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Post by straf on Nov 10, 2010 19:59:44 GMT -5
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Released in 1978
Track Listing
Miss You
When the Whip Comes Down
Imagination
Some Girls
Lies
Far Away Eyes
Respectable
Before They Make Me Run
Beast of Burden
Shattered
To many, the last good Stones album to be put out was the horrid Exile On Main St(For whatever reason), but there are two really excellent ones(this and Tattoo You) that are always overlooked. Why? Good question. But it probably has something to do with Mick Jagger being way too trendy. Of course, Some Girls *is* a rather trendy album, trying to embrace disco and punk and all o' that, but really, it's a nicely put together.
So what is there to say about this album? Not much. I mean, it has its moments like with the thump-y horns of "Miss You" and the oddly melancholy tone to "Beast Of Burden", but really, the rest of the album can be summed up in two words: Rolling Stones. Yup. It's everything you'd expect from them, even throwing in the odd bluesy-folky cover("Imagination"). Of course, this sounds like a cop-out, but I honestly have nothing else to say. This is the hardest album I've ever had to review because it's so generic and predictable, but yet still really amazing. 0_o
Ugu.
Interesting cuts include: Miss You, Shattered, Beast Of Burden
10/10
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Post by Jack White on Nov 10, 2010 20:10:32 GMT -5
Exile getting 5.5 and Some Girls getting 10? *Confused* Miss You is catchy as hell though  |
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Post by straf on Nov 10, 2010 20:17:25 GMT -5
It's not confusing at all, really.
Just a note: For the 50th review, I'll do an extra-special Sgt Pepper review.
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Post by Jack White on Nov 10, 2010 20:27:47 GMT -5
Oh, this outta be good.
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Post by straf on Nov 10, 2010 20:32:55 GMT -5
Or -- since it'll probably take me three years to reach 50 reviews -- I might do it as a "100th Post Special". *hinthintnudgenudge*
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Post by Jack White on Nov 10, 2010 21:10:03 GMT -5
Oh, I thought you were saying it was close to 50 already.
It is already at 29 though >_>
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Post by straf on Nov 10, 2010 21:10:51 GMT -5
Exactly. And seeing all of those breaks I take in between review waves, I expect to reach 50 in three years.
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Post by Jack White on Nov 10, 2010 21:20:45 GMT -5
It's not confusing at all, really. Just a note: For the 30th review, I'll do an extra-special Sgt Pepper review. Problem solved. |
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Post by straf on Nov 10, 2010 21:23:06 GMT -5
P'raps.
Of course, I could quickly do a review and keep the 100th post thing. >.>
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Post by Sway on Nov 12, 2010 23:06:31 GMT -5
Straf, I want to ask you something.
I didn't even give my favorite album of all time, The Lonesome Crowded West, a 10. You're handing out 10s like it's nobody's business.
Do you at any point put any real thought into these ratings?
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Post by Nydus on Nov 12, 2010 23:08:45 GMT -5
100TH POST
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Post by straf on Nov 13, 2010 19:59:39 GMT -5
Do you at any point put any real thought into these ratings? Yes. My criteria are: -Originality -Consistency --Quality of arrangements and songwriting (Adequacy) --Quality of performance (Adequacy) -Listenability -Resonance (only when applicable) (Like... if it's supposed to mean something, does it convey it well?) The presence of those can make me give an album an extra point or two than what a casual listener would. Like... I hate Bob Dylan, but Blood on the Tracks could easily get a 10 while stuff like Waiting for the Sun(which I really like) would get a lower rating(which it did). Of course, you may have a stricter criteria, so your idea of a 10 could be completely different than mine. If you don't agree, by all means, review it yourself and show me where I went wrong, please. (Not to be offensive) I'd like to know. |
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Post by Sway on Nov 13, 2010 20:10:59 GMT -5
Do you at any point put any real thought into these ratings? Yes. My criteria are: -Originality -Consistency --Quality of arrangements and songwriting (Adequacy) --Quality of performance (Adequacy) -Listenability -Resonance (only when applicable) (Like... if it's supposed to mean something, does it convey it well?) The presence of those can make me give an album an extra point or two than what a casual listener would. Like... I hate Bob Dylan, but Blood on the Tracks could easily get a 10 while stuff like Waiting for the Sun(which I really like) would get a lower rating(which it did). Of course, you may have a stricter criteria, so your idea of a 10 could be completely different than mine. If you don't agree, by all means, review it yourself and show me where I went wrong, please. (Not to be offensive) I'd like to know. Just asking. You've reviewed maybe 30 albums and more than 10 of them are Perfect I believe that saying something 10/10 is impossible because that is saying that it is in every way perfect and we all know that something being perfect is impossible |
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Post by straf on Nov 13, 2010 20:17:44 GMT -5
I'm not calling them perfect. It may seem like I am, but that's only because I'm not nit-picking.
Believe me, if I were nit-picking, Some Girls would be somewhere in the negatives. >.>
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Post by straf on Nov 13, 2010 20:23:24 GMT -5
Also, it's only 7 out of 29 or 30.
Just sayin'. >.>
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