Best Ever Albums

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:24:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2013 05:24

Emma must not be on BEA.

12-10

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

benpaco — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:37:41 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 11/20/2013 00:37

meccalecca wrote:

have you listened to Exuma?

I did. It's a surprisingly great album. It may work its way onto some charts after a second listen. But ... for me, it's just no FEFA.

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:14:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/19/2013 13:14

meccalecca wrote:

take some of your own advice sir. I wasn't making direct accusations. And you can't deny that there are gonna be plenty of haters who just have a problem with the album because it's popular.

Fair point, I was being overly defensive. My bad.

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

meccalecca — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:04:07 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/19/2013 13:04

benpaco wrote:

Hurts to see an album I love so much losing. FEFA by a long shot.

have you listened to Exuma?

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

benpaco — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:23:49 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 11/19/2013 06:23

Hurts to see an album I love so much losing. FEFA by a long shot.

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

meccalecca — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:32:57 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/18/2013 21:32

lethalnezzle wrote:

Let's be careful

take some of your own advice sir. I wasn't making direct accusations. And you can't deny that there are gonna be plenty of haters who just have a problem with the album because it's popular.

The whole cabin story is bullshit (in that it's not a unique story that makes his record any more "genuine" than anyone else's). But For Emma is still pretty awesome. Those harmonies may be inspired by The Band or whatever but they sound fantastic.

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:28:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/18/2013 21:28

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Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Hayden — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:47:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/18/2013 14:47

Although I love both, it wasn't even much of a thought for me. Exuma 😄

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:40:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/18/2013 13:40

meccalecca wrote:

I love For Emma, it's a great album that gets loads of crap from being popular.

Let's be careful, some of us don't give a shit that it's popular and just dislike it because it's boring and lyrically predictable and his voice is equal parts annoying-whiny and annoying-yappy and he tries to maintain this air of sincerity with the type of muddy, lo-fi production that I usually fall for but that just sounds forced here and those shitty harmonies that get attempted every so often just make the whole thing sound like a bad The Band tribute act. Actually, I'm being very harsh and all of those things are exaggerations of my actual thoughts on the album (in fact I quite enjoy his debut to some extent), but the point stands that there are perfectly valid reasons for disliking this record and that we shouldn't assume that those who aren't fans are acting that way simply because the record is popular.

Anyway, I voted Exuma because I prefer it.

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

meccalecca — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:12:05 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/18/2013 13:12

I love For Emma, it's a great album that gets loads of crap from being popular. I love Exuma even more. Maybe because it's a more recent discovery but the passion of Exuma is unmatched

Re: BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Norman Bates — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 02:21:40 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 11/18/2013 07:21

I'm voting Bon Iver, for Emma.

BDAT Rd. 2 - Exuma vs. For Emma, Forever Ago (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:14:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/18/2013 05:14

BDAT

Round 2

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Exuma by Exuma
Sponsor: Puncture Repair

For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Sponsor: benpaco

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU HAVE HEARD BOTH ALBUMS