Post by cerebros on Sept 14, 2006 6:10:11 GMT 8
CD REVIEW
SPONGE COLA - TRANSIT
WARNING: SORRY FOR THE CAPS...I AM NOT ANGRY...JUST DISAPPOINTED...
MY KEYBOARD IS MALFUNCTIONING ON AND OFF...
THREE WORDS... SUBDUED...UNCONVINCING...DISAPPOINTING...
I AM A SPONGE COLA FAN..
THOUGH I AM NOT A FANATIC,
I LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEIR MUSIC...
I HAVE BOTH "PALABAS" AND "ROMEO & JULIET EXPERIENCE" ORIGINAL CD'S
PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM.
AFTER LISTENING 5 TIMES AFTER I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL CD...
MY STRAIGHT TO THE POINT ANALYSIS:
OUT OF THE 12 TRACKS...MY FINGERS IN ONE HAND CAN COUNT WHICH ARE
RADIO-FRIENDLY...WHICH ONES I CAN SING ALONG WITH...
AND WHICH ONES EVOKE CERTAIN EMOTIONS INSIDE MY WOODEN HEART OR LET'S SAY WAS
ABLE TO ROCK ME INSIDE...
I HATE TO SAY THIS...GUNITA AND SA BINGGIT NG ISANG PAALAM KINDA REMINDS ME OF
CUESHE'S ULAN...
THOUGH THEY SOUND WAAAAY MUCH BETTER THAN CUESHE...
ON THE OTHERHAND: MOVIE, THE WONDERING, MYSELF IN YOU AND DO YOU KNOW THIS
FEELING: FEELS AND SOUNDS INCOMPLETE, RUSHED, UNINSPIRED AND KINDA ROBOTIC...
CHRIS FAILED TO RAISE THE BAR AFTER THE AWE-INSPIRING/ HEART-FELT "JILLIAN"
FROM THE FIRST ALBUM. NICE TRY THOUGH!
ITS A BRILLIANT IDEA THAT THEY MADE "BITIW" THE FIRST TRACK AND THE FIRST
SINGLE...
I GUESS I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM BECAUSE OF THAT SONG ALONE.
COMPARISON:
SPONGE COLA'S PALABAS... I ENJOYED AND STILL ENJOYS LISTENING TO ALL
TRACKS, I THOUGHT JEEPNEY, LUNES AND KLSP ARE ONLY THE GOOD ONES
BEFORE I BOUGHT IT...
BUT THEY PROVED ME WRONG... HANDS DOWN...
ASIDE FROM THE THREE MASTERPIECES I MENTIONED ABOVE...
UNA, NEON, DRAGON FLY, ON THE FLOOR, PARTISAN, GEMINI
AND EVEN THE SHORT SONG CLOSURE... ROCKS!
AND THEY ARE STILL IN HEAVY ROTATION IN MY MP3 PLAYER.
WHAT WENT WRONG?
DID I EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM MY FAVORITE ALTERNATIVE PINOY BAND?
DID THEY RUSHED THE ALBUM? ARE THEY KINDA RESTRICTED?
I MISS YAEL'S CAREFREE, POWERFUL AND EXPRESSIVE VOCALS...
I MISS PALABAS' HAUNTING AND UPBEAT MELODIES,THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS...
I MISS PALABAS' MAGNITUDE AND IMPRESSIVENESS, ALL TRACKS ROCKS!
IS IT WORTH THE 295 PESOS PRICE TAG?
NO
SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THE ENHANCED VERSION (U KNOW THE ONE WITH MUSIC
VIDEOS, ACOUSTIC VERSIONS, ADDITIONAL SONGS ETC.)...
I BELIEVE THEY WILL RELEASE ONE VERY SOON!
TRANSIT'S SAVING GRACES/GEMS:
BITIW, NOCTURNE, ALL WE NEED, HARAPIN, PASUBALI AND TULIRO.
I BELIEVE "TULIRO" WILL BE THE NEXT SINGLE... GOOD TO THE EARS!
