June 25, 200916 yr I am loving "Bulletproof" at the moment - by far the strongest of her singles to date. I never really 'got' "In For The Kill" it has to be said. On that evidence I probably won't be getting the album, but I've bought the single for the remixes! :D
June 25, 200916 yr I downloaded the album and got half way through it before deleting. I will never be able to take that voice for any length of time. It's awful. I can't think of a worse voice in pop if I'm honest, right up there witch Chad Kroeger! :puke: I'm massively disappointed really, I love(d) 'Quicksand' and 'Fascination' but I can't take any more at all. It really is ear-rape!
June 25, 200916 yr So far a compare and contrast of reviews for the album v Little Boots - Hands: News/Music Paper/Site - La Roux v Little Boots NME 9/10 v 7/10 (1-0 La Roux) Q Magazine 4 Stars v 2 Stars (2-0) musicOMH 8/10 v 8/10 (2.5-0.5) Guardian 3 Stars v 4 Stars (2.5-1.5) Independent 2 Stars v 4 Stars (2.5-2.5) Planet Sound (teletext) 6/10 v 7/10 (2.5-3.5) The Clash 8/10 v 5/10 (3.5-3.5) The Fly 4 Flies v 1.5 Flies (4.5-3.5) The Times 3 Stars v 4 Stars (4.5-4.5) The Word Magazine "Hysteria"-"Dare" (both albums compared to famous Human League albums! :lol:) (4.5-5.5) Drowned In Sound 7/10-7/10 (5-6 Little Boots) In short the reviews suggest it is too close to call, you pay your money and take your choice. Both albums are largely good albums, but the reviews suggest that neither are album of the year contenders. From the leakage Cover My Eyes is the best track I've heard. But the bottomline is I think her voice is rather thin & reedy for my personally liking (i.e it does not compare favourably to female front singers of the 1980s pop duos Yazoo (Alison Moyet) or Eurythmics (Annie Lennox), and being a teenager in the 1980s, I've heard this brand of synth pop done before (and better) by the likes of Yazoo, Blancmange, (early) Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Erasure, etc.
June 25, 200916 yr I reckon anyone thinking of forking out a tenner for a great, classic electropop album should bypass La Roux and just go for the original.... Yazoo's seminal 'Upstairs at Erics' which kind of bottles the whole of this genre perfectly. It's obvious La Roux themselves have been listening closely.... ;)
June 25, 200916 yr From my listening and observations, Little Boots is getting a bit of a raw deal. How about building up and breaking down someone so fast eh? It seems the savvier end of the music buying public are getting tired of being force-fed the "next big thing". That aside, I think "New In Town" is just too eager to please to the point that I think that track is almost forgettable. I think La Roux, however, is already a cut above and will hopefully prosper rather than being a one-album wonder. "Bulletproof" is a wel-deserved future number one.
June 25, 200916 yr I think where Little Boots went wrong was releasing New in Town tbh. Whilst I think it's a good song, it's not that catchy tbh. She'd have been better releasing Remedy from the start imo. Far more commercial and poppy... In for the Kill on the other hand is far more in your face, more memorable, and goes down a storm on a night out!
June 26, 200916 yr Colourless Colour is phenomenal. It's not for everyone I guess. She doesn't have typical pop vocals thus obviously it'll grate on some, but I find it fabulous and unique. Really focused effort, reminds me a lot of the album 'Deep Cuts' by The Knife. :wub: Really, really great stuff. Lyrically artists like Little Boots / other hyped pop acts simply can't even compare. :/ Tigerlily especially has amazing lyrics ("I don't like the taste of demorality" / "But our communication is telepathy"). I just love La Roux for being something fairly fresh; she has her inspirations obviously but it really sounds like something different in a pop climate that's currently dominated by the likes of The Saturdays, etc. Growing Pains is a great bonus track as well. Yayzzz for a good pop record this year. :wub: Finally.
June 26, 200916 yr I downloaded the album and got half way through it before deleting. I will never be able to take that voice for any length of time. It's awful. I can't think of a worse voice in pop if I'm honest, right up there witch Chad Kroeger! :puke:I'm not a fan of La Roux (Except 'Bulletproof') but thought I'd give this a try, coz you never know and I agree 100% with you RFC. It's actually a shame, coz I THINK I'd like it had the album had somebody else on vocals :unsure: Apart from 'Bulletproof' and 'Fascination' (which are the only two I'd consider listening to again [probably not in a row but still... LOL]) it's just too much for me personally.
