#181
Enrico wrote:
I don’t like the production.
It just sounds, I don’t know… to soft to me. Like that Ferreira guy just stopped somewhere in the production/mixing process without finishing it…
That guy should’ve add some power to the T?-threepiece instead of leaving them barenaked in the studio.
The songs have potential (in fact, when trying to listen straight through the crappy production, I can hear the usual T? quality)and with a troublegum-a-like production it could be a killer of an album.
I bought it anyway, I love them guys.
Maybe after a few plays I’ll get to like it…
Probably I’ve got it all wrong and I suck.
Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 at 00:53
#182
Speedball wrote:
Definatelly takes more than one listen to get used to it. I was listening to it on the ipod yesterday and i found it a lot more listenable that way than on the stereo
Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 at 10:05
#183
stupidfish23 wrote:
Exactly. Been through the album couple of times now, and I must say I enjoy it with headphones, but I can’t play it on the stereo. It just sounds totally crappy at loud volume. A shame. I love listening to Therapy? loud :D
Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 at 17:30
#184
Tristan wrote:
personally I’m a little disapointed with the album. High Anxiety and NANE were such strong albums that this one just seems.. well a little bland. I never thought I’d say that about a T? album.
Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 at 18:51
#185
andys gibson sg (James Harris) wrote:
Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 at 18:56
#186
donVutz wrote:
After listening to it now for a few times, there are only a few tracks that keep my attention (Sprung, Unconsoled) with the rest beeing somewhere between meaningless and awfull. It may not be as bad as Shameless, but it’s somewhere between that and Semi-Detached and theresore is their third weakest album for me at the moment.
Posted on Tue, 2 May 2006 at 00:25
#187
buffalo-boy wrote:
I hate to be a cynic but i been listening all weekend and i just don’t like it very much. the singing, production, guitar tones, bass lines and drums are great, its just the songs themselves aren’t very strong. Shame.
Posted on Tue, 2 May 2006 at 07:36
#188
Pip (Philip Kelly) wrote:
I have even this album a week of constant listening before I have posted anything up because o the first listen I felt it was over polished commercial album and I was pretty disappointed but after listening to another at least another 200 times It has grown on me like a rash on my very being there are only 2 songs on the album that I don’t love (because I do like them)thats Private Nobody and Heart Beat Hits other then that It’s an fucking brillant album and will keep me happy till the next album Long Live Therapy? :D
9/10
Posted on Tue, 2 May 2006 at 08:49
#189
Idlevice2 wrote:
stupidfish23 wrote:
Exactly. Been through the album couple of times now, and I must say I enjoy it with headphones, but I can’t play it on the stereo. It just sounds totally crappy at loud volume. A shame. I love listening to Therapy? loud :D
Really? I love playing it loud on the stereo. I play it loud on the headphones, too, though.
Posted on Tue, 2 May 2006 at 10:09
#190
3ddo-on-the-balcony (eddo) wrote:
I love the heavy sound and the riffs are just brilliant as ever. Neil sometimes makes me think of Fyfe and Andy’s voice is great. He also does some really good backing vocals. Michael’s bass line in Unconsoled simply genious.
Though not their best album, I think it’s a worthy follow-up for NANE. I’m very happy with it, especially when it’s played loud on an oldfashioned stereo set :D
Posted on Thu, 4 May 2006 at 20:22
#191
FNYANKEZ wrote:
stupidfish23 wrote:
Exactly. Been through the album couple of times now, and I must say I enjoy it with headphones, but I can’t play it on the stereo. It just sounds totally crappy at loud volume. A shame. I love listening to Therapy? loud :D
A subwoofer definately helps, you suddenly pick up all these driving lows that were missing.
Posted on Thu, 4 May 2006 at 20:45
#192
stupidfish23 wrote:
FNYANKEZ wrote:
A subwoofer definately helps, you suddenly pick up all these driving lows that were missing.
Nah, what I was saying that there’s too much bass on it in the first place. It’s all droning without a subwoofer.
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 08:08
#193
Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:
After listening to NANE after OCFA, I can clearly see how better T? are with a producer such as Pedro. The songs sound more complete and less like demos, and I think the money and time spent on OCFA really has paid off. While the songs don’t have the lunacy of NANE, they are catchier, stronger and have grown on me a lot over the last week. On my first few listens I wasn’t sure, but now I think that it has all come together after HA and NANE which had some filler tracks. The backing vocals on OCFA are very notable, most impressive backing vocals since SPYF.
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 09:36
#194
Charlie wrote:
3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:
I love the heavy sound and the riffs are just brilliant as ever. Neil sometimes makes me think of Fyfe and Andy’s voice is great. He also does some really good backing vocals. Michael’s bass line in Unconsoled simply genious.
Though not their best album, I think it’s a worthy follow-up for NANE. I’m very happy with it, especially when it’s played loud on an oldfashioned stereo set :D
a.) It’s spelled Genius.
b.) I don’t understand when people compliment bass lines when they are just the guitar riff underneath. If it was something that complimented the main riff then sure. On Unconsoled - its pretty much the main riff.
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 09:38
#195
Sabotage wrote:
Only had a couple of listens so far, but I’m pretty impressed.
Our White Noise stands out for me so far, and I detect a more sabbathy feel in some tracks. Maybe its just me eh?
