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marla84 · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:46 pm Post subject: Plastic Beach

I just bought the album today (the Experience edition) and I just can't go to bed, each track become better and better the more I listen.. Smile

Actually, I'm not doscovering them, since I listened a lot before to all the tracks on (legal) websites where I could listen to them from the start to the end.. and at first my impression was weird..

I read in other topics that Stylo doesn't make the unanimity.. I really like it, but I agree that it may not be a good first single.. even if I just love the Bobby Womack touch (just listen to his cover of California Dreamin', it's a gem!)

For the other tracks, just like it happened with Demon Days,I needed to listen a few times to get the melodies, to go into that plastic beach world.. and now, I'm just crazy about it! Very Happy

My fav tracks so far are "Rhinestone Eyes" & "To Binge"

What about you, blur fellas? Smile

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essexdogs25 · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:00 am Post subject:

01 - Rhinestone Eyes
02 - White Flag (or can be Superfast Jellyfish)
03 - Superfast Jellyfish (or can be White Flag)
04 - To Binge
05 - Sweepstakes
06 - Empire Ants
07 - Broken
08 - Stylo
09 - Plastic Beach
10 - Glitter Freeze
11 - Welcome To The World of the Plastic Beach
12 - Some Kind of Nature
13 - Pirate Jet
14 - Cloud of Unknowing
15 - On Melancholy Hill
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Veikko · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:56 pm Post subject:

I really like the album, would give it perhaps 8/10. The first seven tracks up to Empire Ants are excellent, then it turns just "good" or "average" with the bizarre ones like Glitter Freeze and Sweeptakes.

The album could have been a little longer though. As many people have said, some tracks like Superfast Jellyfish could have had another verse - now they leave me wanting more.

marla84 · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

@ Veikko : Yeah, Glitter Freeze is weird, but I like a lot "Pirate Jet" or "Plastic Beach" (the intro itself makes it worth it..).

Also, there's a lot of tracks here, it's a plump album.. some albums just count 10 or so songs.. but I have to agree, some songs are too damn short! Razz

And like Essexdogs, I love both "White Flag" and "Superfast Jellyfish".. I'm impressed at your list, I would change my mind by the time I finished typing it Laughing

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Veikko · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject:

I just watched the DVD that came with the Experience edition - boy, it was nice to hear some of the demos that didn't make it onto the album and just see them jamming around the studio. Smile

I totally agree with the document part where Damon says everything is fragmented into multidimensional pieces today; Plastic Beach ironically reflects this fact (with the eccentric "2-in-1" songs like White Flag, Sweeptakes and Empire Ants). People don't have enough time to concentrate on one thing and everything ends up like Plastic Beach some day - a huge mess of things. I love this concept.

jmbrilley · Blur Expert Joined: 01 Jan 2009 Posts: 130

my favourites are:

(drum roll)

on melancholy hill

and

to binge

the album is all good except for "sweepstakes" in my opinion

MrMagpie · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject:

Just got back from a business trip and the CD/DVD was waiting for me at home. Need to listen to it, but so far digging Stylo, Empire Ants...
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marla84 · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:39 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the documentary is great and I liked this idea too.. Wink

Also, the doc actually made me like "Sweepstakes".. Mos Def is a nice character and it gained some depth with more listening ; it was mostly noisy to me at first..

I like the all process of creation too, like when Damon asks to the Little Dragon singer to pick her fav track, and you see she's very decided on one and comes with a great voice-melody and lyrics.. it's fascinating...
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MrMagpie · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject:

This album is great. I'm not a fan of rap but it works on PB. Damon has done it again...I can't stop listening to this album!
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wistful · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:59 am Post subject:

Yukimi Nagano is an amazing singer! "To Binge" and "Empire Ants" are very beautiful songs Smile

essexdogs25 · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject:

She has a real sexy voice.
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jmbrilley · Blur Expert Joined: 01 Jan 2009 Posts: 130

i thought shaun ryder was good on demon days but when he peformed dare live omg i wanted to slap him