The Album Review Club - Week #145 - (page 1923) - Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans

RobMCFC said:
Happy birthday Bill and Saddleworth2.

Just an admin note to say that we're jetting off again this weekend so the score roundup for RATM will be sometime Tuesday morning.

Also checking with @Marklr that you are ready to roll with your nomination on Tuesday?
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Tuesday? No problem. Which Tuesday, though? ;)
Yeah...I've half done it all...just need to make some sense of the shite I've written!! haha.

Happy Birthday Bill and Saddleworth2. I wonder what happened to Saddleworth 1?
 
Marklr said:
Tuesday? No problem. Which Tuesday, though? ;)
Yeah...I've half done it all...just need to make some sense of the shite I've written!! haha.

Happy Birthday Bill and Saddleworth2. I wonder what happened to Saddleworth 1?
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I'm sure you're joking, but for the avoidance of doubt, Stardate: 16th November, 2021.

Just put it all on unedited - it might give us a laugh.
 
RobMCFC said:
I'm sure you're joking, but for the avoidance of doubt, Stardate: 16th November, 2021.

Just put it all on unedited - it might give us a laugh.
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I might give you both the edited and unedited versions..haha. I was probably stoned when i wrote it all...i just go off on subjects totally unrelated. I asked my daughter (she got a 1st in English at Uni) to go over some of it and she told me to leave out all the ellipsis! "What the fcuk is a lispis?" i asked her.... these: "....." Too many dotted lines when all i need are commas. .....I like the dotted lines, though.
 
I’ve not reviewed any albums so far but I’ll do this seeing as it’s an old fave. As some may have noticed I’m partial to a bit of rap/metal and crossover music in general. Most attempts at mixing the two genres that I’ve heard sound shite but RATM got the balance right for me. I reckon this album was a huge influence for a lot of bands back in the 90s. As has been said the rhythm section is tight, very funky bass lines. The riffs are crunchy, heavy but also catchy as well. And this is nothing like Pantera btw. Zack’s rapping is great and his anger is authentic, matching the lyrical content. Sure there’s a lot of swearing and there’s definitely a time and place for listening to this album. I get why a lot won’t like this but as a late teen I fucking loved belting this out but my parents didn’t. I can still listen to this from time to time quite happily.

8/10 for me
 
Marklr said:
I asked my daughter (she got a 1st in English at Uni) to go over some of it and she told me to leave out all the ellipsis!
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A simple "like "is not enough for this.

I love this. This is what I''m talking about. I'm quite happy for people to simply throw a couple of lines on and tell us why it's their favourite, but when people go to the effort of getting it checked by their University-qualified children, you are setting a new standard here, Mark!

It's like the four Yorkshiremen sketch. Who can up the ante and tell us that before submitting, they called a meeting at work and got everybody in their team to critique their nomination before submitting?
 
RobMCFC said:
A simple "like "is not enough for this.

I love this. This is what I''m talking about. I'm quite happy for people to simply throw a couple of lines on and tell us why it's their favourite, but when people go to the effort of getting it checked by their University-qualified children, you are setting a new standard here, Mark!

It's like the four Yorkshiremen sketch. Who can up the ante and tell us that before submitting, they called a meeting at work and got everybody in their team to critique their nomination before submitting?
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When it comes to mine I’ll just be hoping no one is checking for plagiarism
 
OK I’ve heard enough, it’s played a couple of times through in the car in manageable portions. I can get the passion and appreciate some of the musicianship but it’s not for me. Not going to mark it too far down just because I don’t like it though, lower scores would be reserved for lazy, derivative, cynical records. This is anything but that so I’ll give it a 6 out of 10
 
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