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Seeing Sounds by: N.E.R.D. List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $9.99 You Save: $3.99 (29%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517743243 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Interscope Records Manufacturer: Interscope Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Interscope Records Release Date: June 10, 2008 Studio: Interscope Records Sales Rank: 2316 MPN: 001144702 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: N.E.R.D. "Seeing Sounds" You already know the story of the Neptunes, Grammy Award winning producers and songwriters Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, but the N.E.R.D. trio consists of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and longtime friend and creative wunderkind, Shae Haley. The album is a blistering mash-up of booming hip-hop beats and rollercoastering rock riffs, rumbling crunk rhythms and scintillating soul music. Whereas their first album, "In Search Of...," was an imaginative, exploration of identities, and their second album, "Fly or Die," sought out the range of genres and sounds that have influenced the group, "Seeing Sounds" grinds everything together, evoking a sound that is un-tethered by preconceptions and convention. It is also an album that amplifies the style and attitudes that have made Pharrell, Chad and Shae transcendent cultural icons. "The Neptunes is what we do, but N.E.R.D. is who we are. It's our life" says Pharrell. The three of them together combine for uninhibited explorations of sounds, emotions and truth, adhering to no agenda, subscribing to no rules. N.E.R.D. is the way they live their life, they way they see the world. Amazon.co.uk: The title of N.E.R.D's third album, Seeing Sounds, was inspired by a TV show the ban watched about synaesthesia--the neurological disorder that causes people to experience sounds as colours or objects in their minds. The concept inspired the trio (Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, a.k.a. The Neptunes, and their rapping pal Shay Haley) to create a record as if it were a live show, as if the listener were really able to see the band playing. As ideas go, it's a dubious one, but it does give the band the opportunity to dive back into their musical ocean and splash noisily around, leaving listeners soaked and astounded. With the usual disregard for genre, Seeing Sounds opens with bass-heavy low-rider "Time For Some Action", before heading off on an intense roller-coaster ride that takes in the choppy, digi-drum & bass of "Spaz" and the infectious booty-bass of single "Everyone Nose" (a look at Hollywood's cocaine obsession) via a veritable kaleidoscope of colourful sound. "Sooner or Later" is all smooth Motown soul, "Kill Joy" is riff-heavy rock and "Anti Matter" has an Atari crunk feel. This breathless diversity is, of course, what N.E.R.D. are best at, and the good news is that Seeing Sounds can be considered a return to form after the nadir of Fly Or Die; though Whether it stands up to their debut or whether their new experiments ever get beyond the superficial, is another matter entirely. -- Paul Sullivan Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - HMMMM.....I liked this cd a lot.....it has the typical..Nerd feel to it...but it isn't what I expected...I was expecting much much more...it was good don't get me wrong but I wish it was more... Rating:  - Why, oh why, when Pharrell & Co. make their own album, it's not half as good as what they produce??In my opinion, The Neptunes are producing geniuses (sp?). Timbaland is excellent too, but I almost love every song Pharrell & crew produce for artists. I think they & Queen have created the most innovative sounds & music. I don't care what people say about Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl"; yes the words are a bit silly, but if you just listen to the beat, it is amazing. That's why it is exciting when the producers of such great hits create their own album. Right? Wrong. From their first 2 albums, they were ok, but they were no way up to par with what the trio had already produced. I let it slide. Now, "Seeing Sounds" is their 3rd album, and I feel this one is worse than the previous two. It is so eclectic and over the place. ... Read More: Rating:  - Too inside, too outsideSpread out all over the place. The influences and styles here, while commendable, are run through the ringer too much. The result is an album made up of songs we don't know what to do with: bob heads to, sing along with, dance to...almost none of these songs is one you can sit back and enjoy. The production is, as always, flawless, and they are to be commended on their ever-challenging push to uncover a new aesthetic. Unfortunately, this record consists of a navel-gazing vibe; it's simply too inside and not enough consideration has been offered the audience. A strong effort to generate something new, but it mostly fails as entertainment. Rating:  - Punk-Funkster's UnlimitedThe new millenium's punkfunkster's are back with an even better infusion of hiphop, rock, R&B and a House beats, rhythum's and riffs. Eventhough, Pharrell has said he hates house music he has a lot of house in him. This is a clubheads dream with All The Girls Standing In the Line For THe Bathroom, a hook that just won't quick and is sure to send crowds to the dancefloor. This is just one of the chorus hooks that are present throughout this project that will your mind will repeat after listening to this joint. You just got to love the innovation, energy and free spirit nature of this project. Pharrell, Chad are simply some of the hottest producer's on the scene and it is evident with this project; I would be honored to work with such creativity. ... Read More: Rating: - SOONER OR LATERSOONER OR LATER EVERYONE REALIZES THE GENIOUS OF N*E*R*D ITS A FACT. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT I DIDNT GIVE THEM A CHANCE BECAUSE OF THE ROCK ASPECT BUT I WENT TO THE GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR WITH THEM KANYE LUPE AND RIHANNA AND THEY BLEW MY MIND. AS SOON AS I GOT HOME I ORDERED THE FIRST 2 ALBUMS THEN WHEN SEEING SOUNDS DROPPED I BOUGHT A COUPLE COPIES OF IT. SEEING SOUNDS IS EPIC LIKE A MOVIE WITH EACH SONG BEING A DIFFERENT SCENE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ALBUMS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST BUY IT YOU NEED TO TURN THE VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN TO IT. I SWEAR I WAS SEEING SOUNDS YO NO LIE. |
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