Hey everybody. Here's a really vague, sweeping request for recommendations:
I'm looking for albums which are jut all over, scattered, that seem to just change pace and tone and style etc at the drop of a dime and a lot through out the album. It could be any style at all - as long as it just seems to switch shit up all over, over and over. Some classic examples of kinda what I'm looking for:
I'm looking for albums which are jut all over, scattered, that seem to just change pace and tone and style etc at the drop of a dime and a lot through out the album. It could be any style at all - as long as it just seems to switch shit up all over, over and over.
Uh OK some of these aren't as weird as what you gave, but here's some I'd put in that category:
People may know this band for "Detachable Penis", but the humor on this album is a little more sparse. Still existant, don't get me wrong - tracks like "Gay/Not Gay" and "The Little Sandwich That Got A Guilt Complex Because He Was The Sole Survivor Of A Horrible Bus Crash" still definitely bring the chuckles, but "Failure" is just dark as hell, "Despair" floats between this insane almost cult-chant into a funky, almost disco at the end, I don't even know how to describe "Up My Ass!", and "I Dare To Hope" has more of a Bob Dylan tone, almost.
Probably the most constant of any of these, sort of flows between a the Beach Boys' nightmare and some much darker, stranger things, but the tone is more consistent.
Say what you want about the filler on this album - or don't, I can sum it up by saying there's too much of it - but while "Soul Wars", "Burn It Down", "Kill Your Heroes", "Not Your Fault", and "Sail" (basically anything off this that had a chance of radio play) is just some slightly angry synthpop, they all sort of do it in their own ways, and then you get to the rest of the tracks. "All I Need" sounds like their take on something a lot softer, even with some gospel influences (which are far more present in the prelude version, "My Nightmare's Dream"), "Wake Up" offers something genuinely weird, and "Knights of Shame" is a bizarre 15 minute long hip hop experiment? I'm not even sure. The bonus tracks make things even weirder, "MF" offering something genuinely intense and just uncomfortable at the same time as being really badass, "Swinging from the Castles" as some kind of ballad atop chiptunes, and several of the other tracks offering more of a nu disco sound. This doesn't even get into the bizarre <1 minute interludes ranging from just abstract instrumentals to spoken word about seeing ... I think it's supposed to be bigfoot? Not sure.
Well, the tone stays weird the whole time, but the actual songs vary a lot between the absolute nightmare of "Halo", the crooning ballad of "Landslide", the 80s pop sounding "Chardonay Shaun", and whatever you can say about the other tracks. A lot of people are turned off by the voice, though, be aware ahead of time that it's an exaggerated baritone and if that's not your thing IDK.
While the first track offers some nice, relaxing jazz, it starts ... corroding near the end, and then you pick up into 59 to 1, the great post-punk track. "Fifth Column" offers another take on more "normal" jazz, encorporating elements perhaps more normal in old horror or sci fi soundtracks. "Tritone" and "James Whale" both offer haunting, strange takes on what "music" means, while "Loneliness" and "What Use" are fairly Suicide-like post-punk tracks. "KM/Seeding The Clouds" is where my copy ends, and offers a strange combination of everything else you'd gotten before, 11 minutes of some fairly regular saxophone with scratching sound effects, strange minor key things going on, and the same bass riff for nearly the whole thing, eventually climaxing with these apocalyptic lyrics delivered rather monotone and calm above continually stranger saxophone, violin, and noise.
Probably best remembered for the radio friendly ballad "Hate Me" and the also radio friendly but happier take on suicide, "Into The Ocean", there's a lot more going on here in reality. It's definitely the most "normal" of these albums, there's not any real disaster, but it's a bit all over. "You Make Me Smile" and "She's My Ride Home" both offer lush, love songs to open the album, but there's clearly a certain amount of bittersweetness and nostalgia. Sandwiched between the hits is "What If We Could", a strangely hard track given what else you've got going on. "Let It Go" offers this sweet, again rather nostalgic song that's clearly got some more sadness there, and then the album starts to get more into "what are you doing and why?" "Congratulations" has these backing vocals from Imogen Heap and the whole atmosphere offers this almost angelic happiness as the guy admits to his friend who's getting married "whoops I actually loved you" and she goes "why would you tell me that now". "Overweight" is this soulful, R&B sort of song featuring some other vocalist but I've never found who. "X-Amount of Words" starts pretty normally for a Blue October song, but goes into this weird, almost clubby electronic song driven less by pianos and more by the heavy synth, distorted vocals, and samples. After this comes the heaviest song on here, "Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek", the chorus of which seems more at home on a SOAD song or something, with screams of pain behind shouted vocals and then another voice offering another scream going on that doesn't sound as pained but maybe angry? "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" is more of a rock ballad, traditional thing pulling the energy from the last and starting to wind it into the rest of the album. "Everlasting Friend", "18th Floor Balcony", and "It's Just Me" are all just pretty normal piano ballads as the close.
