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| | "Rotting Root" by Dir en grey | ] |
Uhhh...okay. I actually bought this album a couple weekends ago, but whatever. I've had plenty of time to listen to it now, so I THINK I'm ready to actually state my opinions on it.
'Kay, so, a couple weekends ago, we were at Best Buy, getting my sister a new phone. I decided that I wanted to see if they happened to be selling any Dir en grey CDS [not that I'd thought they would have anything besides Withering to Death, if I was lucky]. They did, however, have ONE copy of [the American release of] the Marrow of a Bone. Right quickly I snatched it up and examined it. I found myself giggling at the PARENTAL ADVISORY label. [I realised moments later that this was probably due to the somewhat excessive usage of 'fuck'.] So, yeah. We bought that [ okay I bought that, with MY money >>;; ] and my sister's phone, and went home.
I went right up to my room, opened the CD, turned on my stereo-thingy, plugged my headphones in, cranked the volume up, and then, of course, I began listening to the CD.
Alright, let me just say this now:
The Marrow of a Bone > Withering to Death. By a long-shot. Not to say that WtD wasn't a WONDERFUL album. I just like the Marrow of a Bone a bit more.
I feel there's a lot more singing and a lot less screaming on this one, and that makes me happy, because Kyo's voice is beautiful.
As for the re-recorded version of Clever Sleazoid at the end, uh... I actually liked the original one better. Mainly 'cause I could hear the English better. D;
And then, there's the lyric book. The ink was waaaaaay too dark. I couldn't read anything on it at all, and I could barely see the cover picture. I'm not sure if it's like that on the Japanese version, too, but it's kind of upsetting. (-__-)#
Still though, it's a wonderful album, well-worth the cash, and - who the fuck am I talking to?
[I want the special Japanese release, too, with the bonus CD...Someone has to buy it for me as an early birthday present. >>;;;] |