Nelly Furtado
The Spirit Indestructable - September 18, 2012
(5 Out of 10 Stars)
It's hard to imagine Nelly Furtado, as she is right now, as the artist she was in 2006 when she released the one of the years hottest and most classic albums, Loose. The album now seems like a stupefying anomaly up against the rest of her catalog, which is mostly filled with good tracks here and there, but nothing comparable.
Writing a track-by-track review of The Spirit Indestructible only took a few minutes because all of the notes I had taken for just about every song were "boring," "under-produced," "dated," or something along those lines. Only one track on the album, "Parking Lot," actually excited me. The rest of the tracks just sounded like mall background music. Nothing else stood out. The vocals tricks that worked for her on Loose, became naggy. She drowns in many of the bass-heavy productions.
I will admit that the album's imperfections give it a down-to-earth vibe. It's just not in the same way Beyoncé cracked and scraped her way far past her vocal limit to help power-up the emotion levels on Cadillac Records, or how Inara George cutely fumbles over Greg Kurstin's more urban beats on some of the Bird and the Bee's older songs.
The album is just... there. Nowhere near bad, but not close to good.
The album is available now on Spotify and iTunes.
I don't agree with U at all. Parking Lot is the worst song on the album. Album is so good.
ReplyDeleteJust listen to Miracles for example. Just because is not like the other stuffs we can hear these days, doesn't mean is bad.
I really like it & I'm glad it's different.
U should give it a chance.
And this is comming from someone who thinks that Britney sets trends. blah.
ReplyDeleteBritney sets trends ;)
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