It's the curse of the second album. The first was a huge commercial success, I liked parts of it. But 'all the lost souls' really just "back to bedlam" redux. It might just be my preference for the followup album to be different and the artist to take risks with something that deviates from the formula of the last cd.
Or maybe I'm just being pretentious. I was sent the first album from a friend in the UK before it hit New Zealand, so approached it with open ears and no preconceptions. And I really enjoyed it. But then he became "the next big thing" and was everywhere on the radio and tv. I never want to hear the song You're beautiful ever again
And 'All the Lost Souls' although it has highlights like '1973', 'same mistake' and the catchy 'give me some love' (reminiscent of the catchy 'so long jimmy'), everything just seems a bit boring and the same as the last. There are some way better male singer/songwriters who I'd rather spend my time listening to.
I'm not anti - commercial top 40 stuff, but I think my future in that 'genre' will be one of picking individual tracks off itunes. I'll save my limited $ to spend on CDs that are a little bit different. More of Mr Glen Phillips maybe ;)
No comments:
Post a Comment