A Short Album About Love

Yes, he nicked Scott Walker's sound, but the music does sound like Scott Walker, so 5 stars.

There should not be two albums by this artist on the list. This one doesn't even have Songs of Love on it, so it's completely useless.

so much personality. . . if this were a list of 1001 people to have at a party, I'd like talking to this person

A selection of slow and sometimes sad sounding love songs, not really something i'd go out of my way to listen to, but not terrible.

Don't listen to any of these retards spouting nonsense about this album being bad, this is for the lovers only. So far the highlight of this whole thing along with L.A Woman (day 16)

kind of a laid back easy lounge pop album.

What a terrible name for a band. I feel like Scott Walker did this better?

I’m somehow at a 3.

I pretty much wrote my opinion of this album around Track 3, and even though Tracks 5 and 6 kind of picked up for me, this album is just aggressively OK. To copy and paste what I wrote after listening to “Someone”:

I’m at a weird point with this album so far; it’s technically sound, the production is good, and his vocals are fine, but nothing is blowing me away. Every song is nice to listen to so far, but when you really dig into it, it’s all just homages to the past. This song in particular felt like a cheap version of a 60s Frank Sinatra trying to do a 90s Bond theme, which is fine on paper, and in terms of the execution here, was done pretty well. It just didn’t really have the charisma or a unique personality to really make this song work. Objectively, the horn section in this song was bombastic, it was glowing, it represented the sort of heartache and loneliness the song was going for really well… but I just didn’t believe in the song.

Really, I just don’t believe in the album. It’s not that these are bad songs; they’re all fine, they’re decent to listen to, and the instrumentation gives a great energy to each track. The problem is that nothing truly stands out on its own; everything feels taken from another artist. In terms of the album’s structure, everything just blends together. If you do the big bombastic instrumental part in every song where the strings swell and the vocals hit a fever pitch… then no song feels special. When nothing feels special, you just can’t believe in the album. There is a skeleton of a great album in here, but this just never really sheds its skin to become something that actually stands out. It’s aggressively OK, and no higher than a 3. It definitely doesn’t feel like it belongs on this list.

I found track 3 kinda charming and track 4 a bit clever. Otherwise not my bag.

Found this one just a bit droll, not sure why it’s on the list.

Some of the music wasn't bad, but the vocals didn't seem to fit it well in my opinion. The lyrics were kind of stupid to me at times too. Just a bizarre album to me. 2/5

This is my second Divine Comedy album I've gotten on this generator. As stated before, this guy wrote the theme song to Father Ted, as well as the song "My Lovely Horse" which was used in the show. There's a song on this album where dude is singing about being a horse. Made me laugh given the fact he also wrote "My Lovely Horse". Dude loves horses apparently.

I love this guys lyrics. This song called If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me) he says:

If I were you, I'd end my days,
In fields of stupid sheep just grazing,
The grass so succulent and sweet,
If I were you I'd be through with me

This dude loves barnyard animals in general. Makes sense given the fact that he's from Northern Ireland, and there are a fuck ton of sheep up there.

I really love this guys obsession with singing about animals. The final song on the record, I'm All You Need, begins like this:

Don't look a horse in the mouth,
Don't let a frog get you down,
Dragging you round like a dog on a lead,
I'm all you need...

This guys fascination with horses is hilarious.

Favourite songs: I'm All You Need, Everybody Knows (Except You), If..., If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me)

Least favourite songs: Timewatching, Someone

3/5

I’ve always found The Divine Comedy funny - and this mini-album features “Everybody Knows That I Love You.” For that alone, 3 stars. But since I had a good time with the rest of it, I’m bumping it up to 4. And also because I’ve given 4 stars to other albums that might not be as good as this one, so I have to give it that rating.

Darn, I’m starting to compare the ratings I’ve given to one album versus another - this isn’t good, this isn’t good at all - I think I’m going to start questioning all of this once again :'-(

Sweet, enamel-eating love songs. Even if you're not diabetic, it will kill you. Boring.
1/5

Sounds like a musical, some epic orchestration. Overall, it's ok. Not sure why it's on this list. 2*, not 1* because it's not total garbage like some albums on this list.
Highlights: everybody knows
Like wtf is this:
If you were a dog
I'd feed you scraps from off the table
Though my wife complains
If you were my dog

I don’t know why this band has 2 albums on the list, let alone 1. This one is slightly better than the other but doesn’t need to be on here.

Do people actually enjoy this? 1.71

Better overall than Casanova, in part because it's trying less hard to be wry/humorous. Its length also works in its favor. A high 3.

Grand, compelling and at the same time intimate, this album took me a few listens to get into. But the evening listen on the couch with a glass of wine caught the right mood.

unbelievable that these bozos got two albums onto the list