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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
I liked the dated aspects of Love songs' sound, I just think every song on it is like.... someone else already did this in the past, and they did it BETTER. Like "sending mail" to me sounds like "Get it on now" by globe meets "Mirrorcle World," but without committing. "Like a doll" is a song with the same lyrical concept as "Marionette" but with no dynamism (and the keyboards sound very sleepily/lazily played).
I like the melodies on that album more and more over time, but EVERY track on the album aside from "Last angel" and "Love songs" needs some kind of new mix or a replaced instrument or two. "November" is good as it is also, but that one just isn't to my taste as much as the rest of the album frustratingly COULD be if it were just.... I mean it just needed another couple of weeks, a few test listens from outside parties, you know?
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I had the exact same impression and it's totally legitimate. That's exactly how it sounds. But I (relatively quickly) just came to accept the tracks as they were. I think they are all gradual builders, and you really only get a taste of some sort of climax for a very brief moment, usually toward the end, in each track. We're used to the first chorus just exploding and setting the pace for the entire track; which is what I usually expect, and prefer. After that first chorus, the enjoyment of the song comes from the fact that you know it will come back again, knowing what to expect, and the verses tease you leading up to it's reintroduction. However, the entire LS tracks themselves lead up to one monumental moment, and then it's done; so you have to sit through 5 minutes of a tease for that kind of redemption and release, and along the way you feel the refrains are just masquerading as choruses. But it's also something that's very unique about this album, and I think it works because now she has released stuff that's just dry all-around. It's like in Love songs, the tracks were purposely made to feel that way so that when that short climax came at the end it was more of a relief than anything; where as in tracks she's released since, the first chorus sucks and there isn't even hope that a better climax awaits later into the song.