Best Ever Albums

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

AAL2014 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:45:06 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 02/13/2018 16:45

sethmadsen wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

I'm at least 50% sure that music is more or less like the pavlov's dog experiment.

Care to expand on this thought just a bit? I'm interested.

Well at first, to be sure, I think the Pavlov's dog experiment was to reinforce behavior, right? Ring a bell and mouth salivated (because there was a reward of food).

I think about 50% of our musical experiences continue to get the bell rang because we received some kind of enjoyment/sustinance/etc out of them. I'm arbitrarily stating 50% of course. Some people like music because it rings their bell so to speak.

Whether that be because it socially agrees with them or reminds them of something or because it actually releases endorphins, etc.

We often don't return back to music that doesn't "ring our bell".

So another way to look at it is when we are "conditioning" ourselves by having an album "grow" on us or because of the x,y,z mental/social implications - I think we sometimes actually mentally condition ourselves to enjoy certain types of music. (if you keep listening to rock and get your rocks off with it and that's all you've done for 30 years, it's going to be hard to "rewire" your pleasure sensors).

Makes a lot of sense. I didn't take into account the idea of conditioning by having a record grow on us. Makes perfect sense. Very cool analogy.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

RoundTheBend — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:42:38 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/13/2018 04:42

AAL2014 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

I'm at least 50% sure that music is more or less like the pavlov's dog experiment.

Care to expand on this thought just a bit? I'm interested.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

AAL2014 — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:01:27 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 02/12/2018 19:01

sethmadsen wrote:

I'm at least 50% sure that music is more or less like the pavlov's dog experiment.

Care to expand on this thought just a bit? I'm interested.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

RoundTheBend — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:46:28 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/11/2018 20:46

Tap wrote:

oh when I talked about what release decades I have given my attention to, that's just for the two years I've been keeping track. I've been listening to music for a lot longer than that.

I figured as much - I think we are on the same page - I briefly saw your statement, if you don't like old hats... and I see that as a similar thing... I'm finding from actually listening to about 150 2017 records at least once all the way through there are plenty of gems regardless of when they were released - you just have to find them and appreciate them for what they are.

I'm at least 50% sure that music is more or less like the pavlov's dog experiment.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

AAL2014 — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:04:53 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 02/11/2018 20:04

I love all the input so far. The Third and final spot is still up for grabs and we'll have until some point on Tuesday to vote.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

Tha1ChiefRocka — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:02:48 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/11/2018 18:02

1997 also produced one of my favorite bizarre music videos ever.

Discount Will Forte goes into a billboard portal advertising the country of Ecuador whilst being yelled at by an Ecuadorian man in a cowboy hat. While in Ecuador, the man gets lost in the desert, and is assaulted by bald eagles, vultures, and terrifying late 90's future ladies. At the end, we see that he is not the only one to have fallen for the cowboy's tricks, as there are more men wandering the desert drawn in by the woman's "sexy" dances. This was also made by a German and not someone from Ecuador. I rest my case for 1997.

Link

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

CA Dreamin — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:35:26 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/11/2018 17:35

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

I'm still pulling for 1997.

Link

Oh the memories.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

bobbyb5 — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:27:25 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/09/2018 12:27

Stover75 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

I'm still pulling for 1997.

Link

🤣

Assuming you are kind of kidding... if not, no offense.

Sorry to barge in but that is one of the best songs of the 90s IMO

Because it samples the great "He's the Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge, with its awesome guitar.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

manurock — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:23:43 GMT

Author: manurock

Posted: 02/09/2018 12:23

I prefer the 2000's and the 90's to the 2010's, I alredy talked about that on previous polls, but I am going to vote for 2016 because it is the year I voted for the 2010's and the year I voted for the other decades isn't on this round. So, as we vote for individual years, here goes my vote for 2016 with legends like Bowie, Cohen and Radiohead releasing fantastic albums.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

bobbyb5 — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:23:05 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/09/2018 12:23

Tap wrote:

if you don't want old hats, stop going to the old hat depository

Very true!! Or even more to the point, If you don't like old hats then stop wearing them!! Lol

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

Norman Bates — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 04:24:39 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/09/2018 09:24

1994.

