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Old 2011.07.03, 04:42 PM   #141
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I used to be the biggest fan of sr and TJ... But now I gotta say. I have better albums to listen to than this "lackluster", "commercial" effort from the people at toshiba emi.

Therefore, since i am one of the prominent members of the "haters"... I won't be listening to this album, nor will I be posting any review before EMF goes all "ya all haters... You can even hate the sound of silence!!!!!!!!".

Seriously guys. Wake up. It's not just the "haters" who find this album boring. Just read through the last few pages again if u have any doubts alright?
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Old 2011.07.03, 05:10 PM   #142
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Originally Posted by justriiingo View Post
I used to be the biggest fan of sr and TJ... But now I gotta say. I have better albums to listen to than this "lackluster", "commercial" effort from the people at toshiba emi.

Therefore, since i am one of the prominent members of the "haters"... I won't be listening to this album, nor will I be posting any review before EMF goes all "ya all haters... You can even hate the sound of silence!!!!!!!!".

Seriously guys. Wake up. It's not just the "haters" who find this album boring. Just read through the last few pages again if u have any doubts alright?
I don't know if boring is a bad thing, necessarily...like Tsuchiya said, there are no real "peaks" or "valleys." I mean, there's only one true skippable track, Kaitei ni Sukuu Otoko, and Variety has 3-4.

That being said, I agree that EMI Japan is very much to blame for many of the album's faults...
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Old 2011.07.03, 05:34 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by justriiingo View Post
I used to be the biggest fan of sr and TJ... But now I gotta say. I have better albums to listen to than this "lackluster", "commercial" effort from the people at toshiba emi.

Therefore, since i am one of the prominent members of the "haters"... I won't be listening to this album, nor will I be posting any review before EMF goes all "ya all haters... You can even hate the sound of silence!!!!!!!!".

Seriously guys. Wake up. It's not just the "haters" who find this album boring. Just read through the last few pages again if u have any doubts alright?
Sounds like somebody has a victimization complex, because nobody has said anything about "haters" and most of us agree that the album is unexciting.
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Old 2011.07.03, 05:38 PM   #144
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Just got back from Vietnam and Cambodia and am picking this up today. It's hotter than the hinges of hell in Tokyo so a great excuse to stay home and give this one multiple listens.
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Old 2011.07.03, 05:49 PM   #145
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After listening to it multiple times, I realised that there was no band feeling to it.
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Old 2011.07.03, 06:15 PM   #146
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Originally Posted by justriiingo View Post
I used to be the biggest fan of sr and TJ... But now I gotta say. I have better albums to listen to than this "lackluster", "commercial" effort from the people at toshiba emi.

Therefore, since i am one of the prominent members of the "haters"... I won't be listening to this album, nor will I be posting any review before EMF goes all "ya all haters... You can even hate the sound of silence!!!!!!!!".

Seriously guys. Wake up. It's not just the "haters" who find this album boring. Just read through the last few pages again if u have any doubts alright?
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Originally Posted by The Most Curious Thing View Post
I don't know if boring is a bad thing, necessarily...
Are you serious?
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Old 2011.07.03, 07:19 PM   #148
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I suppose the verdict is to throw Daihakken in with the the rest of the discography and hit "shuffle".
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Old 2011.07.03, 07:31 PM   #149
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Originally Posted by karateexplosion View Post
I suppose the verdict is to throw Daihakken in with the the rest of the discography and hit "shuffle".
I dunno man. I'd uncheck most of the songs from this album. They're not worth spending time on when you could be listening to something much better.

I read earlier in the topic that people wouldn't be complaining if this was some indie upstart band. Yeah, well, maybe, but that's a pretty pointless position to take. It's ridiculous to ask people to remove context for the sake of judging an album (especially at an enthusiast forum for fans specifically of this band). This is, at best, an objectively OK album when removed from context. But the reality is that this is (arguably) the worst album to date from a formerly amazing group who, by their fifth album, should not be producing something like this. Not only that, but all the ground that's covered on this album has been done with a higher level of quality already, so, as I just said -- better to spend your time listening to something better.
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Old 2011.07.03, 08:59 PM   #150
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7.6/10 is a bad score? That's higher than I would give it, and I don't feel horrible.
In comparison to their other albums, yeah. It's a bad score in my eyes. As a whole, this album was a bit of a letdown for me. It's got some great tracks, but a lot of others that just don't hit the mark.
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