From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V1 #64 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Thursday, December 5 2002 Volume 01 : Number 064 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:40:48 -0000 From: matt.harkness@bt.com Subject: RE: seven-seas-moderated Albums of the year, anyone? >Bit too early for this thread, Matt Like I said, nothing of any note due out this month so what the heck! >1. Doves - The Last Broadcast Had a tough time leaving this one out of my top ten, especially as they were so good live last week, but the others were EVEN better (IMHO, of course!) >2. Haven (was that REALLY this year? Feels like it's >been out longer.... Maybe the singles started coming >out in '01?) - Between The Senses Yep, it was indeed this year, though as you say, the singles started coming out several months previous.... >3. Paul Weller - Illumination Hmmmm.....I thought it was pants! >5. Puressence - Planet Helpless Not heard this one....though seeing as it comes so highly recommended I shall have to get it now!! ;-) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:02:10 -0800 (PST) From: Anne Gleeson Subject: RE: seven-seas-moderated Albums of the year, anyone? Didn't like Weller, eh? I actually really loved it from the get-go, but I'd agree that historically it's not his best solo effort. Days of Speed was the best thing he'd done in ages - as far as his guitar and vocal abilities are concerned I think that one proved he's still in top form. But I really like the songwriting on Illumination.... As for Puressence, I will say that it's their poorest effort, IMHO, to date, but even their poorest effort is head and shoulders above just about anything else that came out this year. I just love them so much it's sort of pathetic. Heeheehee. As a whole I think the album is overproduced, but some of the songs - Analgesic Love Song, Comfort When You Smile, and a few others - stand out as some of their best songwriting yet. As an aside, they apparently have been dropped by Island, so don't look for a second pressing - anyone who hasn't bought Planet Helpless should do so soon. Ultra shame because the next single would've been a much better choice than Walking Dead which I thought was pretty weak and one of the planned B-sides I've got in rough demo form and it's a stormer.... Sigh. Cheers, Anne - --- matt.harkness@bt.com wrote: > >Bit too early for this thread, Matt > > Like I said, nothing of any note due out this month > so what the heck! > > >1. Doves - The Last Broadcast > > Had a tough time leaving this one out of my top ten, especially as > they were so good live last week, but the others were > EVEN better (IMHO, of > course!) > > >2. Haven (was that REALLY this year? Feels like > it's > >been out longer.... Maybe the singles started > coming > >out in '01?) - Between The Senses > > Yep, it was indeed this year, though as you say, the > singles started > coming out several months previous.... > > >3. Paul Weller - Illumination > > Hmmmm.....I thought it was pants! > > >5. Puressence - Planet Helpless > > Not heard this one....though seeing as it comes so > highly recommended I > shall have to get it now!! ;-) > > > > ====================================== > The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. > www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V1 #64 *****************************************