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- Summary: This is the solo debut for the Strokes lead singer.
- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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11th Dimension | |
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I just nod, I've never been so good at shaking hands I live on the frozen surface of a fireball Where cities come together, to hate each other in the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 24
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Mixed: 7 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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At the end, after his inevitable untimely death, all anyone will care about will be the stately grandeur of the opening (and closing) music coupled with the star’s eternal blank stare: unknowable, unfathomable, and ultimately tragic. We’ll have to wait for the movie; fortunately the soundtrack is already here.
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Phrazes for the Young blusters its way through eight songs full of killer hooks and choruses, and then? Well, it’s gone, as fun and fleeting as a carnival ride that’s just a memory a few hours later.
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The effect is more Tokyo neon than Lower East Side leather. Surprisingly, the sonic leap forward intensifies Casablancas' greatest gift--melody.
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Burdened with the responsibility of assuring the future of rock at the beginning of this decade, Casablancas now looks like he could have a decent future of his own.
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In the end, deliberately(?) tinny tracks such as 'Glass' sound like sketches in search of a full band. Hopefully, said band will soon oblige.
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Q Magazine'Ludow St' is lyrically smart, musically ambitious, more than any other track on Phrazes, it makes you wonder, if not regret, why the Strokes themselves never pushed the boat out this far. For that reason alone, it was worth Casablancas making this intriguing if imperfect record. [Nov 2009, p.98]
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There are moments which hint at Casablancas’ underlying skill as a writer on Phrazes, but there’s such a ruinous deployment of disparate ideas that they never form a cogent whole.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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AlanLNov 4, 2009The album went beyond my expectations. I love it! I just bought the album yesterday and I can't stop listening to it.
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GregoireRNov 25, 2009
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