Best Ever Albums

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:47:03 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 03/27/2019 01:47

Just had to come back to this and realize this is almost a year old. Wow. Time does fly by.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:15:26 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/20/2018 20:15

baystateoftheart wrote:

Going back to previous months and reopening the discussion is encouraged!

I had a feeling that would be the case.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

baystateoftheart — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:10:16 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/20/2018 20:10

Luigii wrote:

Damn. Well there was no rule stating we couldn't go back and talk about it?

Going back to previous months and reopening the discussion is encouraged!

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:36:04 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/20/2018 14:36

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Likely because yours was the first one pal. Hayden’s and mine only made it to page 2.

Damn. Well there was no rule stating we couldn't go back and talk about it?

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:57:57 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/20/2018 06:57

Luigii wrote:

I had to come back to this forum to realize that this was the most active of the Month sessions. Was it because I kept this forum going by being active or did we have free time in April? Kinda curious.

Likely because yours was the first one pal. Hayden’s and mine only made it to page 2.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:14:57 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 08/18/2018 23:14

I had to come back to this forum to realize that this was the most active of the Month sessions. Was it because I kept this forum going by being active or did we have free time in April? Kinda curious.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

baystateoftheart — Tue, 1 May 2018 01:15:57 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 05/01/2018 05:15

Thanks everyone for participating!

Now that the month is done, I've tallied up points totals from those who chose to re-rank the top ten in the thread. This includes Luigii's original top ten. Here is the collective re-ranking, with the original ranking breaking the ties:

1. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar = 40 points
2. Velocity : Design : Comfort - Sweet Trip = 37 points
3. Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada = 37 points
4. The Age Of Adz - Sufjan Stevens = 34 points
5. Pop - Gas = 29 points
6. Virgins - Tim Hecker = 26 points
7. Medúlla - Björk = 21 points
8. California - Mr. Bungle = 18 points
9. The Mollusk - Ween = 18 points
10. Caracal - Disclosure = 15 points

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:27:36 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 04/23/2018 21:27

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Can totally understand why it's up your alley. Although to me it suffers from a severe case of schizophrenia, like it's this beautiful shoegaze/dream pop LP that's been trapped inside a PS2 and is trying to break out of its glitchy digital cocoon. Perhaps it's worth persevering with - I've taken some paracetamol now and got an ice pack on my brow, maybe that'll help...

That is one of the best descriptors I have ever read. Though I do understand getting a headache. I remember the first time I listen to this was when I had a headache. Then again, I need to listen to this album again. Been a while since I have listen to this all the way again. Will hopefully change that when I get Velocity Design Comfort on CD.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:37:12 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:37

Gowi wrote:

Well, I’ve always liked glitch and other similar experimental electronic soundscapes (hell one of my favorite post-rock albums plays a lot with glitch), so I think that’s why it resonates well to me. I don’t look at it like a shoegaze album, I look at it like a glitch album.

Thing is there's divine songcraft in there in abundance, and for me its the glitchy stuff that made me veer away from it after first listen. I guess it belongs in the same bracket as Loveless and Psychocandy for burying the songs underneath a wall of sonics, but whereas I got them both virtually straight away (admittedly I was a lot younger then with less hair in my ears) this didn't click first time. With painkillers in my system it's slowly starting to drip into my brain like some sort of aural morphine.

Oh, and I think "International" is now my favourite track.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

mickilennial — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:29:50 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:29

Well, I’ve always liked glitch and other similar experimental electronic soundscapes (hell one of my favorite post-rock albums plays a lot with glitch), so I think that’s why it resonates well to me. I don’t look at it like a shoegaze album, I look at it like a glitch album.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:28:00 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:28

Gowi wrote:

If it gave me a migraine it was a pleasant one.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

mickilennial — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:18:11 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:18

If it gave me a migraine it was a pleasant one. But yeah, nah, wasn't me.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:13:37 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:13

Gowi wrote:

Velocity : Design : Comfort by Sweet Trip

holy shit this fucking rules

where the hell was this and why is this new to me

Funny, as I could have sworn you dropped it in Plug once. Christ knows who that must of been then.

I remember liking whatever the track whoever it was dropped then, then promptly running off to download the album, listening to it and it giving me a migraine. Never spun it since.

EDIT - It was "Chocolate Matter", which is absolutely beautiful.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:08:15 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:08

Gowi wrote:

I think I'll be adding it to my 2003 chart.

