Best Ever Albums

Re: The best "cool" album?

LTSings — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:02:56 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 08/24/2024 03:02

craola wrote:

i'm a little unclear on the assignment. what is "cool" to you? are you just asking about obscure good albums?

As I pointed out earlier in this thread, I agree with craola. There should have been more of an explanation. Each individual may consider their own personal favorite albums as the best "cool" album if there isn't a more specific explanation as to exactly what is meant by "cool".

Re: The best "cool" album?

MadhattanJack — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:53:11 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 08/24/2024 02:53

Romanelli wrote:

This may be the widest off-topic jump I have ever seen.

Probably, but to be fair, the whole thread has a really vague and unfocused premise. If it had been something like "the best album for which the vocals are all totally emotionless" or "the album that most reliably makes you fall asleep without it intending to," that might have the kind of specificity required to avoid those "I don't know what the thread is about so here's my favorite album ATM"-type posts.

Also, and this is just my personal opinion, another problem with the "best cool album" thread concept is that it's unfair to albums recorded during the download and streaming eras. The point of buying and having "cool" albums, given that you might not listen to them all that often, is to simply display them so that you stake out a personal aesthetic for people (such as potential girlfriends/boyfriends, freshman-dorm roommates, easily-impressible rich hipsters, etc.) to see at a time when you know they'll be judging you. So you might want to ensure that your copy of The Velvet Underground or Meet the Residents or Never Mind the Bollocks is strategically placed in your listening room in case someone like that walks in there, for example. The problem with something like the new Mason Ramsey album is that he's largely unknown, the album is brand-new, and the artwork isn't especially eye-grabbing in the first place. So even if you have the physical artifact, for most people it doesn't signify anything so it's probably not helping you with your personal coolness factor (at least not yet; maybe in a year or two, who knows. At least then he'll be over 18 years old).

Either way though, this is the streaming era, so even if you do have the physical artifact, is anyone going to care? Music is still important to people, but in terms of conveying an aesthetic, or signifying coolness, I'd say it's far less useful and effective than it was in the past. Its unfortunate to be sure, tragic even, but for a lot of people these days it's just yet another thing you have on your phone.

Re: The best "cool" album?

Romanelli — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:13:46 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 08/24/2024 02:13

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1:18:13

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59:33

Hard pass.

This may be the widest off-topic jump I have ever seen.

Re: The best "cool" album?

JOSweetHeart — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:19:08 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 08/23/2024 23:19

MadhattanJack wrote:

The kid has undeniable vocal talent, but isn't this just a little bit too retro for the "cool" tag? He sounds like he just walked out of Sun Studio as if the last 70 years never even happened.

I suppose retro rockabilly-tinged gospel remains cool in some quarters, though. I'm not criticizing! 😎

Link

All that I can tell you is that bringing back the old sounds is his every intention. The 1:18:13 mark of this clip is when he starts talking about his influences and when he gets to the subject of Elvis he says that he is wanting his form of music to have a presence again.

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God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

P.S. The beginning of the chat is at the 59:33 mark of the clip.

Re: The best "cool" album?

LTSings — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 06:18:48 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 08/23/2024 10:18

JOSweetHeart wrote:

The best cool album will be released on September 20th and the name of it is I'll See You In My Dreams from Mason Ramsey and I can't wait to get it. 😄 😄 😄

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

I just added it to the database for you. You can go ahead and rate the tracks that are already out and save them to your favorites.

https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=252798

Re: The best "cool" album?

MadhattanJack — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 01:43:41 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 08/23/2024 05:43

JOSweetHeart wrote:

The best cool album will be released on September 20th and the name of it is I'll See You In My Dreams from Mason Ramsey and I can't wait to get it. 😄 😄 😄

Re: The best "cool" album?

JOSweetHeart — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:38:22 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 08/23/2024 04:38

The best cool album will be released on September 20th and the name of it is I'll See You In My Dreams from Mason Ramsey and I can't wait to get it. 😄 😄 😄

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

Re: The best "cool" album?