There's others that shift style a lot that I adore ("Skylarking", "Deja", "Exile on Main Street" and "Oh No" coming to mind first) but none of the switches on those albums seem quite as ... sudden, I guess? _________________
Oh and thanks you two (Ben and Revolution 909) I've been getting to listening to some of them too. Namely those Arca and tuxedomoon albums so far. Love it! Please do keep em coming. If ya wanna.
Oh and I loved the write ups, Ben. Thanks!
Also, thanks DBZ for the bigger post. I got some listening to do! _________________ -Ryan
Hey everybody. Here's a really vague, sweeping request for recommendations:
I'm looking for albums which are jut all over, scattered, that seem to just change pace and tone and style etc at the drop of a dime and a lot through out the album. It could be any style at all - as long as it just seems to switch shit up all over, over and over.
So last night I had a dream I was looking up some kinda... Idk how to describe it, abrasive post-punk/punk meets free jazz sort of thing? With like really long tracks? Yeah apparently it was released by Mao Zedong to celebrate the triumph of Communist forces in the Chinese Civil War and unfortunately this wasn't real BUT... I'm sure there's something similar to this, and I'd be shocked if no one on here knew of anything like it.
So yeah, if you know anything that fits this description please share. Because dream-me was convinced it was really cool (though dream-me also thought Vietnam was China so don't take his word).
in your dream. Also, some '80s Butthole Surfers recordings might fit the bill; "Negro Observer" comes to mind and honestly the two groups above would not exist without them. If you want something less abrasive but still aggressive, give The Denison-Kimball Trio's small catalog a try.
RockyRaccoonIs it solipsistic in here or is it just me?ModeratorProfile Maryland
Alright, I'm not looking for albums right now, I'm looking for songs. Specifically, I'm looking for some straight bangers, those hip-hop tracks that can't help but get you hyped af. Whatcha got? _________________ Progressive Rock
Here are 20 bangers that are underrated imo, RockyRaccoon. Curious to hear which ones you like, if any.
- 2 Cups Stuffed by Young Thug (from his free mixtape 1017 Thug)
- Shabba Remix by A$AP Ferg (featuring Shabba Ranks, Migos, Busta Rhymes)
- Racks by YC (featuring Future)
- Ice Princess by Azealia Banks
- What We Do by Freeway (featuring Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel)
- Country Shit by Big KRIT (from his free mixtape KRIT Wuz Here)
- Lemonade by Gucci Mane
- Throw Some Ds by Rich Boy
- Old English by Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs & A$AP Ferg
- Lifestyle by Rich Gang (featuring Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan)
- Ride Wit Me by Nelly (featuring City Spud)
- No Hands by Waka Flocka Flame (featuring Roscoe Dash, Wale)
- Bout It Bout It by Freddie Gibbs (featuring Kirko Bangz, from his free mixtape Baby Face Killa)
- In The A by Big Boi (featuring T.I., Ludacris)
- Handsome And Wealthy by Migos (from their free mixtape No Label 2)
- Ain't Shit Changed by Gangsta Boo & BeatKing (from their free mixtape Underground Cassette Tape Music)
- Ring Ring by Rick Ross (featuring Future, from his free mixtape Rich Forever)
- Sookie Now by Big KRIT (featuring David Banner, from his free mixtape Return Of 4eva)
- The Sideshow by Traxamillion (featuring Too $hort, Mistah F.A.B.)
- Fast Life by Kool G Rap (featuring Nas) _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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