Lol - I know. Britney bloody Spears.... The boy's defo taking the wee-wee!
Marco.
0 out of 10 - inexorable shite
1 out of 10 - not quite something I stepped in...
2 out of 10 - I liked the chicken noise on one of the tracks
3 out of 10 - well, no Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap was a bonus...
4 out of 10 - Better than sniffing your own poo. Just.
5 out of 10 - 50%. Half ok, I suppose, if you're deaf.
6 out of 10- Pretty good, actually!
7 out of 10 - Surprisingly superfluous!
8 out of 10 - An awesome slab of durge.
9 out of 10 - practically perfect pop!
10 out of 10 - Stratospherically Superb (I need a hearing test)!
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Lol - I know. Britney bloody Spears.... The boy's defo taking the wee-wee!
Marco.
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
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Was it you who voted zero then?
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Nope - I haven't even bothered to vote! Now if we were voting for the respective 'merits' of the school uniform or air hostess video, well......
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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School uniform for me...
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I'm a Premium Spotify member and I can only play 4 tracks as wellOriginally Posted by Bazil
Now then AlexI thought I was stretching peoples imagination with a new band who were a little 'off stream' compared to the Album Club choices so far, but this has surpassed it by a country mile . . . and some! I wasn't quite sure what to make of your choice to be honest, but I have given it a listen (4 tracks only) and I have to say I'm not too upset I can't hear the rest. Sorry fella, it's way beyond what I can stomach, especially as I have a serious issue with auto-tune.
Still, at the very least it's confirmation that I'm really not a bubble-gum pop sort of guy. I also played one track in the office through speakers . . . you should have seen the looks I got
Interesting choice though and look at the comment it has generated . . . as you say 'it's only a bit of fun innit' and it's saved me from ever buying a Britney Spears album
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
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It was meWas it you who voted zero then?
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I don't suppose it would really be a surprise if I were to say that I too, really dislike this sort of music.
But.....it's not really aimed at me or the likes of me. As a product though, I reckon it does it's job pretty well. If you listen to it through a radio or a low res. file on an mp3 player, the recording quality matters not a jot & I reckon it probably sounds better that way than on a hi-fi system. If you're one of those who it's aimed at, then you'd probably like it a lot - as the sales figures appear to have proven.
So, it's probably good pop music - I don't have to like it to recognise it has a value to those who do.
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I get the full list of all 13 tracks (oh joy), but only 4 are highlighted... If I try and click on track 5 "Heaven on Earth", I get the following message:
I can hardly contain my excitement!This track is currently not available in the United Kingdom. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I think John has the whole thing Marco, he can send you it perhaps
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
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.........but I'll be scoring it according to my taste. And I'm sorry Alex, mate, but it's not gonna be pretty!
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