Thoughts on Barking (Track by Track)

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1. Bird 1 = its a good album starter. pretty decent.
2. ALAF = its alright
3. Scribble = unlistenable pop rubbish that annoys the shit out of me. YDS was great.
4. Hamburg Hotel = Interesting but forgettable.
5. Grace = I like.
6. Between Stars = not bad. catchy stuff but its very poppy.
7. Diamond Jigsaw = its 80s Underworld mk1 cheese. Not my cuppa.
8. Moon In Water = its not a bad tune. im sure it will grow on me.
9. Louisiana = its terrible. Not a way to end an album.
10. Simple Peal = throwaway track and not designed to be on the album, belongs on a bside.
11. You Do Scribble Abbey Road = its hard and heavy hitting. a bit unproduced and its comes as a shock after Louisiana. Maybe the album needs resequencing...

not much of a review i know. this album basically gets no more than 6/10. For me as a long time Underworld fan of 16/17 years this is the worst album theyve ever released. However that doesnt make it a bad album it just means that the standards have been so high. Maybe it will grow on me. The album seems less Rick, more Karl. More collaborators, remixers. I dunno. I've bought the deluxe box so theres more to come.