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We've all got them. Albums or CDs that we buy, play once or twice then file them away only to gather dust.
One such CD I have is Lost in the Dream the third studio album by American band War on Drugs which was released in 2014 on the Secretly Canadian label.
It was released to critical acclaim .Indeed, based on 139 year-end top ten lists compiled by Metacritic Lost in the Dream was the most critically acclaimed album of 2014, appearing on 54 lists and being named first on 13 of them
This may well be the reason I bought it. I can remember playing it at the time but I'm not sure if I've played it many times, if at all, in the last 10 years until the other day.
I quite enjoyed the opening track Under the Pressure, all 8 minutes and 52 seconds of it, but thereafter it all got a bit samey and pretty bland.
I can't see me playing it again any time soon and it is one that I don't think will escape the inevitable cull when space becomes an absolute premium which probably will be sooner rather than later.
It has been downloaded into the Music file in anticipation of such an eventuality.
Must admit I never saw what the fuss was about either.
ReplyDeleteUnder The Pressure is a good track - very much has an Unforgettable Fire U2 feel about it. Also surprised to see I have a copy of it on my shelves too and like you have barely played it since a 2nd hand purchase a few yrs down the line. It'll probably sit there for a further 10 years w/o me playing it again but it's doing nobody any harm and is providing a haven for the dust mites so....live and let live I say! Mrs Spence of course has a different view.
ReplyDeleteThat U2 reference has put me right off it!
DeleteLike Ernie, I don't see why people get so excited about TWOD. I thought this album was very underwhelming. I really liked the title track from their last album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore... but when I bought that, I discovered it was the only memorable song on the disc.
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