Everything by Mother Mother deserves five stars. Ryan Guldemond is a supremely inventive songwriter, very creative, always keeps his audience intrigued about what he is doing to do next. The antithesis of monotony. Great sense of humour too. "Body of Years" is noteworthy here in particular, and also the suite from the superb "Ghosting" through to "Arms Tonite". The album closes with the rare treat of who I assume to be Molly taking the lead vocal on "Sleep Awake". This album is unique for having its share of strings and quiet moments, something not especially characteristic of Mother Mother, who are mainly straight-ahead power pop, as typified in what is… Read more
Overall, not as good as Talk that Talk, let alone Rated R. With each album, the sweet little islands girl from "A Girl Like Me" goes further under the tidal wave of superstar hip-hop production. Sometimes her personality can integrate with it more or less well, but mostly it's pretty damned well lost. To wit: "Right Now" and "What Now", sitting smack dab in the centre of the album like a double steaming turd with their bombastic synthesizer buzz-bass turned up to 11. The same sonic abomination recurs in a few lines of the closing "Lost in Paradise", just enough to stink up an otherwise fine song. Another thing that overshadows her own voice is obviously all the collaborations, including… Read more
It might be helpful if somebody actually described what is on Disc 2 of this "limited edition" British import of Fantasies. Because it is not in Amazon's product description or in any reviews that I can see. Here is the Disc 2 tracklist of the product being sold here: 1. Waves 2. The Gates 3. Help I'm Alive (acoustic) 4. Gimme Sympathy (acoustic) 5. Sick Muse (acoustic) 6. Sick Muse (Adam Freeland Remix) 7. Gimme Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix) 8. Help I'm Alive (Twelves Remix) 9. Nobody Home 10. Sugar Mountain 11. Video: The Making of Fantasies (8 1/2 minute excerpt from the documentary The Rawside of Metric, in PAL format)… Read more
