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post #51 of 58
12/17/09 at 3:04pm
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Have you listened to the Shakira album? I can't say I have, but it managed to get some very respectable reviews for a radio pop album.
I did because of co-workers. It's not terrible, but if it's in your top 10, someone needs to find you more music to listen to. Or you jsut listen to pop music.

EDIT: And I'm not bitching at maintream pop music. The last Justin Timberlake album wasn't bad at all, but Shakira? To each is own, but mind you, it's Chocula.
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post #52 of 58
12/17/09 at 3:07pm
The video for that 'She Wolf' song is fantastic.
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post #53 of 58
12/17/09 at 4:30pm
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For some reason that Thermals album still hasn't kicked for me like The Body, The Blood, the Machine did, though.
I thought it was a bit of a disappointment when it first came out (too repetitive in the song-writing department) but it's improved greatly on repeat listens. Still a lesser work than TBTBTM, but that's a stone cold masterpiece anyways.
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post #54 of 58
12/17/09 at 4:38pm
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I did because of co-workers. It's not terrible, but if it's in your top 10, someone needs to find you more music to listen to. Or you jsut listen to pop music.

EDIT: And I'm not bitching at maintream pop music. The last Justin Timberlake album wasn't bad at all, but Shakira? To each is own, but mind you, it's Chocula.
Baw. The Weepy Rockist can't appreciate the clear delights of über-catchy Latin electro-pop. She-Wolf is the pop song (and video) of the decade. Go listen to Muse you little shween.
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post #55 of 58
12/17/09 at 10:34pm
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I loved Dragonslayer, but I hardly paid any attention to the new Handsome Furs, as I disliked Plague Park. Maybe I'll listen to that. And I remember a really shitting review at the AV Club, giving the album a F out of all things.

And did some idiot nominate fucking Shakira????
Face Control is a huge jump from Plague Park, which really didn't leave an impression on me. I think the album will likely be forgotten on these end-of-the-year lists, which is a shame. Handsome Furs have found their "sound" and I'm actually excited about any future album. Pitchfork did like the album. They gave it an 8.0. I'd probably bump up that score to 8.7 or something.

Ok, Martin, I dig your taste and opinions, but I actually like the Shakira album. It's not something I listen to constantly or necessarily want to listen to on repeat, hence it didn't make my top 10, but someone could do much worse when it comes to pop music, don't you think? Musically, it doesn't sound like anything else on the pop landscape, for the most part. And her vocals are pretty darn sexy and hypnotizing.
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post #56 of 58
12/18/09 at 10:42am
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Maybe I was biased from the start, and I'm completely biased by the fact that Chocula is a retarded troll, so maybe I'm wrong in the album. Who knows.
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post #57 of 58
12/18/09 at 10:50am
She Wolf is such a fun album it's ridiculous. I had a similar reaction to it that I had to Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster' where I was passed the album and went in expecting very little and was really hooked by it. Of course She Wolf is a fuckton better than The Fame Monster largely because it feels a lot naturally funner, whilst Fame Monster sort of disguises how needy and fucked up it is with some great beats.
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post #58 of 58
1/3/10 at 5:15pm
Honorale Mentions

Doom - Born Like This

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer


1. The XX - The XX

2. Japandroids - Post Nothing

3. The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

4. Girls - Album

5. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

6. Dan Deacon - Bromst

7. Flaming Lips - Embryonic

8. Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall

9. YACHT - See Mystery Lights

10. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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