Jack White/ThirdMan/THE VAULT

mcgruff10

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

HughFreakingDillon

mcgruff10 said:

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

mcgruff10

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

This reminds me of an entire album of revolution 9 by the beatles.  This album is pure and utter crap.  I'll give someone $20 to take this album off my hands and will provide shipping anywhere in the world including to the top of Mt. Everest.

HughFreakingDillon

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

This reminds me of an entire album of revolution 9 by the beatles.  This album is pure and utter crap.  I'll give someone $20 to take this album off my hands and will provide shipping anywhere in the world including to the top of Mt. Everest.

the incredible reviews just keep pouring in. 

mcgruff10

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

This reminds me of an entire album of revolution 9 by the beatles.  This album is pure and utter crap.  I'll give someone $20 to take this album off my hands and will provide shipping anywhere in the world including to the top of Mt. Everest.

the incredible reviews just keep pouring in. 

Hugh this honestly could be the worst album I have ever listened to.  

HughFreakingDillon

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

I'm through the first half of side A and can't believe how unbelievably shitty this is.  What the fuck is this?

This reminds me of an entire album of revolution 9 by the beatles.  This album is pure and utter crap.  I'll give someone $20 to take this album off my hands and will provide shipping anywhere in the world including to the top of Mt. Everest.

the incredible reviews just keep pouring in. 

Hugh this honestly could be the worst album I have ever listened to.  

dude, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I still think this might be some kind of joke. 

RobbyD462

RobbyD462 said:

Without a doubt the worst album I have ever heard.
Collosal waste of money and now a sudden loss of musical respect for JW.
Never been so disappointed in an album.:(

Not sure if I could even handle spinning this again.

mcgruff10

RobbyD462 said:

RobbyD462 said:

Without a doubt the worst album I have ever heard.
Collosal waste of money and now a sudden loss of musical respect for JW.
Never been so disappointed in an album.:(

Not sure if I could even handle spinning this again.

Ototo for me. Absolutely putrid. 

mcgruff10

I like exactly one song on this album: what's done is done.  This album is one big pile of dog shit.

elvistheking44

There are decent parts here and there.  It's just so damn all over the place.  Sounds like singles from 10 different phases in Jacks career, thrown together.  Certainly a huge disappointment from Jack White.  

lolobugg

Wow....... I REALLY have to listen to this album.

PJ_Soul

Dammit, I really want at least one other person to actually like it with me, lol. This is getting uncomfortable.

elvistheking44

PJ_Soul said:

Dammit, I really want at least one other person to actually like it with me, lol. This is getting uncomfortable.

I don’t dislike it. It’s just very underwhelming and way below jacks previous efforts.

PJ_Soul

elvistheking44 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Dammit, I really want at least one other person to actually like it with me, lol. This is getting uncomfortable.

I don’t dislike it. It’s just very underwhelming and way below jacks previous efforts.

I guess? Or not, haha ... I just think it's different, not underwhelming. TBH, each time I listen it gets better for me. I'm now actually at the point of digging it, and I'm even starting to warm up to the songs I didn't like at first. And I'm not usually a warming up person. Usually if I don't like something I never do. 

CJ260717

HughFreakingDillon said:

this is just so utterly awful I feel like Jack is playing a joke on the industry.

I've always said this to Phish fans.

FR181798

On first listen it just seems really incohesive. There are small snippets which sound good but then don't materialise into an entirely good song. I like some of the funk elements but I feel a bit ripped off by the fact I bought the Vault version having only heard one song. Fair enough to do some expiremental stuff but it was a bit poor to makes this a Vault release. Glad I didn't open my vinyl.

PJ_Soul

CJ260717 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

this is just so utterly awful I feel like Jack is playing a joke on the industry.

I've always said this to Phish fans.

PJ_Soul

Here are some snippets from other reviews (I got this off of a TMR email, so take it as you will). I knew I wasn't crazy, haha!:


★★★★ (4/4) "weird and brilliant, and anything but regressive. "  - DIY 

★★★★✩ (4/5) "sheer musical exuberance"  - Telegraph    

★★★★✩ (4/5) "vibrant, curious and fascinating"  - The Times

★★★★✰ (4.5/5)  "as radical, experimental and mind-expanding of a pop album as you’re likely 
to hear anytime soon.”- American Songwriter

"an exciting journey that will thrill, confound, and amaze — and it doesn’t get more rock ’n’ roll than that" - Boston Globe

"his giddiest, most experimental and most garrulously fun" - Variety

"an invitation into the chaotic internal world of a musical savant" - Esquire

★★★✰ (3.5/5) "Like nearly all of White's work, it manages to feel fresh, original, and still deeply rooted in history."  - Rolling Stone

 ★★★★★ (5/5) “a full, lush sounding thing packed with personality and life”- NME

★★★★★ (5/5) "The most daring, genre-defying record of his storied career" ​
- The Sun

★★★★★ (5/5) "Stunning stuff" - Daily Star

★★★★✩ (4/5) "Every bit as entertaining as it is oddball"- Metro

★★★★✩ (4/5) “His most eccentric, adventurous and bamboozling album to date”
- Q Magazine

Horos

PJ_Soul said:

Dammit, I really want at least one other person to actually like it with me, lol. This is getting uncomfortable.

I already said I liked i a couple of pages back.

FR181798

PJ_Soul said:

Here are some snippets from other reviews (I got this off of a TMR email, so take it as you will). I knew I wasn't crazy, haha!:


★★★★ (4/4) "weird and brilliant, and anything but regressive. "  - DIY 

★★★★✩ (4/5) "sheer musical exuberance"  - Telegraph    

★★★★✩ (4/5) "vibrant, curious and fascinating"  - The Times

★★★★✰ (4.5/5)  "as radical, experimental and mind-expanding of a pop album as you’re likely 
to hear anytime soon.”- American Songwriter

"an exciting journey that will thrill, confound, and amaze — and it doesn’t get more rock ’n’ roll than that" - Boston Globe

"his giddiest, most experimental and most garrulously fun" - Variety

"an invitation into the chaotic internal world of a musical savant" - Esquire

★★★✰ (3.5/5) "Like nearly all of White's work, it manages to feel fresh, original, and still deeply rooted in history."  - Rolling Stone

 ★★★★★ (5/5) “a full, lush sounding thing packed with personality and life”- NME

★★★★★ (5/5) "The most daring, genre-defying record of his storied career" ​
- The Sun

★★★★★ (5/5) "Stunning stuff" - Daily Star

★★★★✩ (4/5) "Every bit as entertaining as it is oddball"- Metro

★★★★✩ (4/5) “His most eccentric, adventurous and bamboozling album to date”
- Q Magazine

What the **** have I been listening to then? I'm confused.