41 by Swell

And She Closed Her Eyes by Stina Nordenstam

Illmatic by Nas

Dummy by Portishead

I Could Live In Hope by Low

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement

Geek The Girl by Lisa Germano

Days In The Wake by Palace Brothers

Protection by Massive Attack

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

That's only the top 10. More here:

https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=5375

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

AwaitingAndrew — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 22:22:43 GMT

Author: AwaitingAndrew

Posted: 02/09/2018 03:22

1994 has my all time favorite album, Grace, and 1997 has a top 10 entry with The Colour And The Shape (and OK Computer is also high on my list), but top to bottom I haven't found a ton of '90s albums I adore. I love some albums from 2007, including my favorite Radiohead release, but I struggled to enjoy as many there as in '06 or '16. 2006 finds more albums in my all-time top 100 than '16, so that'll be my pick. Each of the following albums have had a large impact in my life since their release 12 years ago.

Eat, Sleep, Repeat by Copeland

Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday

Continuum by John Mayer

Define The Great Line by Underoath

The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Comatose by Skillet

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

Tap — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 22:02:24 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 02/09/2018 03:02

if you don't want old hats, stop going to the old hat depository

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 08:48:53 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/08/2018 13:48

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

The 2000's are technically my formative years as a child and teenager, but I have maybe the least connection to the music of this time period. There are certain trends in music that happened in the decade that make a lot of what was popular at the time sound like old hat already. I kind of want to make a list of all the things that I don't care for to further articulate why I feel this way.

Well, you're not incorrect as far as I'm concerned, everything sounds old hat the second that it comes out these days.. Usually you have to wait 10 years before the music starts to sound old hat and campy, but nowadays the very minute that a song comes out it already sounds dated and crummy..

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 07:08:04 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/08/2018 12:08

bobbyb5 wrote:

I wonder if over time the reputation of the 2000s and 2010s will go up. They don't seem to be very popular on this site at least. A lot of times your opinion of decades improves over time. Sometimes you develop a taste for a genre of music that you didn't have before, and then a certain decade starts looking better to you. Who knows, maybe someday I'll develop a taste for Bro-Country or screeching Divas or teen-age Korean girl groups. You never know. Stranger things have happened.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

rkm — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 04:36:41 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 02/08/2018 09:36

Some more low ranking faves

2006

I can't believe this is at 530. It's killer.

Real Life by Joan As Police Woman

I loved the energy of this one. Their first and best.

Mutemath by Mutemath

Tim Finn, often in the shadow of his little brother, has written a lot of great tunes that have gone under appreciated.

Imaginary Kingdom by Tim Finn

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

rkm — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 04:32:02 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 02/08/2018 09:32

bobbyb5 wrote:

I certainly cringed at a lot of 80's stuff for a long time, and have come to discover a lot that I like from the decade in recent years. I've also reached a degree of self-acceptance and admitted to myself that I liked some things that weren't cool to like. The passage of time helps. I can only imagine it will be the same for 00's and 10's.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 04:17:05 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/08/2018 09:17

I wonder if over time the reputation of the 2000s and 2010s will go up. They don't seem to be very popular on this site at least. A lot of times your opinion of decades improves over time. Sometimes you develop a taste for a genre of music that you didn't have before, and then a certain decade starts looking better to you. Who knows, maybe someday I'll develop a taste for Bro-Country or screeching Divas or teen-age Korean girl groups. You never know. Stranger things have happened.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

AAL2014 — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 02:25:14 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 02/08/2018 07:25

Tap wrote:

lol of course there won't be any years from this century in the finals (this is not a comment on the quality of those years, I voted 2016)

The top 3 from this poll will move on so there is still time for other years to get more votes although there are a couple with a big lead on the rest.

Re: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's

Tap — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 00:39:56 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 02/08/2018 05:39

oh when I talked about what release decades I have given my attention to, that's just for the two years I've been keeping track. I've been listening to music for a lot longer than that.