Best Ever Albums

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

YoungPunk — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:40:25 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 04/01/2018 20:40

@seth

Its interesting to listen to out of curiosity

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

RoundTheBend — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 11:03:37 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/01/2018 15:03

Michael1981 wrote:

PurpleHazel wrote:

[Isn't this redundant? 😄

Actually, your comparisons make me really want to check it out now.

hehe good point. That album was kind of a good Prince impression. I mentioned it though to show that this is not the first time that a mainly rock guy has got all funky on us.

Yeah well worth checking out. Reminds me most of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain.

Edit: I'm listening again it is so reminding me of Beck again lol I think it is the way he raps and just some of the general silliness. Also, I'm getting a little R. Kelly (I think!) and a bit of Herbie Hanckock's Future Shock. This album is really fun.

Well shit... now I actually want to go listen to it.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

Anonymous — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 04:14:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/01/2018 08:14

PurpleHazel wrote:

[Isn't this redundant? 😄

Actually, your comparisons make me really want to check it out now.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

PurpleHazel — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 03:17:20 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/01/2018 07:17

Michael1981 wrote:

Prince, Beck's Midnite Vultures

Isn't this redundant? 😄

Actually, your comparisons make me really want to check it out now.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

YoungPunk — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:26:04 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/31/2018 19:26

There's nothing in this album that I vaguely recognize or sounds vaguely like the human music I am familiar with, so I call it experimental. It is also very creepy.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

RoundTheBend — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:36:52 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/31/2018 15:36

I didn't like Jack White in it might get loud. He seemed pompous. I haven't heard but two of the singles off the album. I do like his guitar playing and some of his lyrics. I liked

Lazaretto by Jack White

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

Tap — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:53:23 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 03/31/2018 09:53

The new colgate white is their most spearmint-al toothpaste yet. its got hella spearmint.

so whats the deal with this one? the one video song didn't seem like that big of a deal, is it the tabla that people are freaking out about? what's going on here beyond the arrangements?

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

bobbyb5 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:40:24 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/31/2018 09:40

awesomness425 wrote:

I've listened to it 2 1/2 times now and I definitely dig it. It's not as cohesive as I would like it to be, and Anthony's 9/10 is fucking insane, it's not anyway near that levels, but its good. And also, people banging on this for being experimental is hilarious..This may be his least commercial, but there is much more experimental stuff out there.

I know, right? The word experimental gets thrown around so much that it has no meaning anymore. Any music with even the slightest difference from some other record gets called experimental. Just because someone does something different than what they did before does not make it experimental. I know people mean it as a compliment, but it isn't necessarily. It's not as if something being experimental makes it better by definition. There is a shitload more good music that isn't experimental than there is good music that is experimental. In fact most experimental music sucks.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:26:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/31/2018 09:26

Well, we now have two threads on the same album in pretty much the same week 😕

Glad you have brought it to my attention though. Just listened. I think it's very good.

It reminds me of Funkadelic, bits of Prince, Beck's Midnite Vultures and plenty more...

I'm surprised it's caught so many people off guard! It's not so different from what's been made in the past. It's really good though and I think it will be widely recognised as one of the albums of the year when that time comes around.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

bobbyb5 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:21:25 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/31/2018 08:21

I could always appreciate his music but never really enjoyed it. But it's always a good sign when rock artists discover electronic music. It usually brightens their music considerably.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

KarmaCop — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:05:22 GMT

Author: KarmaCop

Posted: 03/31/2018 04:05

awesomness425 wrote:

To be honest I would rate it the same exact thing.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

LedZep — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:00:20 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 03/31/2018 02:00

awesomness425 wrote:

I think that’s because he gave Lazaretto a pretty bad review, he needed to correct that mistake 😄 But in all reality, only time will tell if this album is just cool experimentation without much essence or is it a masterpiece.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:48:05 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:48

awesomness425 wrote:

This is the most experimental music I've heard other than the garbage post-modern John Cage type music. I don't think its that bad, but its not particularly clever either. Jack White has definitely made a statement though, that is for sure.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

backhudson — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:40:34 GMT

Author: backhudson

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:40

I can't help but agree. The only album I think is of the same level thus far is Now Only by Mount Eerie. I know this new White album is getting some mixed reception but I really think it will age well. Great production and such a unique direction for him to be taking. Very glad he isn't taking the same route as before and playing it safe. It is by no means a perfect record, but it is so eclectic and fun.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

awesomness425 — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:33:49 GMT

Author: awesomness425

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:33

I've listened to it 2 1/2 times now and I definitely dig it. It's not as cohesive as I would like it to be, and Anthony's 9/10 is fucking insane, it's not anyway near that levels, but its good. And also, people banging on this for being experimental is hilarious..This may be his least commercial, but there is much more experimental stuff out there.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

YoungPunk — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:29:30 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:29

I actually don't have many candidates for album of the year. The Weeknds album will probably change that though... (Either 2018 is worse than the past two years or I am getting too obsessed digging up old albums on BEA.) Boarding House Reach is definitely not it though lol. Voted no.

Re: Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

Luigii — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:25:43 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:25

KarmaCop wrote:

"Boarding House Reach" is my AOTY at the moment. I think some people don't like it because he took a different route than what people are used to, which is understandable. What do you guys think? Do you like his new album?

I haven't finished that album yet, but what I have heard I really like it. Very irresistible funk grooves and interesting electronic tinkering.

Hot Take: The New Jack White Album Is Underrated

KarmaCop — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:15:31 GMT

Author: KarmaCop

Posted: 03/31/2018 01:15

"Boarding House Reach" is my AOTY at the moment. I think some people don't like it because he took a different route than what people are used to, which is understandable. What do you guys think? Do you like his new album?