Crowne - Operation Phoenix

[Mafisen]

Excellent. 

[Stefan]

New album out now. More songs from the album:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Stefan

[tts42572]

On 10/14/2022 at 9:35 PM, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Yeah! More of the same...

 

...but with a different vocalist. 

Exactly where I'm at on this....

The music is outstanding and it sounds like something I should really like but I've totally soured on Strandell's vocals.  I don't know what it is exactly...tone, accent....tough to say exactly what bothers me but his vocals almost make me cringe.

It's odd because I dug Art Nation when I first heard it but somewhere along the line Strandell's voice started to annoy me.

I'll probably still check the album out just for the heck of it but not expecting it to do much for me.

[Mafisen]

Strandell is a very good singer. Album is superb. 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

3 hours ago, Mafisen said:

Strandell is a very good singer. Album is superb. 

It's nice at least one person thinks so. ;}

[AlphaMale]

Good album!

[CMGiordano]

9 hours ago, tts42572 said:

Exactly where I'm at on this....

The music is outstanding and it sounds like something I should really like but I've totally soured on Strandell's vocals.  I don't know what it is exactly...tone, accent....tough to say exactly what bothers me but his vocals almost make me cringe.

It's odd because I dug Art Nation when I first heard it but somewhere along the line Strandell's voice started to annoy me.

I'll probably still check the album out just for the heck of it but not expecting it to do much for me.

I've said this before, but I think Strandell has a lot of potential to be a really good singer, but he has some tendencies and inconsistencies that hold him back from doing so.

His vocals are very hit-and-miss for me, personally. There are tracks that I love and there are some that are just automatic skips (because of his vocal tracks -- though lyrics are usually a component, too), and there is rarely anything in between.

[Jez]

Rock solid album with some great songs. 

[auslander]

54 minutes ago, Jez said:

Rock solid album with some great songs. 

Do you like it as much as Kings in the North?

[Glen]

On 1/27/2023 at 1:07 PM, tts42572 said:

Exactly where I'm at on this....

The music is outstanding and it sounds like something I should really like but I've totally soured on Strandell's vocals.  I don't know what it is exactly...tone, accent....tough to say exactly what bothers me but his vocals almost make me cringe.

this ^^^^ 💯 

[Jez]

21 hours ago, auslander said:

Do you like it as much as Kings in the North?

Debut edges it for me 

 

[Geoff]

Interesting commentary on all this. I'm not sure what all the fuss about the vocals is about and I don't really care to be honest. I just thought the songs were all pretty average. I was hoping for one keeper as I feel like it deserves to have at least one contribution to my 2023 playlist... but it's a pass for me. 'Juliette' was my favourite track, but still not a keeper, imo. 

[Glen]

6 hours ago, Geoff said:

Interesting commentary on all this. I'm not sure what all the fuss about the vocals is about and I don't really care to be honest. I just thought the songs were all pretty average. I was hoping for one keeper as I feel like it deserves to have at least one contribution to my 2023 playlist... but it's a pass for me. 'Juliette' was my favourite track, but still not a keeper, imo. 

his vocals are so accented , that's a massive pass for me. Only listened to 1 song lol 

[Tabe]

On 1/28/2023 at 6:28 AM, auslander said:

Do you like it as much as Kings in the North?

I like "Kings" better. That one has a heavier sound that I like a bit more. This one is still good though. 

[Mr.AOR]

Agree with Geoff, a very average album, a pass for me.

[tobi is an animal]

Album sounds good to me, prefer it to Kings In The North overall; though Set Me Free is the best song from both albums.  

 

Edited February 9, 2023 by tobi is an animal

[tobi is an animal]

This album is so fuckin' good. Top notch production/songwriting, Alex sounds amazing and Love really rips it up big time.