Blood, Tears & Votes: The Hurts Discography Rate. WE HAVE A WINNER

which album are you rooting for?

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Old Untouchable Ace

Old Untouchable Ace

CorgiCorgiCorgi said:
@Untouchable Ace (7.1) dubs this "their Coldplay moment and for once that's not a good thing because they are channeling the GP just ate up for no good reason."​
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By the by, with this comment during the elimination of 'Policewoman' I was hinting that it sounded like 'Fix You', but let's not link to that.
I'd rather listen to something better.


The eliminations are still going well, I'm so proud of @berserkboi for showing so much love.
 
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42. Wait Up (6.68)
high scores: 9.5 (@əʊæ)
low scores: 4 (@soratami @VivaForever)​


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Another pop track from Desire falls! I listened to this song 3 times in a row for this writeup, and I still can’t remember anything particularly good or bad about this one. That first verse reminds me a bit of Girls Aloud’s Deadlines and Diets:

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I initially mistyped Untouchable Ace’s score (8.2) without the decimal, so for a while this song was doing EXTREMELY well on the spreadsheet! “Even their generic 90's boyband sop is better quality than a lot of other's discographies.”

Lots of you mentioned the lyrics as the biggest flaw of this song. For example, @abael (7) says it has “Disjointed lyrics, but interesting musically.” And @Reboot (6.5) likes that “the verses sound quite broody and “dark”, whereas the chorus sounds light. But like with the rest of the album, I’m kind of struggling with the lyrics. It’s not what I want from this band.”

@berserkboi (6.4) says it’s “not bad”, and @OspreyQueen (8) admits “Alright, credit where credit is due, I like this one. The murky nocturnal production is a nice throwback to Exile, and the lyrics are a little more interesting than the rest of the album with Theo playing a character I don’t think we’re supposed to like.”
 
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Just missing out on the top 40...


a song that honestly should've made the top 15.....









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41. Help (6.78)
high scores: 10 (@CorgiCorgiCorgi @roborovsky @əʊæ @Sprockrooster)
low scores: 2.3 (@saviodxl)​

Like many of you in this thread, Exile is probably my least favorite Hurts album. But Help was an immediate standout for me - the haunting lyrics, the way it’s constantly building up to that final minute, and of course Elton John on piano! It’s a gorgeous song through and through, and helps the album finish on a strong note. This was another surprisingly divisive song, but I’m just grateful it made it this far.

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@Reboot (5) is conflicted: “I don’t really know how to feel about this. It felt perfectly relatable and touching when I first heard this in 2013, when its lyrics hit really close to home . . . but I’m not sure if I can take it seriously anymore? It’s a bit too on the nose.”

@abael (5) says it’s “bland. Slick production can't hide tired songs.” @Untouchable Ace (4.9) says “the Choiriness always scares me off” which I initially read as Chlorine and it made me think of Twenty One Pilots which wasn’t a band I was expecting to think about in this thread.

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@berserkboi (9.9) correctly calls it “Stunning!” And @RUNAWAY (9) says, “honestly I had forgotten that this album has a really good closing track.”

@Sprockrooster (10) also found this to be a real diamond in the rough. “With an album that is mostly lacking great highs this strucks a chord so damn hard and basically would have been my 11 if [REDACTED TO AVOID SPOILERS]. This song is the whole reason I started to follow them more closely. It reminds me of U2 (the good U2) at some times, but is not feeling as a copy of that sound as it adds so many more layers.” @OspreyQueen (10) agrees: “Possibly one of my favourite closing tracks of all time. The outro with the choir and that gorgeous guitar always gets me bawling.”
 
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Top 40 Recap​


 
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40. Wings (6.91)
high scores: 10 (@Reboot @tylerc904)
low scores: 2 (@soratami)​

We lose a single! Wings is a simple, sweet ode to being there for someone you love in their time of need. It was used in an episode of Britain's Got Talent, which I think is a good summation of its flaws and its strengths: it's inspirational and it tugs at the heartstrings, but it does get a bit cheesy.

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@berserkboi (9.4) gasps, "Build is immense!" But @Untouchable Ace (8.2) is "not sure that this was single material. Did they just want to send a message to the fans?"

@OspreyQueen (6) "just…can’t take this one seriously. Everything about it is so corny." And @abael (6) agrees: "Even for Hurts, this is kinda corny."

@tylerc904 (10) responds, "I’m guessing some will find this generic/cheesy, but I love it." Fellow top scorer @Reboot (10) "once read an article where Hurts were affectionately described as “music for intelligent Take That fans” (I may have made the “intelligent” bit up) and it couldn’t be truer than on this song. Wings sounds like the type of song a grown-up boyband might end their shows with, ticker tape fluttering in the air." I could actually totally see this on that final One Direction album...



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39. Mother Nature (6.93)
high scores: 9.1 (@berserkboi)
low scores: 4 (@VivaForever @Reboot)​

First we lose a single, and now we lose a B-side. This song isn't quite as instantaneous as the other Happiness tracks - the chorus gets quite dissonant, and the vocals can sound a bit strained. Still, I think it's a very interesting song, even if it's not one of my favorites.

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@Reboot (4) groans, "This is so tuneless and kind of shit." @saviodxl (7) says "Coldplay found shook" and I'm not sure if that's a compliment or an insult.

@Untouchable Ace (8.2) declares this "some of the best piano in their repertoire." @abael (9) says it "goes for the epic, and avoids being overwrought by its short length." Wow, I just checked, this song is less than 3 minutes long! I always thought it was much longer.

@berserkboi (9.1) admits it's an "interesting song, though deserving of the ‘bonus’ status compared with the rest." This is the first bonus track from Happiness to fall - we still have Affair, Happiness, and All I Want For Christmas Is New Years' Day. But for how much longer?
 
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