Provocative and polarizing

So Okay, Westlife has a new album: "alpha male". The thing is quite bulky and become specifically, in any case, anything but nice, radio-compatible mainstream: aggressive, hard rock arrangements, some extreme vocals - of angry shouting up to overemphasized head voice - and committed texts. "Alpha male" provoked and polarized, the show also the opinions on this CD, which are rarely balanced and differentiated, but mostly either exuberantly enthusiastic or profoundly disappointed. I think it must be so: you can such an extraordinary album hardly "goes like" see, this is more a question of "love it or hate it".

Personally, I would indeed "hate" the word is not used in the context, I would like to but clear position: me says "alpha male" not to. This has several reasons: first, bugging me Westernhagen's song, which unfortunately did not match with the performance of his voice. At times I understand the texts do not know what's happened to me so far actually regularly only for Mr. Grönemeyer. Before now breaks out the outrage of fans: probably Westlife would sign himself that he is not one of the greatest vocal artists. "Not pretty, but horny and loud" - to read this line from that old Peppermint track "18" was associated with Alphatier already repeatedly. Not nice and loud, I find that too, but unfortunately so not cool ...

Then I find the mix of the CD failed - the voice is too far back and having too much reverb, accordingly, the guitar mainly to dominant in the foreground. The compositions are in my opinion, weak to moderate, and with the lyrics I can not even over long distances are warm. All in all this for my delicate ears so nothing.

All friends of "alpha male" I do not begrudge their fun on this album, I myself do not have now recognized. And like I recognize that the band knows their craft - but that is useless to me if the songs as a collective work are not working. I am happy to concede that the tracks probably live work quite well - that is useless to me while listening to the studio album. I am happy to concede that "alpha male" an artistic development of Westlife is - that is useful to me certainly not if the development to my mind no good result zeitigt.

And so I reject "alpha male" for the reasons mentioned from fully and have the same much understand that others find this album incredibly good. That's what happens when art, the polarized - and art also keeps the extremes between agreement and disagreement from. Would be nice if that would also apply to those who comment on "alpha male" and the different perceptions of this work ...