Best Ever Albums

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Defago — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:42:22 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/15/2015 18:42

It's a tie!

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

craola — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:15:56 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 03/13/2015 07:15

SquishypuffDave wrote:

"I am overrated," said the sculptress to the sea.
"I've been praised for all the ways the marble leaves the man, and I was wrong to try and free him."
And as for me, I am a vector, I am muscle, I am bone.
The sun upon my shoulders and the horse between my legs,
This is all I know.

goosebumps every time i hear this

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

SquishypuffDave — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:21:47 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/13/2015 06:21

"I am overrated," said the sculptress to the sea.
"I've been praised for all the ways the marble leaves the man, and I was wrong to try and free him."
And as for me, I am a vector, I am muscle, I am bone.
The sun upon my shoulders and the horse between my legs,
This is all I know.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 14:44:59 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 03/09/2015 18:44

SquishypuffDave wrote:

I'm going to interpret Parallelograms as a personal attack

You know what you need to do.

You know what the right thing to do is.

It's vote against yourself.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

WindowAbove — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 12:30:33 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 03/09/2015 16:30

70 doesn't have much I dig except for Parallelograms, while 10 has a lot more.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

meccalecca — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 10:51:48 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 03/09/2015 14:51

This one is a really good close match. I like pretty much everything both teams are showing me. Except American Woman, which I've never really liked. But the combination of Sabbath & Syd is really tough for any team to overcome. vote for 1970, but props to Dave for Anais Mitchell (among any other strong plays here)

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Anonymous — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 10:09:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/09/2015 14:09

I have to admit Im a bit surprised by the lack of Fun House or Just Another Diamond Day on any of the 1970 teams, but clearly there was a purpose anyway

Yeah I do have to say I am leaning a bit towards 1970, mainly because 2010 suffers from "It's Good... Yeah it's just good" syndrome through most of the team (though I really, really like Hadestown) and 1970 after Let it Be is very strong, and Black Sabbath is def my favorite across the board. About even with singles, Tears of a Clown is my favorite across both so yeah 1970 seems to be it but Ill do some more listening first.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) vs 2010 (Dave)

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:00:27 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 03/09/2015 13:00

sp4cetiger wrote:

lolperu

yeeaaaa awkward

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

craola — Mon, 9 Mar 2015 02:44:38 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 03/09/2015 06:44

you had me at owen, and janelle sealed the deal. 1970 has quite the singles dept, but i'm going with the albums.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) vs 2010 (Dave)

Anonymous — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:40:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/09/2015 03:40

Defago wrote:

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lolperu

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Hayden — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:34:31 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/09/2015 03:34

2010 for me. The Veronica Falls single won me over to be honest.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

SquishypuffDave — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:25:48 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/09/2015 03:25

Yeti is a beastly album, and I'm going to interpret Parallelograms as a personal attack. Black Sabbath is good, Let It Be is okay, but I never really got on the Syd Barrett train.

But guys, come on. Rocky ain't no DJ he just play them fuckin mixtapes. Rocky ain't no DJ he just hit that instant replay.

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And here's a massive nerd, because all of you are massive nerds.

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Age Of Adz is a dorky Christian singer-songwriter throwing a weird synthy tantrum.

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Hadestown is a sprawling conceptual behemoth. It's based on Greek mythology so it's mad intelligent.

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Rocky can't offer you anything this dance-worthy. I can love you more than he can.

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Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Skinny — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 13:41:31 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 03/08/2015 17:41

Vote to 1970, easily. There is absolutely nothing on that 2010 team that I have any interest in ever listening to again, unfortunately. None of the albums are bad, but they just aren't my thing, and there's certainly nothing there that's convincing me to vote against Black Sabbath's debut, Yeti, and The Madcap Laughs.

Re: BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Defago — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 13:16:03 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/08/2015 17:16

2010

ALBUMS

1. Sufjan Stevens - Age Of Adz

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The Age of Adz is a reference to Louisiana artist and self-proclaimed prophet Royal Robertson, whose work appears on the album's cover and liner notes. A paranoid schizophrenic, Robertson translated his anguish through apocalyptic sci-fi posters after his wife left him following nearly 20 years of marriage.

2. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Chico Dusty

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"Actually, man, working on something for that long, and having been doing it for as long as I’ve been doing it, I feel good about it. I feel like it’s some of the best work I’ve done in my life. That’s where the whole Sir Lucious Left Foot concept comes in. Sir Lucious Left Foot is like Luke Skywalker when he became a Jedi. I’m a master at my craft and I know how to do it."

3. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid

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The ArchAndroid is the follow-up to Janelle Monáe's debut EP Metropolis Suite I (The Chase) (2007) and consists of the second and third parts to her Metropolis concept series. Partly inspired by the 1927 film of the same name, the series involves the fictional tale of Cindi Mayweather, a messianic android sent back in time to free the citizens of Metropolis from The Great Divide, a secret society that uses time-travel to suppress freedom and love.

4. Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown

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While walking among the tall grass at her wedding, Eurydice was set upon by a satyr. In her efforts to escape the satyr, Eurydice fell into a nest of vipers and suffered a fatal bite on her heel. Her body was discovered by Orpheus who, overcome with grief, played such sad and mournful songs that all the nymphs and gods wept. On their advice, Orpheus travelled to the underworld and by his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to earth on one condition he should walk in front of her and not look back until they both had reached the upper world. He set off with Eurydice following, and, in his anxiety, as soon as he reached the upper world, he turned to look at her, forgetting that both needed to be in the upper world. She vanished for the second time, but now forever.

5. Owen Pallett - Heartland

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As a prelude to the album, Pallett recorded an EP, Spectrum, 14th Century. Both the EP and the subsequent full-length are set in an imaginary realm called Spectrum. The songs on Heartland form a narrative concerning a "young, ultra-violent farmer" named Lewis, commanded by an all-powerful narrator—named Owen. According to Pallett, the songs are one-sided dialogues with Lewis speaking to his creator.

SINGLES

1. MGMT – Siberian Breaks

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2. Deerhunter – Helicopter

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3. Veronica Falls – I Found Love In A Graveyard

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4. The Soft Moon – Parallels

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5. David Lynch - I Know

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BYT - G0 - 1970 (Rocky) ties with 2010 (Dave)

Defago — Sun, 8 Mar 2015 13:15:29 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/08/2015 17:15

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1970

The Albums:

Let It Be by The Beatles

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Yeti by Amon Düül II

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Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

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The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

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Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs

The Singles:

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