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2 - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, and according to Jim and Greg it's full of the heartfelt, intimate songs that fans of the Blue Album expect from Cuomo. The Weezer album might have gotten a Turkey vote from one of our listeners, but how does frontman Rivers Cuomo fare on his own? The singer just released Alone Vol. 2 - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Rivers Cuomo He finds the album over-produced and packed with the worst steel drums and saxophones he's heard in a long time. Brandon Flowers is not a great lyricist, but there are a handful of great, glam rock pop songs on this new album, and together with the handful of other tracks from their previous albums, he predicts they'll have a hell of a compilation one day. Are they Nu-New Wave? Are they Nu-Springsteen? Or Nu-Dance Pop? Greg's answer is that they are merely a great singles band. On their 3rd album Day & Age, The Killers have teamed up with Madonna producer Stuart Price, further confusing their identity.

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These are records that had great potential, but fell flat. During this Turkey Shoot segment Jim, Greg and some listeners give thanks that they'll never have to hear the year's most disappointing albums again. But at Sound Opinions we like to take this opportunity to give thanks of a different variety. On Thanksgiving most Americans give thanks for things like their loved ones and their health. Greg agrees, calling the album one of the most personal released this year. He wishes there was more acoustic musicianship, but Jim finds 808s and Heartbreak to be fascinating and gives it a Buy It. Jim appreciates the rapper's attempt to make an existential record, especially one inspired by Phil Collins.

Those effects take some getting used to, but according to Jim and Greg, they are integral to creating the sense of introspection and loneliness. The 808 drum machine is used heavily, as is the Auto-Tune device. The Chicago native had planned to release a new album in his college series, but after the death of his mother and a bad breakup, he created an intensely personal album called 808s and Heartbreak. One of the albums making news this week is from rapper Kanye West. Jim and Greg never thought they'd find themselves agreeing with CBS, but it agrees with the network's argument that sometimes there are just some slips you can't control. We thought that might be the end of " Nipplegate," but now the FCC has announced it will take its case to the Supreme Court. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals had tossed out the FCC's indecency claim against CBS.

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