From: Assaf Friedler, af3@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: Question for less than impressed Seance reviewers.. Date: 2/8/2002 3:34:51 AM To: seance mailing list, seance@lists.no-fi.com Speaking of different tastes and favourite church albums - I always found it difficult to understand what people like so much about the blurred crusade. To me it sounds like a good album, but not an outstanding one. It wouldn't make its way into my top 5 church albums. A matter of taste, again... Maybe most people discovered the church around that time, so this is how they fell in love with the band. I discovered them around the GAF/starfish era, and when I went into their back catalog I was much more impressed by remote luxury, seance and heyday compared to the first two albums. Two much of ordinary rock sound in BC, I would say. Their special sound was not formed yet. It was in the middle of its development in BC and seance. Only in remote luxury the band has finally established its unique sound, I think. A thought about HOB - the song quality is so uneven that it could be easily split into two parts (maybe two EPs, like remote luxury and Persia). The "good" EP will contain anasthesia, ricochet, Louisiana, tranquility and buffalo. The "bad" EP will contain the great machine, no certainty attached, this is it, another earth and glow worm. There is such a big difference between the 5 "good" songs and the other 5. Anyone agrees on that? Just a thought... Assaf Assaf Friedler Centre for Protein Engineering MRC Centre Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QH England Work phone: +44 1223 402022 fax: +44 1223 402140 email: af3@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk -- > From: Nick Peters > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:25:40 -0000 > To: seance@lists.no-fi.com > Subject: RE: Question for less than impressed Seance reviewers.. > > I totally agree. If people feel undermined by a little criticism, they can't > be that sure of their own opinions in the first place. Having said that, I > am surprised that some people have found the album production not up to par. > By no means do I have a great sound system but I have found AENT much more > crisp than HOB and BOB. > > Songwise, yeah, I would have liked to have had a couple of real rock out > tracks on there, but the absence of a 'Life Speeds Up' or a 'Tantalized' > doesn't make the album any less essential to me. For me, this is the band's > best album since P=A and before that Starfish. I'm not annoyed that some > fans don't share my enthusiasm for AENT, but I do feel disappointed for them > as I know what it's like to wait so long for something like this and then to > feel let down. > > I remember the stick one Seancer got over his disappointment with HOB (was > it Alister?) I don't think we need a repeat of that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue C [mailto:kascam@bigpond.com] > Sent: 08 February 2002 10:53 > To: Hans Beckers; seance@lists.no-fi.com > Subject: Re: Question for less than impressed Seance reviewers.. > > > Well I am really glad that people can give their honest opinions! God help > us if we all agreed - I couldn't stand it if we all gushed over every single > song they put out, though I know Im definitely guilty sometimes of > over-enthusiasm. > > Sue > > > Alternative email - spiritmarch@hotmail.com > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: > http://www.star.net.uk > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: > http://www.star.net.uk > ________________________________________________________________________ >