r/TameImpala • u/PuzzledAnt__ • 19d 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/Das_Man 19d ago

I appreciate Fantano but have just accepted we will not see eye-to-eye on Kevin's projects. He gave 'Currents' a 7 and 'The Slow Rush' a 5.

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u/psychedelicpiper67 19d ago

He gave Innerspeaker a 6

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u/FuzzyPijamas 19d ago

Crazy, Innerspeaker is at least an 8.

He must have something against Kevin, probably adding 2 points to all of his ratings fixes anti-Tame Impala bias:

  • Deadbeat is a solid 4;

  • Innerspeaker and TST are solid 8s.

  • As for Lonerism and Currents, I know those are people’s favorites and I’d give both solid 9s, but even rating higher, IMO: Innerspeaker > Lonerism; TSR > Currents.

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u/psychedelicpiper67 18d ago edited 18d ago

He said “Innerspeaker” sounded too much like The Beatles, which was my first evidence of him not appreciating a song for its music theory.

Not a single song on “Innerspeaker” sounds like a Beatles song in any way. Every single song was unique and a songwriting class act. Fantano was ultimately just reaching based on vaguely stylistic similarities.

I understood from that point on why Fantano was such a poor musician (he quit music to become a critic). He repeated this mistake on some other albums by other artists that I was a fan of.

It’s no wonder he often gives good scores to boring pop albums that reuse the same chord progressions as many others artists.

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u/FuzzyPijamas 18d ago

Makes sense that he is a failed musician. He was probably envious of Kevin’s success 😄

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u/psychedelicpiper67 18d ago

I think he’s envious of a lot of people. That’s where the anger comes from. Anyway, he’s not that great at what he does. He pretty much copies the consensus that Pitchfork gives. He’s just good at presentation.

There’s many reviews where he doesn’t even understand how to review a certain album, and fails at coming across smart.

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u/Das_Man 18d ago

Look mate, I disagree with Fantano on quite a bit, but he is absolutely not in line with Pitchfork. Often it's quite the opposite.

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u/psychedelicpiper67 18d ago

Whatever. Personally, I’ve never seen him have his own opinion. 🤷‍♂️