Author Topic: Blackfield (Read 130460 times)

zerogravityfat · « **Reply #210 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:11:06 AM »

i just received my copy, i like the album overall, mostly poppy which is ok. waving is really nice, i hope they play it in concert.

antigoon · « **Reply #211 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:44:01 AM »

I like the album a fair bit.

My favorites so far:

Glass House
Waving
Far Away
On the Plane
Oxygen

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #212 on:** March 29, 2011, 12:50:37 PM »

My three favourites are Blood, Oxygen and DNA.

I felt a bit ashamed when a friend came in while I was listening to Go To Hell. Those lyrics are so bad...

Zantera · « **Reply #213 on:** March 29, 2011, 02:23:07 PM »

Spinned this album two times, and I must say that it's pretty darn fantastic.
All songs are amazing (or better), and picking out early favorites seems like an impossible task, because they're all very good.
Lyrics in 'Go To Hell' are quite bad, but I don't really care much for lyrics, and the music in the song pretty much makes up for it.
If it weren't for the great music behind the lyrics, I would've complained more.
Love it how many new elements this album has, and how fresh it sounds, while still sounding very Blackfield.

Fantastic album overall.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #214 on:** March 29, 2011, 04:10:31 PM »

I won't elaborate before my review gets posted but in a word...meh

MirzekDT · « **Reply #215 on:** March 29, 2011, 04:37:35 PM »

OMG Blood is one of the best songs I've heard in a while can't get enough of it and whole album is amazing it may end up being my favorite Blackfield album. It's too early to rate it yet but it definetely has a chance. And Go To Hell is awesome BTW. Only musically of course but that's what matters.

ZBomber · « **Reply #216 on:** March 29, 2011, 09:52:46 PM »

Fuck, I dunno what album you guys have been listening to, but I'm listening with Quad right now and I think this might become my favorite Blackfield album

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #217 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:14:51 PM »

Just preordered it from Amazon. Should get it in a few millenia. I'm excited.

glaurung · « **Reply #218 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:16:23 PM »

Quote from: Phantasmatron on March 29, 2011, 10:14:51 PM

Just preordered it from Amazon. Should get it in a few millenia. I'm excited.

It wasn't much of a preorder if the album is already out.

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #219 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:20:43 PM »

Quote from: ZBomber on March 29, 2011, 09:52:46 PM

Fuck, I dunno what album you guys have been listening to, but I'm listening with Quad right now and I think this might become my favorite Blackfield album

This. It's such a fucking good album.

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #220 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:41:34 PM »

Waving/Far Away/Dissolving With the Night/Blood

Best 4 song run ever.

Plasmastrike · « **Reply #221 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:48:26 PM »

Gonna have to say I agree. This is their best release.

This album is much less hit or miss for me than the other two. It's pretty much all hit. Go To Hell may be growing on me.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #222 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:52:02 PM »

I should probably hear the second album before I get all over this one

ZBomber · « **Reply #223 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:59:35 PM »

Quote from: Plasmastrike on March 29, 2011, 10:48:26 PM

Gonna have to say I agree. This is their best release.

This album is much less hit or miss for me than the other two. It's pretty much all hit. Go To Hell may be growing on me.

Go To Hell is so lulzy, but at the same time I really like it. Usually that stuff completely turns me away from a song, but this seems to be the one case where it actually makes the song more enjoyable for some reason.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #224 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:25:56 AM »

Quote from: glaurung on March 29, 2011, 10:16:23 PM

Quote from: Phantasmatron on March 29, 2011, 10:14:51 PM
Just preordered it from Amazon. Should get it in a few millenia. I'm excited.

It wasn't much of a preorder if the album is already out.

...not in my country it ain't.

Zantera · « **Reply #225 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:18:36 AM »

Man this album is hands down my favorite of 2011 this far.
Seriously, all the songs on this album are amazing or better, and I feel so sad that Blackfield aren't visiting Sweden on their tour, because I would love to hear this live.
Picking out favorites is really hard, but at the moment I'd say Far Away and Waving, but overall I can't skip tracks or listen to them separately, because I really want to hear all of it.

nightmare_cinema · « **Reply #226 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:38:16 AM »

Quote from: Quadrochosis on March 29, 2011, 10:41:34 PM

Waving/Far Away/Dissolving With the Night/Blood

Best 4 song run ever.

Dissolving with the Night = URRRGH worst song ever :-(

ZBomber · « **Reply #227 on:** March 30, 2011, 10:25:54 AM »

Song ranking (after about 4 listens):

Waving
DNA
Blood
Zigota
Far Away
Rising of the Tide
Dissolving with the Night
Go To Hell
Glass House
On The Plane
Oxygen

jag66 · « **Reply #228 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:16:22 PM »

Oxygen at bottom? i'll respectfully disagree entirely

Sigz · « **Reply #229 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:31:22 PM »

Yeah GTFO Mike

ZBomber · « **Reply #230 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:59:48 PM »

idk, something about the song rubs me the wrong way. Its almost too.... generic? sounding to me. Maybe/hopefully it'll grow on me though.

The lyrics are lame too... not more lame than Go To Hell, but yeah.

