Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

WindowAbove — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:38:30 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 07/27/2015 20:38

Deserves all of its acclaim here. Possibly the greatest pop album of all time and it's baffling that this isn't at least in the top 100. Almost every song is a masterpiece and at this time they were musical geniuses.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:38:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/26/2015 19:38

Early B&S was a lot of great pop songs about coming of age. I'm not sure Brian Wilson ever even got a chance to come of age, at least not in the usual sense.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Muslim-Bigfoot — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:15:39 GMT

Author: Muslim-Bigfoot

Posted: 07/26/2015 17:15

Much better than Pet Sounds.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:32:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/26/2015 15:32

😄
Beautiful album with beautiful lyrics, makes me feel like I've found the "missing piece" sometimes.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Applerill — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:23:32 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/26/2015 15:23

[quote="badseed"]
They're THE pop album of their respective eras. [\quote]

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Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:21:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/26/2015 14:21

badseed wrote:

permafrost wrote:

okay, following you here - british pop musicians masquerading as Artistes and getting a lot of middlebrow plaudits for it even though the music isn't good. okay.

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then If You're Feeling Sinister is the Pet Sounds of the 90s.

wait, what? why? because they're both pop albums? what similarities exist beyond that?

They're THE pop album of their respective eras. They're both generally upbeat sounding, maybe not always in the lyrics, but they're both so darn cute. There is very little difference in quality between the best song and the worst song on each album. They're accessible to the point that you could probably play either for any random person (black, white, rich, old, young, redneck, wigger, intelligent, stupid, bible-thumper, drug dealer... whatever) and convince them it's the best album they've ever heard. And because whatever album you would call the Pet Sounds of the 90s probably isn't good enough to be called that.

ewwwww that universalism bit ouch don't you think it's a bit hasty or misguided to say that white musicians making beat-less music are some kind of transcendental sound that all the hordes of the earth shall succumb to? and you have still not pointed out an aesthetic similarity between the two. upbeat sounding? that describes like half or more of rock music. and saying they have high quality songs and are accessible is saying "these are good pop albums" in more words. and i wouldn't call anything the Pet Sounds of the '90s because my approach to describing music i like isn't insipid marketing trash regurgitated as art criticism.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

bestdressed — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 16:10:22 GMT

Author: bestdressed

Posted: 07/25/2015 20:10

Great pop album all around. I haven't listened to Belle and Sebastian's full discography, but something tells me they haven't made a better album than this one.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

badseed — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 05:42:48 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 07/25/2015 09:42

permafrost wrote:

okay, following you here - british pop musicians masquerading as Artistes and getting a lot of middlebrow plaudits for it even though the music isn't good. okay.

Quote:

then If You're Feeling Sinister is the Pet Sounds of the 90s.

wait, what? why? because they're both pop albums? what similarities exist beyond that?

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Jimmy Dread — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:15:44 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 07/25/2015 07:15

Ahh I love both this and Tigermilk to bits...

...which reminds me, anyone fancy coming to one or both of these?!

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

SuedeSwede — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:43:01 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 07/25/2015 01:43

Of recent I've started to play Tigermilk more and I think with time I'll prefer it to this, however it's still really great. Murdoch is probably my favourite lyricist, he's an absolute poet, paired with his soothing vocals and the beautiful guitars and strings, gahhhh we all love B&S right (except Applerill bc he sucks (jk ly))

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

pearljammer13 — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:47:03 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 07/25/2015 00:47

Deserves all the praise it gets. This and Tigermilk would both be considered in a "desert island" scenario for me, even if we're only talking about a handful of albums.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Patman360 — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:21:19 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/24/2015 23:21

It's perfect. Think I'll give it a spin now actually.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:41:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/24/2015 22:41

badseed wrote:

Underrated on the overall chart if you ask me. Easily one of the top 10 albums of the 90s; deserves to be in the top 100. If OK Computer is the Revolver of the 90s

okay, following you here - british pop musicians masquerading as Artistes and getting a lot of middlebrow plaudits for it even though the music isn't good. okay.

Quote:

then If You're Feeling Sinister is the Pet Sounds of the 90s.

wait, what? why? because they're both pop albums? what similarities exist beyond that?

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

dmercado — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:55:04 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 07/24/2015 20:55

badseed wrote:

... then If You're Feeling Sinister is the Pet Sounds of the 90s. Shorter and sweeter but pretty much just as good.

WHOAH!

Let's not get carried away here, Pet Sounds is GOAT!

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

SomeoneInNewYork — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:46:57 GMT

Author: SomeoneInNewYork

Posted: 07/23/2015 18:46

I'm never quite sure which i prefer; Tigermilk or If You're Feeling Sinister. Eh, i guess they're both pretty equal.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

SleepDealer — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:52:33 GMT

Author: SleepDealer

Posted: 07/23/2015 08:52

It's a great album. Difficult to separate from Tigermilk.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

badseed — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 02:32:30 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 07/23/2015 06:32

Underrated on the overall chart if you ask me. Easily one of the top 10 albums of the 90s; deserves to be in the top 100. If OK Computer is the Revolver of the 90s, then If You're Feeling Sinister is the Pet Sounds of the 90s. Shorter and sweeter but pretty much just as good. Not a single dull track; every song is a high point.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

meruizh — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:10:57 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 07/23/2015 05:10

Is that type of album that tells you: "everything is fine", in a sort of sad way.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

dmercado — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:09:33 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 07/22/2015 21:09

Musically, it's the most exciting and colorful album by Belle and Sebastian, that's why it's my favorite.

Re: Album of the day (#1696): If You're Feeling Sinister

Applerill — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:50:28 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/22/2015 20:50

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