Age Of The Understatement, The (Limited Edition) [Digipak] - Last Shadow Puppets (The)

...The album is called 'The Age of The Understatement' and consists of 12 Tracks and runs to almost 35 minutes. Fans of either band will have to be open-minded as The Last Shadow Puppets do seem to be a little more downbeat than Arctic Monkeys and more contemporary and conventional than The Rascals. === The Tracks === [Track 1 - The Age of The Understatement] The album screeches into an early crescendo with its title track, also a prominent yet simple ...
...fans into comparisons as this track is fairly reminiscent in some ways. When the track picks up, a chorus of tuneful wails back up Alex Turner's lyrics, which incidently, are reminiscent of those which are loved by so many of his fans. A decent track, the first single by the band. It reached Number 9 in the charts if i'm not mistaken. It isn't exactly amazing, it definitely seems different to the Arctic Monkeys, yet whilst it is still a good song, ...

BZ2886 20.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Age Of The Understatement, The (Limited Edition) [Digipak] - Last Shadow Puppets (The)

The Age Of The Understatement is the debut album from The Last Shadow Puppets; a side project of Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals...one you may well have heard of, but one you may not have!! The Age of the Understatement was released in the UK on 21 April 2008, going straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart...the hype and success surrounding it was for the most part due to Turner's role in the band. The likes ...
...in the studio. The Age of the Understatement consists of 12 tracks written by the two of them...on the surface you'd assume it would just sound like the Arctic Monkey's 'third album' due to Turner's rather unique sound and lyrically prowess. But to isolate it from anything the Arctic Monkeys had done previously, they brought in the London Metropolitan Orchestra for the recording to add a new style to the music. An interesting twist on a modern classic ...

carl.mcqueen 05.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Age Of The Understatement, The (Limited Edition) [Digipak] - Last Shadow Puppets (The)