Segue Myles Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Tusk is my 2nd fav double album. Stung out coke heads they were. they made magic. Mick Tusk, The White Album and The River...nope...I cannot choose! Throw in Karmacode and Tales, you have my top five! Top 5. doubles. 1. The White Album2. Tusk3. Trout Mask Replica (I know, lol)4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road5. Meloncholy and the Infitnite Sadness Mick 1. Tales From Topographic Oceans2. Tusk3. The River4. The White Album5. Songs In The Key Of Life 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 HIM-screamworks 1. In Venere Veritas-10/10 The brief Acapella opening made me smile. In Fact the Let's fall apart together hook reminds me of.....and i'm sorry......but a blink 182 song. Just a great high energy opener. Weird how he goes from a melodic vocal to screaming at parts........calls to mind James LeBrie. it does. Especially live LeBrie Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) 2. Scared to Death-10/10 Straight Forward AOR ballad. Chessy Guitar solo. it's got everything I need. Catchy melodic. Homerun. Mick Edited August 16, 2015 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 3. Heartkiller--8/10 These guys are good at imitating others on this record. I swear the Chorus recalls.........god help us.......Good Charlotte. Love the synth opening. Great hook. but 2 points off for making me think Good Charlotte. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 4. Dying Song-7/10. I love the little Synth Touches all over this record. This song's good a great brooding verse section. and I LOVE the guitar solo on here. it's only the Chorus that's a bit weak on here for me. other then that it's a good tune. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) 5. Disarm Me (With your Loneliness)-5/10. It's a Nickelback Ballad Segue. out of annoyance I must give it a lower score. not to say it isn't hooky. but the artists they choose to recall are strange man, lol. Chad Krouger just came hearing this. lol. Mick Edited August 16, 2015 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 6. Love the Hardest Way-8/10 Great Synth Sounds on here again. Records getting a little predictable. but that's not stoping me from enjoying it. Great cheesy handclaps to start each verse. HIM is having great fun for once. instead of brooding. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 7. Katherine Wheel-8/10 Katherine Wheel i'm wheel i'm burning for you??? so cliche. lol. They are pulling every cheeseball out of the bag. and it works. are they perfect songs? not at all times but it always get's a smile. great hook. Chorus. Great. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 8. In the Arms of Rain-4/10. Honestly. After hearing a lot of similar stuff here. This doesn't do much for me. Kinda throw away. just OK. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 9. Ode to Solitude-8/10. Love the Synth touches here. Hooky Chrous. This album is getting hard to comment on. Because....it's The same thing, lol. but they do it so well. i can't complain. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 10. Shatter me with Hope-6/10 I know what's coming by now. Synth.........hooky Chrous. Solo. Lather, Rinse Repeat. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love In Limbo) 5/10. Getting Bored. Nickelback Again. What started out as enthusiasm is wearing off. oh so formulaic.i can't really Critique here. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 12. Like St. Valentine 3/10. Again. Fast beat. Hooky Chorus. Synth line Anchoring it. Next. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 13. The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness-10/10. Now THIS i love. I love the brooding synths. that electronic beat. Wornderful Vocals. GREAT guitar Lines. Great way to bring it back. this song is saturated with such great sounds. My fav on the album. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Overall. 6/10. What starting out as exciting. Really became predictable and sluggish in the middle. What it did it did. well. and the great songs are GREAT. but when i can say what's gonna happen song to song. not good, lol. it closed unbelieveably though. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 You own me a Thomas Dolby Review now. lol. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Screamworks is the one HIM album that had to grow on me the most! I agree with everything you wrote, and this album is awash with pop punk influence! Ville seems very conscious of the fact that his music is clichéd, and rather than take themselves seriously, they gently mock themselves from start to finish. Whilst I will not argue personal opinion, Nickleback? Disarm Me is one of my favourite HIM songs, and it was written all the way back in 2001, but took Ville a long time to feel satisfied with it. I don't hear anything Nickleback related in this album, or that song at all. Overall, a 9/10 for me. It follows the drab Venus Doom and preceded the blander than bland Tears On Tape. With the number of high scores, 6/10 makes little sense haha! Aside from Disarm Me, spot on! The rest of the review I either agree with or perfectly understand! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 HIM are predictable, but I don't mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Screamworks is the one HIM album that had to grow on me the most! I agree with everything you wrote, and this album is awash with pop punk influence! Ville seems very conscious of the fact that his music is clichéd, and rather than take themselves seriously, they gently mock themselves from start to finish. Whilst I will not argue personal opinion, Nickleback? Disarm Me is one of my favourite HIM songs, and it was written all the way back in 2001, but took Ville a long time to feel satisfied with it. I don't hear anything Nickleback related in this album, or that song at all. Overall, a 9/10 for me. It follows the drab Venus Doom and preceded the blander than bland Tears On Tape. With the number of high scores, 6/10 makes little sense haha! Aside from Disarm Me, spot on! The rest of the review I either agree with or perfectly understand! It got low for the predictability. but don't mistake me i enjoyed it. and Disarm Me.........really you can't hear Nickelback? all it needs is a YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 i'm sure it will take me by the throat after a while. no fear, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Screamworks is the one HIM album that had to grow on me the most! I agree with everything you wrote, and this album is awash with pop punk influence! Ville seems very conscious of the fact that his music is clichéd, and rather than take themselves seriously, they gently mock themselves from start to finish. Whilst I will not argue personal opinion, Nickleback? Disarm Me is one of my favourite HIM songs, and it was written all the way back in 2001, but took Ville a long time to feel satisfied with it. I don't hear anything Nickleback related in this album, or that song at all. Overall, a 9/10 for me. It follows the drab Venus Doom and preceded the blander than bland Tears On Tape. With the number of high scores, 6/10 makes little sense haha! Aside from Disarm Me, spot on! The rest of the review I either agree with or perfectly understand! It got low for the predictability. but don't mistake me i enjoyed it. and Disarm Me.........really you can't hear Nickelback? all it needs is a YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mick I really don't... It sounds like Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights to my ears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I put on Tears on Tape.......ummmm.......i'll take fun predictability please. oh man. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 My ranking of HIM albums: 1. Love Metal- 10/102. Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights- 10/103. Razorblade Romance (original Finnish release)- 10/104. Screamworks- 9/105. Dark Light- 9/106. Venus Doom- 7/107. Greatest Lovesongs vol. 666- 7/108. Tears On Tape- 3/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I put on Tears on Tape.......ummmm.......i'll take fun predictability please. oh man. Mick It is really boring! And I am a mega HIM fanboy!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Right Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age Of Wireless 1.Flying North If Flock Of Seagulls wrote folk music, it would sound like this. A cautious 7/10, but this is quite beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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