Both fore and aft? I haven't heard their new album, but Hot Fuss, Sam's Town, and Day & Age all sound very different.
edited 9th Sep '12 10:12:39 PM by Ryuhza
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I thought there was some similarity between Hot Fuss and Day & Age. At the very least there was some consistency between the two (I listened to both twice) and they sounded like the same band.
RE: The Killers—I dunno, Hot Fuss and Day & Age sound pretty consistent with each other to me as well. They pretty much epitomize the idea of the Killers as "more '80s than the '80s" to me.
Fourteenwings, have you checked out their latest album Battle Born yet? It sounds kinda different from their typical sound.
I might need to listen again to it, but I was put off by Fitz And The Tantrums' second album (More Than Just a Dream). For context, their first album (Pickin' Up the Pieces) had an amazing sound inspired largely by retro soul and R&B, basically sounding like an update on the classic Motown sound mixed with some indie rock tropes. Their second album? Threw much of that out the window in favor of an electronic rock kind of sound. In fact, thinking about it, it pretty much sounds like a MGMT album. Nothing wrong with that per se...it just caused the band to lose everything that was unique about their sound previously.
Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.I thought every song on Taylor Swift's debut was great, except "Should've Said No" (she sounded like an immature brat on it). I can't say I outright dislike anything since, except the title track of Fearless, simply for its clunky melody and poorly-scanning lyrics. I can find something to like in most of her songs, but her debut was the only one that made me really want to seek it out, as opposed to just downloading the singles. And even then, just the singles that went to country radio — I didn't care for "The Story of Us", and I doubt I'd like "I Knew You Were Trouble", but I do consider "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" a guilty pleasure.
Some musicians & bands are always experimenting, to the point that virtually every release is a New Sound Album. In those cases, it makes perfect sense that only one or two of them would strike a chord with most individual listeners. For example, I'm fond of Cibo Matto's Stereotype A, but not their others; this isn't too surprising, though, because the others don't remotely resemble it, or each other too much.
R.E.M's Monster. The rest of their work doesnt do much for me, but this is a great album, much more hooky and upbeat. I'd go as far to say that "What's the Frequency Kenneth" is one of the best songs of the 90s (it's a shame that when people think of 90s R.E.M. they usually think of Everybody Hurts or Losing My Religion).
Well if you want hooky and upbeat from R.E.M., what about It's the End of the World as We Know It
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The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Eleavators by The 13th Floor Elevators.
I never really got interested in the following albums.
edited 23rd Sep '13 10:36:13 AM by Quag15
I think that this is the case with me and Wavves' first LP.
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.Opheliac by Emilie Autumn was fantastic, but Enchant sort of bored me and Fight Like a Girl is more or less the sum of all the things I dislike about the woman as both an artist and a person.
I like a few songs beyond Ten from Pearl Jam, but I'd be hard-pressed to find a whole album after that one that I enjoy.
edited 14th Oct '13 12:41:57 PM by Ryuhza
They'll turn your world aroundThe 1975. Then again, this is as of this writing their only album out right now.

Sam's Town by The Killers, I love this album with all my heart. Then I heard that they were in an experimental phase and that their other stuff was very different. It was, didn't like it at all.
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