It starts out with a nice punk beat and keys, completely "Out of the Blue. " Speaking of that, one of my favorite lyrics is "I know I am going to h#ll in a purple basket/ At least I will be in another world, while your pissing on my casket." Looking "Left & Right in the Dark" is like trying to find why this song is good. I mean I can be redundant and say that the instrumentals are good, which they are, but why bother trying to explain, because words escape me, such as the shapes of things in the dark. "11th Dimension" has this killer beat and synths and organ that would take you out for dancing as long as you paid for dinner; sounds as if this organ came from the southern border dancing with the samba like beat. "4 Chords of the Apocalypse" has a slow beat that has you riding a horse, in the west,wandering aimlessly. Then a piano comes to assist at around four minutes and the song picks up at the last fifty seconds. Maybe this song is dealing with fame, and its effects on the subject's personal/love life: "It's nice to be important, but so close to being despised/It's more important to be nice/adjusting to the wise," or basically how he says he takes her out places and gets her nice things, and then says give anything you want, it's alright with him.I will say that his vocals for the first two records seemed very monotone, and it was hard to tell if any emotion was ever put in his delivery,but with the last Strokes record and this one, his delivery has improved. We had arrived at "Ludlow Street," and by horse, who is tired. We hear some trickling of banjo? "Rivers of Brakelights" come with a quick paced techno beat and some cool keys, but no car. If that wasn't enough there are several beat changes, and triangle? That goes back to that dizzying beat. In the lyrics he mentions getting the hang of it; life?, and towards the end, he mentions that timing is everything: getting the hang of it, and "getting the time on it, everything hangs on this." Walking on broken "Glass" seems as if it should be more painful, but this song has some nice synth, and this great solo at around the 3:30 mark. At first I thought it was about broken glass, but in the lyrics it mentions bulletproof glass, and how dominance and loyalty, and romance and security stay behind bulletproof glass. Is it about living too safe, or living with lies? Let's look at some more:"you can lie to yourself /But don't lie to me/it's what they want." Check more lyrics if you must know more. "Tourist" is a heckuva way to end a record with this great intro, and great instrumentals throughout; it sounds epic without seeming to be overblown. It has some nice horns too. Best Songs: Out of the Blue, 11th Dimension, 4 Chords of the Apocalypse, Ludlow Street, River of Brakelights, Tourist.
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