Get To Know A Top 10: December 2018 Thread - SquishypuffDave - Music

baystateoftheart · 2018-11-30T12:14:06-05:00

With 33% of the vote, SquishypuffDave has won the sixth poll. Here are the ten albums up for discussion during the month of December: 1. The Runners Four - Deerhoof 2. In Rainbows - Radiohead 3. The Way Out - The Books 5. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush 6. Of Natural History - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 7. Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Aphex Twin 8. Music For 18 Musicians - Steve Reich 9. Endtroducing... - DJ Shadow 10. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk 11. Donuts - J Dilla As always, you can listen to as many of these as you have time and energy for - no pressure to get to know all ten well. This discussion also doesn't have to take place in order, because different people will be listening to them at different times. Drop your musings, analysis, etc. here as the inspiration hits you. And where possible, interact with what other people have been saying for a more interesting discussion. If you do get a chance to listen to all ten, you can then vote for your favorite in the attached poll, a new feature this month. (It's a bonus poll, not the main point of the thread, so no need to move this to the games forum mods.) Last but not least, here are the past threads if you want to go back and listen to / talk about stuff you missed. April thread (Luigii): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20004 May thread (Tilly): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20126 June thread (Jimmy Dread): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20249 July thread (Hayden): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20364 August thread (RockyRaccoon): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20454

Get To Know A Top 10: December 2018 Thread - SquishypuffDave

Goto page Previous 1 2 34

View previous topic :: View next topic

Poll: Which album is your favorite? Please listen to all ten before voting.

The Runners Four by Deerhoof:	0%	[0]
In Rainbows by Radiohead:	29%	[7]
The Way Out by The Books:	4%	[1]
Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush:	4%	[1]
Of Natural History by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum:	4%	[1]
Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin:	8%	[2]
Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich:	8%	[2]
Endtroducing... by DJ Shadow:	12%	[3]
Laughing Stock by Talk Talk:	20%	[5]
Donuts by J Dilla:	8%	[2]

Total Votes : 24

dihansse dihansse Profile

My top 3 ie albums in my own top charts are:
1. Laughing Stock
2. In Rainbows
3. Hounds of Love

So Talk Talk is the winner for me.

carpents Profile

I still have a couple days, right? I still haven't ever listened to Donuts or Of Natural History.

Absent those, right now it's The Way Out in #1 and Laughing Stock as #2, both by a wide margin. I'll vote when I'm done them all.
_________________
Some New Ordeal (Spotify/iTunes/Deezer)

baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
Massachusetts

carpents wrote:

The poll is open indefinitely. So you can take your time.
_________________
Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM

carpents Profile

Listened to those last two. Have to admit I was disappointed by Donuts, as equally as I was impressed by The Way Out. (In fact, I had always imagined Donuts sounding like The Way Out.)

So it's The Way Out at #1 for me, followed by Laughing Stock.
_________________
Some New Ordeal (Spotify/iTunes/Deezer)

Fischman RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster Profile
Land of Enchantment

Based on my tastes, age, etc, I should be pretty enamored with Talk Talk. But for some reason, I never got what people rave about that group. Even with my dislike of hip hop, the Talk Talk came out at the bottom of this ten for me.

Purplepash ranker, rater, & music list maker Profile
Western Australia

I enjoyed getting to know this fun variety pack of a top 10. I had only heard In Rainbows and Hounds Of Love (an old favourite I used to own), so I listened to the others, and Hounds Of Love again because it had been years. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum was the new one I liked the most. That was great! A really interesting, varied, fun record.

Here's how I ranked them:-

1. Of Natural History 8.5
2. The Way Out 8.5
3. Hounds Of Love 8.5
4. In Rainbows 8
5. Laughing Stock 8
6. The Runners Four 8
7. Endtroducing... 7
8. Donuts 7
9. Selected Ambient Works Volume II 6.5
10. Music For 18 Musicians not rated (first album I listened to after Christmas celebrations and I accidentally had it left on shuffle - after an hour or so I realised and I can't judge it on that disjointed way of listening to it, and I wasn't enjoying it enough to listen again)

Antonio-Pedro Subspace Highway Traveler Profile
Rain forest Kingdom

How to drink charts google search

Absolutely love this one, squishy is such a lovely lad, god bless <3
_________________
Top 100 Hits you must hear before the universe implodes of beauty

New topic Closed

Topic Posters
All times are GMT
Goto page Previous 1 2 34

Page 4 of 4

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Topic	Author	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sticky: The Tournaments Forum Suggestions Thread	Guest	Tournaments	348	01/21/2025 22:53 Romanelli
[ Poll ] Get To Know A Top 10: December 2018 Poll	baystateoftheart	Music	3	11/28/2018 16:42 baystateoftheart
[ Poll ] Get To Know A Top 10: December 2025 T...	baystateoftheart	Music	10	12/30/2025 03:09 baystateoftheart
[ Poll ] Get To Know A Top 10: December 2021 T...	baystateoftheart	Music	31	12/17/2021 04:05 baystateoftheart
[ Poll ] Get To Know A Top 10: December 2021 Poll	baystateoftheart	Music	13	11/29/2021 19:28 LedZep