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Note to self; NEVER write a review of an album before you've allowed it a couple of spins on a good pair of headphones (Slaps own head!)
This album is just stunning! nuff said!
In case anyone cares…The Tower has officially cracked my top 5 MP albums in a draw with AADAP. Here's my full list, not counting live albums, mini albums or "special release" albums and excluding Lobotomizer and Soothe which, dare I say it, I still don't own.
1. Timothy's Monster / Trust Us
3. Blissard
4. Demon Box
5. The Tower / Angels & Daemons at Play
7. The Death Defying Unicorn
8. Behind the Sun
9. Black Hole/Blank Canvas
10. Child of the Future
11. Little Lucid Moments
12. Heavy Metal Fruit
13. Let Them Eat Cake
14. Here Be Monsters
15. Still Life with Eggplant
16. It's a Love Cult
17. Phanerothyme
1. Blissard
2. Trust Us
3. AADAP
4. Demon Box
5. HMF
6. The Tower
7. Timothy
8. Phanerothyme
9. Cake
10. Child
11. Black Hole Black Canvas
12. LLM
13. Love Cult
14. Death Defying Unicorn
15. Here Be Monsters
16. Behind the Sun
17. Lobotomizer
18. Soothe
19. Still Life with Eggplant
Roadwork 1 would rank shared 1st with Blissard
Starmelt EP en Roadwork 3 rank shared with Timothy / Cake / Phanero
Man youre so different from me.. lol
1. Its a love cult
2. Phanerothyme
3. LTEC
4. LLM
5. Trust us
6. BH BC
7. Blissard
8. Timothys Monster
9. HMF – eggplant
10. Angels and demons
11. Unicorn
12. Here be monsters
13. Behind the sun
I cant say yet where the tower would be but i guess at least in my top 7…
Ok, here I go, this is of course no exact science(!), but as of today it feels pretty right. Demon Box is sort of difficult for me these days, but I guess I’m actually happy it’s being topped by more recent stuff. As for the EPs, don’t get me started, it’s a shame I don’t listen to them much because of my equipment situation, but the Manmower, Hey Jane, Wearing Yr Smell, Ozone, Starmelt +++ EPs are all pretty much installed in my DNA so I guess I’m doing fine. And as for the (for me) newly discovered Blissard Pidah mixes, man, can't stop listening, like discovering your favorite person has a twin:) AND SAYING THAT: When can we expect the Trust Us box set?
1. Timothy's Monster (how can you beat it, c'mon)
2. Trust Us (how can you beat it, C'MON!)
3. Blissard (The Pidah Mixes) / Angels & Daemons at Play
5. The Tower
6. The Death Defying Unicorn
7. Demon Box
8. Child of the Future
9. Black Hole/Blank Canvas
10. Little Lucid Moments
11. Behind the Sun
12. Phanerothyme
13. Lobotomizer (Really! Such a gem)
14. Let Them Eat Cake
15. Here Be Monsters
16. It's a Love Cult
17. Heavy Metal Fruit
19. Soothe
18. Still Life with Eggplant
19. Barracuda
Currently….Album as a whole 8,5/10
THE TOWER (8/10) Great opener, although a bit lengthy. solo part from min 4 on pales a bit in comparison to that of bartok.
BARTOK (9/10) riff monster no.2, really well structured. as written above, the solo section is more on point and contributes very well to the song as a whole. snah on fire.
A.S.F.E. (9/10) immediately liked it, but took a while to fully appreciate it. makes perfect sense in the context of the album. fantastic track for driving on the autobahn
INTREPID (6/10) difficult one. probably great live, but the only song I occasionally skip. I think I understand where they want to go with this one, but I find it's a bit of a missed chance. Far from being a really weak track, but regarding its length, I would have hoped for more varied layers of sound. Zoning out on a desert porch, licking on a toad, it probably makes perfect sense.
