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Pat Metheny, especially PMG with Lyle Mays is my all-time favorite music, no close second.
Curious what you guys think of From This Place. After about 20 listens, I'm sticking with my initial feelings as each track was pre-released: I'm disappointed. Not horribly but definitely disappointed and I'll tell you why...
The composition is really, really good but, after a lot of thought, I can finally express why this album will never make it into even my top 10 Metheny releases:
Throughout the album it feels like the music is trying to highlight the world-class musicians, which never-ever happened with Lyle Mays, and here's an opinion Metheny elitests will bristle at, or Paul Wertico.
Antonio Sanchez' playing is grotesquely "busy" on this album and I just can't get used to Gwilym Simcock always sounding slightly out of tune and off-key. The solos are so abrupt.
Lyle Mays > Gwilym Simcock
Paul Wertico > Antonio Sanchez
Listen to this album and tell me the drums aren't "in the way" a lot of the time. Once I started noticing, I couldn't stop.
What do you guys think?
Curious what you guys think of From This Place. After about 20 listens, I'm sticking with my initial feelings as each track was pre-released: I'm disappointed. Not horribly but definitely disappointed and I'll tell you why...
The composition is really, really good but, after a lot of thought, I can finally express why this album will never make it into even my top 10 Metheny releases:
Throughout the album it feels like the music is trying to highlight the world-class musicians, which never-ever happened with Lyle Mays, and here's an opinion Metheny elitests will bristle at, or Paul Wertico.
Antonio Sanchez' playing is grotesquely "busy" on this album and I just can't get used to Gwilym Simcock always sounding slightly out of tune and off-key. The solos are so abrupt.
Lyle Mays > Gwilym Simcock
Paul Wertico > Antonio Sanchez
Listen to this album and tell me the drums aren't "in the way" a lot of the time. Once I started noticing, I couldn't stop.
What do you guys think?