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RollingStone: "Forceful Declaration of Arrival"

Phobiac - 10-13-2003 at 11:53 AM

Looks like our buddy Ben finally scored a copy of the CD. Glad to hear it finally arrived.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18818

Quote:

Ima Robot Ima Robot (Virgin)

Ima Robot's decadent self-titled debut moonwalks out of Los Angeles' stylish underworld with speedy electro-punk, hyperactive dance-rock, and drops of Bowie in every song. Unabashed glam coupled with an irreverent animalism binds together these eleven songs about sex, girls and sex. Frontman and lyricist Alex Ebert (mullet and all) annunciates with a seasoned nonchalance, like a freed stud, brimming with a knowing coolness. "I want to fuck, fuck, fuck," Ebert sings on "Dirty Life," promoting a sexual carpe diem made all the more urgent by "12=3"'s realization that, "We're all gonna die in the end." Bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen and drummer Joey Waronker -- Beck's longtime sidemen -- provide the set's slick rhythm, funking and programming these songs into a members-only backroom. With this forceful declaration of arrival, Ima Robot have tapped a keg foaming over with hooks, keys, ego and swank -- ferociously tickling the rock world's id. (BENJAMIN FRIEDLAND)


[Edited on 10-13-2003 by draconian]

draconian - 10-13-2003 at 01:08 PM

I can't believe you got to that one before I did, I was circling that page like a hawk today.

A great review. It reads like a 4-5 star rating, even though none is given.

colforbin6 - 10-13-2003 at 02:30 PM

I've said it once and I'll say it again....IT"S ALL HAPPENING.

-Great spot on the review.

draconian - 10-15-2003 at 04:43 PM

Three stars. What is going on with that great verbiage and only three stars? I was expecting four. Say it ain't so, Joe.

colforbin6 - 10-15-2003 at 05:00 PM

Has Rolling Stone ever reviewed an album and then later (once it blew up) elevated the rating in a later review?

draconian - 10-15-2003 at 05:08 PM

Yes, didn't that happen with Beck?

colforbin6 - 10-15-2003 at 08:55 PM

how ironic.

draconian - 10-16-2003 at 02:48 PM

You can create an account and voice your disagreement with the three-star rating HERE.

colforbin6 - 10-17-2003 at 01:17 AM

Drac, I am begining to worry.

-on it, thanks.