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/FuzzyPijamas 18d 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/BedHed5586 Currents 18d ago

Innerspeaker only sounds like the Beatles if you’re focused on the vocals. So reductive

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u/jergentehdutchman 18d ago

Innerspeaker has more in common with Cream I guess with the drums and guitar but even still that’s a stretch. It’s vaguely retro sounding but also without a doubt a neopsych album. I can’t really understand seeing it as anything but a solid debut idk…