OFF: Disco, punk, etc.

[Ted Jackson jr. EL84]

>> From:          dench <M.G.Dench at BTON.AC.UK>

> > Uh... except for "Mirrors". Sorry to insist on this, but I really find that
> > album very "disco-esque"... but no, I'm not trying to start this thread
> > again. Just couldn't resist commenting the above quote.
>
> If anybody really thinks that 'Mirrors' is a disco album, or is even
> 'disco-esque', they clearly have never listened to Donna Summer or Amii

True enough.  There a few disco-ish production values employed, but
apart from that...

> Stewart.  When everyone started going on about 'Mirrors' recently I gave
> it a listen, and it seems to me that it is just a natural progression from
> the direction they were taking on 'Spectres'.  If you want to classify it
> as anything, then AOR. It is not nearly as bad as everyone maintains -

Right!  More an effort to recapture the radio success of DFtR than
any direct effort to do a disco thing.  Remember, by the time of
Mirrors, BOC had been at it awhile and were liekly up for a little
experimentation.  Too, Agents had been such a hit, you can't blame
anyone for trying to keep the cash coming in...

> there are some good songs on it, it's just that it is somewhat blandly
> arranged and produced.  It is no better and no worse, IMHO, than any other
> BOC album after AOF, with the exception of Imaginos.
>
I think most people on BOC-L would say that Spectres was a pretty
good album too.  Personally, I think things went downhill after
Secret Treaties...


> While we are one the subject, I often see CE referred to as if it is a
> great metal album.  I like the album, and there are some great songs on
> it, but I must say that I have heard raunchier and more driving albums!
> In fact, there is nothing on it that rocks like 'Heavy Metal' on FoUO,
> IMHO.
>
> End of speech.
>
> Martin

CE probably isn't a Metal album if judged by contemporary standards,
but remember the context and timeframe in which it was recorded.  At
the time, it sure was a rocking album that harkened back to BOC's
early days...
theo