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 11:26
#196
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Squall wrote:
b.) I don’t understand when people compliment bass lines when they are just the guitar riff underneath. If it was something that complimented the main riff then sure. On Unconsoled - its pretty much the main riff.
By ‘main riff’, you actually mean ‘guitar riff’, right? Since 3ddo is a bassist, you’d kind of expect him to see it from the bassists point of view. Why shouldn’t he?
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 14:09
#197
Workyticket wrote:
The CD arrived yesterday - hats off to Fading Ways for getting it sent to Oz than less than a week!
Loving the shit out of it, basically - I haven’t gotten into all the songs yet (So far Unconsoled, Lose It All and Private Nobody are eluding me a little. They’re great songs though, and I suspect they’ll sneak up on me and slap me for doubting them sometime in the next few days). Highlights for me after a day and a half are Sprung, Deluded Son (What a friggin’ chorus!), DSA & Walk Through Darkness.
Seriously, the whole album is class, to my ears the melody of HA meeting NANE’s heaviness. Between this and the new Tool I forecast a weekend of ROCK!
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 14:21
#198
Alan wrote:
Squall wrote:
a.) It’s spelled Genius.
b.) I don’t understand when people compliment bass lines when they are just the guitar riff underneath. If it was something that complimented the main riff then sure. On Unconsoled - its pretty much the main riff.
a) You’re pedantic.
b) Michael wrote the ‘main riff’, as you call it, for Unconsoled (check Andy’s stories behind the track). Therefore, his bass part is the ‘main riff’, and the guitar is secondary.
How do you like them apples?
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 14:53
#199
Taunty Dan wrote:
Alan wrote:
How do you like them apples?
LOL :D
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 16:02
#200
Charlie wrote:
Alan wrote:
a) You’re pedantic.
b) Michael wrote the ‘main riff’, as you call it, for Unconsoled (check Andy’s stories behind the track). Therefore, his bass part is the ‘main riff’, and the guitar is secondary.
How do you like them apples?
:D I Stand erected !
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 16:48
#201
kobmosh wrote:
What a brillant album !! A number of tracks I like Into the Light, Our White Noise and Rain Hits Concrete.Just hope they dont play a gig in Dublin in August as I will be on my honeymoon
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 17:26
#202
Charlie wrote:
kobmosh wrote:
What a brillant album !! A number of tracks I like Into the Light, Our White Noise and Rain Hits Concrete.Just hope they dont play a gig in Dublin in August as I will be on my honeymoon
Honeymoon ? :( condolences for tying the knot :D
Posted on Fri, 5 May 2006 at 18:04
#203
DjevBunny wrote:
Absolutely Fucking fantastic - as expected actually - but this really is definitely the best album since “Suicide pact…” (which is an absolute classic, completely underrated genius album). Well done, guys, and long live Therapy?
:) :) :)
Well gutted I can’t make the London date!
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 04:00
#204
deadsetgav wrote:
Aaah - Djevara by any chance?
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 06:22
#205
Black Lagoon wrote:
Must admit that I am finding it hard to like this one. The initial play left me thinking “Oh, is that it”, and then after playing it about another 10 - 15 times I still don’t get it.
It is just lacking songs in my opinion.
A real pity after the brilliance of HA and NANE.
Still, can’t please all of the people all of the time.
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 07:40
#206
silverginger5 wrote:
Cant seem to understand the mixed reviews, i’m loving this album its fast becoming one of the favourites. The more I listen to it the more I love it.
Better than NANE and up there with HA.
Still don’t like Fear of God though
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 10:31
#207
buffalo-boy wrote:
Ive already lent my copy to someone i was that disappointed with it, to see what they think. Oh well, i’mlooking forward to the new Muse one and StadiumArcadium by RHCP :)
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 12:43
#208
Chump Change wrote:
On my 3rd listen now, and I’m liking it. Must admit I wasn’t impressed first listen and that is about the first time I’ve had that with a Therapy? album. Love the opening 3 tracks and Dopamine…
Posted on Tue, 9 May 2006 at 17:08
#209
trigger wrote:
I think ocfa is one of the best t? albums and definately the best in lots of years. it’s got its own sound like every other t? album and although it doesn’t really have any stand out songs, it’s tight as hell and there is not even one song i want to skip. i like andy’s vocals (which i didn’t in the last couple of albums) and neil’s drumming is the best i’ve heard of him so far, it’s simply great. the production is decent, i think you can hear all the little details that make a song better and that’s important. every song has a bit that i really like and gets me hooked. if i were to describe how this album sounds i’d say it’s a mix of troublegum, semi detached and nane, with some new elements ofcourse.
all in all i wanna say a big thank you to the boys for delivering to us such a great album… i just hope it will get the recognition it deserves, so let’s all help. p.s. i didnt understand why some people in here don’t like it. but i guess these must be the ones who thought shameless and high anxiety were great :P (no offence)
Posted on Fri, 12 May 2006 at 20:17
#210
30seconds wrote:
So… A couple of weeks later. And, it hasn’t done that well after repeated listens. Maybe It’s because I’m listening to the mars volta and tool, OCFA just sounds so lifeless and unambitious.
Posted on Fri, 12 May 2006 at 20:54