"HARAPIN" AND "PASUBALI" ARE GENUINE AND SOULFUL...
"NOCTURNE" REMINDS ME OF "CLOSURE" AND IS ALSO HEART-FELT...
"ALL WE NEED" DISPLAYS YAEL'S AMAZING VOCALS...
"BITIW" IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF 2006... AMAZING RECALL!
I APPLAUD SPONGE COLA FOR THAT SONG ALONE...IF ONLY ALL SONGS IN
TRANSIT...FEELS LIKE THIS SONG...I'LL BE IN HEAVEN! I CANT GET ENOUGH OF
"BITIW"...I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER!
I THOUGHT THEY WILL INCLUDE A NEW VERSION OF "BOUNDLESS" IN THIS CD...I LOOOVE
THAT SONG SOOO MUCH! PLUS APO'S "NAKAPAGTATAKA"!
HONESTLY...CIGARETTE AND SHE DON'T CARE (UNRELEASED SONGS)...
SOUNDS AND FEELS BETTER THAN SOME OF THE SONGS IN THIS ALBUM!
IN ONE OF THEIR INTERVIEWS...YAEL SAID THAT THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM
IS TRANSIT BECAUSE "THEY ARE MOVING..." (OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT)
I DONT KNOW IF THEY ARE MOVING BACKWARDS OR AT THE WRONG DIRECTION...
I STILL HAVE MY HOPES THAT SPONGE COLA WILL OUTDO THEIR "PALABAS"..
TRANSIT IS MORE LIKE A SIDE-SHOW, AN EXPERIMENTAL/TRIAL&ERROR ALBUM.
IT IS NOT AS POLISHED AS:
PALABAS: THE ROMEO & JULIET EXPERIENCE...
THE FIRST ALBUM IS SOOO AMAZING AND ITS SUCCESSOR FALTERS IN TRYING TO ACHIEVE
THE SAME LEVEL OF GREATNESS.
JUST MY OPINION!
PARDON MY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND SPELLINGS!
I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT LOUD~~~
SPONGE COLA STILL ROCKS!!!
SPONGE COLA - TRANSIT
WARNING: SORRY FOR THE CAPS...I AM NOT ANGRY...JUST DISAPPOINTED...
MY KEYBOARD IS MALFUNCTIONING ON AND OFF...
THREE WORDS... SUBDUED...UNCONVINCING...DISAPPOINTING...
I AM A SPONGE COLA FAN..
THOUGH I AM NOT A FANATIC,
I LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEIR MUSIC...
I HAVE BOTH "PALABAS" AND "ROMEO & JULIET EXPERIENCE" ORIGINAL CD'S
PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM.
AFTER LISTENING 5 TIMES AFTER I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL CD...
MY STRAIGHT TO THE POINT ANALYSIS:
OUT OF THE 12 TRACKS...MY FINGERS IN ONE HAND CAN COUNT WHICH ARE
RADIO-FRIENDLY...WHICH ONES I CAN SING ALONG WITH...
AND WHICH ONES EVOKE CERTAIN EMOTIONS INSIDE MY WOODEN HEART OR LET'S SAY WAS
ABLE TO ROCK ME INSIDE...
I HATE TO SAY THIS...GUNITA AND SA BINGGIT NG ISANG PAALAM KINDA REMINDS ME OF
CUESHE'S ULAN...
THOUGH THEY SOUND WAAAAY MUCH BETTER THAN CUESHE...
ON THE OTHERHAND: MOVIE, THE WONDERING, MYSELF IN YOU AND DO YOU KNOW THIS
FEELING: FEELS AND SOUNDS INCOMPLETE, RUSHED, UNINSPIRED AND KINDA ROBOTIC...
CHRIS FAILED TO RAISE THE BAR AFTER THE AWE-INSPIRING/ HEART-FELT "JILLIAN"
FROM THE FIRST ALBUM. NICE TRY THOUGH!
ITS A BRILLIANT IDEA THAT THEY MADE "BITIW" THE FIRST TRACK AND THE FIRST
SINGLE...
