[19loveless91]

Already had their turn:
1. Defago (13/01): An Ant And An Atom - You Are No One
2. MrFrogger (20/01): Actress - Ghettovile
3. Happymeal (27/01): Mike Jourgensen - Moodeity
4. SilverWalrus (03/02): Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World
5. swedenman (10/02): Alcest - Shelter
6. Dingerbell (17/02): Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
7. Saoirse (24/02): The Gloaming - The Gloaming
8. lethalnezzle (3/3): Chicano Batman - Cycles of Existential Rhyme
9. RockyRaccoon (10/3): Phil Beaudreau - Ether
10. meccalecca (17/3): Death Vessel - Island Intervals
11. brun027 (31/3): Juçara Marçal - Encarnado
12. harkan (8/4): Benjamin Construct - Anamorphic Reality
13. 19loveless91 (14/4): Ratking - So It Goes
14. yourself (21/4): Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
15. Skinny (19/5): The Fun Years - One Quarter Descent
16. Norman Bates (26/5): Univers Zéro - Phosphorecent Dreams
17. meccalecca #2 (4/6): 1,2,3 - Big Weather
18. Necharsian (9/6): Cold Empty Universe - Even if We Never Existed
19. Jhereko (16/6): Max Graef - Rivers of the Red Planet
20. Kool Keith Sweat (25/6): Christopher Bissonnette - Essays in Idleness
21. dividesbyzero (30/6): Aki Takase La Planete - Flying Soul
22. samistake2ice (7/7): Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
23. Gowienczyk (14/7): IDYLLS - Prayer for Terrene
24. satiemaniac (22/7): Ju Sei & Utah Kawasaki - U as in Utah
25. RockyRaccoon (13/8 ): Mimicking Birds - Eons
26. Norman Bates (5/9) Lawrence English - Wilderness of Mirrors
27. Kiki (22/9): Audrey Fall - Mitau
28. dividesbyzero #2 (17/10): Busdriver - Perfect Hair
29. secretdad (27/10): Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
30. WindowAbove (12/11): A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos
31. 19loveless91 #2 (18/12): D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
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List of shame (other users who expressed interest in participating):

nutso42
Cymro2011
GeevyDallas
alelsupreme
Precedent
joshtraina
SuedeSwede
tekin
SquishyPuffDave
JMan
bongritsu
Mercury
Patman360
Goodsir
Jdacob

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Original post:


I thought this was a great idea last year that kinda petered out for whatever reason. So how do you guys feel about reviving it?

Basically the idea is for users to highlight 2014 albums of their choice (preferrably those that haven't been discussed much in other threads), which are then discussed about in a thread, dedicated to it. Last year I thought that some people tried to pick an album, that no other person on the site has listened to. Of course, you're welcome to pick albums like that (but please make it something that people can listen to (legal links, streaming sites)), but don't feel obligated to do just that. I think the main idea here is to have a discussion about albums that aren't discussed elsewhere. Maybe the lack of success last year was partially due to most people not really having a desire to listen to some really obscure albums that couldn't even be found on streaming sites. Besides, I think that no matter what album you choose (unless it's a really "big" release), there will be lots of people that hadn't heard it yet.

Because there haven't been that many albums released yet, I was thinking we start this at the end of the month, or beginning of February. Until then, everybody who wants to join, post in this thread. Last year, there seemed to be some confusion with determining the next person to post their threads, so I'm thinking we do this more openly (in this thread) and ahead of time. For a start, I would need 2-4 users to volunteer and keep track of new releases this month, so they can kick this off and post the threads when we start this. Then, as first threads are posted, we decide on the next few users to have their turn next. Basically I think that every time a thread is posted, we should already know whose turn is it next.

About specific threads - when you open a thread, I think it's welcome (especially if you choose an obscure release) to do a short write-up, or tell others more about the album. I mean, nobody's gonna force you to write anything, but as I mentioned, the key here is to spark a discussion, not just post an album that others may or may not listen to.

Another note - obviously I was thinking that we do this one album a week, but if there's a huge number of people who want to join, we could also do more than that. But we'll see about that...

Any other ideas, suggestions? Otherwise, post in this thread if you're interested in joining, also mention if you're up for doing it already late this month or February - it just means you need to listen to some new releases until then.

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[Dingerbell]

I've already heard quite a few albums from this year, so I'll be happy to do one this month.

[Norman Bates]

Count me in

[nutso42]

Love to join, though I don't think I'll want to select an album for a few more months.

[Cymro2011]

[RockyRaccoon]

Yes! I'm in. I really enjoyed it last year and discovered one of my top-10 albums of the year from this, so I'd love to do it again.
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[GeevyDallas]

I'm in

[Defago]

I'm down.

[meccalecca]

I'm down for this again.

[alelsupreme]

I'm down.
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