Dark Matters - Initial Thoughts/Reviews

[toilerinblack]

DM is not lagging yet, in spite of regular listening at the moment (even the family aren’t protesting too much, which is unusual) so I think it will hold up well in time It will be interesting (too me anyway) in a few years to see how much I listen to it (will it be like Heroes, AS and Dreamtime, which have slowly dropped in my pecking order).
Currently DM and S16 are definitely in my top 10, as is Norfolk Coast.
- B&W; Raven; MIB; Rattus.
- DM; S16; Heroes; Folie.
- Feline; Norfolk Coast.
- AS; Giants; CDG; Dreamtime.
- About Time, In The Night, 10.
- WIR.

intresting points of view from you.

[Bear Cage]

DM is not lagging yet, in spite of regular listening at the moment (even the family aren’t protesting too much, which is unusual) so I think it will hold up well in time It will be interesting (too me anyway) in a few years to see how much I listen to it (will it be like Heroes, AS and Dreamtime, which have slowly dropped in my pecking order).
Currently DM and S16 are definitely in my top 10, as is Norfolk Coast.
- B&W; Raven; MIB; Rattus.
- DM; S16; Heroes; Folie.
- Feline; Norfolk Coast.
- AS; Giants; CDG; Dreamtime.
- About Time, In The Night, 10.
- WIR.

intresting points of view from you.

It’d be boring if we all liked the same,
I know a lot on here regard the first two albums as their best, and the first 10 as better than everything since, but I quite like things from across their history. Even their worst (WIR) has it’s redeeming qualities, and overall it’s ok (which is poor for the Stranglers).

[toilerinblack]

DM is not lagging yet, in spite of regular listening at the moment (even the family aren’t protesting too much, which is unusual) so I think it will hold up well in time It will be interesting (too me anyway) in a few years to see how much I listen to it (will it be like Heroes, AS and Dreamtime, which have slowly dropped in my pecking order).
Currently DM and S16 are definitely in my top 10, as is Norfolk Coast.
- B&W; Raven; MIB; Rattus.
- DM; S16; Heroes; Folie.
- Feline; Norfolk Coast.
- AS; Giants; CDG; Dreamtime.
- About Time, In The Night, 10.
- WIR.

intresting points of view from you.

It’d be boring if we all liked the same,
I know a lot on here regard the first two albums as their best, and the first 10 as better than everything since, but I quite like things from across their history. Even their worst (WIR) has it’s redeeming qualities, and overall it’s ok (which is poor for the Stranglers).

Exactly,if they wrote the same it would be boring agreed after all it is a buisness, it's their job and craft,they want as musicians to be creative and after 47 years how do you keep that buzz wanting to carry on? it cetainly in my opinion isn't more of the same,they've proved to be right with not the same formula and now within the charts others see it like that too and they are getting their right deserves.

[toilerinblack]

DM is not lagging yet, in spite of regular listening at the moment (even the family aren’t protesting too much, which is unusual) so I think it will hold up well in time It will be interesting (too me anyway) in a few years to see how much I listen to it (will it be like Heroes, AS and Dreamtime, which have slowly dropped in my pecking order).
Currently DM and S16 are definitely in my top 10, as is Norfolk Coast.
- B&W; Raven; MIB; Rattus.
- DM; S16; Heroes; Folie.
- Feline; Norfolk Coast.
- AS; Giants; CDG; Dreamtime.
- About Time, In The Night, 10.
- WIR.

intresting points of view from you.

It’d be boring if we all liked the same,
I know a lot on here regard the first two albums as their best, and the first 10 as better than everything since, but I quite like things from across their history. Even their worst (WIR) has it’s redeeming qualities, and overall it’s ok (which is poor for the Stranglers).

Yes we all see and think differently which is a good thing i think overall.

[toilerinblack]

Cos it's crap?

Jim

I don't get this about Giants, being so bad

Well it's all opinion, I would say most of WIR is crap and most of Coup. Lt Kudu.

Well i think coup is crap but WIR does have some good tracks with Paul i have to say,even if i'm in the minority overall with WIR.But whatever both coup and WIR isn't in the same league of DM in the slightest for me.

[theraven1979]

WiR is a good album. I'll be playing that more than DM in the future that's for sure


Jim

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[Yukio!]

WiR is a good album. I'll be playing that more than DM in the future that's for sure


Jim

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WIR starts off okay, peaks at Here then the rest is some of the worst stuff The Stranglers released IMO.

[Josh]

I like WIR too. Too early to rank the new album for me, though I'm still enjoying it.

[StanInBlack]

WIR starts off okay, peaks at Here then the rest is some of the worst stuff The Stranglers released IMO.

I kinda agree. Judging Written in Red solely in terms of post-Hugh output, it's a pretty decent record for the first 7 tracks and then it falls off a cliff.

[parasiteinblack]

WIR starts off okay, peaks at Here then the rest is some of the worst stuff The Stranglers released IMO.

I kinda agree. Judging Written in Red solely in terms of post-Hugh output, it's a pretty decent record for the first 7 tracks and then it falls off a cliff.

I would say Valley, In Heaven and In A While are all top tier,
I quite like Daddy's Riding The Range (everyone loves a 6/8 JJ bassline)
Here and Silver into Blue, possibly Wonderful Land are all fine and dandy but not favourites,
Blue Sky and Joy De Viva I'm pretty meh on.
Miss You and Summer in the City are poor.

[markorbit]

I like WiR more than About Time which is my least favourite.

Valley of the Birds, In a While and Wonderful Land are all fantastic. Shame the rest of the album isn't of the same standard but that seems to be the way the post-Hugh albums tend to go.

[parasiteinblack]

I may have said earlier that Baz's vocal stylings on No Man's Land reminded me of Christian Death. I've found examples of the vocal stylings I was thinking of if you're interested.

Malus Amor (strange sample based rant):
https://open.spotify.com/track/75wXiyTh ... 30fcf94c02

Kneel Down (this is one of the worst things they ever recorded, an absolutely abysmal track, but you can hear the vocal style at least)
https://open.spotify.com/track/2U13WFol ... c76d934367

Song of Songs (Sick Of Love) (here's a decent Christian Death track by way of apology for the last one)
https://open.spotify.com/track/4XuNb5yg ... dcb46c44c8