Zydar · « **Reply #231 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:30:13 PM »

First listen now, so far Blood is my favourite.

Zantera · « **Reply #232 on:** March 30, 2011, 02:23:09 PM »

This is really bothering me.. the ending of Rising of the Tide, it's so familiar but I can't place it!
A friend of mine said that it's a pretty common pattern that artists use, and I'm so certain that I've heard it before, but can't place it. :/

Song-rankings would be impossible for me to do, but I'll add DNA and Oxygen to the ones I already mentioned as my favorites.
Superb album.

jag66 · « **Reply #233 on:** March 30, 2011, 02:58:57 PM »

SO pumped for seeing these guys live next week. Expect they'll play most if not all the new album. Hope for plenty of gems from the first 2 albums too though

KevShmev · « **Reply #234 on:** March 30, 2011, 07:22:26 PM »

Still gonna wait for the U.S. release, but the mostly positive initial reviews are nice to see.

The Degenerate · « **Reply #235 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:11:55 PM »

Mostly positive here, but this forum is comprised of Wilson fanboys

(not that there's anything wrong with that).

Elsewhere, reviews consider it... fairly average, and I agree with them. It sounds pretty mediocre and uninspired to me. $:-\$ Has some good cuts (like Waving and Blood) but it's nothing too special, in my opinion. I'll keep trying, though.

ZBomber · « **Reply #236 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:38:20 PM »

Quote from: The Degenerate on March 30, 2011, 08:11:55 PM

Mostly positive here, but this forum is comprised of Wilson fanboys (not that there's anything wrong with that).

While that's true, this is really more Aviv than Wilson. And honestly, I'm not a very big Aviv Geffen fan, but I really love this album.

It's very airy, and even more depressing than the previous albums. There are a couple tracks that are just OK, but all in all I really like it.

dongringo · « **Reply #237 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:43:51 PM »

Quote from: ZBomber on March 30, 2011, 08:38:20 PM

Quote from: The Degenerate on March 30, 2011, 08:11:55 PM
Mostly positive here, but this forum is comprised of Wilson fanboys (not that there's anything wrong with that).

While that's true, this is really more Aviv than Wilson. And honestly, I'm not a very big Aviv Geffen fan, but I really love this album.

It's very airy, and even more depressing than the previous albums. There are a couple tracks that are just OK, but all in all I really like it.

More depressing than the previous albums? I'm in!

The Degenerate · « **Reply #238 on:** March 30, 2011, 09:02:19 PM »

Quote from: ZBomber on March 30, 2011, 08:38:20 PM

Quote from: The Degenerate on March 30, 2011, 08:11:55 PM
Mostly positive here, but this forum is comprised of Wilson fanboys (not that there's anything wrong with that).

While that's true, this is really more Aviv than Wilson. And honestly, I'm not a very big Aviv Geffen fan, but I really love this album.

Oh, checking again... every song except Waving was written by Aviv. Hm.

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #239 on:** March 30, 2011, 10:25:56 PM »

Yea, "Waving" was the only Wilson composition on this album. Aviv has definitely written some of his best stuff here though. His song writing capabilities have really grown since the last album.

glaurung · « **Reply #240 on:** March 30, 2011, 10:31:21 PM »

Quote from: Quadrochosis on March 30, 2011, 10:25:56 PM

Yea, "Waving" was the only Wilson composition on this album. Aviv has definitely written some of his best stuff here though. His song writing capabilities have really grown since the last album.

Except that Aviv wrote a bunch of the best songs on the previous two albums too.

Zantera · « **Reply #241 on:** March 31, 2011, 01:24:19 AM »

Aviv has always been a very good songwriter, and as I've said earlier, I do think that some of his songs on the earlier albums are amongst the best that Blackfield has made.
With that said, I do have to agree that he has really grown and taken another step up on the ladder with this album, personally I think it features some of his best work yet. (not talking about the Go To Hell lyrics)

Sigz · « **Reply #242 on:** March 31, 2011, 03:38:50 AM »

After a few more listens, it's a pretty meh album overall. Blood, Oxygen, and DNA are really the only ones I find myself wanting to come back to. :/

tamaha · « **Reply #243 on:** March 31, 2011, 03:45:06 AM »

Quote from: ZBomber on March 30, 2011, 08:38:20 PM

Quote from: The Degenerate on March 30, 2011, 08:11:55 PM
Mostly positive here, but this forum is comprised of Wilson fanboys (not that there's anything wrong with that).

While that's true, this is really more Aviv than Wilson. And honestly, I'm not a very big Aviv Geffen fan, but I really love this album.

It's very airy, and even more depressing than the previous albums. There are a couple tracks that are just OK, but all in all I really like it.

I don't think that it's the most depressing, Blackfield II does it for me. My Gift of Silence is just heartbreaking.

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #244 on:** March 31, 2011, 03:51:45 AM »

Quote from: ZBomber on March 30, 2011, 12:59:48 PM

idk, something about the song rubs me the wrong way. Its almost too.... generic? sounding to me. Maybe/hopefully it'll grow on me though.

The lyrics are lame too... not more lame than Go To Hell, but yeah.

You're lame.

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