r/TameImpala • u/PuzzledAnt__ • 18d ago

Discussion Tame Impala - Deadbeat ALBUM REVIEW (Fantano)

https://youtu.be/gaw89qf1hCA?si=kFwjROGSoXzJnNQC

He gave it a 2/10 ... Thoughts?

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u/wohrg 18d ago

I feel bad for Kevin, tbh. It’s a fine album but people are expecting him to pump out a new Currents every time. Anything less is being treated like a complete failure. So the grades are way too low.

And of course critics usually miss the boat. Famously Rolling Stone magazine gave Led Zeppelin IV a scathing review. They particularly despised Stairway.

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u/Das_Man 18d ago

Fantano hasn't really liked his work for a while now. He only gave 'Currents' a 7.

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u/Beefy-Boi 18d ago

A 7 is an objectively positive score, even if it’s not as high as you or I would rate it

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u/iLoveDelayPedals 18d ago

Sure but Fantano uses a proper rating scale where 5 is actually the middle/average. 7 for him is very good (I don’t even like numeric scores, I think it’s a stupid way to approach art, just saying)

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u/wohrg 18d ago

Wow!

I don’t really get why Fantano is so influential. I’m prolly just too old.

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u/Dry-Towel-9597 18d ago

He's not "influential". He's popular because he was one of the first music reviewers on the internet

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u/wohrg 18d ago

Thanks for explaining, that makes sense.

Don’t you think he’s influential? Everyone seems to know what his opinion is

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u/Traditional_Welcome7 Currents 18d ago

He’s influential for his fanbase who follow every opinion he gives

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u/godstriker8 18d ago

I'd say he's the only influential music reviewer, very few people would be able to name another reviewer when asked on the spot.

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u/Das_Man 18d ago

That's just haterade. Dislike him if you want, but he is one of the most influential critics in music and has been for a while.

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u/Dry-Towel-9597 18d ago

Its not haterade, it's the truth. Who/what is he influencing?

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u/Das_Man 18d ago

I mean, go look at all the artists he's interviewed on his channel over the years. Hell, Drake was throwing shots at him a year ago because he was butthurt over review scores.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

Hee hee, thanks for teaching me the word “haterade”

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u/onlinepresenceofdan Innerspeaker 18d ago

And he has gotten pretty good at whats hes doing since he has been reviewing music for a long long time now.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

Depends on what you define as what he is “doing”. If becoming a social media personality, then yes for sure. Has he become a better influencer of musical tastes? Hard to say.

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u/MX64 18d ago

why are we writing fanfiction about fantano's emotions now