of Bargain Hunt the other day :lol:

That riff after the chorus is just a tad annoying for me...

Love him, and I have his "Hassle" album and waiting for Pieces to be released here in the US on March 30. I really want the deluxe bonus tracks but only the UK can buy them, sadly. :(

Love him, and I have his "Hassle" album and waiting for Pieces to be released here in the US on March 30. I really want the deluxe bonus tracks but only the UK can buy them, sadly. :(

 

I saw your message on youtube, I'm not going to upload them (don't have time really as it takes my computer AGES to do even one, sorry :() but a lot of them are already up there - here are links to the new UK tracks I could find;

 

If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (duet with Agnes):

Amelia:

Nothing Else Matters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzYsUJVEvb0

Who's Gonna Walk You Home (duet with Malin Dahlstrom):

 

the other two aren't on there just yet but I'll keep an eye out...

That's ok i appreciate the reply. Hopefully those tracks will be for sale in the US eventually.

 

Never mind I got them ;)

 

My rating for the album

 

6.0 'Bump In The Road'

8.5 'Hurtful'

8.5 'Don't Bring Flowers'

8.0 'Isn't It Obvious'

8.5 'The Thanks I Get'

9.0 'Standing Where You Left Me'

9.0 'Bitter End' (Love the new version better than the version on Hassle)

7.0 'First Time'

9.0 'Love Me To Pieces'

9.5 'Wanna Be Loved'

7.5 'Back To Bed'

8.0 'Amelia'

 

Edited March 2, 201015 yr by pinkbutterfly