Here's a quote from the review; I don't know who in their right mind could call AYD a "promising song" and call Monkey Brains a piece of shit.
ChartATTACK wrote:First single and leadoff track "All You Did Was Save My Life" may be Our Lady Peace's most promising song in years. But it's soon destroyed by the presence of the absolutely terrible "Monkey Brains," which begins as thumping radio rock and turns into a godawful early '90s grungy race.
"Elsewhere, Our Lady Peace spend Burn Burn aping Coldplay and U2. "Never Get Over You" and "The End Is Where We Being" sound particularly like Chris Martin and company. "
I wouldn't take a review serious from people who can;t spell.
aping? The end is where we being?
Chart Attack Epic Fail.
It also seems someone is jacking the Burn Burn wiki article by removing all the good reviews, and putting up only the bad. Chartattack was up up just a bit ago.
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Wow, some of you don't take criticism well, do you?
I cant speak for everyone but I was talking more along the lines of the poor writing, the spelling mistakes and just the complete transparency of the article in general.
although it may be too soon, i proclaim this the best OLP record to date
yes... it's too soon... I'm sorry but this CD has too many formulaic songs to possibly be the BEST OLP record ever (please, go listen to SM and Happiness). It's not the worst, but it's not the best. That's my opinion, anyway.
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Listen I can understand people hating on shit, but when someone writes an article review, which obviously wasn't checked over, and they proclaim the worst song on the cd to be the highlight point, and one of the best songs, to be one of their worst songs, thats facked up.
When people say "what kind of music do u like?", I'll either say indie or AltRock. Let's say I said AltRock. They'll say, "like what". Sadly, I no longer feel comfortable saying Our Lady Peace. I hope none of you will be offended by this but i no longer think of OLP as an AltRock band. I really think that they're just a straight up pop/pop rock band now. It's not bad! But not AltRock.
So Burn Burn is good for what it is. We were/are so blinded by the excitement of this record that i realize now that i've been lying to myself. This isn't an AltRock record again or a return to the '90's or anything. It's a pop rock album, a good one, but not Alt.
I don't disagree with that at all, but they haven't been an Alt/rock band for a long while now, i've come to grips with that, I've moved on, I don't expect to hear that anymore either, what I wanted was a solid effort, that didn't sound so fucking bland and cookie cutter like the last two cds, although a few songs on Burn, Burn continue a bit of that blandness, it is greatly overshadowed by some of the best songs they have done in a damn long time
When people say "what kind of music do u like?", I'll either say indie or AltRock. Let's say I said AltRock. They'll say, "like what". Sadly, I no longer feel comfortable saying Our Lady Peace. I hope none of you will be offended by this but i no longer think of OLP as an AltRock band. I really think that they're just a straight up pop/pop rock band now. It's not bad! But not AltRock.
So Burn Burn is good for what it is. We were/are so blinded by the excitement of this record that i realize now that i've been lying to myself. This isn't an AltRock record again or a return to the '90's or anything. It's a pop rock album, a good one, but not Alt.
4 stars.
I can identify with being embarrassed to say I'm a fan of OLP. Only because of people's perceptions of them... most people only know about Gravity, and maybe have vague memories of Life and Thief (at least in my experience). But usually I give 'em a good dosage of Naveed and Clumsy and that shuts them up. They usually can't even believe it's OLP, the same band that made Gravity.
Rural Juror wrote:The most ridiculous part of that article is that they called "Spiritual Machines" a "drop-off". I don't know if dumber words have ever been written.
Public reviews always seem to bunch SM with Gravity and HIPT. I think it's because they've only heard "Life" and are too fucking lazy and incompetent to actually listen to the whole album and realize that it's one of, if not the best, OLP album.
^Well it was. Spiritual Machines was a fantastic album and no one will deny that, but I'm fairly certain it didn't sell like their other albums. It was the clear turn towards popular radio rock. Life was an annoying single, and was so pop compared to their previous songs. They didn't seem to have much success beyond that.. In Repair had some limited success. Right Behind You was never released. Spiritual Machines was their alt-rock, commercial success drop off. They went arty and didn't sell as much. That's just how it goes, most of the time.
if you don't want to speak ill of the band, thats okay, but its also okay to look at their history with a critical view. Having a perspective or opinion doesn't make you a bad fan!
-Sarah Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything Then you think you will inspire Take apart your head (and I wish I could inspire) Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
I don't think he was referring to sales though, because "Gravity" sold quite well. He seemed to be referring to overall quality of music. "Spiritual Machines" is my favourite album by anyone ever, and I think a large number of fans view it as their favourite OLP album.
Random Name wrote:Life was an annoying single, and was so pop compared to their previous songs.
I'd argue that Thief falls into that category as well, excepting the lyrics. But my main point was that it seems that these reviewers are basing their opinion of SM on solely "Life", and not amazing tunes like "The Wonderful Future", which I doubt they've bothered to seek out and listen to. If they're gonna do a critical review of OLP, they should be doing all their homework. And yes, SM was a drop-off financially speaking, but I don't think the reviewer was talking about financial success. Plus, Gravity was very commercially successful.
Haha I'm pretty sure the people at Chartattack have done their homework. They've probably been listening to OLP for longer than you or I have.
But I think my point still stands. The individual songs are more pop sounding, and its stuff that wouldn't fit in on the previous records.
Accounting for the change in sound, the lessening sales, the lack of successful singles, and the complete deviation of sound on "Life", it definitely was the beginning of a drop off.
I mean, personally I think Spiritual Machines is one of their best albums. But I still agree with the assessment. Should critics view an album based on how "favorite'd" it was?
-Sarah Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything Then you think you will inspire Take apart your head (and I wish I could inspire) Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
Having a perspective or opinion doesn't make you a bad fan!
