Best Ever Albums

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

baystateoftheart — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:54:32 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/25/2019 23:54

Kids See Ghosts defeats Wasteland 13-7 and advances to the sweet sixteen.

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

mickilennial — Wed, 7 Aug 2019 02:34:25 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 08/07/2019 06:34

baystateoftheart wrote:

Gowi wrote:

the skinny with riverside is they are the premier prog metal band in the alternative metal scene. they much like DSC have filled the void Tool left when they stopped making good albums and music in general. if tool ain't really your thing they will be a pass.

i think im voting for them because i like good alt prog metal over the kinda rap KSG do

That's interesting, because I found this album to be significantly more interesting and enjoyable than Tool's more acclaimed work.

As to my vote, going with the flawed but enjoyable rendition of genres I'm a big fan of, instead of the very well-done rendition of genres I'm not.

if this catches your attention, check out some of riverside's earlier albums such as Rapid Eye Movement, Second Life Syndrome, and Anno Domini High Definition.

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

Repo — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 19:20:18 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 08/06/2019 23:20

Really like both. But whereas I feel like I've heard the Riverside album before the KSG album feels pretty fresh and exciting and just plain fun.

Kids See Ghosts

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

RoundTheBend — Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:22:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 08/02/2019 02:22

baystateoftheart wrote:

As to my vote, going with the flawed but enjoyable rendition of genres I'm a big fan of, instead of the very well-done rendition of genres I'm not.

This is me ery day. 🫢 😢 🧱

But then one likes what one likes and it's hard to break that mold/should it be broken at all? Sometimes I worried about ignorance and then other times I'm like, geez, I'm so glad I didn't waste that hour of my life.

Having said that, I voted for the prog album, even if prog usually isn't my cup of tea. It was WELL executed with way less circle jerk material and actually intrigued me, whereas Kids See Ghosts sounded a bit regurgitated and uninspiring.

And why I said what I said before is I love me some regurgitated uninspiring music as long as its my regurgitated uninspiring music... 🤣

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

baystateoftheart — Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:12:49 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/02/2019 02:12

Gowi wrote:

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

baystateoftheart — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:48:10 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/31/2019 04:48

Upon revisiting, my opinion is pretty much the same. Kids See Ghosts is good, but uneven in quality and ridiculously overrated. Not a top 100 album for the year, let alone #1. Will listen to Wasteland tomorrow.

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

mickilennial — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:54:30 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/30/2019 21:54

the skinny with riverside is they are the premier prog metal band in the alternative metal scene. they much like DSC have filled the void Tool left when they stopped making good albums and music in general. if tool ain't really your thing they will be a pass.

i think im voting for them because i like good alt prog metal over the kinda rap KSG do

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

cestuneblague — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:27:06 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 07/30/2019 21:27

Wasteland was pretty solid, Kids See Ghosts while overpraised somewhat still is the easy vote here

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

mickilennial — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:25:34 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/30/2019 21:25

riverside has been making some of the better prog metal for over a decade by this point, this is a fine album, but so is the KSG one, i'll think hard on this one

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

dihansse — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:50:25 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 07/30/2019 19:50

Kids See Ghost is not the worst hiphop album: it's a bit spacey and it's short which already merits extra points for an album of the genre.
The Riverside album was announced as progmetal in the genre of Dream Theater so normally music I keep away from as far as possible but finally it was not too bad. Some of the pieces are a bit eery and all of it together makes for a rather interesting piece of work.
Neither of the two will make it to my personal top charts but both of them are good in their genre but finally I chose for Riverside.

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

Hayden — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:31:24 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/29/2019 17:31

Not even a contest.

Re: Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

Fischman — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:38:20 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/29/2019 15:38

Kids See Ghosts was better than I expected, but I'm sticking with my entry, the slightly metallic, often folky, Polish progressive wonder, Wasteland.

Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. Riverside

baystateoftheart — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:23:35 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/29/2019 00:23

Seed #1:

Kids See Ghosts by Kids See Ghosts

Nominated by: Mercury
Genres [RYM]: Pop Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Alternative R&B

Seed #22:

Wasteland by Riverside

Nominated by: Fischman
Genres [RYM]: Progressive Rock

Instructions:

If you have not already, please listen to both albums in full before voting. Share your thoughts and/or your vote in this thread. This poll will be tallied in no fewer than twenty-eight days. See Tournament Spreadsheet for the full bracket.