Color has like 3 songs I go back to and really enjoy, the rest is meh YOTBR is basically the same way. Both just aren't great.
This is going to sound weird, but YOTBR was the first Coheed album I ever listened to, which is partially why it’s not my least favorite from them like TCBTS is. The other reason is that I just find it to be much more interesting than TCBTS, even though I don’t think either are good albums.
There’s just too much “Coheed filler” on both YOTBR and TCBTS. Lots of tracks that just meander around but don’t stand out in any way compared to their otherwise stellar discography There’s a reason why we all loved Ascension/Descension and Vaxis, because compared to what immediately preceded them both they were absolute hook filled monsters
I feel like YOTBR suffered from it being overproduced. If they would have had a better producer I feel like that album would have been a lot better.
Working with Ross was a terrible decision. Didn’t fit the band at all. Watching those documentary videos on that album were interesting to see. I feel like he wanted to make the production different just to be different, not to benefit the sound
The songs are there, the production/mix sucked all the life out of them. I still enjoy the record but they would’ve benefitted from working with someone else.
Fully agree. Having seen most of those songs live during that era, the songs were most definitely there. YOTBR will always get the benefit of the doubt for me even though the production was just awful.
i didn’t mean to be that rude to you. i like your posts where you call pete a rat. i just don’t like this band. sorry
I loved Color, personally. Ghosts was the only song that never stuck with me. However, I could never get behind Black Rainbow... I just didn't like it. None of it, sadly. Wasn't my thing.