The more points the album gets the more it gets know. Hell, I notice it was arourd 70 of 2003 and is nearing the top 50. We will see what happens over time.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

mickilennial — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:02:26 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:02

I think I'll be adding it to my 2003 chart.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:00:11 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:00

RockyRaccoon wrote:

Gowi wrote:

Velocity : Design : Comfort by Sweet Trip

holy shit this fucking rules

where the hell was this and why is this new to me

Yea, I just got around to this one and I really like it

Hell yeah.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:45:19 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 04/23/2018 17:45

Gowi wrote:

Velocity : Design : Comfort by Sweet Trip

holy shit this fucking rules

where the hell was this and why is this new to me

Yea, I just got around to this one and I really like it

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:06:06 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 04/23/2018 17:06

Tilly wrote:

Still trying to get a handle on this chart. As others have mentioned, it definitely has a very distinct flavor. Even the "rock" albums such as Ween and Mr. Bungle. It's a very "outsider" chart besides kendrick. It's definitely NOT the first kind of chart that you would typically see a 22 year old make. I'm curious to see how your musical taste evolved and the factors that influenced it.

I think it would help if u gave us some background information such as ...

1. How did you first get into music?
2. What was the first band/artist and/or album single that made u fall in love with music.
3. Was there any seen you used to follow as a teenager?
4. Were your parents into music? Who were the main people that influenced your musical taste.
5. Where do u live? Where have u lived. What influence has where u have lived influenced your music taste.
6. What would u say has been your chief means of discovering & exploring music?

Damn. This is such a good post. Let me see if I can answer all these questions.

1 I first got into music by the radio. And I remember as a young age, I really enjoyed a lot of the hit songs back in 1999. Going back into that year by You Tube videos and there were still some good hit songs.

2 The first band that made me really impressed about music and somewhat fascinated of music would be Outkast. I definitely remember watching Ms.Jackson back when MTV was still airing music videos. And I loved the song so much that when a new song is airing on MTV, my parents would call me in to hear the songs. That can be the connect to why I love To Pimp A Butterfly so much. Now the album that got me interested in an album sense was Emergency on Planet Earth by Jamiroquai in 2013. After that the album that solidify what I do now is Disclosure's Caracal. Love that album even when the consensus was somewhat ambivalent.

3 The scenes that I followed as a teen as I still do to this day would be synthwave, vaporwave and more downtempo electronic music that came from Sirius XM Chill back when I had Sirius. When I was becoming a teen back in the late 2000's I was enjoying a lot of funk music. Then again that was due to Goldmember. And I always found the sound and groove so entertaining to me.

4 My parents did enjoy music. Hell back in the 80's my dad was a DJ. However, after they had job's they had to take care of me and my siblings, they were more into music from the radio. Didn't go to view albums on there own time. And I could say they did influence me to what I listen to due to Sirius was introduced was the opportunity to view music from there decades they were kids or teens. But stuff like the video games I played or when I was able to be on the computer, I could listen to stuff I like. Hell video games made me understand electronic music. Also I did take classes in college to know about jazz and rock music back in the 60's and 70's.

5 Well, I don't want to say where I live. But, living in a suburban area, I wasn't really around music in a location sense. Even though the state I lived had famous artist's. And for the state, it is New Jersey. Then again, I didn't really go out that much. I usually stayed in my house.

6 Lastly, my main ways to view new music was with this site and You Tube.

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Repo — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:54:34 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 04/23/2018 12:54

Still trying to get a handle on this chart. As others have mentioned, it definitely has a very distinct flavor. Even the "rock" albums such as Ween and Mr. Bungle. It's a very "outsider" chart besides kendrick. It's definitely NOT the first kind of chart that you would typically see a 22 year old make. I'm curious to see how your musical taste evolved and the factors that influenced it.

I think it would help if u gave us some background information such as ...

1. How did you first get into music?
2. What was the first band/artist and/or album single that made u fall in love with music.
3. Was there any seen you used to follow as a teenager?
4. Were your parents into music? Who were the main people that influenced your musical taste.
5. Where do u live? Where have u lived. What influence has where u have lived influenced your music taste.
6. What would u say has been your chief means of discovering & exploring music?

Re: Get To Know A Top 10: April 2018 Thread - Luigii

Luigii — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:21:23 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 04/22/2018 18:21

Hayden wrote:

Haven't given that Disclosure album a spin, but wow does it stick out. All of the other albums really transport you somewhere with heavy flavours, textural stuff, huge atmospheres...

I wasn't too big on Disclosure's debut, and that received far better reviews than their follow-up, so I kinda gave up on them (perhaps too early?).

And Gowi, give the Gas record a listen. It's long, but it's quite something. Excellent 'loud background music'. Definitely stands out within his discography.

As much as I do enjoy Settle, I just find Caracal way better. Then again, I listen to Caracal so many times in the past 2 and a half years when it came out and became a part of me and still is in my rotation. So do what you want. But I will put this out. I would say Settle was more instantaneous. Though on an album level, Caracal has way more stuff to it. I do want to repost my review when I mention this album back on my diary just to give some of the details. And I do mean some due to how there is other stuff I could have talked about.