Everyonce in a while i like to write an essay about how much i like or dislike an album i've been listening too, to keep up any writing skills i have aquired.
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Length: 45:53
Released: June 12th 2008
1.) Life in Technicolor
2.) Cemeteries of London*
3.) Lost!
4.) 42*
5.) Lovers In Japan/Reign in Love
6.) Yes/Chinese Sleep Chant*
7.) Viva La Vida
8.) Violet Hill*
9.) Strawberry Swing
10.) Death & All His Friends/The Escapist
Warning: if you hunt urgals with a bow strung with human veins wearing your favorite Slayer t-shirt while drinking vodka mixed with oxblood stop reading right now.
Ignore the hype and hate. It’s the most downloaded album of its time, and yes Chris martin sounds every bit as hammy as Bono. Listen to Lovers In Japan, he’s a fuckin’ Bono-Dopple-Savethechildren-Ganger. But the tracks on this album do something few modern bands dare to do, change. For Instance: ‘42’starts as a soft Radiohead-esque twinkle before a bass beat kicks in halfway backed by a bouncy sting section. From there the track builds in energy til’ right before the end where it breaks back to the opening lines again. The other tracks follow suit, morphing from one musical idea to the next. Only three songs sound out of place on this death themed record: The danceable ‘Viva La Vida’ the flitty ‘Strawberry Swing’ and the sonic ‘Chinese Sleep Chant’. Book-Ending the disk is the instrumental ‘Life in Technicolor’ and its vocal version ‘The Escapist’ which fades out of Death & All His Friends to close out the album. Overall Chris Martin’s expanded his vocals to include lower pitches and the rest of the band has shown much promise by branching out making this cold plays most musically interesting album.
8.9/10 (11/10 excluding ‘Lost!’/ ‘Viva La Vida’/’Strawberry Swing‘)
*Notes biased enthusiasm (greatness)
Length: 28:55
Released: April 12th 2005
*1. Shut Me Up
2. 1989
3. Straight To Video
*4. Tom Sawyer
5. You'll Rebel To Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)
*6. What Do They Know?
7. Stupid MF
8. 2 Hookers & An 8-Ball
9. Prom
10. Bullshit
The thing I’ve always loved about MSI, besides that their music must be what comes out of Trent Reznors minds when he does acid, is their message:
"A warning for those of you lazy self absorbed and/or just plain inattentive parents: All the censorship in the world won't make up for bad parenting. If your child is more influenced by our music than by Mommy & Daddy, both you and your offspring have much bigger problems than our lyrics. So before you go hauling us or any other artist into court, look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you did the best you could, because if you're considering taking us to court, you didn't."
I’m often tempted to shove that in my folks faces, but I’m too nice for that. The actual album follows the usual MSI formula: Drugs, Sex, Ponies, and almost as many swear words as the south park movie all bundled together in an album less that a half hour in length. But YRTA is more solid and has more lasting power as an album that MSI’s previous release, “Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy” which boasts a sticker that say “Be the first one on your block to throw away this album.” Anyway, highlights on the album include the cerebral “Shut Me Up”, music video directed by Jhonen Vasquez creator of invader zim and jthm, and a cover of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”. The Cd was recently re-released with a different cover then the “game cross” seen above, containing the bonus tracks: Mic Commander, La-Di-Da-Di, Make Me Cum, and Wack! Overall, I think it will be the best album MSI will make, although they’ve had better songs (See “Faggot” “Tight” & “I Hate Jimmy Page”). Don't do Drugs kids...
8/10
* Notes Awasumness
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