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Free Music Review: awsome service
Hit: 5 Stars
I gpt the cd in 5 day in awsome shape couldnt be happier.Free Music Review: Patton's Peeping Tom
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought this album the day it came out. It usually takes me awhile to fully love an album. I listen to it non-stop, then I take a break from it, then I start listening to it again to gain a fresh perspective. I realize that the critics get an early copy, but I don't know how they can properly review an album on just a few listens. My first instinct was that Don't Even Trip was the weakest song on the album, and though I've gained greater appreciation for the song on repeated listens I stand by that instinct. Five Seconds is the best by far. The refrain, counting seconds backwards from five, make me want to run through a wall. I recently saw Peeping Tom in concert, and that song was the standout for me. Capirinha is my second favorite song. It's a sultry tune that reminds one of Sade or Maria Muldaur's Midnight at the Oasis. How U Feeling is the one that crept on me. I've only recently started getting into this song. Then there's Mojo. Another excellent concert song, but if you're reading this I'm guessing you already know this one. I'm not sure why Pre School was left off the album, because it is far better than Celebrity Death Match and Don't Even Trip. As another reviewer said, seek this song out. You'll love it. Kill the DJ is a good song, great beginning, average refrain and the ending drags a little. Getaway is a little disappointing, but it's better than 100% of the songs lining up on Billboard charts. Sucker is awesome, but I'm not one of those who is awestruck by the use of cursewords when used in a song--even when they are sung by Norah Jones. I've always found swear words a distraction from the beauty of a song, but artists feel a need to add them to give their listeners a sense of the artist's rage against the machine.
I've read some reviewers claim that the lyrics aren't up to Patton's usual standards. While I will admit some of them are cheesy, and some of the (Will and Grace?) lyrics are downright stupid, Patton's music has never been about the lyrics. The lyrics have always been a secondary concern to the man. His lyrics are written to flow with the music.
Overall, the album doesn't kill like some of the projects that Patton has taken part in. If you're wondering, I'm talking about his Mr. Bungle albums California and Disco Volante and his Faith no More album Angel Dust. Having said that, this is probably a better place to start for the uninitiated. Once you've spun those CDs a couple hundred times, check out the rest of his Faith no More work, the Mr. Bungle album, the Tomahawk work, his Fantomas work, his Lovage work, and the various other projects to which he's lended his vocal skills such as on the John Zorn projects. You will not be disappointed.
Free Music Review: Patton Pop takes time to grow on you
Hit: 4 Stars
I have had this album for approximately a month now, and my opinion of it has changed markedly. When I first picked it up, I was intensely disappointed with it. It was hyped as a "pop" album, which to most people means that it ought to be immediately accessible. Peeping Tom isn't. "Mojo" is the most immediately accessible song on the album (and is the perfect choice for a lead single), the rest by and large take time. A few of the tracks still haven't caught on, and I don't really expect them to. "Celebrity Death Match" is totally inane, as is "The Getaway" - both boring tracks that ought to be forgotten. "We're not alone", "How You Feelin'", "Don't Even Trip", "Neighborhood Spaceman", "Play Me", "Caipirinha" and (to a lesser extent) "Sucker" have all improved quite a bit with subsequent listens.
This is not a "pop" album. People need to remember that everything is relative. Relative to Patton's other work, it seems pop - but relative to what's on the radio, it still seems bizarre and obscure. This is Mike Patton after all, not Britney Spears (though Patton does say "oops I did it again" at the end of "mojo" - coincidence?). That said, this is a fun CD. It's not the masterpiece that Mr. Bungle's "California" is, but its also not nearly as unlistenable as much of the Fantomas stuff has been. I would describe the music as alternative electronica (if such a thing exists) or maybe electro-alternative. Most of the instrumentation is synth, and when guitars do show up, they're usually distorted. The synth-work on many of these tracks is interesting, and carries with it the darkness/"creep factor" that seems to go along with most of Patton's work. Patton's vocal work is, as always, impressive, but again, not his greatest work ever. Anyone hoping for him to sing like he did with Faith No More will probably be a little disappointed (the exception being "We're Not Alone"), as will those hoping for a Mr. Bungle-esque clinic in falsetto. This is somewhere in between.
This is a fun CD that is great music to blast in one's car while driving around town. Don't expect it to hit you immediately, however. As with all things Patton that I've yet seen (and most other finer things in life), Peeping Tom takes time to grow on you.
Free Music Review: Patton... need I say more?
Hit: 4 Stars
Mike patton has done it again, creating a multitude of ambitious soundscapes draped across a tapestry of lounge and pop, and for the most part, it works.
Being a fan of his more "Avant garde" wok, such as Fantomas and Mr.Bungle, I approached this album with more than a little trepidation. Although most of his output is consistently amazing, I have been greatly disappointed from time to time (Maldoror, anyone?)
I'd heard a few demos on the net, and instantly fell in love with them, but news that Patton had leaked them onto the net to misdirect fans as to the TRUE direction of the record kind of dampened my anticipation. For some reason i became convinced it would be a gansta rap album. complete with obligatory bling necklace adhered to the packaging.
Thankfully, this wasn't the case and, to my surprise, two songs (5 Seconds and Neighborhood spaceman) are tidied up and tweaked versions of the demos I loved so much.
So, how does the rest of the album stand up?
Well, it is extremely poppy, that's for sure, but not in the traditional sense. Think watching eurovision on a bad acid trip with dirty industrial beats subtly humming in the background.
The first three songs made me sit up and pay attention straight away, but mid-way, it felt as if the record was lagging. I switched it off for a few hours and came back to it and recommenced and the latter half suddenly didn't seem as trying as it had earlier. This is definitely an album that deserves more than one listen, although some songs do sound slightly repetitious, and the demo version of "Spaceman" is far superior.
All in all though, a pretty aweome album by one of the most versatile musicians in music today, and well worth a listen.
Oh, and I agree that the last song sounds like vintage Faith No More, especially the chorus.
Free Music Review: Good Stuff
Hit: 4 Stars
First of all, General Patton and Suspended Animation were much more alternative than this album is. While I enjoyed some of the General Patton stuff, I never really got in to Suspended Animation. This is certainly more accessible, and is by far one of Patton's more mainstream projects, but as has been said previously this is still some way off pop as it is known today.
As Mike Patton himself said, this is HIS version of pop, so it is not a pop record in the truest sense. Which is good, because I'm not a big fan of pop. I am a big fan of Patton, however, and in my opinion this album is very good.
It's classic Patton. He does the straight singing (and he does it very well) as well as the more airy sort of vocals (ala Stripsearch), and a little bit of the raspy stuff, but no screaming though. All of the tracks are greatly enhanced by the featuring artists. Standouts for me include: Five Seconds, Mojo, We're Not Alone (Remix), Sucker, Kill the DJ and Don't Even Trip. Which is pretty much the whole album. The other songs I am sure will grow on me, but at the moment these are the ones that I am listening to.
So, I guess all that I am doing now is echoing the views of the other reviewers here. But I just wanted to be another to show my appreciation of this record. And yes, the case is very cool. Ipecac have got the whole music thing down to a tee, from the incredible musical talent on display through to the packaging. Can't fault it one little bit.
Sure, so there are some blandish tracks, but only very rarely does a 100% brilliant album come out. On the whole, this is a must-have - for any Patton fan and for anyone who shys away from the mainstream. Recommended.