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18th June 2008, 10:59am
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| | Bring the heid o' charlie Editor
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| Feeder - Silent Cry
Silent Cry is Feeder’s sixth album but it could easily be any of them as they all sound the same. Bland rock acts can sometimes muster offense by their blandness but Feeder can’t even reach that pinnacle of Snow Patrol turdness.
Brisk drums, banal guitar work married to insipid vocals and melodies are the order of the day in a fashion that makes the Stereophonics resemble the Supersuckers. We Are The People opens the record on would be chest beating anthemics, “Why do we pray? Why do we talk about angels flying on their golden wings?”. Even fucking Creed would’ve thought twice about this track’s pompous metaphysics, marrying rubbish lyrics to big diet-metal guitars. Dragged out to nearly five minutes, We Are The People well…drags.
Follow up Itsumo is more or less the same song but with louder bass in the mix. Miss You is slightly better, a brisk pop punk number that rattles along and manages the record’s...
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23rd June 2008, 5:04pm
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| | Larger Than Life
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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30th June 2008, 5:04pm
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
That review was absolutly shocking,
anyway, one day ill probably try listening to this, its good music for work. | |
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30th June 2008, 5:11pm
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by heartworm That review was absolutly shocking
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30th June 2008, 5:37pm
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by heartworm That review was absolutly shocking,
anyway, one day ill probably try listening to this, its good music for work. | To be honest I have to agree I wasn't impressed by that review at all, I just found it a little too vulgar and insulting to the artists when it probably wasn't required, it's actually made me want to listen to the album though as I can't imagine it being as bad as it's made out to be.
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30th June 2008, 8:21pm
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by Ghostsuit To be honest I have to agree I wasn't impressed by that review at all, I just found it a little too vulgar and insulting to the artists when it probably wasn't required, it's actually made me want to listen to the album though as I can't imagine it being as bad as it's made out to be. | My thoughts entirely. It was not review that I thought constructive in any way and the best negative reviews I have read have been amusing, which this wasn't either. Shame really. Feeder are probably easy targets as their music is relatively middle of the road enough to not really be terribly insulting to anyone but I like them and this review made me determined to listen to the album more than I had done prior to reading it.
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1st July 2008, 12:35am
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| | The Persecutor
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
I loved this review.
Everyone who likes Feeder should be forced to listen to 'Copper Blue' by Sugar on repeat until it takes hold. | |
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1st July 2008, 3:04am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
To be fair how can you really review Feeder without saying "have you got a Feeder album? This sounds like the others ones and if you like them buy it".
At least ol' Mr. Parker had fun.
Everyone knows what Feeder sound like.
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Originally Posted by Ken Tynan Don't you think there's a kind of super-vulgarity on the other side of vulgarity which is actually more sophisticated than sophistication? | | |
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1st July 2008, 3:19am
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| | The Persecutor
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
'We Are The People' is one of the worst songs I have ever heard.
I now hate this review for making me listen to it. | |
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1st July 2008, 7:03am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by ¡Punk! To be fair how can you really review Feeder without saying "have you got a Feeder album? This sounds like the others ones and if you like them buy it".
At least ol' Mr. Parker had fun.
Everyone knows what Feeder sound like. | If you don't like a band you could use that review for any album. I don't buy that argument at all.
Who is everyone? Everyone here? Maybe. Everyone who types in "Feeder" into a Google search and brings this review up? I don't agree.
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1st July 2008, 8:19am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
Not really. You might not like Green Day but Insomniac sounds fuck all like Warning.
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Originally Posted by Ken Tynan Don't you think there's a kind of super-vulgarity on the other side of vulgarity which is actually more sophisticated than sophistication? | | |
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1st July 2008, 8:48am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
Complaining that this review was insulting to the band and their fans misses the point that it actually managed to describe the music pretty clearly and efficiently at the same time.
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1st July 2008, 9:02am
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| | The Persecutor
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by poprock Complaining that this review was insulting to the band and their fans misses the point that it actually managed to describe the music pretty clearly and efficiently at the same time. | This is correct. Beyond the vitriol it's an informative review. | |
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1st July 2008, 10:08am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
Good review I thought.
If we start only publishing polite reviews you'll have chipped away one of the major things that gives AltNation its character.
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1st July 2008, 10:16am
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| Re: Feeder - Silent Cry
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Originally Posted by ¡Punk! Not really. You might not like Green Day but Insomniac sounds fuck all like Warning. | Hahah - warning sounds like GreenDay were trying to be fucking cheesey pop or something it was an AWFUL album. And dookie is of course the ultimate one!
I have to say i think that the review is heavily biased, then again it is all down to opinion. Makes me wonder that reviews in essence are really pointless; i think it would have made a little sense to do a 'if you like this sort of thing, if you are....blah blah' then that would have helped. Just feel it was overly negative.
Then again, im biased as i have seen them and love missing yesterday!
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1st July 2008, 10:19am
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