Best Ever Albums

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

SuedeSwede — Mon, 1 May 2017 15:49:14 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 05/01/2017 19:49

only just noticed my amazing quote here lmao, but yea had i seen this thread when it mattered i would have gone with Frankie Knuckles. though if it were BCD-2 vs Frankie Knuckles, i would have gone for the former.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Jimmy Dread — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:02:41 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 04/13/2017 19:02

Basic Channel get a knuckle sandwich 9-5

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Skinny — Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:50:34 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 04/06/2017 16:50

BCD is well dope. Not as dope as Frankie doe.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Hayden — Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:07:11 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/06/2017 15:07

Frankie Knuckles gets my vote.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Apr 2017 10:30:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/06/2017 14:30

Definitely Frankie Knuckles for me, one of the true benchmarks in house music, with 'Your Love' standing tall as one of the greatest recordings in any genre of late 20th century music. Basic Channel created one of my favourite genres, but I'm not as fond of this album as I am of their original 12" classics. It almost feels like it's folding in on itself, so subtle are the mixes on here. Worth a listen though!

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Anonymous — Thu, 6 Apr 2017 07:40:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/06/2017 11:40

@anyone who implies Baby Wants to Ride is anything short of perfection

@people who accuse this of being too much of a V/A comp

I think that's very debatable. Over half the record is credited to Frankie of an alias of his directly, and, given his role of producer, everything else is every bit his track as it is whoever's name is on it. It's not a collection of remixes, these are Produced By Frankie Knuckles Tracks™ from the very beginning, through and through. I could still definitely see the argument against the inclusion (yes technically almost half of these songs are not "by" Frankie Knuckles in the literal sense) but uhhhhhhh I think it works and I'm right all the time that is a scientific fact.

aNyWAy this is a painful round. BCD would win in almost any other matchup for me. An all-time masterpiece for not just dub techno but techno of any kind. Deeply subdued in its atmosphere but really digs into your brain and is almost kind of moving in some way I can't fully articulate. It's an unexpectedly beautiful collection of music.

I can't vote against Frankie though. There's nothing to say that hasn't been repeated ad infinitum already. This is the height of dance music. Nothing with Frankie's name on is has ever not banged. I'm sure I could pretentiously hyper-analyze all this if I wanted to but honestly when I put Frankie's music I lose all desire to think in that mode; I just want to move. It's str8 cliche dance-movie shit. Frankie Knuckles is a literal magician. One of only a handful of musical figures in history who leaves this chronically rambling insufferable nitwit almost completely silent for once. Like I said, magic

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

albummaster — Tue, 4 Apr 2017 12:08:21 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/04/2017 16:08

Too many top tunes not to vote for Frankie Knuckles on this one (Your Love is an all-time favourite).

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Graeme2 — Tue, 4 Apr 2017 05:18:20 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 04/04/2017 09:18

Norman Bates wrote:

Isn't the Knuckles LP also a V/A LP of Frankie remixes? Just sayin' because of "Move Your Body". Anyway, voting BCD, a nice discovery, the Frankie has the most awesome tracks but is a bit uneven.

Suppose technically it is V/A. Tried again with basic channel and I don't think I'm ever going to really get it, just can't be arsed. Frankie has a handful of out and out classics so easy pick. First track is probably my favourite vocal house track.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Norman Bates — Tue, 4 Apr 2017 04:58:27 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 04/04/2017 08:58

Isn't the Knuckles LP also a V/A LP of Frankie remixes? Just sayin' because of "Move Your Body". Anyway, voting BCD, a nice discovery, the Frankie has the most awesome tracks but is a bit uneven.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Graeme2 — Tue, 4 Apr 2017 03:14:19 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 04/04/2017 07:14

I'd actually vote frankie if the whole cd was just one long version of baby wants to ride 😉
Not a massive fan of Basic Channel but will have a listen again first. Too many great tracks on the other.[/i]

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Rhyner — Mon, 3 Apr 2017 20:21:11 GMT

Author: Rhyner

Posted: 04/04/2017 00:21

Tap wrote:

whaaat Baby Wants To Ride is so good

I'm still thinking on this but I needed to say that at least

Well, it looks like Frankie Knuckles is going to win, so I'll be listening to it at least one more time. Maybe that song will grow on me. I liked it for a few minutes, but it just kept going, and, in my opinion, getting worse.

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Tap — Mon, 3 Apr 2017 17:56:40 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 04/03/2017 21:56

whaaat Baby Wants To Ride is so good

I'm still thinking on this but I needed to say that at least

Re: BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Rhyner — Mon, 3 Apr 2017 17:27:28 GMT

Author: Rhyner

Posted: 04/03/2017 21:27

I actually quite liked both of these, so this was a hard one for me. I vacillated for a while, and I easily could have gone either way, but I eventually settled on BCD because the Frankie Knuckles album had more not-so-great moments (primarily in the too-long Baby Wants to Ride).

BETH Round 1 - (BCD) vs Frankie Knuckles Presents

Jimmy Dread — Sun, 2 Apr 2017 13:32:44 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 04/02/2017 17:32

Best Ever House & Techno Album Round 1:

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BCD by Basic Channel

Nominated by KoolKeithSweat

SuedeSwede wrote:

It's nice sounding

VS.

Frankie Knuckles Presents: His Greatest Hits From Trax Records by Frankie Knuckles

Nominated by dividesbyzero

jkerlol wrote:

Great album by a greater guy, RIP Frankie, you will be missed

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