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Post by StrongSweet on Jun 23, 2015 8:19:05 GMT
LG: 10/10
UMS: 10/10
TBDT: 7/10
GL: 8/10
AL: 5/10
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Post by In Wonderland on Jun 23, 2015 10:55:19 GMT
LG 9/10
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 23, 2015 11:59:06 GMT
LG: 10/10
UMS: 6/10
TBDT: 10/10
GL: 2/10
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 13:56:24 GMT
LG: 5.5/10
UMS: 6/10
TBDT: 2.5/10
GL: 1.5/10
AL: 0.5/10
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Post by eismann on Jun 23, 2015 13:56:40 GMT
LG 07/10
UMS 06/10
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GL 02/10
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 19:59:07 GMT
LG: 5.5/10 UMS: 6/10 TBDT: 2.5/10 GL: 1.5/10 AL: 0.5/10 Lol. I must admit that when it comes to being original, Avril is pretty much the last artist I think of. I guess I should play along though:- LG: 6/10 UMS: 5/10 TBDT: 5/10 GL: 6/10 AL: 6/10 |
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Post by jenda358 on Jun 23, 2015 21:20:04 GMT
LG: 8/10
UMS: 7/10
TBDT: 9/10
GL: 5/10
AL: 5/10
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Post by Kaiye on Jun 24, 2015 5:12:28 GMT
Depends on what you mean by "originality"
LG 3/10
UMS 6/10
TBDT 8/10
GL 9/10
AL 1/10
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 7:33:46 GMT
Depends on what you mean by "originality" I took it as meaning "sounding like nothing you'd heard before", which, for me, none of her albums really lived up to. LG was made on the back of the pop rock and 'alternative' crazes of the 90s and early 2000s. UMS was more of the same, except a little darker, musically and lyrically. TBDT took most of its cues from the pop punk movement, which was huge in the mid-2000s. GL was a compilation of generic pop songs, uninspired ballads and a movie theme (sorry GL lovers  ). Now that I think about it, I guess AL might be her most "original" album, at least in a sense. It was her first album which seemed to be inspired by her own discography (not counting Hello Kitty - I guess that was her 'avant-garde' moment). Whether AL was the right kind of homage to her own music is a whole other discussion. |
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Post by Jinkxx on Jun 24, 2015 11:15:49 GMT
LG: 6/10
UMS: 8/10 (for a female in 2004 it was kinda a thing I guess to make such an album)
TBDT: 7/10
GL: 9/10 (the whole album is kinda original)
AL: 4/10
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Post by goodbye on Jun 24, 2015 11:20:03 GMT
LG: 7/10
UMS: 9/10
TBDT: 8/10
GL: 10/10
AL: 6/10
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 24, 2015 11:26:35 GMT
I took "originality" to mean how creative are the songs, lyrically, musically, thematically, etc. It's a bit difficult to make something that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before, because everything is based on something else, nothing can be 100% original.
I think LG is quite original, as no other singers were really doing albums/songs like it at the time, save a few like Michelle Branch. It was pretty unique for its time.
I don't find UMS to be original. There's nothing original about a break up album. Most of the lyrics are trite and cliche expressions.
I'd say TBDT is her most original album. The way the songs were presented is what made it unique and creative. A lot of the lyrics told a story and were very funny and creative.
Like UMS I don't find GL to be that original. Lots of cliche lyrics again and cliche themes.
A few songs like GYWYL, 17, Hello Heartache, and HK on AL are really unique, but the majority of AL is generic. Ballads like LMG and Hush Hush are again filled with cliches and generic lyrics. RNR and HTNGU are textbook pop songs that can be sung by anybody.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 11:38:20 GMT
It's a bit difficult to make something that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before You should listen to more music outside of mainstream stuff before you say things like that.  Then again, it's not fair to expect a commercial artist like Avril to push the envelope and all that, so I do get your point. |
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Post by Kaiye on Jun 24, 2015 12:11:57 GMT
Depends on what you mean by "originality" I took it as meaning "sounding like nothing you'd heard before", which, for me, none of her albums really lived up to. LG was made on the back of the pop rock and 'alternative' crazes of the 90s and early 2000s. UMS was more of the same, except a little darker, musically and lyrically. TBDT took most of its cues from the pop punk movement, which was huge in the mid-2000s. GL was a compilation of generic pop songs, uninspired ballads and a movie theme (sorry GL lovers ). Now that I think about it, I guess AL might be her most "original" album, at least in a sense. It was her first album which seemed to be inspired by her own discography (not counting Hello Kitty - I guess that was her 'avant-garde' moment). Whether AL was the right kind of homage to her own music is a whole other discussion. I took it as "originality of Avril"- in the sense that the album that sounds like Avril the most/the album in which she has the most input- GL stands out the most. If you take it as originality of music, then yeah I agree with you except the AL part, which is not original at all. All the Martin Johnson tracks basically sounds like what he produces for everyone else, having no Avril stamp on it and the same goes with the David Hodges songs (even though I love all of them). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 12:20:03 GMT
Someone needs to fire up the Keinware symbol. We need him to tell us what kind of "original" he's referring to.  |
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