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Intro/Time For Some Action
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Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom)
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Windows
- 02:58
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Anti Matter
- 04:01
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Spaz
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Yeah You
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Sooner Or Later
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Happy
- 04:35
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Kill Joy
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Love Bomb
- 04:35
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You Know What
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Laugh About It
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Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom) (Remix)
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album review
Singers and rappers looking for hits don't go to Pharrell Williams for power pop pumped full of steroids, elaborately arranged baroque pop, mosh-inducing guitar assaults, songs about women doing coke in bathrooms, or philosophical ruminations. Williams, along with fellow Neptune Chad Hugo and longtime associate Shay continue to use N.E.R.D. as an outlet for all the stray ideas that leave sales and airplay considerations in the dust. But it's not as if what they have produced as a trio has been inaccessible, and that goes for their third album, Seeing Sounds, as well. In Search Of... went gold, despite being re-recorded into an inferior band-driven version of the synth-and-drum-machine-heavy original (released outside the U.S. in 2001), while the ambitious and occasionally downright bizarre Fly or Die apparently moved roughly 100,000 fewer units. Those numbers aren't bad, but it was apparent that the average Neptunes fan was thrown (or merely not won over) by the stylistic shifts and seemingly out of character lyrical concepts. Seeing Sounds nonetheless goes down the same route as the previous N.E.R.D. album, and there aren't any crossover feature spots, à la the Madden brothers on "Jump," to push it. The only other changes are that Williams gets three quarters of the songwriting credits alone, whereas Fly or Die was Hugo/Williams all the way, and Shay is put to a little more use. Once again, it is evident that they put all of themselves into the material, from the left of center concepts to arrangements with unpredictable shifts. The piano-led "Sooner or Later" switches back and forth from verses akin to David Bowie's "Changes" and a crashing chorus that is nearly bombastic, incorporating a needling guitar solo, while "Love Bomb" is similarly ambitious, using a similar build and release setup while sounding much different. Despite all the weight, those songs still have a way of seeming as easy and carefree as the moments when N.E.R.D. are simply bashing away (sometimes over agitated drum'n'bass), blowing off steam, and talking ridiculous nonsense. Whether taken as a diversion of throwaway fun or a deeper (or peculiar) look into what makes these men tick, the album succeeds. [This edition included a bonus track version of "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)."] ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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- In Search Of... (Parental Advisory)
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- Seeing Sounds (Edited)
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- In Search Of... (Edited)
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- Fly Or Die (Parental Advisory)
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awesome
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- By JimmieBones
- 12/5/2008 11:06:53
- Been a fan of nerd from d beginning of time..love this album so so much...
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Awesome album.
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- By Xydrok
- 10/24/2008 16:57:05
- at first I didnt like it, but after a few listens it grew on me. not as good as In Search Of, but still pretty good.
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- By NotoriousV23
- 8/8/2008 03:22:01
- thiers really no flaws in this album i bump it till the cops come
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- By jwthesnowman
- 7/21/2008 20:51:12
- nerd sucks they are an embarssment to rap
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- By CopaseticSoul06
- 7/10/2008 06:44:12
- no review.....just someone who is diggin the new cd. the more you listen to it, the more you enjoy it!!<br/>was looking forward to this cd after seeing them perform live....and their live show was great!!
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More fly or die please
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- By Jaded Nice Guy
- 7/1/2008 04:16:23
- This album sucks compared to the last two. I would like to see them embrace more live instrumentation than this electro pop stuff that they're on. Booo to you N.e.r.d. and boo to you zune for promoting them.<br/>Booo
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solid
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- By ELIJAH1234
- 6/25/2008 02:19:16
- its agreat cd. when they try to be all hardcore it is avg. but some mellow songs in here are good. great hookss overall avery solid cd. it kinda grows on you more u listen to it
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love N.E.R.D.
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- By Orincy
- 6/15/2008 15:42:59
- love all the songs, love all the guys=)
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Back To What They Do Best!
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- By kennedy neil
- 6/13/2008 19:39:50
- N*E*R*D back to what they do best! Make easy listening music with a beat!<br/>So Good!
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