Nominated by: Al
Music club: MNAC
MNAC playlist addition: Prophecy of the Dragon
I was joking with Al that I'd lie about liking this even if I hated it and guess what? I don't have to lie. At all.
This is great! I was a little worried when I saw the album had an Overture and an Outro (could have been very pretentious) but in the context of this album it's very fitting.
This Overture works a bit like Funeral For A Friend before Love Lies Bleeding - i.e. perfectly!
Then it's all on with a mash up of The Killers, Cher (yes Cher), New Order and The Darkness. And it has real songs! And it's hilarious! And it doesn't run out of oomph - in fact the last couple of songs before the Outro are great.
The humour is important to my enjoyment of Like All Before You. I may have this entirely wrong, but it sounds like they are totally having fun and not taking themselves too seriously on these songs. I laughed out loud a few times, in a good way.
Favourite tracks: Square Wave; Prophecy of the Dragon; 7 Horses; All The Same; When Will the Time of These Bastards End.
Even though it's not perfect (not every song is a masterpiece), there's not one song I didn't like or felt the need to skip on repeat listens (and I listened to it a lot this week). I didn't mind the vocal manipulations at all - for me they added some variety and fun to the mix.
I'll have to go back and listen to Virtue now - the album I've previously dissed, and re-examine it (it was an album chosen by Al before I started this blog).
Genuinely loved this record!
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