These are some new terms which may appear periodically throughout this blog and as such I feel the reviews would make more sense if you knew what they meant.
Solid Album Rule: If an artist/band adhere to the rule that if you make an album with 9-11 songs (10 preferably) and keep it to a length of 40-45 minutes (the restriction that the vinyl record had over artists once) any shorter and is simply not worth the listeners time, as just when they get into the groove of things the record ends. Any longer and ear fatigue sets in. If this rule is adhered to then the listener rarely gets bored and the album maintains a level of interest for many years and listens to come.
Ear Fatigue: The process by which the listener gets bored or tired of music, usually most prevalent in albums that are too long or do not have sufficient rises and falls in tone, pitch and volume to keep the listener interested (this is best shown in modern remastered versions of old albums which have had the dramatic peaks and valleys ironed out in order to ensure that people listening with cheap earbuds or headphones can listen to music longer)
Third Album Rule: An artist/band may be able to pull off a great first record, and they may have enough material from recording session of the first one to piece together the second record. But the third record will more than likely have to be of new material, and as such this will test whether or not the band/artist has the potential to live on forever or fade like the sun at dusk. Lightning may strike once, maybe even twice but rarely a third for those who are not deserving of it.
Sincerely;
T.R.Z. Oswald
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