Released: 2009 (hard to believe it's almost five years old!)
First Thoughts: One of my two favorite albums by one of my favorite groups. I haven't listened to this in too long.
Purchase: From Amazon.com, more than a year after the release, and it was still pricey (around $17 after shipping, I think).
Playthrough: Love Comes is a monster. I remember bopping to it in the car, and it is still very bop-worthy.
Love Don't Live Here is also great. It's too bad they flopped so hard.
Rapture continues the streak. I don't know the original, but I sampled it on iTunes, and this blows it away.
I also love Seventeen. It has a slightly Gothic sound to it, I think.
Twisting is a let-down after those first four, but it's far from bad, just can't reach those heights.
Tell Me Tomorrow is the first real disappointment. There's a good song in there, but the production is all wrong, somehow.
The Runner returns them to the quality of the first few songs.
Extraordinary is a bit grating, but also very catchy. The "I need someone very extra-ordinary" hook would be great in a Kesha song.
Dum Dum Boy is right up there with Love Comes. Anthemic, driving - it sounds more like the Drama album than anything else here, but that's hardly a bad thing since Drama is one of my all-time favorite albums.
S-S-Single Bed is sort of kitschy, or at least campy, but I like it anyway.
We've Got the Night doesn't deserve to be the album closer. Second-worst thing here after Tell Me Tomorrow.
Verdict: With some distance, I can see that this really isn't as good as Drama, and probably not as good as Wow, but it is very good, definitely better than the majority of Bananaralbums. 9/10.
Standout: Love Comes (presented here in the somewhat superior radio mix - the Wideboys A-Mix is my favorite, though)
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