[Shane Kroeker]

First listen highlights for me:
Queen of the Furrows - Baker's unbelievable guitar solo left my jaw dropped. Arguably his best work in the studio...
Country Day - LOVE the lyrics.
Frozen in My Tracks - This song stood out the most for me in the first listen. I had chills through the haunting backup vocals. This rocker rivals The Heart of The Melt and The Drop-off...

[inchanhourtragicallyhip]

I'm hooked on "we are the same". I went to the show @ Silver City (Ancaster) last night and I loved it. I have now listened to the CD twice. Today I'm hooked on:

Now the struggle has a name, The depression Suite (especially part 2 & 3), Coffee Girl, The Last Recluse, Morning Moon, Love is a first. This could all change by the weekend. Can't stop singing part 3 of Depression Suite
"Don't you wanna see how it ends? When the door is just starting to open?"

Anybody have any guitar tabs/chords for any songs from this album ?

[LoftyPines]

I bought the vinyl but haven't downloaded the MP3s yet, has anyone noticed a difference in quality between the leaked version and the official version?

[rockband]

Anyone got the lyrics handy? Please post all the lyrics to this album.I dont have a copy and its killing me...Thanks!

[Hammer]

I bought the vinyl but haven't downloaded the MP3s yet, has anyone noticed a difference in quality between the leaked version and the official version?

I won't pretend i'm some huge audio guru because I most certainly am not. I was wondering the same thing today as I went to buy the CD and I certainly was NOT disappointed. There is a HUGE difference between the leaked version and the official version.

I've listened to both on my PC, MP3 Player and Car w/ a decent system in it and the difference is night and day in terms of quality. The leaked version was very quiet and lacked a lot of the detail i'm now able to hear with the official version.

The experience on head-phones has been amazing and the experience in my car increased x20 at least! Definitely worth the $16.66 I paid for it @ Wal-Mart lol.

[chris]

Anyone got the lyrics handy? Please post all the lyrics to this album.I dont have a copy and its killing me...Thanks!

Just go buy one... :thumb:

TheHip.com will be updated with all the lyrics soon - stay tuned.

[LoftyPines]

I bought the vinyl but haven't downloaded the MP3s yet, has anyone noticed a difference in quality between the leaked version and the official version?

I won't pretend i'm some huge audio guru because I most certainly am not. I was wondering the same thing today as I went to buy the CD and I certainly was NOT disappointed. There is a HUGE difference between the leaked version and the official version.

I've listened to both on my PC, MP3 Player and Car w/ a decent system in it and the difference is night and day in terms of quality. The leaked version was very quiet and lacked a lot of the detail i'm now able to hear with the official version.

The experience on head-phones has been amazing and the experience in my car increased x20 at least! Definitely worth the $16.66 I paid for it @ Wal-Mart lol.

Thanks!

Yeah, I am no audiophile either, but it is usually easy to tell the difference between a studio release and a low-quality leak. I can only assume that the MP3s included with the vinyl are as good as the CD version... I might end up buying the actual CD too just to have peace of mind hahaha.

[daylight]

There was even a noticeable difference between the 160kbps leak and the version I bought on iTunes. Whoever ripped that did a piss-poor job, but hey, I guess I can't complain too much. Glad to have a higher fidelity version now though!

[Mooseheadbeer]

Yes, even after I re-ripped to a higher bitrate MP3 it was much better.

[Billy]

Well, I won't go into a critical review, as i lack the listening time and intelligence for one, and I will preface this with saying I've just had only one listen (I was one of hte ones who waited for the CD to come out) and I'm at work, so lots of interruptions......

Maybe it will grow on me, but for some reason, nothing grabs me. Maybe it's because its so mellow, maybe it's because I can't really peruse the lyrics while listening, maybe I need a glass of sctoch.... but I dunno.

I definately feel the "slickness" of the production, what with the strings, "double Gord", and the overall feel of it all.... definately doesn't feel "live off the floor" like say, DFN does for me.

I am not going to say "love it, or hate it" yet, but just wanted to share my first impressions and see if maybe I'm the only one?

Exactly how I felt on first listen, then I left it alone for a few days. I picked it up and spun it a few times with headphones and it really started to gel for me. After maybe a dozen listens now I will say it is an excellent album and the band have not let me down yet again.

[emperor penguin]

I liked it upon first listen, wasn't in love with it. Then as I listened to it a few more times, I began to really like it, now I'm at the point where I would say that I love it. The songs are really resonating with me. It is different, but it is really good. Too bad Skeleton Park was left off though, I think it would have been the best song on the album.

[Great Waiting List]

This album just keeps getting better and better. Im slowly adjusting to the songs I was unsure of the first couple times around. Frozen in my Tracks is really growing on me. I didnt like it at first but now it sounds great. I dont know about anyone else but my gf said that Love is a First sounded really good following up Escape is at Hand. What do you guys think? Depression Suite and QOTF have already racked up 15 listens on my computers iTunes, im scared to plug in my iPod hahaha.

[stanslow12]

I've listened to it about six times now...the entire album feels like it were written in a board room, a roundtable of producers, mixologists, and maestros. The fact that that's not the case is why this album is incredible. There's some awkward parts, but it's ambitious and for the 4 or 5 songs that may eventually be removed from playlists in the future, there will be as many classics. It means these guys are never going to peak, they're recession-proof.

[Gusthepolarbear12]

Its the #1 album sales on iTunes Canada! :thumb:

[AdnanZ]

Ugh, I just don't know...

After three spins I don't really think there's anything wrong with most of the songs really, though I only really love "Coffee Girl".

I'm not averse to musical change. I'm glad they went from a good bar band to what we heard on Day for Night and Fully Completely and Phantom Power, but this isn't progression. It's merely change which sounds like what Manic Street Preachers and other alt rock bands in Britain did THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, not really progression.

Also, why Bob Rock? All his sh-t is way too poppy and glossy.

I'm disappointed. I can see it growing on me, but I'm still a bit let down.