Royksopp's New Album - Senior (Sept. 13th) - Page 2

unwound floors · #1 08-25-2010, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sappys Curry

Well, everyone has different musical tastes. I hope I like the album when it releases. Some people were really disappointed by Heligoland, but I think it is a really good album by Massive Attack. I rank it third, ahead of Protection and 100th Window.

Heck, musical tastes can be so different; Glam Bucket is my least favorite song on OWB (not really counting Cuddle Bunny, that is just an experimental track amongst the songs), and I've seen one person say that is there favorite track on OWB.

You don't rate Mezzanine as one of their best albums!? That's possibly the best thing to come out of the nineties, IMO!

Drix · #2 08-23-2010, 11:26 AM

I think The Understanding had a lot of great tracks on it. Not as good as an album as Melody, but definately some great material there. Didn't quite feel Junior though. Great as radiomusic, but not my cup of tea.

jOHN rODRIGUEZ · #3 08-23-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Drix

I think The Understanding had a lot of great tracks on it. Not as good as an album as Melody, but definately some great material there. Didn't quite feel Junior though. Great as radiomusic, but not my cup of tea.

Ditto. I still cannot understand the dislike for The Understanding(I SWEAR, that just happened, I'm not trying to artsey/poetity or anything), I think many were expecting Melody A.M. Pt. II. I also think the extra B-sides were great too, other than that one song titled "Just Go" or "Go Away" or something. I said out loud, "WTH was that all about?" and removed from my music library.

Sappys Curry · #4 08-23-2010, 10:05 PM

I just bought The Understanding. I was turned off by song samples I heard on iTunes. But with the new album coming soon, I decided I should buy The Understanding and give it a fair chance. I found it for $5 on Amazon MP3 downloads. I dl'ed it last night. I'll give it some listens before Senior hits. I should listen to Junior more. It has some good tracks. I have a feeling that Senior will be my second favorite album of theirs. I doubt it'll beat Melody A.M., though.

bas_I_am · #5 08-23-2010, 10:12 PM

I couldnt listen to Junior or The Understanding as albums. But when my player is on shuffle, there have been many times i've been struck by a song and caught by suprise when I look down and see it is from The Understanding.

Sappys Curry · #6 08-24-2010, 08:28 PM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Senior/dp/B0...9&sr=1-1-spell

30 second samples of the albums tracks there. Give it a listen!

Sounds solid. I think I'll easily prefer this over Junior (I hardly listen to Junior). I just bought The Understanding off of Amazon MP3 downloads. I'll give that some listens, but I'm not expecting too much (I didn't buy it for a long time because I felt it didn't sound too good based off of the 30 second samples). I'm giving it a fair chance now. Senoir has the potential to be my second favorite Royksopp album, with Melody A.M. of course remaining in the top spot. I do not expect Senoir to be a better album than Melody A.M., which is a pretty darn good album.

holden · #7 08-29-2010, 09:06 PM

Agree - the samples sound very solid. Moody, even. Much more in the vein of Meldy AM than Understanding or Junior. Their second Lp had its moments, sme driving dance tracks, but the most recent was pop-craptic. I like my Royksopp to be icy, arctic, insomniac, introspective.

Sappys Curry · #8 09-02-2010, 10:50 PM

I don't see Senior listed for U.S. release.

It isn't on US iTunes, it isn't showing up at amazon music or amazon mp3 downloads. What gives?

Also, new song up for streaming. The Fear is its title. http://royksopp.com/blog/news

It is found above the streaming player for The Drug. You can listen to the whole album on September 6th, too.

absolute zero · #9 09-16-2010, 11:15 PM

I can't say I ever really loved any of Royksopp's albums, they have several singles which I think are oustanding, but there are always a handful of songs I usually skip. (You can hear senior in its entirety here:http://hypem.com/search/royksopp )

So far I'm not really digging it. It seems they're at their best w/collaborations (Kings of Convenience, Robyn, Karin Drier Andersson). With Senior, all the songs sound like background music to me, not a lot of dynamics going on with any of them, so the album never really evolves. Just my opinion.

My fav Royksopp tracks though:

Sappys Curry · #10 09-17-2010, 01:41 PM

I think Melody A.M. is a pretty good album. I'd probably give it 4 out of 5 stars. The two that released after that I don't really like. Senior is my second favorite album from them, but it isn't too good. It is solid. Better than Junior and The Understanding for me. I wanted to buy it on iTunes, but it isn't on iTunes U.S., and I hear they had some record label troubles recently; probably why it isn't in U.S. stores (walk-in and online).