I'm mostly recommending this because it brings me immense pleasure knowing someone has to sit though this 2+ hour triple LP, and it never gets discussed as one of the great live albums ever. This LP was recorded entire live from one concert in order! That NEVER happens! If the length scares you, it shouldn't because it's gonna fly by.
finally finished this... I mean I guess I can't say I hated it as much as I thought I would but that's only because it left such a minimal impression on me (as opposed to an actively negative one). I'm sorry I don't have much of value to say about this one because I just got really nothing out of it to speak on, it just felt like a collective of highly technical (and admittedly undeniably skilled) musicians somehow playing for two hours music that is as complex and intricate as it is just completely bland to my ears. Admittedly this is a step above the studio albums I've heard from him, but that's faint praise.
sorry buddy, this was just not even close to something I can vibe with, but kudos for forcing me to listen to 2 hours of elp with no way out. what a fucking power move 🤣
Sorry to subject you to 2 hours of ELP, it's most definitely not for everybody.
A sweet sounding House album with some very notable musical cameos. Very easy going down, with some lovely sounds that caressed my ears. My only qualm with this album (and most House albums) is that they're all relatively the same tempo, which means songs can kind of run together. I still enjoyed the album, an my problems only lie with the genre itself.
I wanted to like this. I really did. It was my first time trying out anything classified as doom metal or sludge metal. In fact, it's only within the past year that I've started to listen to metal at all, in an effort to end a lifelong bias against the genre. Success has been mixed. I've liked a decent share of what I've tried so far, but I've loved very little, and flat-out disliked some highly acclaimed works in the genre. Even with the seven-track version, this was a slog to get through, and felt more ponderous than it did evil. I don't know if I have a problem with one or both of the genres, or if I just didn't like this particular record. I almost certainly would have enjoyed the first album you posted a lot more. That said, this wasn't exactly bad. It just didn't resonate with me at all, and felt like a rather empty way to spend an hour of music listening. 2.5/5
Here's another progressive pop album for you. The first half is just great songs; the second half is a conceptual suite about someone who nearly drowns, but barely avoids death. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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I finally finished it. Damn that was a crazy ride. So there is two statements I do want to talk about this album. One this was one of the most crazy ways to getting to listen to this album. Couldn't find it and had divide to download a mp3 version of the album. If anyone is interested about this album here is the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k9z3s08etbr4uee/AADvAZdnLrxW7R-uBX5OHPGPa?dl=0
Now for my thoughts of the album. I will say it is an interesting record. For 1987 I am quite shocked for this album. Like it doesn't even sound like it came out during that time. It felt like it could have been out just today. But the fact this was during the time of analog recordings over digital is also impressive. But do I love it? Unfortunately no. When I grade the album at the moment, It would be a 65 or 70 out of 100.
For the negatives, I will say that the parts where it goes silent kinda breaks the immersion of the album. I would also mention that though during our private message when you mentioned about Geogaddi, I only have to agree slightly due to though having very odd, overwhelming passages. But not the structure nor the pace.
But even with those negatives, I still find it compelling for 80's dark ambient. When it got good, it got damn good. Like around the first several minutes of either the second or third track, when the noisy drone moment came in while going through the different audio channels of my headphones that was killer.
So I do thank you but this wasn't a keeper. Sorry.
My pick would be this album.
This is Lovesliescrushing's 1996 album Xuvetyn. A shoegaze/ambient/drone album. Love this so much.
Thanks JDenny. While Glass is certainly in step with the minimalism in my charts, I decided to leave him and Reich off the chart to allow a couple other people on. I definitely like Glassworks, and under the right conditions this music can be truly transcendent and surreal.
Thanks JDenny. While Glass is certainly in step with the minimalism in my charts, I decided to leave him and Reich off the chart to allow a couple other people on. I definitely like Glassworks, and under the right conditions this music can be truly transcendent and surreal.
Finished this up. Yeah this was great. Can notice the Beck influence the is seeping from this. And to me that's a good thing. I would say more on why this is great but I'm getting tired so here is my pick and with it I will go to bed.
It's a softball with the 1997 classic that is Bjork's Homogenic
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Sometimes I feel sorry for my neighbours. I wake up on Saturday morning, go outside with my coffee where I do most of my serious music listening, and put this album on not knowing anything about it. Lol...they get some loud noisy NYC post-hardcore band screaming at them. To top it off I needed it louder this morning because of my hearing still being affected from last night's gig. Oh well...like the joke says - my neighbours listen to good music wether they like it or not.
Am I too late to join in here? Seems like you guys are pretty tight-knit. Tell me to go if you like. Anyway, Skinny, this one’s for you. I bet you’ve already heard it though. Sorry if you have man, I just want to be a part of this.
I really want to love Armand Hammer (I mean, I already love billy woods' solo stuff) but I just find it too claustrophobic and bleak to really get into like that - both these artists are great, often hilarious writers when rapping alone, but levity seems in short supply when they come together. Also, the vocals are mixed so fucking weirdly here. And both these rappers are bulldozers, incapable of using a scalpel. OK, that's the exaggerated negatives out of the way; obviously this is fucking great. Def Jux-style NY underground shit from two rappers who combine the oddly specific and the beautifully impressionistic in a very natural way, to the point that their shit sounds almost like a pop culture photocopier jam holy scripture, over beats that would rightly scare most other rappers away, dense and dark and melody-starved shit that leaves little space for those without major presence to make themselves heard, mixing jazz and noise and glitch and boom bap without a care for who likes it. Anyway, this isn't hitting the very, very top tier of my favourite rap albums of this year. What I mean is: this is super great, but it's just too vast and heavy and cube-shaped to cuddle daily.
Ha, last week I revisited Bjork a little bit. Homogenic is obviously her album from the 90s that holds up the best. There's a quality in the production that will allow it to remain timeless.
Grade:100
Though this is my first listen for this album, I am confident this is glorious. This album not only feels like the catalyst of the grunge explosion of the 90's with the likes of Nirvana as well as Alice In Chains but also the catalyst of the strange wild acts like Ween and Mr Bungle. Like I was actually gonna listen to this since Todd In The Shadows talked about them as well as this album in his One Hit Wonderland series. Thinking that this album came out in the mid 90's. Like I thought it came out the year I was born which was 1995. But no, this was the late 80's. Hell I would say there is Beefheart influence on this album. Not only does this rock out but it is bizarre. And with the half hour time, I would like to visit this again. Then again once I hit 1000 albums, I will finally work on my greatest chart. But I still have over 200 albums to go. So I'd say this could occur this year but realistically 2019. So you did amazing Purplepash.
My pick. Here's some IDM.
Autechre 1995 album Tri Repeate
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I was pretty hyped to listen to this, given the genre classifications and all the reviewers touting it as an overlooked shoegaze gem. And it did not disappoint. It could probably use some trimming, but it is a very well-constructed, deliciously dreamy album. 4/5
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