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For those playing along at home, Randall does appreciate Rock music, A lot. That being said, every now and then I enjoy diving into ambient, background noise records or music that plays around with sounds and harmonies and various drum toys that still obey those sacred laws that maintain a state of music and not noise. In this genre of jungle and hip-hop beats, with melodies and voices and the use of voice as an instrument to be cross-faded with other musical instruments comes the genre known as trip-hop. I have a trip-hop playlist for some of those moments I NEED this kind of music pulsing through my speakers and Portishead is a staple on that playlist.
The new record, "Third" is exactly that, their third studio record. They had two studio albums, and released a live show. This third studio album is simply this... A fantastic, bordering on spectacular Portishead record.
This is a record you could kill Laura Palmer to. I mean it. If David Lynch had this record playing during the show, "Twin Peaks" people would still be wondering why we don't have a third season. In other words, I loved it and Laura Palmer would still have died.
One of my favorite tracks on the record was Machine Gun. And WHY NOT!? A band the likes of Portishead with very trip-hop, cool, melodic, and vocal sounds having an INTENSE song... it's almost unreal, but it doesn't break those sacred laws of making this kind of music and manages to work. There are however a few tracks I can't speak to greatly on, but all in all...
Okay, the rating... Unlike some superheroes, I don't use five stars. I think that three stars should do it. So let me explain. 3 out of 3 means that this album needs to be owned. Once a week, you burn a copy of Kenny G's Christmas album over an open fire as an offering. It is wonderful. 2 of 3 means that the album may have lacked a few key ingredients but pulled off the mission and the album is worthy of a listen and probably a purchase. 1 of 3 is pretty bad. The album didn't keep my attention. It was boring. This is also a rating I will use to rate my guilty pleasures. You know, those records no one can get me to admit I love. Now if I rate it ZERO out of 3, this means it is bad. For the proper definition of bad, please watch the movie, "Ghostbusters". If you tell me you happen to own a zero of 3 star rated album... I will throw up some gang signs ( Wolfpack, The sign for the Diamond Cutter), then I will probably make use of the most electrifying move in professional sports entertainment, The People's Elbow! It's not a very good thing. Here is a freebie, Kenny G's Christmas is an example of a zero of three star rating. Don't let me know you own it.
I grant Portishead - Third
2 out of 3 stars
The new record, "Third" is exactly that, their third studio record. They had two studio albums, and released a live show. This third studio album is simply this... A fantastic, bordering on spectacular Portishead record.
This is a record you could kill Laura Palmer to. I mean it. If David Lynch had this record playing during the show, "Twin Peaks" people would still be wondering why we don't have a third season. In other words, I loved it and Laura Palmer would still have died.
One of my favorite tracks on the record was Machine Gun. And WHY NOT!? A band the likes of Portishead with very trip-hop, cool, melodic, and vocal sounds having an INTENSE song... it's almost unreal, but it doesn't break those sacred laws of making this kind of music and manages to work. There are however a few tracks I can't speak to greatly on, but all in all...
Okay, the rating... Unlike some superheroes, I don't use five stars. I think that three stars should do it. So let me explain. 3 out of 3 means that this album needs to be owned. Once a week, you burn a copy of Kenny G's Christmas album over an open fire as an offering. It is wonderful. 2 of 3 means that the album may have lacked a few key ingredients but pulled off the mission and the album is worthy of a listen and probably a purchase. 1 of 3 is pretty bad. The album didn't keep my attention. It was boring. This is also a rating I will use to rate my guilty pleasures. You know, those records no one can get me to admit I love. Now if I rate it ZERO out of 3, this means it is bad. For the proper definition of bad, please watch the movie, "Ghostbusters". If you tell me you happen to own a zero of 3 star rated album... I will throw up some gang signs ( Wolfpack, The sign for the Diamond Cutter), then I will probably make use of the most electrifying move in professional sports entertainment, The People's Elbow! It's not a very good thing. Here is a freebie, Kenny G's Christmas is an example of a zero of three star rating. Don't let me know you own it.
I grant Portishead - Third
2 out of 3 stars
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