Saturday, January 4, 2014

Worst records of 2013- Part 2

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Mosquito

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 2003 debut album, Fever to Tell, was a great debut album by an indie band. The album made The Yeah Yeah Yeahs famous and even scored them a Grammy nomination. The group's fourth album, Mosquito marked the band's first mediocre record.

The album is not the worst album ever, nor is it amazing. It is just simply, mediocre. It is not the worst album of 2013; It is the most disappointing album of 2013. For a band that has produced solid record after solid record, Mosquito comes off as just okay. It lacks the glow and spark of the group’s earlier albums.


The worst song off Mosquito is "Area 52", which has borderline embarrassing lyrics. "I want to be an alien/ Take me please, oh alien", sings lead singer, Karen O. The lyrics are much different than the lyrics off their debut album.




The Yeah Yeah Yeahs may now lack their old spark from 2003, but Fever to Tell will always be an album that shaped the indie rock genre.

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