I know the album came out in May and that’s a while ago, but I was watching a video and reading the comments, they were all really negative about the album. I honestly thought that the feedback for the album was positive, but i guess I might have been wrong. What did y’all think of it?
Posted Dec 24, 2018, 4:39 AM UTC
It's the Monkeys most creative, conceptual and cohesive album imo. Its not their best, but most definitely their only album that has no "bad songs". The entire thing just feels perfect for what it is.
Couldn’t agree more
it has mixed reviews overall, but by now it has grown on many fans and I’d say our opinions are generally positive. It does leave a sour taste in some peoples’ mouth (ears?) at first but I found that after a few listens I fell in love with the style, sound, story, and overall aesthetic of the album. It has come to be my favorite album by the band, though I think that opinion is still less common among the fanbase (not super unpopular either)
At first I didn’t like it and could just about bear Four Out of Five. Now I can’t go a day without listening through the album once. It’s a beautiful album.
It seemed to really freak out the casual fans at first (people who only like AM or think they haven’t done anything good since the first album), so that’s likely where the negativity you’re seeing is coming from. But overall the diehards love it as far as I can tell and it’s pretty critically acclaimed with a few exceptions. It’s a brilliant record.
The way it's finished in a lot of the top 10 albums, with some putting in the top 2 and Q given it their album of the year. It got a few 5 star reviews too. It definitely scared away a lot of the fan's they got from AM massive success, a bit like Humbug did with the fan's they got with their debut and FWN, which they probably won't get back. But it's a album that will save them in the long run.
Some fan's overreacted to it with the first listen, instead of given it a few days to soak it in. But I feel since it's release a lot of people have warmed to it, even haters of the band have been very kind to the album compared to past releases.
Well I know this is an unpopular opinion in this tread but I just don't like it. I've been a fan of them since 2004 and have seen them live several times. I've tried to listen to it repeatedly but I just can't stand it. He sounds like a bad lounge singer in a bar by the airport. I don't understand how you guys like it.
I don't agree with your opinion but I love the honesty.
I loved it after a few listens, it probably end up been their masterpiece within the hardcore fanbase and the critics I think over time. That and Humbug will be the album's that will grown in stature. Their Debut and AM will probably be held higher when it comes to public votes for best album's of all time and such.
TBH&C, definitely will be a high watermark in terms of critical acclaim and will be seen as a major turning point for the band in the future. It's a album that's won over people who weren't fan's of the band and it's slowly crept up on fan's over time that many are rating it as their best.
Don’t mind the fake fans