A Slow, Dumb Show

fresh pots, imo This week's an interesting album to me, because I probably haven't listened to it in full since it came out almost 11 years ago. Even though I'm a fan of the Foo Fighters, I've always more or less skipped this album and most of the songs on it when I've wanted to listen to them. Obviously some of the singles still get airplay on rock radio, but I wasn't a huge fan of the album when it came out, and I've never had the desire to revisit it. This week gave me an opportunity to finally give the album another shake and compare it to the rest of the Foo Fighters' discography. I was very curious to see if I just never gave it a fair shot, and if time would be kinder to the album. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (RCA Records, 2007) Genres: Hard rock, alternative rock, post-grunge Producer(s): Gil Norton Metacritic Rating: 71/100 RYM Rating: 3.10/5 (3,190 ratings, ranked 5/9 in band's catalog) Spu...

Via Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage Okay, nobody's paid attention to the fact that I haven't updated this blog in three weeks, right? Right. Good. Let's ignore that. (I'm gonna try to get the next post in by Friday but I have an admittedly hectic schedule coming up so I will not lie to you and say I will definitely have two posts up this week). We're getting back into the adult alternative singer-songwriter this week with KT Tunstall's sophomore effort. I'm not gonna do an overlong intro this time. Time to dive in. KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (Relentless Records, 2007) Genres: pop rock, folk pop, singer-songwriter Producer(s):  Steve Osbourne Metacritic Rating: 68/100 RYM Rating: 3.24/5 (ranked 4/5 in artist's catalog) Sputnik Rating: 3.4/5 (ranked 4/4 in artist's catalog; Sputnik missing 2016's KIN ) Weeks at #1: One (week of October 6, 2007) Other Accomplishments: Certified Gold in the UK, decent chart success for sin...