Post by Donkey Dude Returns! on Apr 2, 2007 20:43:13 GMT
KILL FOR THE THRILL (2004)
TRACK LISTING
Welcome Inside (7.09) Rating: 5/10
Rockin’ Bitch (2.36) 2/10
Get Down To It (3.13) 3/10
Dying Rose (5.07) 7/10
Rejected Again (4.11) 5/10
Questions & Answers (3.49) 2/10
Don’t Know Where To Begin (5.25) 2/10
The Pub Pianist (1.55) 7/10
Cricket Bat Blues (3.23) 7/10
Daily Bread (4.41) 1/10
Welcome Inside (Reprise) (5.19) (9/10)
Phil Seaman's biggest album in terms of sales whilst at secondary school, but sadly falls short of the mark.
Phil Seaman's albums had previously made up for vocal inadequacy with decent pop songs, thoughtfully delivered with interesting lyrics. Sadly, Kill For The Thrill is, on the most part, lacking these qualities. The album gets off to a poor start, with the overlong Welcome Inside not going anywhere in particular during its 7-plus minutes. Several inadequate uptempo pop songs follow, with a lack of real melody and poor singing.
Dying Rose is almost the albums high point, but this is only due to the lack of quality around it, a decent uptempo angst song that would fit into 'Something Different' without any problems. Sadly, the quality drifts again, with the average attempt at a slightly odd song, Rejected Again, and the horrendous Questions & Answers, featuring the worst guitar playing ever, and the atrocious pop ballad Don't Know Where To Begin, which starts off well but features purely embarassing singing.
The Pub Pianist is an enjoyable, catchy instrumental and highly acceptable without pushing musical boundaries. Cricket Bat Blues is a humourous nonsense song that is catchy and would be a successful pop single, upbeat and fun, despite some poor singing. Daily Bread is a hideous pop ballad, and Welcome Inside (Reprise) is about ten times better than the first one, and is by far the best song on the album, featuring great musicianship, variety and sets the tone for 'Phil Seaman', a real shame the rest of the album couldn't match this. Rumour had it that the original release came with a bonus song, fortunately that seems to be lost to the midsts of time.
So in conclusion, this is by far Phil Seaman's worst album and is almost unlistenable due to the lack of good songs, average musicianship and very, very poor singing; it was a shame that it was this album that was the first that attracted mass public attention, as it's just awful.
3/10
TRACK LISTING
Welcome Inside (7.09) Rating: 5/10
Rockin’ Bitch (2.36) 2/10
Get Down To It (3.13) 3/10
Dying Rose (5.07) 7/10
Rejected Again (4.11) 5/10
Questions & Answers (3.49) 2/10
Don’t Know Where To Begin (5.25) 2/10
The Pub Pianist (1.55) 7/10
Cricket Bat Blues (3.23) 7/10
Daily Bread (4.41) 1/10
Welcome Inside (Reprise) (5.19) (9/10)
Phil Seaman's biggest album in terms of sales whilst at secondary school, but sadly falls short of the mark.
Phil Seaman's albums had previously made up for vocal inadequacy with decent pop songs, thoughtfully delivered with interesting lyrics. Sadly, Kill For The Thrill is, on the most part, lacking these qualities. The album gets off to a poor start, with the overlong Welcome Inside not going anywhere in particular during its 7-plus minutes. Several inadequate uptempo pop songs follow, with a lack of real melody and poor singing.
Dying Rose is almost the albums high point, but this is only due to the lack of quality around it, a decent uptempo angst song that would fit into 'Something Different' without any problems. Sadly, the quality drifts again, with the average attempt at a slightly odd song, Rejected Again, and the horrendous Questions & Answers, featuring the worst guitar playing ever, and the atrocious pop ballad Don't Know Where To Begin, which starts off well but features purely embarassing singing.
The Pub Pianist is an enjoyable, catchy instrumental and highly acceptable without pushing musical boundaries. Cricket Bat Blues is a humourous nonsense song that is catchy and would be a successful pop single, upbeat and fun, despite some poor singing. Daily Bread is a hideous pop ballad, and Welcome Inside (Reprise) is about ten times better than the first one, and is by far the best song on the album, featuring great musicianship, variety and sets the tone for 'Phil Seaman', a real shame the rest of the album couldn't match this. Rumour had it that the original release came with a bonus song, fortunately that seems to be lost to the midsts of time.
So in conclusion, this is by far Phil Seaman's worst album and is almost unlistenable due to the lack of good songs, average musicianship and very, very poor singing; it was a shame that it was this album that was the first that attracted mass public attention, as it's just awful.
3/10