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cactusjack 04-24-2011 04:35 AM

Australian review of In Your Dreams
 
Herald-Sun 24.4.2011


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louielouie2000 04-24-2011 04:46 AM

Thanks for sharing this! I have to say, I REALLY wish these reviews we're starting to see trickle in were more detailed! :(

There were a few things that grabbed me about this review. Mainly, the title track being described as "racy." For some reason I'd expected it to be a dreamy, slower song. Secondly, I loved hearing the harmonies on Soldier's Angel are very Fleetwood Mac esque. I honestly didn't expect Lindsey to leave much of a vocal presence on the song at all. Thirdly, I love that every single review of this album describes it as "classic Nicks." :nod:

Thrown_Down 04-24-2011 04:46 AM

Sounds like a decent review, although there isn't much substantive stuff about the music. I wonder what they mean when they describe the title track as 'racy'? I get the feeling it might be a 'screw you, you had your chance and blew it' kind of song.

Thrown_Down 04-24-2011 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 970122)
Thanks for sharing this! I have to say, I REALLY wish these reviews we're starting to see trickle in were more detailed! :(

There were a few things that grabbed me about this review. Mainly, the title track being described as "racy." For some reason I'd expected it to be a dreamy, slower song. Secondly, I loved hearing the harmonies on Soldier's Angel are very Fleetwood Mac esque. I honestly didn't expect Lindsey to leave much of a vocal presence on the song at all. Thirdly, I love that every single review of this album describes it as "classic Nicks." :nod:

We kinda made the same post at the same time... ha ha

louielouie2000 04-24-2011 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrown_Down (Post 970123)
I wonder what they mean when they describe the title track as 'racy'? I get the feeling it might be a 'screw you, you had your chance and blew it' kind of song.

I had to reread that section of the review to figure out what the reviewer meant by "racy," because that comment definitely made my ears prick up too! Seeing how the preceding sentence was talking about Secret Love being mid-tempo, I'm inclined to believe "racy" is describing tempo, not lyrical subject matter. I could be totally wrong, though... it's pretty ambiguous.

Jondalar 04-24-2011 04:55 AM

He says download For What It's Worth, yet, he doesn't mention it in his review. Decent review though.

louielouie2000 04-24-2011 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 970127)
He says download For What It's Worth, yet, he doesn't mention it in his review. Decent review though.

I totally missed that! :laugh: Made me notice the blurb right above that, too. Stevie would just die of pride at being compared to Bob Dylan, wouldn't she? :lol:

Jondalar 04-24-2011 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 970128)
I totally missed that! :laugh: Made me notice the blurb right above that, too. Stevie would just die of pride at being compared to Bob Dylan, wouldn't she? :lol:

Yeah, this album has been described as Bob Dylanesque by a lot of people and For What It's Worth has been mentioned on everyone's list as one of the best songs, if not the best.

Jondalar 04-24-2011 05:06 AM

guess I'm a little confused on how to take the headline

Thrown_Down 04-24-2011 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 970125)
I had to reread that section of the review to figure out what the reviewer meant by "racy," because that comment definitely made my ears prick up too! Seeing how the preceding sentence was talking about Secret Love being mid-tempo, I'm inclined to believe "racy" is describing tempo, not lyrical subject matter. I could be totally wrong, though... it's pretty ambiguous.

I hadn't considered that, but it would make sense. I'm getting quite excited now that the reviews are starting to trickle in. It's so tantalisingly close to release!

louielouie2000 04-24-2011 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 970132)
guess I'm a little confused on how to take the headline

It's an homage to the album title and is saying that you don't have to dream about the album sounding like classic Nicks because it does :). I took it as a wholly positive thing.

Jondalar 04-24-2011 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 970135)
It's an homage to the album title and is saying that you don't have to dream about the album sounding like classic Nicks because it does :). I took it as a wholly positive thing.

ok, I thought at first "its classic, but no dream"

TrueFaith77 04-24-2011 05:27 AM

^^^that's how i read it too. stupid headline. of course i recently had a concussion so... :shrug:

mylittledemon 04-24-2011 05:58 AM

i wonder if that's 3 stars out of 5?

Thrown_Down 04-24-2011 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon (Post 970141)
i wonder if that's 3 stars out of 5?

I was wondering that too. Maybe it is out of 4 though? In a way it doesn't really matter anyway, because it's all highly subjective. There are several albums that I don't greatly like, but those albums often contain four or five songs that I love. I guess critics can't account for that when giving an overall rating to an album.


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