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Topic: favorites / least favorites on the new album?
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farside
VoivodFan
Member # 193
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posted March 10, 2003 22:25
    
List what songs you like/dont like on the new record. I'm intrested in knowing what Blacky thinks of it, or if he's even heard t yet.FAVORITES: (not in order)
GASMASK REVIVAL (I like it more now that the lyrics make sense) FACING UP (maybe my favorite new one) THE MULTIVERSE (This should be the single, not the lackluster "we carry on")
REACTOR (flashes of vintage VOIVOD, lyrically and musically ...now if only the vocals weren't so damn loud)
DIVINE SUN (I love the way this song flows)
LEAST FAVORIETS:
LES CIGARES VOLANTS (possibly the worst lyrics I've ever read, did Newstead write this gem? "flying cigars, the coolest name for UFO's" come one guys, you can do better than that. Any real producer wouldn't have let this one get past the idea stage) REAL AGAIN? (this song just kind of plods along and doesnt really go anywhere, overall pretty boring ...the kind of song that made Angel Rat cool, but feels out of place with the ultra clean production)
-------------------------------------------- Overall the album seems to have picked up where Outer Limits left off (my least favorite album.)I haven't been able to get past the obviouslly up front vocal mix, and I feel that the music suffers because of it.
There are some great songs in here, but overall I'm disapointed with the album. Theres a bit too much "mid tempo" going on and it all seems to blend toghether after a while. I'm hoping this album grows on me with time ...it took 10 years for me to decide I loved Angel Rat.
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nothingface
VoivodFan
Member # 58
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posted March 11, 2003 00:05
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Originally posted by farside:
LEAST FAVORITES:
LES CIGARES VOLANTS (possibly the worst lyrics I've ever read, did Newstead write this gem? "flying cigars, the coolest name for UFO's" come one guys, you can do better than that.
I've been feeling the same way about this song. It seems forced, and the word "coolest" just doesn't sound right in a Voivod song. However, I have to say that the album as a whole has swelled from "pretty good" to "fucking great" in my mind over the weekend, when I finally got to give it many listens without interruption. I find my mind bursting into riffs and lyrics at work without provocation. Deja vu? Yeah, definitely. "Angel Rat" caught me offguard too, as I was expecting "Nothingface II". Once I let the album express its own identity, it grew on me unendingly. Once I put my expectations from "Voivod" aside, I quickly began to appreciate the album on its own merit as well. No two Voivod albums sound alike, and thank God for that. This album is yet another facet in the true gem that is Voivod.
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manipulator
VoivodFan
Member # 12
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posted March 11, 2003 01:43
ah! farside is on to something, listen to it a few more times and i'll call you "brain damaged" ha! Motherboard says there's something wrong
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The Neverman
VoivodFan
Member # 4
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posted March 11, 2003 03:38
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Originally posted by nothingface:
Manipulator, you sure are cryptic these days.
...to say the least. absolute favourites:
- Strange and Ironic
- Invisible Planet most favourites:
all others except Facing up and Real Again? lesat favourites:
- Facing up
- Real Again?
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NightSod
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Member # 133
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posted March 11, 2003 04:38
I like the whole album.On 'Blame Us' and "I Don't Want to Wake Up", I'm reminded of why I missed Snake so much - wow, interesting melody in a vocal line! Absolute fave musically, for the most nostalgic of reasons is: 'Invisible Planet'.
Which is as good a song as Piggy's ever written. Least favourite aspect of the album though is that we're back to a straight three piece band - where are all the accordians, mellotrons and theremin? PS. 'Flying Cigar' is the coolest name for a ufo - and there is no harm in pointing this out.
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code
VoivodFan
Member # 192
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posted March 11, 2003 11:51
At first I thought the new album was a little dull in some way. But to my happy surprise it started to grow on me only after some days. The flying Cigars lyrics works for me. It reminds me of the kind of charmy cheesy humour witnessed on "We are not alone" from TOL. Most Favs:
Divine Sun
Facing up
Invisible planet
Blame us Least favs:
We carry on
Rebel robot Cya all
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posted March 11, 2003 02:11
posted March 11, 2003 04:39
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