STARDUST (8/10) nice travel back to the early '00s, IMO a much better acoustic effort than spin,spin,spin for instance (which never really grew on me).
IN EVERY DREAM (7/10) a cool one, but with all the riff-heavy songs on the album, there are stronger contenders.
MAYPOLE (10/10) same as for stardust. extra goosebumps at 0:38 when the synth kicks in, sweet nostalgia, instantly 18 years old again (for a moment)
PACIFIC SONATA (10/10) happy/sad perfection!!! that transition at 4:24 with snah's guitar sneaking in, is just pure, sublime bliss beyond words. the song takes its time to unfold, yet does every second of its vast playtime justice. brilliant!
CUCKOO (10/10) brilliantly merges the two main characteristics of the album into one track. heavy riffing combined with the lightness of the acoustic songs. my fav of the loud ones
SHIP (8,5/10) the song kicks off in a supercool way, fucking great guitar sound/riff and perfect groove from tomas. i really like how they tone it down in the middle section and build it up again, but the last couple of minutes are a bit…annoying would be too harsh..well, rather tiring. would have prefered a more compact, focused end to it. still, eager to find out how they treat it on stage.
Quote:Any news about 24bits hi-res album? The album deserves thisI bought the WAV file download from http://boomkat.com, turned out to be 24/96 for £7.99. Bargain! Whole album was a 2.6GB download.
Did anyone mention that the album sounds really, really good? I haven't been able to pick it up yet and due to work situation I can only play vinyl very occasionally during the weekends, so my listening so far is through Spotify, but the sound of the instruments and the mix is just perfect.
Tomas deserves extra mention for being the newcomer and absolutely nailing it on first try. His performance on Bartok is unbelievable – he manages to out-Ward Bill Ward.
And Snah is in absolute peak form. Sometimes, in less inspired moments, his solos can be padded out with slightly meandering noodling, but here everything is to the point and inspired, complex and layered. Bartok is a prime example – the middle "solo" section could easily have turned into a shredfest or pointless bluesy noodle just to add yet another guitar solo. But here it helps to further build complexity and add to the suspense until it's almost impossible to contain. Can't wait to hear this one live – should be massive! I keep talking about this song, and it's not because there aren't other highlights, in fact, almost every song is a gem in one way or another, but because with Bartok of the Universe I finally feel like they've recorded a real hard rocking track that is at the same level of genius as S.T.G., Superstooge or Feedtime, yet sounds nothing like any of those tracks. Motorpsycho 20 years ago couldn't have made this track, but it is just as brilliant as anything they did back then or any time since then. The same could be said of several other tracks, but when it comes to the real rockers, then this and Cuckoo really stand out.
Bent is, as always, Bent. Master of ceremony.
Guys, you convinced me to buy the album. I stopped buying MP albums several years ago (I don't want to solely blame Kenneth for that), but your arguments are strong. Thanks.
Guys… I read the comments from Bartok and Shakti, or the one from Mark… and I must say I feel a bit sad. Sure, it's your personal opinion whether you like the stuff from the last ten years or not. But seriously… i don't like this whole comparison between Tomas and Kenneth. IMO they are both equally brilliant in their drumming! Sure, they have a different style and hey, I totally get why Kenneth went (or was sent away… still not sure). The albums with Kenneth… I love them all, they are great! I was so sad when the Band announced Kenneths departure but yes, the Music of the last albums went in nearly the same musical direction and it was time for doing something different since this is one thing about Motorpsycho we all love so much. So now, Tomas is here, he did a really good job on The Tower and I am glad and happy. And I must say, not like Bartok, the Album got me from the first note on! I kind of listended to nothing else since last friday, now I am starting to play the whole MP Discography in shuffle mode again to integrate The Tower in this unbelievable overall MP Experience. KUDOS again!
Just realized, something’s missing:
BENTISLOUDSNAHISMOREGODLYTHANEVERANDKENNETHWASFASTBUTWHATTHEHELLISTOMAS?
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