24db wrote:Hobo wrote:I think I'll pass on the Neptunes review.
Mick, you don't really rate Neptunes, and MFD isn't your cup of tea, so I want to ask which of the recent crop of TD CD's (if any) you really like, not just like a bit? I'm just interested as you said you stopped listening to TD and then came back to their music many years later.
I haven't heard all the recent releases, but I really like the first 3 tracks on Metaphor (they get better with each listening). I like Dream Of Death on MFD and Jeanne D'Arc is a pretty strong album. There are some excellent recent versions of classics on TD Plays TD and EF's and TQ's tracks on Roadmap To Music are very good too.
MFD as an album doesn't work for me because of the amount of vocal. I usually wish TD albums were longer, but this one should have 20 minutes shaved off it. Neptunes just doesn't float my boat (the exception being At Marianas Trench). Most of the tracks start very promisingly, but then wander aimlessly IMO.
I don't dislike any of the recent stuff I have heard, but my view is some of it seems rushed and mediocre. For the sake of my ears and wallet, I wish TD would slow down and take a more measured approach. I realise I am in the minority here, but I speak as I find.