Sonically, this feels ahead of its time for rocksteady. Vocally, it's very nice. I enjoyed it, but not enough of the songs are great to make this album a slam dunk. In particular, I Hold The Handle is a really misogynistic song that drags the album down. 3.5/5.
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2. Chief, here's another record I actually know. Don't like it as much as the Bahamadia one, but still good:
11. Antonio-Pedro: 14. Mount Eerie - The Microphones
12. Stover75: 30. One Step Beyond... - Madness
13. DJENNY: 30. You’re Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
14. Jimmy Dread: 3. Paix - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
15. ShadowColossi: 11. Neon Golden - The Notwist
16. badseed: 7. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam
17. Kool Keith Sweat: 10. Silver Wheel Of Prayer - Roy Montgomery
18. antisecurity: 1. What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective - Steinski
19. YikYak: 7. Young Team - Mogwai
20. kadupheming: 1. Milagre Dos Peixes - Milton Nascimento
To answer your question, I've never listened to Incubus. The only thing I knew about them was from a Todd In The Shadows episode where he said Hoobastank to him felt like a knock off of Incubus. That made me a bit nervous for it but so far I'm 5 tracks in and musically I'm really enjoying it. I don't know if that will hold up as time goes on but as of now it's quite a positive experience.
It's good, but not as good as Nia or Blazing Arrow. Gift of Gab still had a little while to go before he reached his peak performance. Nice production from DJ Shadow and Chief XCel though.
Baystate, I was going to have you listen to 'Stormcock', but I guess it will be Mogwai now.
Hip Hop Rarities
Legend Man- Pressure & Pain
G-Slimm- Fours Deuces & Trays
Mac & A.K.- Westbound (For Riders Only) The EP
Tha Kompound- Recognize Where The Funk Lyes - We Got 'Em All
Godd Boddies- Ill Visions
Underrated Hip Hop
Arsonists- As the World Burns
The B.U.M.S (Brothas Unda Madness)- Lyfe 'n' Tyme
The Brotherhood- Elementalz
Bumpy Knuckles- Crazy Like a Foxx
Bush Babees- Gravity
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Wow. That was surprisingly good. Hell I'd argue it was quite excellent. For one, there was a review on RYM that mentioned how the group was able to switch from these hard chunky riffs to these smooth moments in the songs. I quite agree to that. It reminded me of Porcupine Tree's 2005 album in that respect though I'd argue that record was better than this. But I still adore it a lot. For me, and I had to check this out so this is correct but this sounds like the west coast where the alternative scene of the 2000's. But also this album does remind me of the beach and the ocean. Those dreamy electronic touches from the album opener or Echo to the flutes on Circles feel quite welcoming. And another thing I would bring up is that it feels quite ambitious as well as entertaining and engaging.
The things I would argue about it would be how Have You Ever ends abruptly. Like I feel like that song could go on for another minute and I would have been satisfied. And certain parts of the album sound a little off in the mixing department.
Another thing I could bring up would be the vocals and how they do have that alt rock sound. And it felt off at first but as the album goes on, it growed on me. But I could see it being a double edge sword for some listeners.
Otherwise, yeah this is a personal favorite for me. In the custom list I made for 2001 which I would follow the link at the end of this post, I would have it above Toxicity and graded with a 90. Though I am tempted to give a 95 because this is one of those unexpected albums that not only impressed me but also sounded real good. But I'll keep it at a 90.
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Let me shorten the hip hop rarities with Legend Man.
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Best Ever Albums 2001 List
#2 Amnesiac-Radiohead (R)
#5 Lateralus-Tool (R)
#13 Blackwater Park-Opeth
#14 Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World
#15 No More Shall We Part-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
#16 Gold-Ryan Adams
#19 Jane Doe-Converge
#20 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket-Blink 182
#22 Druqks-Aphex Twin (R)
#23 Mutter- Rammstein
Well this was a fun listen from an obscure 60's UK band that sound like a bit of a psychedelic mix of 60's UK bands at the time. A lot of variety keeps it interesting. The song Circus giving us viewpoints from different circus performers, including the elephant, was something different. It seems like they could have, and should have, been more successful. Maybe it was the awful name. 🙄 8/10, 23/33 for 1969, 65/97 for the 60's.
