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[dmlaw]

Slightly sad that they didn’t make the one which finishes ‘this isn’t where it ends’ the last song on the album.

 

[Iguana]

Ode To BrexitFreedom

 

[dmlaw]

Ode To BrexitFreedom

No, Brexit has never had dignity.

 

[Iguana]

I like how meta this is.

If I ever wrote my ode to freedom...

 

[Pingu]

Ode To BrexitFreedom

I’m perfectly content with the Brexit analogies considering the lyrics are about how impossible it is to write an Ode to Freedom that everyone could get on board with.

 

[octophone]

I guess it is fitting they would close on a full on orchestral anthem. At the start it feels as if it's going to by hymnal. Then it moves into "End Credits" territory.

 

[Pingu]

This is an interesting direction and I like the lyrics, but dare I say a little under-realised?

 

[dmlaw]

What a self-deprecating little thing.

 

[Iguana]

This is an interesting direction and I like the lyrics, but dare I say a little under-realised?

You may not

 

[octophone]

In general, songs about songwriting tend to be a bit gash. I like this but I don't love it yet.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

I think it’s a really disappointing way to put a full stop on your career?

 

[octophone]

This is an interesting direction and I like the lyrics, but dare I say a little under-realised?

It's difficult to say how deliberately low-key it is. Part of me things they should have switched this and "ISHFIY".

 

[dmlaw]

This is an interesting direction and I like the lyrics, but dare I say a little under-realised?

I guess it deliberately doesn’t want to be too triumphant, given the content.

 

[Iguana]

There we have it! It's really a great little body of work. They're in their 70s and made THIS!

 

[octophone]

Right, back to The Fall.

 

[RJN]

First listen top 3

1. Shut Down Me Don't
2. Keep An Eye On Dan
3. No Doubt About It

I liked most of it.

 

[dmlaw]

I’m going to come right out and say that the Guardian were wrong and we didn’t need more Ag and Frida written songs with Bjorn and Benny vocals.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

First listen top 3

1. Shut Down Me Don't
2. Keep An Eye On Dan
3. No Doubt About It

I liked most of it.

This is a well written essay. A+

 

[octophone]

I’m going to come right out and say that the Guardian were wrong .

You can stop there nowadays.

 

[dmlaw]

But, initial impression is that it was really enjoyable, even ignoring the miracle of it existing at all.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

I think in a month’s time, When You Danced With Me might creep into my #1 spot. It’s very compelling.

 

[RJN]

This is a well written essay. A+

Thanks so much! Its actually being published in the Guardian

 

[octophone]

At the moment, my favourites are DSMD, When You Danced With Me, Bumblebee and Keep an Eye On Dan, even if the last of these would be better off were it called "It's Your Fault He's A Little Bastard, You Colossal Twat".

 

[Iguana]

Spotify has decided to play In The Navy after the album

 

[Pingu]

Don’t Shut Me Down still my clear favourite but I do think it could end up on my all-time list eventually so that’s fine.

When You Danced With Me, Keep An Eye On Dan, No Doubt About It, I Could Be That Woman and the other two singles all quality additions to the canon.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

I think Just A Notion just clicked

 

[Pingu]

Has @Suomi made it past Track 2 yet?

 

[Iguana]

Has @Suomi made it past Track 2 yet?

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

I think he’s on his way home listening as we speak but he did have a strong emotional reaction to track two this morning. Sensitive gurl.

 

[Suomi]

I am on the bus home from the local tavern. I cannot listen to the rest of this album in public, it is too personal an affair. To think this is the end, I cannot cope

 

[Suomi]

I think he’s on his way home listening as we speak but he did have a strong emotional reaction to track two this morning. Sensitive gurl.

I told them I had to put on Nicole Scherzinger - Poison three times to cope

 

[Iguana]

That is some willpower to hold out all day!

 

[Suomi]

I will listen to one new track a month

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

Apparently OFSTED get mad if you put headphones in to listen to track two all day.

 

[Iguana]

I will listen to one new track a month

Little Things just in time for Christmas!

 

[Suomi]

Apparently OFSTED get mad if you put headphones in to listen to track two all day.

First dangling children out of the window and now THIS

 

[dmlaw]

Apparently OFSTED get mad if you put headphones in to listen to track two all day.

As if that’s the only thing they want to talk to him about.

 

[Pingu]

I love that it’s so momentous, we dare not speak its name and simply refer to it as “track two.”

 

[ButterTart]

Sorry, I forgot

 

[Iguana]

Sorry, I forgot

I still have faith in you