Well we talked about some of the good now lets hit the bad. There isn’t really a whole lot to go here most albums that came out this year have been good to amazing, even still there are a few that just didn’t hit the mark.
Recovery – Eminem
As much as I talked about how much rap has finally penetrated my listening habits, I still don’t like Eminem. Sure he has a couple of good track but the rest of his stuff is just bad. Now that means that this album wouldn’t really be a disappointment, except that everyone was raving about how great it was. I heard everything from “his best album ever” to “finally got me into Eminem/rap”. So I figured what the hell…what a bad idea on my part. There is only one good song on the entire album “Love the Way You Lie” and that has more to do with producer Alex da Kid then Eminem. Every other song either bores me or grates my ears.
Lady Killer – Celo Green
How did he mess up so badly? The internet favorite “Fuck You” is a brilliant song that sounds like it belongs on Stevie Wonders Songs in the Key of Life (except for the lyrics content of course). The rest of the album is taken up with mediocre to awful faux Motown sensibilities. And since most people would argue that Motown was mostly made of false sentiment when I call this fake Motown you know we are in deep shit. When any song comes up besides “Fuck You” I have to wonder to myself; why am I not just listening to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye or the Temptations.
Lawrence of Euphoria – Beck
The last two were bad albums with one good song on it. This is a good album with one song that disappoints me so much that it almost ruins the entire thing. This is from Beck’s Record Club where Beck got together with Wilco, Fiest, and Jamie Lidell and covered every track from one of my favorite albums, OAR by Alexander “Skip” Spence. They do a pretty good job on every song except for one, one that happens to be my personal favorite. The original “Lawrence of Euphoria” is only 1:31 and is a manic acoustic tune barely in tune with a jangle that captivates. So Beck and Co. extend it to 5:18 and make it a stripped down dance tune that doesn’t succeed at being a good tribute or a good dance song.
Contra – Vampire Weekend
Out of all the albums in this post this one isn’t actually bad, but it still ends up being the most disappointing. The main problem is Vampire Weekend’s debut was nothing short of brilliant, and Contra is just good. I talked about this album before but what it really boils down to it the song writing has taken a hit. They feel like they just tried to use an electronic sound to mask the fact that these songs just didn’t hit the level they did on their debut. They even do it on songs when without the digital sound they would be amazing. I like the song “California English” but with out the autotune it would be brilliant. Once again this album isn’t bad, but it certainly doesn’t have me excited to see what they do next like Vampire Weekend did.
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