crestingwaves Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I bought the album yesterday. It's still growing on me. A few of the tracks are great from first listen. Others are not. But like I said, it's getting better after a couple listens. But I'm still a big fan of UTIS era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matter-Eater Lad Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Perfect symmetry is my favorite album of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipoffools Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I just bought the deluxe version of the new album on Itunes. Listening to the demo of Lovers Are Losing right now, it's very 'different.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polkahard Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Any particular reason why iTunes is listing the deluxe version of Perfect Symmetry as "explicit?" Anything in the demos or something? :laugh4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchoc92 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 ^ no probably because Tim's singing is so bad, much as I love him!!!!:laugh4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footyfan10 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Any particular reason why iTunes is listing the deluxe version of Perfect Symmetry as "explicit?" Anything in the demos or something? :laugh4: I think its because they swear in the video clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Just read this NME review about Keane's new album :shocked2:: Reviewing Keane is always a tricky business. Any sort of faint praise and we get our hands cut off for being traitors to the punk rock cause, but if we give them a proper bashing we’re boorish and predictable. There’s no denying that they’ve had more hits than most, but that’s like judging how many Nobel Prizes you’ve won in comparison to Barry Chuckle: it’s meaningless. So what have they pulled out of the bag this time? Shite all. This is the same as every other Keane album, so don’t be fooled into thinking they’re reformed characters because of that confusingly funky ’80s-style single. It’s the first track and it’s all downhill after that (insert ‘Spiralling’ pun here). OK, so it worked for Mystery Jets, and now people don’t think they live in a commune and eat out of bins anymore, but somehow Keane just make it all sound sinister. There’s a song called ‘Black Burning Heart’, for God’s sake. And another one called ‘Love Is The End’. Musically, they’ve ripped off swathes of things contemporary and popular to make them ‘hip’, but it just feels like some dodgy old guy at a bus stop telling you he digs Klaxons. “I absolutely do not care what is considered to be fashionable or cool or tasteful – it’s much more about following our own instincts,” bleats Tim Rice-Waterhouse-Oxley or whatever the fuck he’s called. That’s fine, granddad. We’re not listening. Rebecca Robinson 2 of 10 http://www.nme.com/reviews/keane/9953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What the hell kind of review is that!? Idiots. I mean it's fine not to like an album, but the reviewer is just so rude. "Shite all"? The dodgy-old-guy reference? Right, ok. And that needless attack on Tim is just pathetic. EPIC FAIL. :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What the hell kind of review is that!? Idiots. I mean it's fine not to like an album, but the reviewer is just so rude. "Shite all"? The dodgy-old-guy reference? Right, ok. And that needless attack on Tim is just pathetic. EPIC FAIL. :dozey: I agree with you Zemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polkahard Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Seems like Rebecca Robinson just hates Keane and really can't accept anything else. I wish she actually talked about the music rather than bashing the band the whole time. Makes me wonder if she even actually listened to the whole album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 that only makes her lose credibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 It's NME, people. I'd take that review and her opinion with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I've read a few bad reviews so far, but yesterday I was positively surprised! I don't think "Perfect Symmetry" isn't bad. Although I still don't like "Spiralling" I'm addicted to some of their new songs so far. "The Lovers Are Losing" is incredible, but I was even more impressed by the song "Perfect Symmetry" itself. What a great tune! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plug_in_coldplaying Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Just read this NME review about Keane's new album :shocked2:: Reviewing Keane is always a tricky business. Any sort of faint praise and we get our hands cut off for being traitors to the punk rock cause, but if we give them a proper bashing we’re boorish and predictable. There’s no denying that they’ve had more hits than most, but that’s like judging how many Nobel Prizes you’ve won in comparison to Barry Chuckle: it’s meaningless. So what have they pulled out of the bag this time? Shite all. This is the same as every other Keane album, so don’t be fooled into thinking they’re reformed characters because of that confusingly funky ’80s-style single. It’s the first track and it’s all downhill after that (insert ‘Spiralling’ pun here). OK, so it worked for Mystery Jets, and now people don’t think they live in a commune and eat out of bins anymore, but somehow Keane just make it all sound sinister. There’s a song called ‘Black Burning Heart’, for God’s sake. And another one called ‘Love Is The End’. Musically, they’ve ripped off swathes of things contemporary and popular to make them ‘hip’, but it just feels like some dodgy old guy at a bus stop telling you he digs Klaxons. “I absolutely do not care what is considered to be fashionable or cool or tasteful – it’s much more about following our own instincts,” bleats Tim Rice-Waterhouse-Oxley or whatever the fuck he’s called. That’s fine, granddad. We’re not listening. Rebecca Robinson 2 of 10 http://www.nme.com/reviews/keane/9953 what the fuck? she better goes to fuck until ill find her fuckface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 ^ :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sarah* Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 what the fuck? she better goes to fuck until ill find her fuckface well, that wasn't much better than the "review" ... ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 well, that wasn't much better than the "review" ... ;D True!!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPsy Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Digital spy.co.uk review!: "We don't want to be one of those bands that forever remains the same, churning out the same old stuff," said Tom Chaplin at the Q Awards earlier this week. Changes in musical direction are a notoriously risky business, but for Keane it was a choice between evolving or forever being labelled as dull Coldplay clones. Two successful records into their career, most music fans had firmly fixed views on the Sussex trio: plenty loved them, but many others, led by chief critic Noel Gallagher, would rather have been fed to the sharks than caught listen to them. Possibly inspired by Chaplin's recovery from drink and drug addiction, Keane's third album wields a sledgehammer at these preconceptions and showcases a creatively adventurous group who've developed a healthy fascination with seventies and eighties pop music. The band's talk of an "avalanche of experimentation" and breaching the "unwritten rules of musical etiquette" were intriguing, snappy soundbites, but few believed the piano-tinkling public schoolboys could actually pull off dance music and go all Pet Shop Boys on us. Yet anyone who's heard comeback single 'Spiralling', with its infectious "Boooh!" cries and synths that Girls Aloud would murder for, will know that Chaplin and co. have pulled it off. The influence of producer Stuart Price, who's worked with Madonna and Gwen Stefani in the past, runs through the album's core and under his stewardship synth-pop and indie ballads sound like perfect bedfellows. When the band are in full swing, as on the Bowie-esque 'Better Than This', it's hard to believe you're listening to the same group who swooned their way through earnest tunes like 'Somewhere Only We Know'. While existing fans may lament the shift towards brasher pop stylings, this album only loses its way when Keane slip back into their old bad habits. Closer 'Love Is The End' is a saccharine attempt at a lighters-aloft show-stopper that falls down under the weight of its own seriousness. It's also unlikely that anyone would care if 'Playing Along' and 'You Don't See Me' had been left as B-Sides. However, these quibbles are soon forgotten whenever Tom Chaplin bursts into another bout of sparky falsetto. Not even Noel Gallagher could hold back a smile at the soaring synth-frenzy of 'Again or Again', while 'You Haven't Told Me Anything' suggests the band have been listening to plenty of Hot Chip in the last 12 months. The jaunty brass of 'Pretend That You're Alone' certainly "ignores the rules of good taste" as the band promised, but as with the bizarre segment of spoken French on 'Black Burning Heart', they get away with because they go in head first. With synth-pop now successfully conquered, it will be interesting to see where the band turn next, but for the time being Keane have triumphed and left their critics floundering. 4/5 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a132243/keane-perfect-symmetry.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellynelly Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Just read this NME review about Keane's new album :shocked2:: Reviewing Keane is always a tricky business. Any sort of faint praise and we get our hands cut off for being traitors to the punk rock cause, but if we give them a proper bashing we’re boorish and predictable. There’s no denying that they’ve had more hits than most, but that’s like judging how many Nobel Prizes you’ve won in comparison to Barry Chuckle: it’s meaningless. So what have they pulled out of the bag this time? Shite all. This is the same as every other Keane album, so don’t be fooled into thinking they’re reformed characters because of that confusingly funky ’80s-style single. It’s the first track and it’s all downhill after that (insert ‘Spiralling’ pun here). OK, so it worked for Mystery Jets, and now people don’t think they live in a commune and eat out of bins anymore, but somehow Keane just make it all sound sinister. There’s a song called ‘Black Burning Heart’, for God’s sake. And another one called ‘Love Is The End’. Musically, they’ve ripped off swathes of things contemporary and popular to make them ‘hip’, but it just feels like some dodgy old guy at a bus stop telling you he digs Klaxons. “I absolutely do not care what is considered to be fashionable or cool or tasteful – it’s much more about following our own instincts,” bleats Tim Rice-Waterhouse-Oxley or whatever the fuck he’s called. That’s fine, granddad. We’re not listening. Rebecca Robinson 2 of 10 http://www.nme.com/reviews/keane/9953 I thought that was funny, can always rely on the NME for writing such shite!!! I think 'she' had no intentions of reviewing the album 'on the fence', she was firmly on the haters side from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I thought that was funny, can always rely on the NME for writing such shite!!! I think 'she' had no intentions of reviewing the album 'on the fence', she was firmly on the haters side from the start. NME = Negative Music Expression.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 NME = Negative Music Expression.:rolleyes: yeah, you're right :) I was shocked... I have to say that this is not their best album in my opinion, but what this NME revision says is absolutely stupid :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 yeah, you're right :) I was shocked... I have to say that this is not their best album in my opinion, but what this NME revision says is absolutely stupid :angry: That's why I never read "professional" reviews.:smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 yes, I'm not gonna read them anymore!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sarah* Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 has the NME ever printed a postive review? :rolleyes: travis also got 2/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihcoldplay Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 katy perry had a better note :confused: http://www.nme.com/reviews/katy-perry/9900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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