MC Frontalot - Secrets From The Future
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Artist: MC FrontalotEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-04-06
Music Label: Level Up Records & Tapes
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Music Review: The production's fantastic - the songs less so
Rating: 2 Stars
This disc is definitely a mixed bag. The production is still every bit as good as Frontalot's first (and excellent) disc, and on a purely sonic level, the tracks sound really good. But whereas Nerdcore Rising seemed infused with a bouyant sense of fun, a good chunk of this album comes off as very flat to me.
I have a hard time figuring out what my basic objection to the album is. Sometimes it's the lyrical content - Origin of Species cuts so close to being a non-parody that I've got no desire to listen to it (proponents of Intelligent Design would probably be happy about that, but balk at the fact that it IS a parody, so I'm not sure who wins in that case). The remake of Romantic Cheapskate makes Frontalot sound like a jerk (the sentiment was far more amusing when he was rapping about Songfight, not another human being). The Achewood tribute on track 3 is probably amusing to people who are intimately familiar with the webcomic, but for those of us who haven't been reading it for years, it's a pretty impenetrable song.
Other times it's just the composition I'm not fond of. I grew up worshipping Infocom yet I find It Is Pitch Dark to be pretty plodding and uninteresting, the chorus of Forbidden Planet bogs the song down, and while I find the lyrics to Gonna Be Your Man hilarious, I've got no desire to listen to it again just because I don't really like the music it's set to.
Very Poorly Concealed Secret Track straddles the line between both - with no interest in Ping Pong, the lyrics are only interesting in an academic sense, and Optimus Rhyme supplies most of the vocals, which may be great for OR fans, but I could do without. Then, on top of all of that, two of the tracks aren't even songs, but rather short skits which are amusing enough the first time through, but have very limited replay value. In the end, it adds up to a listening experience I just don't care to repeat.
The album does have some highlights - the title track is pretty catchy, and Bizarro Genius Baby and I Hate Your Blog are two of the best tracks Frontalot's put out. It's a real shame that this album's only going to end up in my playlist in a highly abbreviated form. Apparently I'll have to hope that this is just a case of The Dreaded Sophomore Album and Frontalot will get back to doing music that I enjoy for his next album.
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