| Nourallah, Salim / Polaroid |
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| Album: | Polaroid | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Nourallah, Salim | Added: | Apr 2004 | |
| Label: | Western Vinyl | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-08-09 | Pull Date: | 2004-10-11 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 3 | Sep 5 | Aug 22 | Aug 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 15, 2009: | Everyday Commotion 1978 | 4. | Aug 17, 2004: | The Literate Pop Fans Nothing Ever Goes Right | |
| 2. | Sep 30, 2004: | music that doesn't hurt 1978 | 5. | Aug 11, 2004: | Mr. Sparkle Challenge Nothing Ever Goes Right | |
| 3. | Sep 03, 2004: | Multiple Personality Disorder The Ones Who Hurt Us | 6. | Aug 10, 2004: | Lick my moody guitar show Waiting for You |
| Album Review |
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| Kathryn Todd Reviewed 2004-07-25 | ||
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Well-crafted pop. The lyrics are quite good, but the music really stands out. It’s varied, just complicated enough, and humorous. The promo sheet is right-this does often sound like the Beatles, although the quality of the male vocals is more like the Unicorns. Lyrics are mostly serious, deal with family relations. Track 1: Mellow. Slow simple drumbeat and guitar. Depressive vocals. Guitars increase in density. Nice pulsing rhythms. Beatles-esque ocal harmonies. Track 2: Catchy. Fake-out drum intro. Thin texture with unslicked vocals for first section. Ironic. Texture returns. Goes mono at the end. Fun. Track 3: Bells intro. Quiet hissy percussion. ¾ time gives it a mellow swingy feel. Pleasant. Track 4: Uptempo beat. Suicidal vocals. Happy melody. Track 5: Buzzy tonal background. Strummy syncopated guitars quickly turn monotonous. Same moany vocals. Track 6: Meringue percussion. Charming. Dissipated vocals. Funny lyrics. Recommended. Track 7: Glass bead sounds. Growly guitars. Plaintive vocal melody. Track 8: Lovely acoustic guitar intro. Faraway-sounding vocals. Spanish-y. Devastating lyrics sweetly delivered. Like Leonard Cohen. Track 9: Placid generic acoustic guitar. Slow vocals. Strummy guitar track. Fluty sound effect. Goes uptempo and boppy. Track 10: Muted bossa nova feel. High vibrating guitar notes give it a little bit of a psychedelic feel. Beatles feel comes from a lick stolen from “She’s Leaving Home.” Track 11: Sounds like “Our House.” With a roller-rink organ. Hissy percussion. Track 12: Contemplative. Acoustic guitar. Elegiac ending. Track 13: False intro. Lots of reverb. Quiet. Strong rhythmic underpinning gives song forward momentum despite its calm. -Kathryn | ||
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