Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

Perring — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:06:58 GMT

Author: Perring

Posted: 01/21/2016 21:06

I like him. I really like the first lot of tracks on this but his experimentation goes over my head in the majority of the second half. His follow up is more consistent but never reaches the heights this does though.

That chopped piano in Why Don't You Call Me sounds horrible to my ears, genuinely sounds like the song keeps skipping great chunks (I realise this was probably the intention but it still sounds bad).

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:31:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/21/2016 20:31

WindowAbove wrote:

Overgrown is light years ahead of this

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Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

WindowAbove — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:28:39 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 01/21/2016 17:28

This album is so bad ew Overgrown is light years ahead of this, Wilhelm Scream and Limit to Your Love are good but the rest is unlistenable

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

craola — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:01:55 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 01/21/2016 16:01

I dunno. I tried listening to this again last night, and I believe it's worse than I remembered. The only moment on the album I enjoyed was the sub on Limit To Your Love.

the songwriting falls flat for me, and the production is really bland - not the juggernaut it's made out to be.

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

meccalecca — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:54:38 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 01/21/2016 15:54

Yeah, the hype for this was a bit much. Definitely hurt my early experience with the record, but after giving it a fair listen I realized that this indeed lived up to the hype.

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

Skinny — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:11:04 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 01/21/2016 07:11

The best thing he's done is still 'Air & Lack Thereof', but this is pretty dope.

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:50:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/21/2016 03:50

imimesis wrote:

Overrated and irksome. To me he sounds pretentious and unoriginal. FWIW.

Or, if Adele was a hipster 20-something boy who dug on dubstep (the original UK version, not the American crap).

for the record, this was essentially my opinion until like a day or two ago when I relistened to this and became an insufferable rockist 😜

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

imimesis — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:15:54 GMT

Author: imimesis

Posted: 01/21/2016 03:15

Overrated and irksome. To me he sounds pretentious and unoriginal. FWIW.

Or, if Adele was a hipster 20-something boy who dug on dubstep (the original UK version, not the American crap).

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

craola — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:56:58 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 01/21/2016 00:56

Satie wrote:

Recently revisited this one and found I like it much more than I remember. I remember just as this album was coming out, Tiny Mix Tapes had hyped it up a bunch, and I checked out all of his preceding EPs. CMYK has stuck with me since consistently, and I still think it's my favorite from him and one of the minor essentials of the decade, but this one is very good, too.

i should revisit. i remember the hype and not buying it, but i feel the same as you about cmyk. the ep is gold.

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

HoldenM — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:01:38 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 01/21/2016 00:01

I firmly believe that this will be a huge classic in the next ten years or so. Still sounds great, and there's almost nothing like it.

Track picks
2. The Wilhelm Scream
5. Lindisfarne II
6. Limit to Your Love
11. Measurements

Re: Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:35:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/20/2016 21:35

Recently revisited this one and found I like it much more than I remember. I remember just as this album was coming out, Tiny Mix Tapes had hyped it up a bunch, and I checked out all of his preceding EPs. CMYK has stuck with me since consistently, and I still think it's my favorite from him and one of the minor essentials of the decade, but this one is very good, too.

Album of the day (#1878): James Blake by James Blake

BestEverAlbums — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:00:04 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 01/20/2016 21:00

Today's album of the day

James Blake by James Blake (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2011.
Country:
Overall rank: 827
Average rating: 72/100 (from 376 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Unluck
2. The Wilhelm Scream
3. I Never Learnt to Share
4. Lindisfarne I
5. Lindisfarne II
6. Limit to Your Love
7. Give Me My Month
8. To Care (Like You)
9. Why Don't You Call Me
10. I Mind
11. Measurements

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.