Seeing Sounds - N.E.R.D

"Seeing Sounds" is the third album by N*E*R*D (Noone Ever Really Dies), who were said to have broken up a couple of years ago. Obviously, the rumours were not true, so Chad Hugo, Shay Haley and Pharrell Williams return with their Hip Hop-influenced Funk Rock music, but they are not concerned about rigidly sticking to any genre. Hugo and Pharrell make up The Neptunes, one of the biggest names in music production in any genre. Their beat making has been hear across the board from Hip Hop, to Pop, to R&B, and towards the end of the ninties and start of the '00s they managed to dominate airwaves with their distinctive spacey beats being heard ...  Read the complete review

N.E.R.D - Seeing Sound --- Background: --- N.E.R.D is an acronym for the band's basic belief that "No-one Ever Really Dies". Having reformed this year, the band has come back with a massive mix of different musical styles and influences ranging from jazz to hip-hop, rap, soul and rock. Evidently lead singer Pharell Williams has noticed this, saying "We didn't care about genres; we're not doing this for the money." According to drummer Shay Haley, the album is named after the neurological phenomenon that is synesthesia. This is something that I myself actually have, and is when a person sees music, letters or words as colours. Pharell ...  Read the complete review

Next album up on my Glastonbury album trail is Seeing Sounds by N.E.R.D, their 3rd album release and a band I've had no problems avoiding until now, initialised band names rarely get played by me for some reason, I'm not that keen to listen to a band called P.L.O.N.K.E.R etc. A mixture of pop, funk and very light rock with souly vocals, it's the kind of music that really doesn't appeal to me, however Pharrell Williams' vocals are pretty decent for the genre and if you like high pitch Prince like noises combined with a bit of spoken word, you'll be happy with this. I quite enjoy the funkiness of the guitar playing but think that a few more solos ...  Read the complete review

I like Nerd, and I liked this album albot but Ive got to say I feel like NERD are sounding more and more like the Neptunes,they are morphing into each other. This album though - seeing sounds is very good,its a cool sounding album,that is instantly recognisible and fun to listen to. All the tracks this album has to offer are catchy and just that little bit different to others currently floating around in the charts. On this album I enjoyed listening to tracks such as Everyone nose and Spaz,theseare definately commercial and definately hits in the making,but nevertheless they are still catchy,fun to listen to and try and sing along to! This NERD album ...  Read the complete review