Best Ever Albums

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

HoldenM — Fri, 6 Feb 2015 02:54:53 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 02/06/2015 07:54

I can't, in good faith, compare this to their previous albums. It's a whole other beast. What I can say is that it's quite excellent. Maybe not as great as You're Nothing, but a damn good album.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Pavement415 — Thu, 5 Feb 2015 18:39:16 GMT

Author: Pavement415

Posted: 02/05/2015 23:39

It's a surprisingly good post-punk album. Nothing life changing, though very underrated for what it is.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 19:45:51 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 02/05/2015 00:45

Just checked YouTube and it was uploaded there since I last checked (like I said, I hadn't tried very hard) so I gave it a listen. At first I wasn't sure what to think, I liked the shift in style but felt it really hard to connect to. But by the end I was really into it, like everyone said it feels more mature and there's definitely more to come back to than in their previous album. And I think the fire's still there - even if it's not as immediate there's still a lot of energy here.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Skinny — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:47:16 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/04/2015 20:47

babyBlueSedan wrote:

I never got around to listening to this because I couldn't find it online anywhere (although I admit I didn't try very hard). Heard good things though, obviously. Is it worth listening to if I liked You're Nothing but not enough to ever need to hear it again?

It's more varied, more grown-up, more polished. Overall it shows more accomplished songwriting, but doesn't have anything like the same visceral thrill. So... yeah, I guess.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Hayden — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:44:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/04/2015 20:44

babyBlueSedan wrote:

I never got around to listening to this because I couldn't find it online anywhere (although I admit I didn't try very hard).

🤣

I'll send you a link if you really want it.

It's Iceage's best album in my opinion. I much prefer this sound to their previous two albums. It just seems fully and more confident.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:40:51 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 02/04/2015 20:40

I never got around to listening to this because I couldn't find it online anywhere (although I admit I didn't try very hard). Heard good things though, obviously. Is it worth listening to if I liked You're Nothing but not enough to ever need to hear it again?

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

dmercado — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:02:09 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 02/04/2015 20:02

This one was pretty good, especially The Lord's Favorite - that was an excellent song. Reminded me of The Gun Club.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:39:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2015 19:39

Yeah I like it, it definitely shows their trying to continually expand and shake up their sound (and discovering the left side of the fret-board), even if it's a bit messy and has a few of their weaker tracks overall. Still quite enjoyable.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

benpaco — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 13:54:34 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 02/04/2015 18:54

Just doesn't compare well to their other releases for me, this felt like it lost something in terms of pure evil in trying to be a little more subtle. I liked all the extra noise, and I wanted to like this, but it was just dissapointing in my opinion.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Skinny — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:56:52 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/04/2015 17:56

Silver wrote:

My favorite of 2014 still, prefer it to You're Nothing and New Brigade and a whole bunch of shit. Like Repo said, this list is shaping up to be really interesting and diverse. Only thing so far I really don't care for is the FKA Twigs album, which I still find interesting in its style and all. Cool shit.

Basically this, although I wouldn't go as far as to say I didn't care for LP1 - I found it very enjoyable, just not quite top 100 of the year material.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

WindowAbove — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:44:42 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 02/04/2015 17:44

I like this one but it's not that great. I've heard this album done before by so many bands, still decent though. The singles are great.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:39:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2015 17:39

My favorite of 2014 still, prefer it to You're Nothing and New Brigade and a whole bunch of shit. Like Repo said, this list is shaping up to be really interesting and diverse. Only thing so far I really don't care for is the FKA Twigs album, which I still find interesting in its style and all. Cool shit.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

craola — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:08:21 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/04/2015 17:08

Skinny wrote:

For sure, especially in terms of artwork. Two of the best album covers of the year followed by two of the worst. The cover for this album in particular is just ghastly.

It's bad, but I wouldn't call it ghastly. Especially stacked against:

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Savage Imagination by Takako Minekawa & Dustin Wong

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In Conflict by Owen Pallett

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Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa by Kemialliset Ystävät

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Skinny — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:29:43 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/04/2015 16:29

19loveless91 wrote:

Interesting list this is shaping up to be...

For sure, especially in terms of artwork. Two of the best album covers of the year followed by two of the worst. The cover for this album in particular is just ghastly.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:28:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2015 16:28

Wow. Really LOVING our top ten thus far. Another solid entry. Loving how diverse it is thus far.

#KeepTheStreak

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

19loveless91 — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:25:37 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 02/04/2015 16:25

Ugh I hate my comment on this. Although yes, the vocals remain an issue for me. Songwriting is great. Interesting list this is shaping up to be...

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Skinny — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:20:36 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/04/2015 16:20

Strong choice. Has the drinking'n'camaraderie vibe that made The Libertines and The Pogues so great ('The Lord's Favourite' is basically a Libertines song), plus a dollop of that gothic post-punk thing Nick Cave used to be so great at. I'd be lying if I said I preferred it to You're Nothing, but it's still a really solid indie rock album, of which they weren't all that many in 2014.

Re: BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

craola — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:19:52 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/04/2015 16:19

First!

BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Feb 2015 10:42:55 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2015 15:42

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Plowing Into The Field Of Love by Iceage

The third studio album from Danish punk band, Iceage, had BEA buzzing. While some forumgoers were really put off by the vocalist, most of the response was positive, some going as far as to dub them the saviors of punk.

Silver wrote:

Drowning in a deluge of alcohol, throwing up in the alley, waking up face down in the gutter, and heading straight back to the bar.

SquishyPuffDave wrote:

Not content to merely be the saviours of punk, Iceage decided to expand their sound into something cinematic and far-reaching, absorbing elements of blues and ballad into their intoxicating post-punk cocktail, accompanied by that dead-eyed moan more biological than melodic. It sounds like they taught a dog to speak and lit its tail on fire. That they managed to record this album with no animal abuse whatsoever is remarkable.

Skinny wrote:

- they learned a fourth chord and it opened up a world of possibilities -

19loveless91 wrote:

I really, really dislike the vocals here. And I'm annoyed that this is otherwise filled with excellent songwriting, excellent ideas that seem like an amalgam of the highlights of post punk and punk rock music throughout the years, it's like their London Calling in a way (comparing the album to the more straightforward efforts that came before), but it's ruined by... I don't know, those forced inflictions in the vocals, like he was constantly drunk and not even trying. One RYM commenter called it "like if Nick Cave was shit", and I agree with that. And even more annoyingly, though maybe it's just me, it's as if this was mixed the way to put the vocals in the forefront.