Repo — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:40:36 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 08/23/2024 02:40

CassidyInc wrote:

Its very much dependent on the moment and the people you are with but I've always thought of Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants as a cool album.

there's really no better answer.

Re: The best "cool" album?

JOSweetHeart — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:24:05 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 08/23/2024 01:24

Hayden wrote:

JOSweetHeart wrote:

To me, the best cool album hasn't been released yet, but it is on the way.

Were you wanting to say something to me? Because if you did, your part of the message is missing.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Re: The best "cool" album?

CassidyInc — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 01:16:20 GMT

Author: CassidyInc

Posted: 08/22/2024 05:16

Its very much dependent on the moment and the people you are with but I've always thought of Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants as a cool album.

Re: The best "cool" album?

LTSings — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 04:49:55 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 08/19/2024 08:49

craola wrote:

i'm a little unclear on the assignment. what is "cool" to you? are you just asking about obscure good albums?

That's a good question. I don't really understand either.

Re: The best "cool" album?

MadhattanJack — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:57:24 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 08/19/2024 06:57

Link

It's the same thing, really — as soon as someone releases the best cool album, it's replaced as the best cool album by an album that hasn't been released yet. That's why we all keep listening to new albums.

Re: The best "cool" album?

DommeDamian — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:52:08 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 08/19/2024 06:52

JOSweetHeart wrote:

To me, the best cool album hasn't been released yet, but it is on the way. Who is releasing it? Mason Ramsey. 😄 😄 :)

Or.... I (DommeDamian) am releasing it.

Re: The best "cool" album?

Hayden — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 21:25:11 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/19/2024 01:25

JOSweetHeart wrote:

To me, the best cool album hasn't been released yet, but it is on the way.

Re: The best "cool" album?

JOSweetHeart — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:20:20 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 08/18/2024 23:20

To me, the best cool album hasn't been released yet, but it is on the way. Who is releasing it? Mason Ramsey. 😄 😄 😄

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

P.S. Go here for a short clip of one song that I hope is included on the new release. To me, it couldn't sound anymore butt kicking awesome. 😄 😄 😄

Re: The best "cool" album?

craola — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:31:27 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 08/18/2024 20:31

i'm a little unclear on the assignment. what is "cool" to you? are you just asking about obscure good albums?

Re: The best "cool" album?

MadhattanJack — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:31:07 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 08/18/2024 20:31

bluekite wrote:

Just been listening to this and I was thinking how to describe it to someone, it's a brilliant album and I know plenty will be aware of it but it's not really mainstream - maybe it's "cool"?

I certainly wouldn't say it isn't cool, because it is, but there's standard genre-label lingo for this sort of situation. Spacemen 3 are a "lo-fi shoegaze-psychedelic band." Sometimes the word 'garage" is used in place of "lo-fi"... There are also elements of drone, space-rock, ambient, and even folk-rock throughout this album, and indeed most all of their discography, but if you only have one sentence to work with, you should probably just go with the accepted labels, as cynical as that may seem.

Personally, I also like to use the term "anti-emo," because I'm not into emo stuff... but generally speaking, in addition to the Velvets themselves they get compared to other VU-influenced 80s-90s stuff that people might have heard of, like Spiritualized, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Felt, and maybe Sonic Youth, just to name a few. For more obscure comparisons, I might also mention Nap Eyes or even Cass McCombs.

Re: The best "cool" album?

DommeDamian — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:29:09 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 08/18/2024 20:29

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Gash by Foetus

The best "cool" album?

bluekite — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:35:39 GMT

Author: bluekite

Posted: 08/18/2024 19:35

Just been listening to this and I was thinking how to describe it to someone, it's a brilliant album and I know plenty will be aware of it but it's not really mainstream - maybe it's "cool"? That got me thinking what other "under the radar" albums there might be out there for us to recommend each other?

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The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3