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Post by flakybandit on Nov 11, 2021 4:21:56 GMT -5
Falling All Of You Wing Give It All Up More Joy! Laughing Boy Hammerhead Invisible Future Past Nothing Less Anniversary Beautiful Lies Tonight United
Two weeks after release I haven’t changed my opinion on Future Past & still astonished duran have delivered an album of this quality 40 years into their career. There are no songs on this record I particularly dislike or would describe as filler. I don’t care about chart positions or record sales. It’s quality of material for me. And with this album the band are setting the standard for their contemporaries to match.
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Post by Dew on Nov 11, 2021 7:11:11 GMT -5
I'll play this game!
Most of the songs are so good it's hard to rate most of them as better or worse than others. Even the sequencing is great. I have them grouped below.
My top tracks Wing Falling Laughing Boy All Of You Nothing Less More Joy! Five Years (though a Japan bonus track, and from earlier in 2021, I love this song and how it works on the album)
Enjoy without any reservation Give It All Up Anniversary Hammerhead Invisible
Nothing wrong with these, but best as part of the album, less so individually Velvet Newton Invocation
My least favorite individual songs, but not skipped, nor hated. Just not my style so much. Future Past (the last half redeems it) Beautiful Lies Tonight United
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Post by americanscientist on Nov 11, 2021 8:43:51 GMT -5
The rare DD album with no skips and no duds. Just an astonishing piece of work. Again, all songs are 3.5 to 5 stars IMHO, but here we go:
All of You Nothing Less GIAU Anniversary Falling Wing Laughing Boy Hammerhead Future Past Invisible More Joy Tonight United Beautiful Lies
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Post by hotteruk66 on Nov 11, 2021 10:44:32 GMT -5
Falling Laughing Boy Invisible Give It All Up All Of You Future Past Wing Invocation Velvet Newton Beautiful Lies Hammerhead Nothing Less More Joy! Anniversary Tonight United
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Post by taylorism on Nov 11, 2021 10:55:31 GMT -5
Wing Nothing Less All Of You Falling Laughing Boy More Joy! Anniversary Velvet Newton Give It All Up Future Past Invocation Invisible Hammerhead Tonight United Beautiful Lies
Mine didn't change in the last two weeks.
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Post by ghostjet on Nov 11, 2021 10:59:48 GMT -5
No skips. Love the songs. Only surprised that Future Past the song is seriously growing on me.
All of You Nothing Less Give it all up Future Past Falling More Joy Invisible Wing Hammerhead Anniversary Beautiful Lies Laughing Boy Invocation Tonight United Velvet Newton
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Post by madoldlu on Nov 11, 2021 11:12:26 GMT -5
Top: Wing More Joy Future Past Laughing Boy All of You Anniversary
Still great: Nothing Less Falling Five Years
Good: Invisible Give It All Up Beautiful Lies Tonight United Invocation Velvet Newton
Actually dislike: Hammerhead
When I assimilate these songs to my DD favorites playlist, the “Good” batch will probably not make it in. The “Still Great” batch is right on the edge, but leaning towards “Top” so those will probably make it into the playlist.
The last 2 of DD’s albums have been solid for me. I can listen to AYNIN and PG all the way through without feeling compelled to skip any tracks. I don’t actively dislike any of the songs on those albums (not counting the bonus songs). FP ALMOST made it, but I really don’t like Hammerhead. Really really. I don’t think I’ll ever have the desire to listen to it ever again. I don’t HATE it, but I also don’t want to make myself hate it by listening to it one too many times in the hopes that I will change my mind.
However, I will still put FP as an overall winner, based on the strength of all the other songs which I think are all for the most part, great. Definitely in the top 6-8 albums for me. With the exception of Hammerhead, I can listen to the whole album all the way through, which is a great feat for me. I keep saying it: 3 in a row! That hasn’t happened since Notorious for me!
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Post by luispauloa on Nov 11, 2021 11:20:59 GMT -5
Future Past is emotional, beautiful melodies, Simon in fantastic form ! The best album since Big Thing !!
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Post by snr79 on Nov 11, 2021 11:53:21 GMT -5
Still loving FP and listening everyday. Certain tracks have grown on me over the last couple of weeks Wing being one of them. I loved hammerhead from the first time I heard it and it’s still up there with the best tracks on the record.
Here’s my stab at my favourites first to last
1. Give it all up 2. Laughing Boy 3. Hammerhead 4. Nothing Less 5. Invisible 6. Wing 7. Anniversary 8. More Joy! 9. All of You 10.Future Past 11.Beautiful Lies 12. Falling 13. Tonight United
1-9 are sublime to me. I don’t think they’ve had this many songs on one album that I’ve loved for a long time. I really like 10-12 too I just don’t play them as often. Tonight United is the only dud for me but still stronger than a lot of song of there previous few albums
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Post by Max Zorin on Nov 11, 2021 16:30:44 GMT -5
Love from first listening
All of You Laughing Boy Nothing Less Hammerhead + Invocation
Love after a few listenings
Falling Wing Velvet Newton More Joy
Good ones
Invisible Future Past /* Beautiful Lies
Not sure...
Anniversary
So-so...
Give It All Up Tonight United
/* This one is "ambiguous" to me, I'm not a fan of that quite "cheesy" melody, but that guitar break saves the song and is one of my favorite moments on the album. It reminds me Robert Fripp on "Scary Monsters" ("It's No Game part 1", etc.)
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