Era uno dei dischi più attesi dell'anno, e non poteva essere altrimenti, visto il grande impatto del disco d'esordio. Tuttavia c'era il timore che tanta attenzione potesse nuocere al gruppo, o - peggio ancora - che i nostri non fossero in grado di ripetere quanto mostrato tre anni fa.
Fortunatamente adesso siamo in grado di affermare con certezza che i BRMC hanno grande talento.
Il singolo "Stop", sulla falsariga di "Love Burns", ci aveva già gasati a sufficienza. Il primo ascolto ci tranquillizza: il sound è lo stesso, la grinta è superiore, i chorus sono memorabili - di questo è fatto il rock 'n' roll... penso a "Six Barrel Shotgun" e a "We're All In Love".
Assistiamo anche stavolta all'alternanza tra brani tirati e altri volti a creare atmosfera. È in questi ultimi che i Black Rebel danno il meglio di sé. Potrei citare "In Like The Rose", o la dolcissima "And I'm Aching", o la psichedelia irraggiungibile di "Suddenly", forse la canzone dell'anno.
Stavolta sarebbe inutile fare riferimenti.
Nel rock 'n' roll non è più possibile inventare niente, si può solo scrivere canzoni che funzionino. E quelle dei BRMC, "adesso", funzionano meglio di, che ne so, Psychocandy.
Questo disco venderà tantissimo, e per una volta è giusto così. Cinque stelle perchè se lo meritano, non era facile superare se stessi.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
06 Generation (05:01)
"I don't feel at home in this generation
The ones without a need they ain't got a reason
I've been feeling alone in this generation
I've had a realization
No one really listens nothing's really there
I'm choosing sides
I'm keeping up with you and your invasion eyes
You got the world in a coma
You put the knife in our back and no one even cares
I've been feeling alone in this generation
I ain't found the need I ain't found the reason
I got nowhere to go in this generation
You're ready to take them on
You're ready to take them on
You're ready to take it
I've had a realization
Don't tell me to listen nothing's ever there
I'm choosing sides
I'm keeping up with you and your invasion eyes
You got the world in a coma and the trick bag
You put the knife in our back and no one even cares
I think I've had enough of this generation
Ain't you bad enough
I think I had enough of this generation
The ones without a need they ain't got a reason
I don't feel at home in this generation
You're ready to take them on
You're ready to take them on
You're ready to take it
I've had a realization
No one really listens nothing's really there
I'm choosing sides
I'm keeping up with you and your invasion eyes
You got the world in a coma
You put the knife in our back and no one even cares
Ain't you had enough
I've had enough
Don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me
Don't fuck with me
09 And I'm Aching (03:52)
I can't wait for long my darling all I have to keep me strong
All I have will go, all I have will go
And I move on, and I move on
And I am aching, and I'm aching
I can't wait for long I'm sorry, all I have has left me gone
I can't stay for long I'm sorry, all that's left kept me strong
And I move on, and I move on
And I am aching, and I'm aching
And I move on
10 Suddenly (04:56)
I am so high
I can't get back
I'm waiting
For what comes next
You can't live
This life for me
But I can't, you have control
I can't last
Tonight turns to day
I can't find
The words to say
It all stops
When kingdom comes
I can't ?????
Suddenly
I was free
You left me without anything
Suddenly
I was free
You shot me in front of everything
Now your all I need
Blue shadows behind your eyes
I wonder who you disguise
Through windows behind the sky
I wonder who you will find
I'm so tired
I can't get back
I'm walking to still come back
With something that I have loved
Well I can't, you have control
Suddenly
I was free
You left me without anything
Suddenly
I was free
You shot me in front of everything
Now your all I see
Blue shadows behind your eyes
I wonder who you disguise
Through windows behind the sky
I wonder who you will find
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Altre recensioni
Di SouthMan
Se la monotonia avesse le sembianze di una donna in calore, avrebbe sicuramente dei rapporti con i BRMC.
Un disco mediocre, e anche se gli Stones gridano "It's only rock'n roll and I like it", io vi rispondo per questa volta "I don't like it".
Di devotchka
Hanno lo sguardo allucinato di troppe notti insonni e di troppe sigarette.
Suonano una specie di garage dark, un po' malato, denominato 'shoegazer'.
