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Post by halo19 on Sept 17, 2007 23:30:28 GMT -4
So I've listened to this album only a couple of times so far. What's really off setting is the fact that this one got so much overhype; it makes the press for Against Me! look tame.
Some of it's fine although I haven't really gotten into it yet. I think it's cool that she interpolates the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" on one track.
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Post by blahblahblah on Sept 18, 2007 0:23:42 GMT -4
I've listened to it only once so far and I have to say Arular was better. Maybe this will grow on me though.
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Post by blahblahblah on Feb 8, 2008 12:19:53 GMT -4
Okay, now that I've listened to this countless of times, I love most of the album, although I still can't stand that song with kids rapping in it.
My favourites are "Paper Planes" and "Bamboo Banga." At first I thought the latter was annoying as hell because it's so monotone, but it totally grew on me and it's so addictive!
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Post by halo19 on Feb 9, 2008 22:18:02 GMT -4
I think my first impression was that half of the songs seemed like ideas she was really in love with that didn't really tend to go anywhere. That's still what I think of in a few of the songs but it's grown on me.
I've always really loved "Bamboo Banga," a nice way to start the album. I like her singing on "Jimmy," which sets a different tone for the album. There was a lot of competition for many of last year's albums and I think I naturally gave it less credit for that.
Oh, and "20 Dollar" was the song I mentioned in the initial post.
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Post by halo19 on Sept 29, 2008 19:39:09 GMT -4
Okay, so I'm a lot more familiar with this now and have given it more attention since "Paper Planes" has hit it big. I think I like it more than I initially did. But the thing is, I initially didn't care that much for "Boyz" which was the album's first single. And yeah, "Mango Pickle Down River" is pretty bad.
Kala: 4/5. 01. Paper Planes 02. Come Around (Produced by & featuring Timbaland.) 03. Hussel 04. XR2 05. Jimmy 06. Bamboo Banga 07. World Town 08. 20 Dollar 09. The Turn 10. Bird Flu 11. Boyz 12. Mango Pickle Down River
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Post by blahblahblah on Oct 9, 2008 21:00:19 GMT -4
I'm actually not that big of a fan of "Come Around." It's not a bad song per se, but it just feels way too out of place for this album. It made more sense when it was bonus track of Timbaland's album. Here's how I rank the album:
1. Paper Planes 2. Bamboo Banga 3. World Town 4. XR2 5. Jimmy 6. Boyz 7. Hussel 8. 20 Dollar 9. Bird Flu 10. Come Around 11. The Turn 12. Mango Pickle Down River
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Post by Mega248 on Oct 9, 2008 22:31:55 GMT -4
And I like "Come Around" a lot but can't stand "Bamboo Banga". I agree with your #1 though and I'll rank them all once I get a chance.
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