Glow Smudget
Overall Album Score: 8.6 out of 10 The Kinks made another album. ... ...... ............. Well, hey! This one is largely more solid and awesome than most of their previous albums! How cool is that?!??!???!??!?? I can't ever really get excited about such an album, however, because there's nothing particularly GREAT about it other than it has some really nice, solid songs on here. Nothing even attempts to be creative or original or ... even flamboyant, really. Just a bunch of good, average songs that are typical of 1979 rock. Since the songs are supposedly so good, let's talk about them! "I Wanna Be Like Superman" and "Attitude" tie as the best song on the album. Both cash in on the whole New Wave genre with a jerky beat and whatnot. Even though they both sound like other songs of its day (notably, "Attitude" sounds a lot like The Who's "Who Are You"), it's still a very fun song. ... Such a fun song that I gave it a 10! ... And "I Wanna Be Like Superman" is cool, too. That one is of the more robotic persuasion of New Wave. It's awesome-cool. Well, this has been a terrible review. Sorry. Overall Album Score: 8.6 out of 10 (Starkly lacking originality, but it's awesome, anyway.) Average Song Score: 8.9 (The Kinks' greatest collection of tunes since 1971, dang it.) Album Tilt: 8.5 (Unfocused album. Solid songs. Who cares?) Artist Rating: 8.5 (The farthest thing away from an original creation, Davies takes hard rock/new wave/whatever influences and tries to make some good songs.) Track Reviews Attitude 10/10 Heyyyyyyy!!! This song has a lot of Attitude!!!!!!! How cool is that??? I love attitude! And the Kinks hadn't had real attitude in a song for ages, it seems. It has mean, ripping vocals, roaring electric guitars, and a nice new wavey beat. What's there not to like about Atttttttttttttitude??????????? HUahuUHuAUuuhuHUUhuhgh! Catch Me Now I'm Falling 9.5/10 And it's ALLLLLLL RIIIIIIGHTTT JUMPIN' JACK FLASH IS A GAAAAAASSSSS. ... Yeah! Doesn't one point of this song really remind you of that one ROLLING STONES thing? Hmmmm... What do you make of that???? YUYUYUYUYUUYUUYUYUYUUU! This is still a pretty good song, though ('cause, heck, that's a good riff!) The **rock** does seem to be genuine, and it has a real driving force. And what can I say? Who am I to argue with a driving force???? Pressure 9.5/10 Okay! We're doing the Chuck Berry thing (except with that unmistakable 70s rock twang). Do I like this song? You bet! It's fun, rockingful, and it's totally not wimpy like those lame-butt previous albums were. (i.e. Sleepbutty, Schoolbutts in Disgrace, The Kinks Present A Butt Opera, etc.) National Health 8.5/10 This kinda has a nice, goofy, floooooooopy little groove going! ... I love nice, goofy grooves! ... Better yet, the floooooopy ones. ... Uh..................... Yeah. They're really being silly here. And it's usually pretty awesome when the Kinks are being SILLY. Because silliness rocks like nothing else, my dudes. (...Am I seriously running out of good, helpful, creative things to say about these tracks? I must be...) FLOOOOOPY! (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman 10/10 Oh yes ... The Kinks give the New Wave movement a whirl and comes out with a pretty dang FUNNNNN song! This song comes fully equipped with a fun, robotic melody, a jerky beat, a commercialization, capitalization of a popular cinematic feature at the time and ............................. *%&$ yeah! Low Budget 8.5/10 Kiss fans: Ever want to know why that band you worship sucks? It's THIS SONG!!! This is the dang splittin' image of a Kiss song, except for one thing: people with actual talent were involved. Check this out: melody has hooks; it has a neat riff that's used properly; instruments don't exist to be randomly show-offey. Yeah. The Kinks could do it! So, why can't Kiss? ..................... BECAUSE KISS SUCKS!!!!!! In A Space 9/10 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... More of this wonderful New Wave stuff with the jerky, danceable beats to keep my narrow-minded, bigotted mind busy and having fun. Heck! If I'm dancing, then what else matters, right? ... Well, fortunately, this song also has one heck of a catchy melody and some very silly but fun instrumentation stuff. Little Bit of Emotion 8/10 Yeah ... it's true that I tend not to enjoy the slower, more emotive songs as much as the butt-kickingly awesome fast tunes. ... But do you know why?? BECAUSE THEY'RE BUTT-KICKINGLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!! ... Ray really does seem to be distant with this one, anyway. So much for emotive, dangit. A Gallon of Gas 8/10 The bluuuuuuuuuessssssssssssssssss... This song sounds exactly like another song that's just on the tip of my tongue, but I'm feeling too lazy right now to flick it off. Although, all of these straight blues songs sound alike, don't they! This one's expertly played and refined. Cool! Misery 8/10 A happy, merry, and ....... uhhhhh ............. happy run-of-the-mill rock song that'll make you ... uhhhh ... happy. In spite of the song title. And the lyrical content. Don't pay attention to the lyrics and you'll be happy. Moving Pictures 9/10 A nice tune to close the album with! It also has a nice, pleasant groove to be cool with! Uhhhh... That's all I have to say, I guess. You don't have to be rich to e-mail me your thoughts about this album here. |
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