Last year, Spinsmith released his debut album: Spinsmith became an instant hit. With it's wide spread of genres and its meaningful lyrics, it deserves it's place in one of the best albums of all time. There was a second album planned. However, it was canned and is only available around a few places on the nets. (Pirate Bay)
Due to popular demand, Spinsmith 2 is here. Just one look at the album art should tell you all you need to know about the feeling of the album: simplistic but artist, black on red, not very contrasting colours, but works very well.
The first track, Starry Eyed, is a slow, smooth opener. Spin just jumps right you, he doesn't bother with Teletubby sounds. It sounds sort of sad, and tired. This is probably because tears make stars appear in peoples eyes, shining. A very subtle opener, but not really attention-grabbing. The second track, Don't Stop Me Now, is much more upbeat and powering. Like classic Spinsmith, it's guaranteed to get you jumping in the ballroom, hopefully not causing a ballroom blitz.
The third track sucks. So does the fourth.
This Too Shall Pass is decent, then seguing into Baby. Baby is an amazing ending, on line with such enders like The Moment I Said It and The House Wins. It starts off like ordinary pop, but it starts becoming clearer what the song is really about: abuse, death, and eating puppies with Larto. Then comes the rap part, performed by Ludaspin: we won't spoil it for you, it really is amazing. At first, it seems like Ludaspin has no idea how to rap. This is a very clever act, since he can.
Of course, Spinsmith 2 will draw inevitable comparisons with Radiohead's Kid A and The Beatles' The White Album: it tries something new, and the results are generally amazing, but your milage may really vary. If you loved Spinsmith's previous work, you may be disappointed, but for newcomers, Spinsmith 2 is a masterpiece. 9.9 stars.
But srsly, forgettable.