June 26, 200916 yr In For The Kill // 8.0/10 Tigerlily // 9.5/10 Quicksand // 8.0/10 Bulletproof // 8.5/10 Colourless Colour // 10/10 I'm Not Your Toy // 9.0/10 Cover My Eyes // 8.0/10 As If By Magic // 7.5/10 Fascination // 8.5/10 Reflections Are Protections // 8.5/10 Armour Love // 9.0/10 Growing Pains // 9.0/10 Total: 8.35/10 :wub:
June 26, 200916 yr I'm not actually in love with this album (coz Bulletproof is already starting to annoy me :heehee: ), but it is really good. :) Tigerlily, Colourless Colour and of course IFTK are the best at the mo for me. And am I the only person who listened to 'As If By Magic' and at the beginning of it thought that it wasn't Elly singing but Sophie Ellis-Bextor? :heehee:
June 26, 200916 yr Author 10 In for the Kill 10 Tigerlily 10 Quicksand 09 Bulletproof 08 Colourless Colour 10 I'm Not Your Toy 10 Cover My Eyes 08 As If By Magic 10 Fascination 09 Reflections are Protections 11 Armour Love 08 Growing Pains
June 26, 200916 yr Giving the album a listen now. Not expecting to like it, but I may be surprised. Despite hating her voice on the track, it's impossible not to song along to "In For The Kill". Partly because it's a really good song, but also because it's fun to try and do the voice. :heehee:
June 26, 200916 yr The only good album track is Cover My Eyes :heart: thats just amazing :wub: the rest just isn't that good. My thought's exactly. Album's pretty $h!te.
June 26, 200916 yr 3 days to go. :cheer: I don't want to download it first, I'll listen to it first on Spotify. :)
June 26, 200916 yr I listened to this objectively, heck, I might be coming round to the grating voice but I can honestly say this album seems so filler-tastic. I think it's good lyrically, but the majority of it is just dull and even the eccentric voice can't lift it. It's basically an album of someone singing along to 80s/early 90s video game music and trying her best to make it sound meaningful and interesting. 7.5 In for the Kill 8.0 Tigerlily 5.0 Quicksand 9.5 Bulletproof 7.0 Colourless Colour 7.0 I'm Not Your Toy 7.0 Cover My Eyes 7.0 As If By Magic 6.5 Fascination 6.5 Reflections are Protections 7.0 Armour Love 7.5 Growing Pains So I think that averages at just over 7/10, which isn't bad but it's not even close to being one of my favourite albums of what has been a fairly poor year for albums so far. Little Boots may be predictable, cliché and less of an individual than La Roux but give me her album any day. I guess it depends what you're after. If you want an album to sit and listen to on headphones, analysing every lyric, go for La Roux. If you want a more accessible album with big Pop tunes, go for Little Boots. (basically I think La Roux has more 'substance', but that doesn't necessarily make her album more enjoyable)
June 26, 200916 yr I absolutely love it. So strong throughout, lyrically very good and not repetitive as I thought it might be. 'Colourless Colour' is my favorite at the moment.
June 27, 200916 yr 08 In for the Kill 09 Tigerlily 10 Quicksand 10 Bulletproof 09 Colourless Colour 10 I'm Not Your Toy 08 Cover My Eyes 08 As If By Magic 09 Fascination 10 Reflections Are Protections 09 Armour Love 09 Growing Pains 9/10 Excellent :music:
June 27, 200916 yr Oh my, I'm vair ambivalent on this album. Partly it's very good, but as loffly as Colourless Colour etcz. are, I wanted another Quicksand or something :( ANYWAY: 10 In For The Kill 10 Tigerlily 11 Quicksand 10 Bulletproof 10 Colourless Colour 08 I'm Not Your Toy - seriously, what the hell have they done to this? :mellow: It's just kinda blunted now and far too Nintendo-y in the backing music...I shall stick with the promo version kthx. 10 Cover My Eyes :wub: 08 As If By Magic 06 Fascination - but tbf I've never thought much of it 07 Reflections Are Protection - Probably just because it's fairly old for me though...and unlike Quicksand actually gets old. 08 Armour Love 08 Growing Pains Which gives an average of 8.83, putting it officially UP THERE amongst my faves of the year. But still, BLEH at the second half of the album :( BIG mistake if they're releasing the new version of INYT...I think the best choice for third single would be Cover My Eyes to at least show a different side of La Roux, or if they're determined to go all GaGa on this project then they quite frankly MUST re-release Quicksand...
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