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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 442675" data-attributes="member: 23">In the last few days I played Other for the first time. In the best possible way, I like it but it didn&#039;t feel instantly accessible. Instead like the album that rewards investment, which is always going to be my preference.Immediate standouts for me were the Lover, Go; Alive and the title track. I also really liked The English U.Beautiful Gun and Happy Giddy are nice tracks, but spoke to me the least (yesterday, anyway. They&#039;re the two most uptempo tracks, so I could put that down to my mood. I&#039;ve played snippets of both this morning and found myself wondering what I didn&#039;t enjoy). April 10 is an interesting concept, nicely done, but there&#039;s a reason I won&#039;t be playing it (long story short, a specific thing about her speaking voice in the narration reminds me of someone who wasn&#039;t particularly kind to me, which is strange because I don&#039;t hear it when she speaks in Moyet Moments or interviews. Now I&#039;m a little peeved at someone I haven&#039;t seen in decades for spoiling what should have been a very enjoyable track).Perhaps most interesting for me have been the tracks which left me unsure how I felt about them. I&#039;d read a little about the intent behind The Rarest Birds, which perhaps set expectations too high, so it underwhelmed slightly. There are some lines in it I adored, and some that I couldn&#039;t connect with. I&#039;m curious how I&#039;ll feel about this one in the longer term. Reassuring Pinches is the track I played immediately upon finishing the album: not because I liked it so much, but because it left me feeling I hadn&#039;t got it. The second play left me feeling much the same way (even though I liked it well enough). You can be sure I&#039;ll be going for play #3 very soon.At the opposite end of Alison&#039;s career, I&#039;ve been delving into Yazoo a little more, expanding my collection to include all tracks from both studio albums, plus some remixes and live performances.How did I not know about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMcT03cSvs&amp;list=RDAsMcT03cSvs&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">1999 version of Only You</a>? I&#039;ve been playing this a lot the last couple of days (after editing it slightly as the version I have sounds like it misses the first few notes). The fuller sound and the added strings really add something. It&#039;s probably heresy to say I prefer this to the original, but it&#039;s certainly been exciting to hear it brought to life in a new way. Then, when I looked for information on this, I saw there was a gorgeous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVH2rCXKOE&amp;list=RDzuVH2rCXKOE&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">orchestral remix from 2017 </a>(used in a Christmas advert). When I found the album on which this appears, I also came across some terrific live 1982 John Peel BBC Session tracks, some of which I&#039;ve downloaded: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZFqSWhzC4&amp;list=RDKzZFqSWhzC4&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">Don&#039;t Go,</a> Winter Kills&nbsp; and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2U-mmGaDTI&amp;list=RDe2U-mmGaDTI&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">Midnight.</a>Recently, Alison&#039;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dds_Qq5T9po&amp;list=RDDds_Qq5T9po&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">2009 &quot;Live In Session&quot; cover of Midnight </a>has clicked with me in a big way. I had assumed the original was a b-side I&#039;d missed from her solo career, so it was a nice surprise to find another Yazoo track that I&#039;m thoroughly enjoying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 442675, member: 23"] In the last few days I played [I]Other[/I] for the first time. In the best possible way, I like it but it didn't feel instantly accessible. Instead like the album that rewards investment, which is always going to be my preference. Immediate standouts for me were the [I]Lover, Go; Alive [/I]and the title track. I also really liked [I]The English U. Beautiful Gun [/I]and[I] Happy Giddy [/I]are nice tracks, but spoke to me the least (yesterday, anyway. They're the two most uptempo tracks, so I could put that down to my mood. I've played snippets of both this morning and found myself wondering what I didn't enjoy). [I]April 10 [/I]is an interesting concept, nicely done, but there's a reason I won't be playing it (long story short, a specific thing about her speaking voice in the narration reminds me of someone who wasn't particularly kind to me, which is strange because I don't hear it when she speaks in [I]Moyet Moments[/I] or interviews. Now I'm a little peeved at someone I haven't seen in decades for spoiling what should have been a very enjoyable track). Perhaps most interesting for me have been the tracks which left me unsure how I felt about them. I'd read a little about the intent behind[I] The Rarest Birds,[/I] which perhaps set expectations too high, so it underwhelmed slightly. There are some lines in it I adored, and some that I couldn't connect with. I'm curious how I'll feel about this one in the longer term. [I]Reassuring Pinches [/I]is the track I played immediately upon finishing the album: not because I liked it so much, but because it left me feeling I hadn't got it. The second play left me feeling much the same way (even though I liked it well enough). You can be sure I'll be going for play #3 very soon. At the opposite end of Alison's career, I've been delving into Yazoo a little more, expanding my collection to include all tracks from both studio albums, plus some remixes and live performances. How did I not know about the [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMcT03cSvs&list=RDAsMcT03cSvs&start_radio=1']1999 version of [I]Only You[/I][/URL][I]? [/I]I've been playing this a lot the last couple of days (after editing it slightly as the version I have sounds like it misses the first few notes). The fuller sound and the added strings really add something. It's probably heresy to say I prefer this to the original, but it's certainly been exciting to hear it brought to life in a new way. Then, when I looked for information on this, I saw there was a gorgeous [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVH2rCXKOE&list=RDzuVH2rCXKOE&start_radio=1']orchestral remix from 2017 [/URL](used in a Christmas advert). When I found the album on which this appears, I also came across some terrific live 1982 John Peel BBC Session tracks, some of which I've downloaded: [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZFqSWhzC4&list=RDKzZFqSWhzC4&start_radio=1'][I]Don't Go,[/I][/URL] [I]Winter Kills[/I] and [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2U-mmGaDTI&list=RDe2U-mmGaDTI&start_radio=1'][I]Midnight[/I].[/URL] Recently, Alison's [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dds_Qq5T9po&list=RDDds_Qq5T9po&start_radio=1']2009 "Live In Session" cover of [I]Midnight[/I] [/URL]has clicked with me in a big way. I had assumed the original was a b-side I'd missed from her solo career, so it was a nice surprise to find another Yazoo track that I'm thoroughly enjoying. [/QUOTE]

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