just listened to the full thing.
quick thots:
- the "bops" section (Gasoline to Sacrifice) is rubbish. nothing interesting happening there.
- Out of Time is the first one that really grabbed my attention. great production, lovely production. a bit of a Damita Jo vibe.
- Here We Go... Again is quite good but Tyler's verse is rubbish.
- Starry Eyes feels like it's building to something nice but then fizzles abruptly? it's basically an interlude...
- ...and is then followed by an actual interlude featuring Jim Carrey wittering on again about the afterlife.
- Don't Break My Heart is a minor bop. I Heard You're Married is a major bop. Come through Calvin Harris!!! I even like Wayne's verse.
- Less Than Zero is a nice, airy new wave closer.
- ...it also accurately describes the number of smashes on this record.
the concept, listening to a late-night radio set while you're in purgatory or whatever, could've been interesting but the execution is rubbish. Jim Carrey's parts are straight-up BAD! "you gotta be heaven... to see heaven." I mean who wrote this shit?!
I feel it's a confused piece of work. short on hooks, but every song comes in at around 3 minutes suggesting hits are the intent. with better packaging, a couple more sexy slow jams and a different celebrity cameo as the DJ, it could've been a lot more fun. as it is, a lot of it just feels really joyless and flat. there's not a single moment that invokes the joy of something like the sax outro on In Your Eyes, and it's really felt.