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Silver Eye reviews
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Another lazy reviewer that has obviously not done their job and checked the back catalogue. Indecipherable lyrics, al la Deer Stop, are typical Goldfrapp. FFS, have they never listened to any Cocteau Twins? Alison frequently uses her voice as an instrument in the same manner.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Most reviewers are damaged personalities IMHO who do that job because they cannot hack anything else.
    Like smallpox, should be kept in an airtight container in a secure facility somewhere.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down SlippageSlippage
    Posts: 409
    I agree. 
    There are people who should not be reviewing content. I'm already working on the review of Silver Eye for my website and fully intend to be respectful to the band, as it ought to be done in every review. I don't like every song, but that shouldn't (and won't) be an integral part of the review. Reviewers don't have to like the music or praise it to death, but it also means they don't need to be self-indulgent asshats and throw insults just to gain clicks. Never understood why a neutral, "let the reader decide" approach is becoming a lost aspect of the art of reviewing.
    Post edited by Slippage at 2017-03-26 13:35:43
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Asshats! You are so not Brit !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down NovaLasingNovaLasing
    Posts: 209
    Asshats are those straw hats you see on donkeys - they probably still have them in Clacton :)
    Post edited by NovaLasing at 2017-03-26 17:37:40
  • Vote Up0Vote Down SlippageSlippage
    Posts: 409
    LOL

    I've been found out, eh!


    Post edited by Slippage at 2017-03-26 20:01:24
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
    Posts: 5,675
    You have Sir. Unless it's what those Mounties wear !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down LowLow
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    Urban_Tribesman said:

    Most reviewers are damaged personalities IMHO who do that job because they cannot hack anything else.
    Like smallpox, should be kept in an airtight container in a secure facility somewhere.



    Brutal but staggeringly true

  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    That was my review of most reviewers Low.
    I'm going to paraphrase and old saying where I come from. Those that can do, those that can't review!
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2017-03-27 14:59:18
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down react010react010
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    Great review from Consequence of Sound !
    https://tinyurl.com/n87bb7c
    Post edited by react010 at 2017-03-28 15:54:35
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down LowLow
    Posts: 901
    Have my issues with Consequence of Sound but that was a hell of a review.

  • Vote Up0Vote Down react010react010
    Posts: 114
    Goldfrapp look back to move forward ;)
    http://www.mtv.com/news/2997662/goldfrapp-silver-eye-review/
    FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/richard.deboer.560
  • Vote Up0Vote Down pob06pob06
    Posts: 84
    Liking the consequence of siund review.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down 8bitcruncher8bitcruncher
    Posts: 101
    The Guardian have reviewed Silver Eye.Gave it 3 stars.Still,it's the Album Of The Week.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/30/goldfrapp-silver-eye-review-alexis-petridis-album-of-the-week

    Alex Petredis moaning that Goldfrapp still...er...sound like Goldfrapp and not like any of that awful 'trap' shit that gets constantly played on BlandFM.
    https://twitter.com/ChrisPaynter1
  • Vote Up0Vote Down JoeyJoey
    Posts: 197
    A surprising 7.4 from Pitchfork. This is their second highest rating of a Goldfrapp album. Felt Mountain received an 8.0.


    "On their first album in four years, Goldfrapp synthesize all their many sounds and modes to get at the core of their musical identity. They find a beautiful, poppy, platonic ideal."


    I had a king in a tenement castle, lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown. He's taken the curtains down. He's swept with the broom of contempt, and the rooms have an empty ring. He's cleaned with the tears of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting...
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