keys to the world

has it really taken 3 years? can't be sure, last album "human conditions" was very forgettable you might have heard and it's true. well. "keys to the world" is richard ashcroft's new album and the ex-Verve himself has described it as "shit hot". see why i love rock stars so much? they mostly shoot their mouths off and it's fun to listen to their egos.

i need to digress. i didn't want to get started on the NME but for some reason i'm thinking of the NME and i am getting started on the NME. i'm reminded that some ass of an editor over at the NME once gave embrace's "out of nothing" album a ZERO ottta 10. i mean, ZERO! i admit i entertained murderous thoughts then, and even now it makes me wanna scream!! look, you're a COCK! you could have given a 5 (because you're a cock) or a 4 (bigger cock), or a 3 even (bigger bigger cock) but no you gave a ZERO (MONSTER COCK). you were trying to take the piss but i'm not amused. i would have pissed on you in return, you MONSTER COCK!! (L. you don't really hafta read my blog anymore, i know you're not amused by my use of the language *sheepish smile*).

neways, getting back to "keys to the world". a top geezer uploaded a torrent for 8 mp3s from this album, and i've been listening to it a bit. shit hot? nah... but it's decent. it's still not a Verve album, nah, wouldn't even describe it as Verve-esque. it's still Richard Ashcroft (even though once ago he promised his second solo album would be Verve-esque songs). i use the word "still" because growing up, the Verve meant. music once reached Heights. try a listen to "These Drugs Don't Work" naysayers. it actually hurt when the band split up the second time in April 1999. things ain't ever gonna be the same again. and it still hurts, cuz music once reached Heights.

but. "keys to the world", based on the 8 mp3s i downloaded, is a marked improvement from the man's previous outings. i'm only so so about "break the night with colour", the new single. still the title track is one epic gem and worth the price of the CD alone (just like the title tracks of "the good will out" and "drawn from memory" alone were worth the price of embrace's first 2 albums). he's said he wants to be a great songwriter, to write tunes and not fuck around. well. i believe you richard ashcroft. i hope i got them lyrics right cuz they're a real inspiration to me.

"institutions you ran through them from the age of 5
and no one loves you, cared if you live or you die
here we go again in your room you ride all pleasures
the sinking sense fell through the net no one to catch you
here we go again in your room you ride all pleasures
the sinking sense fell through the net perhaps i could make it better?

i got the keys to the world, oh...mixed up world
i got the keys to the world, oh... suicidal world
whatcha gonna do when we get there??" (Keys To The World)

sure it doesn't break new ground and it's still flawed. still. 7/10.


Listening to: "Why Do Lovers?" by Richard Ashcroft