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[Jon 79]

So Fresh Off The Press It's Still Green - Ade

1. Rock! ... not sure but they sounded like Aerosmith at the start.... but then it changes drastically. ....Not bad. bit cheesy, and formulaic but there is a pleasant sounding guitar solo in the middle there.

2. nice ....calm... synth. gentle guitar. good subtle build up with the drums... then base... then more keyboard. Good stuff. You get the impression that's it's leading to something... but it stops all to soon.... like a gradual incline building up to something possibly amazing... til you get there and realise it's a sheer drop.

3. Very chillout. Loads of bands sound like this... and it's not a bad sound. ok female vocal. I like the airy synth in the background.

4. This one has echoes of dark 80's pop like Depeche Mode. Alright song... and if it is from the early 80's, it's forgiven, but the music sounds very basic/simplistic. Casio keyboard?

5. More 80's. I think I know who this is.... familiar voice. this song just reminds me of another of their hits.

6. Love the funky guitar rhythm. Just got to the chorus and I've realised I know this song. Good shit.

7. Another familiar song... more recent. Bit too much of a cheesy pop ballad for my liking. Skip to the end...

8. hmmm.... interesting lyric. Really like the lyrics actually. They lift this otherwise humdrum melodic feel-good song way above the average.

9. Lovely fuzzy blippy synths & beats. & when that guitar comes in, I'm thinking I like it... but then the phased vocal comes in and I'm thinking no thanks... sounds like some bad Daft Punk. If it is them, then that's ok... they're allowed to sound like that. Either way, I think I'd have enjoyed this more as an instrumental.

10. Synths. 007 chords, that turn into some funky Spanish-sounding brass. Really strange mix, this song... which is surely a good thing. I like it when expectations go out the window.... and the lack of any vocal in this case is also a good thing.

11. Almost certainly not... but this sounds like Madonna to me. Not a fan. Vocals aside, the music doesn't have any redeeming features either. Next!

12. Nice indie sounding tune.... like radiohead meets the the white stripes, with a pinch of the strokes thrown in. Quite short, but I likes it.

13. Vocals here sound very familiar. I can't quite put my finger on it though. Not a bad song... i really like the break in the middle... in a way, the structure here reminds me of an old Pink Floyd song.

14. Cheesy vocal style... is this intentional? (reminds me of Richard Cheese). I like the narrative style of this vocal, but the actual music does nothing for me.

15. Starts rocky... then suddenly takes a 70's funky turn. I like this. I've really got into funk in the last couple of years. An instrumental in this case, but that ok... the music can hold it. This could almost be (and probably is) a soundtrack to some 70's cop show.

16. Indie pop ballad. Euughh!... don't know who this is but I really dislike them. Horrible lyrics that are trying to be clever... girly male vocal, and the music is very formulaic. ...on the plus side, the song isn't too long.

17. Slow tempo. strings. and Michael Jackson's voice coach. Ade... What have you inflicted on my ears? If the last song was terrible this one is not even half as good. Oh, jesus ... kill me now!



Overall:
A varied mix... in terms of style and likeability. The whole album fits together well. Even the shit songs seem strategically placed near the end of the album. And where appropriate,some tracks have been mixed into each other. As with a lot of these tape loop mixes: half the tracks i'd never want to hear again, some I liked, and one or two I really liked.

7/10 ... it would've been 6.5, but for a well thought out track order.



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