Jamie T
Panic Prevention

Whaaaaaaaaaaat???

This is a 5/6 out of 10 album for me.

thought id be seeing a 6

its an 8 for me

It's one of the most repetitive albums I've heard. His voice gets headache inducing after only two tracks. 10 out of 10, mercy me.

This seems to be an album that people either love or hate...I listened to it all on his myspace site and hated it. Thought some of it was pretty much unlistenable.I thought something in The Guardian's review summed it up for me..'like being trapped on the top deck of a bus as the schools chuck out'.

Still...maybe I'm getting old..haha

of the boy, but i wasn't expecting a 10. could there ever be an objective review of somebody so opinion-splitting?

I was expecting a 9; tho I'm pleased and agree with a 10.

I can not get enough Jamie T at the moment. I'm almost certain he'll be my favourite music thing for the year 2007.

DiS rarely gives a 10 to anything...

Field Music did indeed get a 10, but generally, things rarely get a 10 on this site. :)
Kev seemed to back up his points for the 10 in the review, so I don't see why he should give it an 8 or 9 just because something else was awarded it this month.

and well made.

I'm just a little bit aggravated by the Bloc Party record receiving a higher score than Of Montreal's effort, that's all.

I just can't see a 'Jamie T 10' standing up to genre-defining record of past, and potentially, future?

fair enough then.

I have no fucking idea as to how my opinions have been momentarily altered.

Touché.

HI BRIAN MAY

Album practically has no weak moment/song. It maybe doesn't deserve 10 for its contribution to music history, but it's definitly quality stuff and thats not all that often nowdays. Those who complain about verdict probably don't listen to this genre so who cares.

How do you know what the album's contribution to music history will even be? Album only just came out! It might well spawn hundreds of artists who change the music world as we know it. Could happen. Ha.

I love this album start to finish and would give it a ten myself. I couldn't even find fault with the booklet.

Call it "backlash" I guess.

singing Tutti Frutti. I've been reading a while, and DiS reviewers are pretty damn stingy with the "10s." Obviously, this Jamie T kid has gotten someone's attention.

Fear of a Black Planet is better than Nation of Millions....fact.

my point being that any review is a personal opinion, not a definitive, applies-to-everybody assessment.

and as somebody already said, how do you know this won't be a world-changing album?

ten?! Jamie T is literally the worst thing i have had the misfortune to hear in the past ten months.

and NOONE TALKS LIKE THAT. When you're portraying yourself as the 'voice of the streets', authenticity is important, surely? Else it's just a public school kid dressing up as one of the 'poor people' he drives past in his parent's beemer on his way to some scenester club. Load of shit.

aren't reviews meant to have some level of objectivity? This is a jamie T fan raving about what is and was always going to be a top ten album to them. Bit pointless really.

Surely the barometer of a 10 out of 10 album is giving it to someone who is either not too aware or just not bothered about the artist, and it blowing them away?

Obviously biased reviews are a waste of time. "I think what gets me, mainly, is that I know these songs." Right. Well let someone that doesn't give a reasoned opinion on them.

in the same post you asked for an objective review, and for someone to give a 'reasoned' opinion on it. What are you asking for?

the way I phrased it was cack handed, yes, but it's a simple point..

The reviewer spends a lot of time saying that he is a long standing fan, and I don't have a problem with that, it just seems off to me to have the review of a major release that a lot of people will want a balanced idea of covered in a such a starry eyed way.

He says the songs have soundtracked the last few months of his life, which is all well and good, but to my mind a review of a new release needs to be the impressions of the first few listens, or it's not a new release review, it's an overview of the artist's career to date.

Yes, reviews are just that, reviews that reflect the writers opinions, but when the writer is so clearly affected by the material in question (and has lived with it for a long time), a fresh pair of ears is needed. I'm sure you'll now go on to pick holes in my phraseology or grammar, but the point remains.

And I like Jamie T as it goes.

Fucking broadsheet fodder. On the plus side though he has a massive syphilis gap.

the one which says "Post User Review"

????

Get on it - it'd be nice to see if anyone can do better. Kev's review is very well written, in my opinion, and whilst I personally couldn't give two shits for Jamie T, it's nice to read someone writing eloquently about something which they so obviously believe in.

So in short - don't like what you read? Write your own review. Isn't that what this site is supposed to be about anyways?

Can be found here:

http://playlouder.com/review/+panic-prevention/

is a 10/10 album for me.

..."She wants monny monny monny monny monny" drives me bats. As does the whole of "Stella". Liked "Salvador". 10/10 though? Really?

I bet Colin Roberts wouldn't have allowed a perfect score for something as pointless as Jamie T. Aside from how the writer namechecks Pete Doherty against Weller, Bowie, Strummer and (presumably Robert, though it needs to be made clear) Smith, this really isn't music for a generation.

There's whole paragraphs of this review which are utterly meaningless. Such as:

<i>"I know them inside out, through the layers of the lining, and I have done since I first laid ears on them - the music, which stumbles drunkenly through wicked and un-cool revival punk like Rancid and into the drive-by-night, shot-eyed thrills of hip-hop and jungle, spilling out across the doomed, sepia-tinged English love affair that was The Libertines, maps my obsessions from nothingness 'til the present day."</i>

It's a shame, because the Explosions in the Sky article is really good.

but if I were one, I'd definately save 10/10 for classics.

I personally think Jamie T is gashwank and this makes DiS look a bit Observer Music Monthly-ish, but I guess it's up to the reviewer...

Though agreed that perhaps it would have been better giving the review to someone else with fresher ears on this occasion.

9/10, but 10 is a bit too far

what's a syphilis gap?????????

this is the best debut album ive heard since the arctic monkeys, absolutly amayzing, you havn't lived until youv'e seen jamie t live, one word, unreal!!! if you dont like him give the album another listen, then get back to me....

It's not a 10/10 it's a 9.64/10.

But you're all right about Kev being a bit of tit. Not as much as me though.

Hurrah!

x

10/10? Can't say i agree. I find this to be a really average record. He has such an annoying and whiney voice. None of the songs stand out as good...

Maybe he is just one of those artists that only English people could enjoy. Down here in Australia, he has a few fans but i think for the most part, this doesn't appeal to me or anybody who wants something both catchy and enjoyable.

4/10 is more like what i got from it... each to their own though.

I just think Jamie T is one of the best musicians around at the moment. Seen him only a couple times live but he's a highly under-rated songwriter for his young age. Clever boy.