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I bought the first Marr album (Messengers) after rave reviews.
Really liked 3 or 4 songs - the rest wasn't great at all. Would give it a 6/10.
I bought the second one as even better reviews but thought it was pretty awful.
One fairly decent song (the single Money Money), the rest was just hard work. Weak melodies, bad lyrics, bland singing.
The consensus seems to be that the new one is his best yet although, for me, that wouldn't be saying much.
There's a lot of love for JM these days, especially given the way Steve Morrissey's been acting. If you ever loved the Smiths, you'd probably want to direct those feelings more towards Marr than Steve.
I reckon this has an impact on reviews i.e. that they are probably very generous to what isn't actually a great album. Interested to hear what people think of it who've now heard it.
Really liked 3 or 4 songs - the rest wasn't great at all. Would give it a 6/10.
I bought the second one as even better reviews but thought it was pretty awful.
One fairly decent song (the single Money Money), the rest was just hard work. Weak melodies, bad lyrics, bland singing.
The consensus seems to be that the new one is his best yet although, for me, that wouldn't be saying much.
There's a lot of love for JM these days, especially given the way Steve Morrissey's been acting. If you ever loved the Smiths, you'd probably want to direct those feelings more towards Marr than Steve.
I reckon this has an impact on reviews i.e. that they are probably very generous to what isn't actually a great album. Interested to hear what people think of it who've now heard it.