2013 album listening club - Music - Forums : Best Ever Albums

GeevyDallas · 2013-06-22T16:16:16-04:00

Okay so this is what i'm thinking. 2013 albums ain't been discussed enough, at least outside of the big ones. So here's what I'm suggesting, we have a 2013 album of the week. This album is chosen by a randomly selected user who will present said album in AOTD style and we all comment, discuss it each week. The whole idea of this is to get everyone involved and for us to get a chance to appreciate some people's personal favourites from the year. I'm not saying you have to pick an album by a Malaysian techno producer that only released his album through cassette, but just don't pick an album most people will listen to regardless(Yeezus, Random Access Memories, etc.). Actually there is a fine line between picking an obscure album and an album that is impossible to get hold of, so everyone selecting an album make sure there are legal streams or links so everyone can get a hold of them. There are 28 Mondays left in the year and if we carry on and use purple's suggestion of having this for 2014 also, but using January 2014 for 2013 releases (to allow a meaningful amount of 2014 albums to be released before we start discussing 2014 albums) we'll have another 5 weeks worth of 2013 discussion, which should accommodate everyone. I was planning on having someone selected for each week already, but with people coming and going from the forum that wouldn't make sense, so I'm proposing that everyone interested in selecting an album but there names down ITT and each week i'll use a randomizer to select who gets to choose for the following week. Once you're selected you go to the back of the line and will not be eligible to select another album until everyone who hasn't chosen yet gets a chance. New users will be placed into the current rotation, it's all about including everyone and actually getting to pick the album isn't the important part. If anyone has anyways to improve this idea please fire ahead, as I said it's not about an individual, but the community as a whole to get together and discuss something new. Names of users who want to participate: 1. DLGGLD 2. an_outlaw 3. lethalnezzle 4. tekin 5. Happymeal 6. Cymro2011 7. joyofdivision 8. ryanbrun1 9. dividesbyzero 10. Norman Bates 11. yourself 12. Jasonconfused 13. Magikarp 14. junodog4 15. Necharsian 16. RockyRaccoon 17. indieshins 18. ShaneSpear 19. swedenman 20. CellarDoor 21. CDQ 22. Ardokal 23. harkan 24. joshtraina 25. revolver94 26. Jhereko 27. Facetious 28. Defago 29. meccalecca 30. Altsoul 31. imnotanotter 19loveless91 (From September) Users who already got their turn: 1. Hayden: Sean Nicholas Savage - Other Life 2. MrFrogger: Akron/Family - Sub Verses 3. tbakeman: Future Bible Heroes - Partygoing 4. JMan: Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

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lethalnezzle wrote:

I have it but am yet to listen. Will move it further up my to-do list. Enjoyed his last one.

awesome. i like this one far better. think you'll dig it
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meccalecca wrote:

awesome. i like this one far better. think you'll dig it

So is that our next listen-to pick?

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Didn't realise this was back up and running, a separate thread is pretty essential to the whole thing imo. I'll listen in the next couple of days.

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GeevyDallas wrote:

Didn't realise this was back up and running, a separate thread is pretty essential to the whole thing imo. I'll listen in the next couple of days.

Sorry then. Thought doing an easy version (Album Listening Club Lite, if you will) would get everything back on track. Doesn't seem to have worked.

Someone go next. Meccalecca seemed to have a good one in mind.

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nutso42 wrote:

Sorry then. Thought doing an easy version (Album Listening Club Lite, if you will) would get everything back on track. Doesn't seem to have worked.

Someone go next. Meccalecca seemed to have a good one in mind.

I've already had a turn, so someone else should probably go.
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If people are interested in listening to some ambient shoegaze, I'd recommend :

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Ghost Colored Halo by Lovesliescrushing

lovesliescrushing are back with the same ethereal sound as on their previous releases, but they're definitely masters at it. Calm, relaxing, meditative.

Nothing groundbreaking, but a pretty album nonetheless.
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CellarDoor wrote:

If people are interested in listening to some ambient shoegaze, I'd recommend :

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Ghost Colored Halo by Lovesliescrushing

lovesliescrushing are back with the same ethereal sound as on their previous releases, but they're definitely masters at it. Calm, relaxing, meditative.

Nothing groundbreaking, but a pretty album nonetheless.

I'm down for this! I'll listen when I get back home in a few hours!

nutso42

Listened, and loved. It's already made its way onto two of my charts: Best 2013 albums at number 15, and best 2010's albums at number 41.

Which makes this the second ALC suggestion that's gone into my charts, the other being meccalecc's rec: Friend Roulette's "I'm Sorry You Hit Your Head"

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Pretty sure its super late but can I participate??
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CellarDoor wrote:

If people are interested in listening to some ambient shoegaze, I'd recommend :

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Ghost Colored Halo by Lovesliescrushing

lovesliescrushing are back with the same ethereal sound as on their previous releases, but they're definitely masters at it. Calm, relaxing, meditative.

Nothing groundbreaking, but a pretty album nonetheless.

Finally got a hold of this album, and I have to say, I like it. Like you said, nothing groundbreaking, but it's still a very pretty album, really envelops you if you let it.

Also, side note: DON'T LET THIS DIE.
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