Strawberry Hotel - Dirty reviews

[TheBang]

If you want to post your fan reviews, scores, track-by-track ratings and such, let's post them in here.

[potatobroth]

My gut reaction was not loving it. But that's quickly changed after 3 listens. I really love Lewis in Pomona but really hate that yelling/orgasm voice overlapping the fades. It reminds of a really poorly executed Pink Floyd "Great Gig in the Sky" vocals and really wish it wasnt in there. But I LOVE the drums that kick in so I'm torn there. This is my most played track so far #noshuffle #singleplay :P

The album standouts for me are Denver Luna (best track), Hilo Sky, Lewis in Pomona, and Gene Pool. I guess I do love Black Poppies too. The rest don't feel quite right to me. Ottavia is fine, but I'm quite sure I won't ever seek this track out.

Edit: Oh Thorns! is much better than King of Haarlem. Neither are winners tho for me.

So... King of Haarlem. Uhhhh, this is a big no from me (at this point.) Those sour notes by Karl are grating. It just doesn't feel right at all to me. Will it grow on me? Maybe. Right now this is my biggest dislike on the album.

The rest are fine and will likely grow on me. Techno Shinkansen is fine. Burst of Laughter is fine. Colour Red never really hooked me and still doesn't. I like it better in context tho.

[Dirty Saint]

I don't think you can ever review an album on a first listen!!

The obvious stand outs are the tracks we have all all seen live or on youtube numerous times.

[taotsu]

Middle of listen 3. If I leave aside Denver luna as a well known track, sweet lands, and Lewis make me dance strongly. Ottavia has my favourite lyrics so far. Techno Shinkansen is growing on me and King of Haarlem is like star. In the beginning it’s overwhelming but I like it more and more.

[Dirty0900]

It’s great. And I see why they don’t want people shuffling.

[purlieu]

1. It's not quite as segued and flowing as I expected.
2. It's more segued and flowing than I thought it would be from the first few tracks.
3. It's definitely overwhelming.
4. It's utterly, utterly brilliant.

Other than 'And the Colour Red', which I still don't get, but does work better here than in a standalone context, I enjoyed every single track on that. It's going to take a lot to force it all into my head - it kind of feels like a condensed mini-Drift, with its various flavours and lengthy tracklist - but there wasn't a moment there that I thought "hmm, what's this meant to be?" or "heard this before" or "bored now" or "ugh, another failed experiment".

Gene Pool and Hilo Sky stood out on first listen. And of course Denver Luna, which is as great as ever. I think I'm going to be listening to this a lot.

[valentingalea]

Super disappointing… I love love love Underworld but they cannot write a decent full length album anymore - their best work is in b-sides and experiments like Drift

[dubman]

Ottavia.

[evwhitton16]

There isn't one miss on the album, I think it's absolutely incredible and flows super well. even the more "difficult" tracks like 'Iron Bones' I knew right away had great ideas that are bound to click after I sit with them for a little bit. Believe me, if I thought one song was even meh, I'd say so, but the ideas are absolutely worth digesting properly. #1 LP of the year for me so far, and it'll be hard to dethrone I reckon

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by evwhitton16

There isn't one miss on the album, I think it's absolutely incredible and flows super well. even the more "difficult" tracks like 'Iron Bones' I knew right away had great ideas that are bound to click after I sit with them for a little bit. Believe me, if I thought one song was even meh, I'd say so, but the ideas are absolutely worth digesting properly. #1 LP of the year for me so far, and it'll be hard to dethrone I reckon

except King of Haarlem.