From: Fred, kilbey@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: Question for less than impressed Seance reviewers.. Date: 2/8/2002 6:57:42 PM To: Assaf Friedler, af3@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk seance mailing list, seance@lists.no-fi.com I agree with you about the Blurred Crusade. Seance, however, remains one of my favorite Church albums of all time. I would put it somewhere in the top 3. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Assaf Friedler" To: "seance mailing list" Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:34 AM Subject: Re: Question for less than impressed Seance reviewers.. > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > >