Challengers

Which phrase, Marcy?

I'll be interested to see if you get a take-down notice from the RIAA (or whoever) about this. I posted about it the week the album was released and got one within a day. Perfectly reasonable, but a take-down nonetheless. I guess they'll have relaxed a little by now, given it's months since the record came out.

And I did read the review yesterday, and heartily apologise for not leaving a witty and, erm, insightf... no, never mind.

"arsed to read through all the waffle." i love that. and yes, i know i'm taking a chance here. i'm curious to see if the web sherriff comes a calling. should we place bets? ;-)

i think it's funny, though, that when i write "serious" reviews of albums and such, no one pays very much mind, but when i prattle on about other crap, it gets more response. much like the link you got from the guardian(?) to your britney-related post, i suppose.

A web cop has never come around asking me to remove anything, so I guess either I post stuff nobody give a rat's arse about, or I post things well-past their freshness date!

I wasn't thrilled by "Challengers," although it has plenty of catchiness about it. I, too, love the cut you chose, and I do love "My Rights Versus Yours." Maybe I shouldn't try to compare it to "Electric Version" and "Twin Cinema" so much and take this one on its own!

i've not been visited by the w.s. yet either, so this is kind of a test (but don't tell anyone). i didn't expect to like this as much as i do, actually. i find it's more varied than twin cinema, and it's really growing on me. give it another try. : )

Yeah I am with Nat the album as a whole was kind of a disappointment but there a few tracks that I loved. "Adventures in Solitude" is indeed one of them.

nice, mellow and interesting: very pretty I think. Again, the male voice dominating and the female coming in late angelically.

rachel--i suppose a few songs to love are better than none. : )

juan--you are so right about the male/female voices. on the album as a whole, they do a lot with really thick harmonies, which i love.

I can always be arsed to read your waffle! Takes me a while to get around to commenting on it though.

Glad my mangling of the english language sometimes entertains :)

your mangling of the english language never fails to entertain! : )