This isn't a bad thing having guests, it worked when Nina Persson from The Cardigans featured on Your Love Alone is Not Enough and became a big hit in the UK singles chart (It reached number 2, being held off by Beyonce and Shakira's Beautiful Liar) All in all, Futurology is the band's best album for almost a decade, barring 2009's 'Journals'. Georgia Ruth, Cian Ciaran from Super Furry Animals and Green Gartside all feature on a track each. Several guest vocalists appear on the album, similar to that of 'Rewind the Film', which featured Richard Hawley and Cate Le Bon on tracks each. As well as the title track, 'Let's Go to War', 'Divine Youth', 'Sex, Power, Love and Money', 'Misguided Missile' and 'Mayakovsky'. Highlights (Yes, there's lots, so what?): The singles (Walk Me to the Bridge, Europa Geht Durch Mich).
I don't tend to count 'Journal for Plague Lovers', although I strongly like that album. It's my favourite album by the band since 2004's much opinion dividing, commercial flop 'Lifeblood'. And there's many great, great tracks on the album. And well, you've probably seen what score I've given to the album already, and yes, it bloody well lived up to those high expectations! I received my copy of the album on it's release date, it was one of the signed copies from the band's website which came with a T-shirt with the cover image printed on. I had high expectations for this album, following my first listen to single 'Walk Me to the Bridge', and further track 'Europa Geht Durch Mich', which was released before the album.
This shows that everyone has different opinions on albums, and in general, anything really. But unlike them, I didn't like 2010's 'Postcards from a Young Man' and 2007's 'Send Away the Tigers' so much, although they had some really good highlights. I liked the immediate predecessor, 2013's 'Rewind the Film' more than some fans did. Their last few albums haven't been bad, but I've not enjoyed them so much. They've made some great albums (1994's The Holy Bible and 1996's Everything Must Go), but like many bands, they've had their moments where they've made a not-so-good album (2001's Know Your Enemy, for instance, although I enjoyed this album and 1993's Gold Against the Soul). They've made some great albums (1994's The Holy Bible and 1996's Everything Must Go), but like Futurology is amongst this band's best work. Futurology is amongst this band's best work.
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