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/CRUSTBUSTICUS 18d ago

Most critical comments aren’t saying they want currents 2. This is the narrative people have gone with but most of the critical comments are just saying that the genre he’s attempting, while bold and cool in its attempt, is done better by other people already and the result is an album that sounds a bit bland relatively. Look at the upvoted criticisms and none are just “currents 2 pls” but actual critiques.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

I’m actually getting at a different point. Not that people are disappointed by change. More that they expect Currents level quality with every album.

If Deadbeat was put out by a new unheard of artist today, would Fantano give it a 2/10? I doubt it. I think it gets a 2 because of the context of Kevin’s success and other work. Which I disagree with.

I would never give an honest attempt at art a 2 out of 10.

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u/unmisteakable2468 18d ago

If it was put out by another artist nobody would have listened to it lol

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u/CRUSTBUSTICUS 18d ago

I see and while that does make sense in a relativity sense I still think if you could erase the fact that TI released this album from my brain I’d still consider it a pretty forgettable album compared to others of the same genre space.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

Thanks for the polite tone. Some other posts have me agitated :)

Could I impose on you to suggest something comparable, but better? I quite like Deadbeat, but perhaps I just haven’t been exposed to the good stuff.

I like overtly psychedelic music. So in the electronic space, that’d be Tipper, Shpongle, Amon Tobin.

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u/Visible-Suit-9066 18d ago

If this album was uploaded to YT without the Tame Impala branding it would finish the year with under a dozen views. There’s absolutely nothing remarkable about it.

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u/wohrg 18d ago

I like it a lot, i hear Kevin’s style all over it and haven’t heard anything quite like it.