stoopid Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Thoughts? It's a bit of a mixed bag for me after 2 times through the album. Their last 2 albums took a bit to click with me as well. What I'm hearing though is a lot of similarities to other songs from those most recent albums. Edited August 28, 2018 by stoopid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Haven't listened yet. I love Black Gives Way to Blue, but didn't like the following album at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I still have to listen to it. I will say that I'm glad the album is only 10 songs and less than an hour. The last album had some really good stuff on it but it dragged on too long in some places. Happy to see they scaled things back a bit this time. Hopefully that means better results. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 I've generally enjoyed the later career AiC and Soundgarden material, although both bands sound different from their earliest, most well received recordings. IMO AiC have done 'better' in terms of overall song quality in their reboot, this album quite possibly being the exception. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 In any case, I didn't see a dedicated thread and I know we have a lot of grunge and specifically AiC fans on the forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I still have to listen to it. I will say that I'm glad the album is only 10 songs and less than an hour. The last album had some really good stuff on it but it dragged on too long in some places. Happy to see they scaled things back a bit this time. Hopefully that means better results. a lot of bands could benefit from scaling back album length. it's always been a peeve of mine no matter who the artist. maybe it's my attention span but if you're gonna go an hour or more with an album (i'm talking singles not double albums) you be sure the material is A game. Truth is for me most can't pull it off. i know cause most albums in my library over an hour have edited versions i made, lol. Mick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy85 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Haven't listened yet. I love Black Gives Way to Blue, but didn't like the following album at all. Exactly. I didn't know it was out. I think I'm going to give the last one a spin now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I still have to listen to it. I will say that I'm glad the album is only 10 songs and less than an hour. The last album had some really good stuff on it but it dragged on too long in some places. Happy to see they scaled things back a bit this time. Hopefully that means better results. a lot of bands could benefit from scaling back album length. it's always been a peeve of mine no matter who the artist. maybe it's my attention span but if you're gonna go an hour or more with an album (i'm talking singles not double albums) you be sure the material is A game. Truth is for me most can't pull it off. i know cause most albums in my library over an hour have edited versions i made, lol. Mick Totally agree, it definitely makes it so the artists have to choose the best songs to put on the album. I hate albums that are really long and also have a lot of filler songs. Only exception for very long albums for me is usually live albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I haven't listened to their new album yet, I don't know what to expect since I have not listened to much of AIC's later stuff. Let's hope for the best 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I literally didn't know these guys were still a band. i thought they packed it in after the 2009 album until i read thus thread, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) The first two post-Layne albums were slow growers for sure. I especially like BGWTB. Looking forward to some new AIC. Edited August 28, 2018 by rocket ignites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I have to catch up with them. Haven't listened to anything after the self titled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Only listened to it once and the last two albums a few times. Haven’t gotten into the new lineup much lately. Will probably give them more spins. The opener rocks. My step cousin is seeing them at the Palladium tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Only listened to it once and the last two albums a few times. Haven’t gotten into the new lineup much lately. Will probably give them more spins. The opener rocks. My step cousin is seeing them at the Palladium tomorrow. You know that the "new lineup" is just William Duvall sharing vocal and guitar duties with Cantrell, right? It's not like the band keeps having a huge turnover or have changed their sound drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Saw them night before last and as always they were excellent. They played 3 of the new songs which went over well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I think it's a pretty good album. Probably the most consistent album they've put out with this lineup. It's not breaking any new ground or anything like that, but it has some wonderful highs on it. Red Giant is worth the price of the album alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 I like Red Giant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Listened to it twice now and I do like it. But I also feel like it's a bit of an underwhelming album considering it's been five years since their last one. The long wait led me to expect something better. Still, it's a solid album. The title track, Red Giant, Drone, Never Fade and All I Am are the standouts for me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I haven't played it yet but heard snippits. very unexciting. i'll play it at some point but i'm in no rush to do so. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I haven't played it yet but heard snippits. very unexciting. i'll play it at some point but i'm in no rush to do so. Mick I would give their previous two albums a listen first if you haven't before. Not sure this is the album to introduce people to modern AIC if they're not familiar with that material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I haven't played it yet but heard snippits. very unexciting. i'll play it at some point but i'm in no rush to do so. Mick I would give their previous two albums a listen first if you haven't before. Not sure this is the album to introduce people to modern AIC if they're not familiar with that material. i've played the one from 09.....which i thought was good......nothing fantastic but it was enjoyable. i didn't even know they released one after that till this thread. i thought they had broken up lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I will say this, there are no songs on their last three albums that I couldn't see Layne singing on. They've remained pretty true to form without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I will say this, there are no songs on their last three albums that I couldn't see Layne singing on. They've remained pretty true to form without him. Same for Stone Temple Pilots. The singer sounds so much like Weiland it’s scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I will say this, there are no songs on their last three albums that I couldn't see Layne singing on. They've remained pretty true to form without him. Same for Stone Temple Pilots. The singer sounds so much like Weiland it’s scary.I actually think the new guy sounds different enough form a new identity for the band while still able to do justice to the older stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) I will say this, there are no songs on their last three albums that I couldn't see Layne singing on. They've remained pretty true to form without him. Same for Stone Temple Pilots. The singer sounds so much like Weiland it’s scary.I actually think the new guy sounds different enough form a new identity for the band while still able to do justice to the older stuff.They were one of the 4 bands I saw the other night when I mentioned seeing Alice in Chains along with The Cult and Bush. I truly thought STP stole the show. New guy was excellent and they played 2 songs from their new album and those went over well. They may have received the biggest crowd reaction and they were the first of the 4 bands!And btw, I saw them with Weiland about 4 times back in the day so not like I was an STP newbie. Edited August 30, 2018 by driventotheedge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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