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Junkie XL - Today is severely underrated.
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| mmmskyscraper |
I can't believe how many people and reviewers think this is just an "ehh" album. I think its freakin great. The guitars mixed with the slow intros going into a solid beat...and I like the singer, he's on a good number of tracks. Still some great instrumentals like Such a Tease, Xerox, and Mushroom, but the vocals on Yesterdays and Drift Away are really good. I don't compare it to his other stuff, I just look at it a solid album with enough variety I don't skip through any of it.
I dunno, maybe its just me. |
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| miamitranceman |
No I agree 100%
"Honey" and "Mushroom" are amazing tracks. |
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| Allied Nations |
| It's decent. Didn't captivate me like a "great" album does. It was good though for sure. |
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| Sykonee |
| I've always found Junkie's music to be merely 'decently good'. There's definitely skill and craft involved, but it always sounds like that raw human element that can elevate music beyond is lacking. He's like U2 in this way. |
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| Zombie0729 |
what? lol
this is a great album. Such a tease is awesome, drity away is gorgeous, yesterday's harmonies are out of this world and the the absolute perfection of production on this is even more mind blowing.
this might be one of the best pieced together rock/electronic albums i've heard in a long time. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sykonee
I've always found Junkie's music to be merely 'decently good'. There's definitely skill and craft involved, but it always sounds like that raw human element that can elevate music beyond is lacking. He's like U2 in this way. |
Great comparison. His earlier stuff was much "rawer". Seemed to have more bite. I just find some of his newer stuff very transparent and predictable. |
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| ShaunLovesHouse |
| Decently good. For some reason that seems really accurate to me... |
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| JakeC |
| Junkie XL - Today (Unkle Remix) FTW! |
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| Futureshock |
| Honey is alright, the rest is very average for a producer of his ability. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
It's his worst album yet. All the tracks recycle the same ideas and sounds. Where's the Junkie XL who used to experiment with sounds and have a wide range of different styles and yet make it all fit seamlessly in one album?
Junkie XL and Prodigy were the people who got me hooked on EDM for good. This doesn't even sound like I'm listening to the same artist any more. What a massive disappointment.
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I'm not saying it's a bad album as such, though. |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
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I'm not saying it's a bad album as such, though. |
Nope. You're saying it's 'decently good'. ;) |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
Great comparison. His earlier stuff was much "rawer". Seemed to have more bite. I just find some of his newer stuff very transparent and predictable. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr. Mystery
It's his worst album yet. All the tracks recycle the same ideas and sounds. Where's the Junkie XL who used to experiment with sounds and have a wide range of different styles and yet make it all fit seamlessly in one album?
Junkie XL and Prodigy were the people who got me hooked on EDM for good. This doesn't even sound like I'm listening to the same artist any more. What a massive disappointment.
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I'm not saying it's a bad album as such, though. |
I couldn't possibly agree more with the both of you. Today was just a disappointment to me when measured against such great albums as Radio JXL: A Broadcast from Computer Hell Cabin and Saturday Teenage Kick. I'll never forget the first time I heard "Breezer," "Def Beat," or "Saturday Teenage Kick," and this is a feeling I just don't get at all from the new album.
He's still one hell of a live performer though... :) |
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