Which means more on an album: the highs or the consistency?

paladisiac · 2014-07-02T10:25:23-04:00

So as i'm re-rating all of my album favorites to more accurately rank them, i come across "ties" once'n' a while. I definite a "tie" as two (or more, but let's stick to two for this discussion) albums that i equally like. (I'm basically basing the album rating on the average song rating.) Obviously i can't reflect a tie within BEA, so i have to come up with some tie-breaker. Often it comes down to a case where one album has 1-or-more songs that beat anything on either of the tied albums, while the other album delivers quality songs on a more consistent basis. The question i often pose to myself is, "do i go with the album with the higher highs (and lower lows) or the one that's pretty strong throughout?" That's the question i pose to all y'alls. Of course, there are a few other factors that come into the decision, like sentimental value and how much i generally like/love an artist, but most of the time ties are often decided by the above choice. So what do you think? How do you break so-called "ties" for your own lists? (This might've been brought up before, but i thought i'd ask anyway.)

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Poll: For two albums of "equal" value to you, which album do you side with?

the album with higher highs (and lower lows):		24%	[12]
the album that's consistently strong:		76%	[38]

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'Treefingers' > 'Idioteque'. Couldn't be arsed to find an appropriate thread, and it seemed to fit here (sort of).

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meccalecca wrote:

Now you just be trolling. You're gonna wake up Kidamnesiac.

I'm being deadly serious. I'm currently listening to Kid A, and I prefer 'Treefingers' to 'Idioteque'. I don't understand the hate 'Treefingers' gets at all, it's one of the most beautiful moments on the album.
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Skinny wrote:

I'm only half serious. I think Ideoteque might be their best song, at least in the live setting, but I really do long Treefingers too.
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Treefingers is a great song, and is better than In Limbo, Optimistic, Morning Bell and Motion Picture Soundtrack, but it sure isn't better than Idioteque- possibly Radiohead's best song.

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meccalecca wrote:

I think Ideoteque might be their best song, at least in the live setting

As soon as that was said, I immediately went to this video:

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Treefingers used to be my least favorite part of Kid A, but I can certainly tolerate it now. It's like the essence of what Kid A is - it's the standard sound of the album with everything else filtered away. In that regard it's like the definition of consistency. The real low point of Kid A is Morning Bell, which sounds way better on Amnesiac and just out of place here.

Also Out of Time is clearly REM's second best; Country Feedback makes up for all the filler itself.
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