Erasure - Light at the End of the World
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Free Music Notes for Light at the End of the World
Free Music Review: okay...just okay
Hit: 3 Stars
Erasure is to the point in their career where they need to either do something different (and I don't mean acoustic sets), or they need to excel at their signature sound; this album, I'm afraid, does neither. Some of the keyboard sounds hark back to yesteryear, but the songwriting just isn't able to compete. The soulful, happy hooks that made Erasure famous are all but absent. The best track is actually not even a track; the b-side, "I Like it", is actually one of the best songs they've done in years. Had "Light at the End of the World" followed suit, this would have been an amazing record.Free Music Review: Good but not as good as it should be
Hit: 3 Stars
After an album like Nightbird, which was fantastic and in my opinion their best ever, it's hard to follow up with an album thats just as good. There are quite a few good songs like Sunday girl, how my eyes adore you, and fly away and then there are others that i didn't really care for like Darlene and glass angel. Andy's vocals are good but I feel like more sounds should've been used instead of nonstop synthesizers. I hate to say it but every song kind of sounds the same. Overall, the album is just okay. It's not dreadful but it's not great either.Free Music Review: Another Loveboat, I'm affraid...
Hit: 3 Stars
Just when I thought they had recoverd their inspiration (after "Other people's songs" and Nightbird") they release this hard-to-swallow bluff. I had a terribly sad dejá-vu and thought I was listening again (and it would be the second listening) the awful Loveboat.
How can they be so uneven?
Anyway, I'll go on buying their music...
Free Music Review: THREE STARS
Hit: 2 Stars
UPDATE: After giving it a few more listens, I have to say it sounds a little better. I'd upgrade my star rating for this to 3 stars if it were possible.
I've been listening to Erasure for over 20 years, seen them perform live a number of times, and after the sublime and beautiful "Nightbird", it is disheartening to report that this one just doesn't measure up to their previous efforts. Technically, the music is very well produced. The problem is that there is hardly anything that stays with you after listening. I've heard it once, and will likely give it another chance but it's pretty sad when you have to say that about an Erasure album. L.A.T.E.O.T.W is a disappointment, and boring at times. There's little magic to be experienced. If anything, this album sounds like a collection of sub-par b-sides. The packaging for the limited edition is alright.
Free Music Review: Let Down
Hit: 2 Stars
After the return to form with Nightbird and the change of pace of Union Street I was looking forward to the new material. Unfortunately this just doesn't cut it. The supposed dancier tracks sound as if they were written by an early 90s euro band and that Erasure hasn't moved on. Clearly with their eponymous album and Nightbird this is not the case. "If I Could Fall In Love With You" is a high point as it's the type of track they do so well. However, "Sucker For Love" sounds like a failed Eurovision song at best.
I guess I'll have to go back to listening to Nightbird.