I GUESS I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM BECAUSE OF THAT SONG ALONE.
COMPARISON:
SPONGE COLA'S PALABAS... I ENJOYED AND STILL ENJOYS LISTENING TO ALL
TRACKS, I THOUGHT JEEPNEY, LUNES AND KLSP ARE ONLY THE GOOD ONES
BEFORE I BOUGHT IT...
BUT THEY PROVED ME WRONG... HANDS DOWN...
ASIDE FROM THE THREE MASTERPIECES I MENTIONED ABOVE...
UNA, NEON, DRAGON FLY, ON THE FLOOR, PARTISAN, GEMINI
AND EVEN THE SHORT SONG CLOSURE... ROCKS!
AND THEY ARE STILL IN HEAVY ROTATION IN MY MP3 PLAYER.
WHAT WENT WRONG?
DID I EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM MY FAVORITE ALTERNATIVE PINOY BAND?
DID THEY RUSHED THE ALBUM? ARE THEY KINDA RESTRICTED?
I MISS YAEL'S CAREFREE, POWERFUL AND EXPRESSIVE VOCALS...
I MISS PALABAS' HAUNTING AND UPBEAT MELODIES,THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS...
I MISS PALABAS' MAGNITUDE AND IMPRESSIVENESS, ALL TRACKS ROCKS!
IS IT WORTH THE 295 PESOS PRICE TAG?
NO
SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THE ENHANCED VERSION (U KNOW THE ONE WITH MUSIC
VIDEOS, ACOUSTIC VERSIONS, ADDITIONAL SONGS ETC.)...
I BELIEVE THEY WILL RELEASE ONE VERY SOON!
TRANSIT'S SAVING GRACES/GEMS:
BITIW, NOCTURNE, ALL WE NEED, HARAPIN, PASUBALI AND TULIRO.
I BELIEVE "TULIRO" WILL BE THE NEXT SINGLE... GOOD TO THE EARS!
"HARAPIN" AND "PASUBALI" ARE GENUINE AND SOULFUL...
"NOCTURNE" REMINDS ME OF "CLOSURE" AND IS ALSO HEART-FELT...
"ALL WE NEED" DISPLAYS YAEL'S AMAZING VOCALS...
"BITIW" IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF 2006... AMAZING RECALL!
I APPLAUD SPONGE COLA FOR THAT SONG ALONE...IF ONLY ALL SONGS IN
TRANSIT...FEELS LIKE THIS SONG...I'LL BE IN HEAVEN! I CANT GET ENOUGH OF
"BITIW"...I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER!
I THOUGHT THEY WILL INCLUDE A NEW VERSION OF "BOUNDLESS" IN THIS CD...I LOOOVE
THAT SONG SOOO MUCH! PLUS APO'S "NAKAPAGTATAKA"!
HONESTLY...CIGARETTE AND SHE DON'T CARE (UNRELEASED SONGS)...
SOUNDS AND FEELS BETTER THAN SOME OF THE SONGS IN THIS ALBUM!
IN ONE OF THEIR INTERVIEWS...YAEL SAID THAT THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM
IS TRANSIT BECAUSE "THEY ARE MOVING..." (OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT)
I DONT KNOW IF THEY ARE MOVING BACKWARDS OR AT THE WRONG DIRECTION...
I STILL HAVE MY HOPES THAT SPONGE COLA WILL OUTDO THEIR "PALABAS"..
TRANSIT IS MORE LIKE A SIDE-SHOW, AN EXPERIMENTAL/TRIAL&ERROR ALBUM.
IT IS NOT AS POLISHED AS:
PALABAS: THE ROMEO & JULIET EXPERIENCE...
THE FIRST ALBUM IS SOOO AMAZING AND ITS SUCCESSOR FALTERS IN TRYING TO ACHIEVE
THE SAME LEVEL OF GREATNESS.
JUST MY OPINION!
PARDON MY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND SPELLINGS!
I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT LOUD~~~
SPONGE COLA STILL ROCKS!!!
