Recovery Review in London paper

by **lizzmathersxo** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:19

In the paper the headline is "Seventh Heaven", they gave it 4 stars.

Eminem
Recovery
(Interscope/Shady/Aftermath)
****
Not one for the easy route, in the wake of last year's triumphant Relapse, Eminem boldly stated he could do better, abandoned plans for Relapse 2 and set about assembling Recovery.

As The Beatles, The Clash and Public Enemy once did, the former Marshall Mathers is going through an astonishingly fertile period, churning out great records in rapid succession. Lengthy, sprawling, but frenziedly focused, Recovery finds him getting just about everything right, even the things that sound wrong: duetting with the supremely silly Pink on Won't Back Down; sampling Black Sabbath on Going Through Changes and Haddaway on No Love. One of the tracks is called WTP, which stands for White Trash Party, and he transcends even this.

Naturally there's only one real topic under discussion: Eminem and his demons (“It all started with my father...” he muses on So Bad). Not Afraid and Almost Famous are as intense as pop music ever gets; Space Bound is spooky and spooked; Rihanna is at her most engaging on Love the Way You Lie and the snail-paced Cinderella Man has a We Will Rock You backbeat but somehow doesn't sound naff.

After seven albums, Eminem is so far ahead of the pack he only has himself to compete with. Even by that measurement, he's winning.

source: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/art ... -lissie.do

by **mangomunky** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:22

by **darklord981** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:25

thats what i call a review. :worship:

by **lizzmathersxo** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:26

lol the spooky spooked bit confused me, did anyone find Spacebound spooky? :confusion:

by **mangomunky** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:28

lizzmathersxo wrote:lol the spooky spooked bit confused me, did anyone find Spacebound spooky?

haha not me, but it's still one of my favorites on this album. maybe they found it spooky b/c the "narrator" shot himself in the temple?

by **Drucifer** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:29

Good Review :y:

by **slimcrazed** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:41

great review...they actually listened to the album

by **EminemBase** » Jun 18th, '10, 19:45

Yeah read it, good review.

by **Devil'sAdvocate** » Jun 18th, '10, 20:00

Good.

by **77o77** » Jun 18th, '10, 20:07

Fucking awesome
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by **dR3** » Jun 18th, '10, 21:38

Seventh Heaven.

Ahh what a great title. :worship:

by **Grizzly** » Jun 19th, '10, 00:06

Don't know if it's posted but Zoo (A british Men's magazine) had a review in it this week.

They gave it ***** which is their highest rating and at the end said 'Marshall Mathers is back and what's better, he sounds bothered again.

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