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No One Like You by Best Coast from The Only Place (2012)
Richard
said: This album's had a bit of a hammering on the mighty RYM (Manfred Mann anyone?), which is pretty hard to understand. Lots of snotty kids getting upset by the new 'clean' Best Coast sound. This track is awesome, so what the hell - I was expecting the album to be awful, but it's not. Ok, the sound is completely different, but then again, I didn't think the first album was much good anyway. Yep, the sound is a lot less lo-fi, scuzzy, but there's nothing wrong with the music or the song-writing. A nice effort.  
 
Mother Protect by Niki And The Dove from Instinct (2012)
Richard
said: I had to wait to the last third of this five minute track before I started liking/appreciating the album. Not that the first part of the album is anything other than sickly pop, it isn't, but the last part of this song throws a new sound out into the open... and the next track is really good too. Put it this way - Niki's album wouldn't have survived a second listen in two days if it didn't have something about it, but I'm still not sure what that is and whether it's just a massive amount of curiosity.  
 
 
I Get Around by The Beach Boys from All Summer Long (1964)
Richard
said: @Dave. I agree. The falsetto, slightly out of tune, harmonising of the BBs is a sound I also dislike. They gained success with it and stuck to the formula throughout an overly long career, instead of a nice concise run like The Beatles, spanning less than a decade. It's just a sound I don't like.  
 
I Get Around by The Beach Boys from All Summer Long (1964)
dave
said: I don't know why it is that I find the Beach Boys vocals fun on "Surfin' USA" and find them annoying on tracks like "I Get Around" and most of their critically acclaimed mid-60s work. It doesn't make any more sense than the fact that the BeeGees vocals aren't annoying on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, but became annoying immediately after. Maybe if the falsettos capture the right moment (e.g. surfin' or stayin' alive, but not simply getting around) they can enhance the song rather than bringing it down. Once you get past the indisputable greats like Ella and Frank and Bing, I think whether or not a vocal performance resonates is one of the most subjective elements of liking or disliking a song. It can elevate an otherwise average song or diminish an otherwise brilliant song. For me and the Beach Boys, it's mostly the latter.  
 
DJ, Ease My Mind by Niki And The Dove from Instinct (2012)
Richard
said: It's a little bit mainstream pop for me, but some interesting stand-outs are on offer, like this track.  
 
Somebody That I Used to Know (ft. Kimbra) by Gotye from Making Mirrors (2011)
Richard
said: The YouTube mania seems to be calming down with only a meagre 209 million hits (just checked), but if you haven't already seen it check out this incredible COVER VERSION by Walk Off The Earth, already with over 100 million views!  
 
Across 110th Street  by Bobby Womack from Across 110th Street (OST) (1972)
Richard
said: ... and this is the signature track from Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film 'Jackie Brown'. Very nice.  
 
 

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