The Running Time - SolidTube

Description: Artist: SolidTube / Audio CD released 2008-05-27 at Sellaband / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Know Me 2 Crusade 3 Shadows ... more

The Running Time - SolidTube ... Shadows Of The Night
4 Welcome To Africa
5 Home
6 What I Say
7 Farewell
8 Naked
9 Sunny Day
10 Some Things Never Change

Newest Review: ... make sense of the lyrics. The harmonica addition was, at this point, almost laughable, just shows they are trying too hard, ... more

... and makes the whole album less credible as they seem to resort to the same thing over and over; the instrumentals, lyrics themselves and vocal style do not change through the tracks. 4. Welcome To Africa - This track is not at all commercially viable and its lyrics are something you'd expect from an 8 year old winner of a Blue Peter competition to write a song for its annual appeal, but not a band such as this. The voice is yet again, forced, too loud and actually flat and tuneless in places. It sounds patronising fr...more

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The Running Time - SolidTube: The running time? Far too long for my liking. (648 words)
by - written on 28/09/08 (Very useful, 214 readings)
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I shall begin by giving a brief insight into what I think of each individual track. Know me - Vocals are strong but nothing special or out of the ordinary. Funky guitar running through the track, which is its only redeeming feature. The vocals end up being too forced, as if the singer is trying to impress and being rock n roll. The lyrics were also unimaginative, and although I enjoyed the harmonica in the middle 8, it was still very generic and predictable. I don't like the overall tune. 2. Crusade - The vocals are too nasal and again, sound forced and try-hard. The lyrics do not really speak to me; they're hard to make sense of, but not in a ... Read the complete review