Rocka I enjoyed this selection of your 60's chart. A lot of different, unusual albums, but they all had something interesting to them. I might come back one day and check out more.
Luigii, let's see what you make of this Nick Cave album. It's cool watching your 2001 chart grow album by album. It's what I thought you were going to do with 2000 - rank the BEA top 100 of 2000.
This will be my last selection of 60's charts for now.
Baystate's best of the 60's
5. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
10. Shangri-Las - 65! by The Shangri-Las
15. Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan
21. Wild Honey by The Beach Boys
24. Idle Moments by Grant Green
28. A Christmas Gift For You by Various Artists
30. Leader Of The Pack by The Shangri-Las
32. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
34. Friends by The Beach Boys
37. Tonight's The Night by The Shirelles
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
1.
Ashes Against The Grain by Agalloch
The first 30 seconds of every single one of these metal albums I'm like, hell yeah, this is going to be great. And then about 2 minutes into I'm like... oh... I guess it's one of these...
If heavy open tuning D chords followed by some palm muting is your thing over and over again, this is your jam. Also if you always thought this guy would be the ideal lead singer:
IDK... I just have a heard time finding a lot of value in this... sorry guys. 75
2. Doh! Sorry... here's the selection: Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
3. RYM Top 500
321. Hvis lyset tar oss by Burzum (1994)
365. Red House Painters [Rollercoaster] by Red House Painters (1993)
371. Individual Thought Patterns by Death (1993)
376. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath (1980)
381. Ghost Reveries by Opeth (2005)
384. Lanquidity by Sun Ra (1978)
391. Astigmatic by Komeda Quintet (1966)
392. Storm of the Light's Bane by Dissection (1995)
403. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030 (2000)
404. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Eno (1974)
408. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey (1995)
410. Through Silver in Blood by Neurosis (1996)
412. Boris at Last -Feedbacker- by Boris (2003)
414. The Ascension by Glenn Branca (1981)
415. Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk by Emperor (415)
416. The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971)
417. Song for My Father by The Horace Silver Quintet (1965)
418. Zuma by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (needs rating?)
419. flood by Boris (2000)
424. White Pony by Defto
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First of all, that's a badass album cover. 4 monitors, because he's the boss.
This was another good gangsta album from New Orleans. Not much to say at this point, as I've listened to a lot of albums from that scene at this point. It was overlong, but enjoyable.
Seth, Deltron 3030 is one of my favorites, but it's a bit polarizing. Let's see what you think.
Hip Hop Rarities
G-Slimm- Fours Deuces & Trays
Mac & A.K.- Westbound (For Riders Only) The EP
Tha Kompound- Recognize Where The Funk Lyes - We Got 'Em All
Godd Boddies- Ill Visions
Underrated Hip Hop
Arsonists- As the World Burns
The B.U.M.S (Brothas Unda Madness)- Lyfe 'n' Tyme
The Brotherhood- Elementalz
Bumpy Knuckles- Crazy Like a Foxx
Bush Babees- Gravity
Casual- Fear Itself
Before I start this up I do want to answer the question Pash gave me. So, Pash I do have a spread sheet of most of the albums that were graded by me. But as I use this custom list, I realized I goofed. This is due to actually preferring this a lot more. But also I am getting close to listening to 1000 albums and I want to do something completely special for that occasion. But that will start once I get close to being done with this list. I'll talk to Bay to see what I need to do. I'm being somewhat vague but it will make sense.
Now onto to the show.
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For this being my first rodeo with Nick Cave, I have to admit I quite adore it to the point where I find it excellent. I will say that last track was so good. As an album itself, I do love the grand and jazz centric instrumentation of the album. Now I wouldn't say it is a jazz rock album. Realistically it reminds me of that Joni Mitchell album that was release in 2000.
I think my arguement against it would be how except the last track, it is a bit hard to remember the album musically. Though I will say that I would go for another listen. Grade wise, I would say it is a 90 and being somewhat better that the Bob Dylan album. Though might get stuck in the early 90 range unless a revisit could make it better where I am remembering the rest of the record.
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Chief we are getting rid of another rare hip hop album with Godd Boddies.
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Best Ever Albums 2001 List
#2 Amnesiac-Radiohead (R)
#5 Lateralus-Tool (R)
#13 Blackwater Park-Opeth
#14 Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World
#16 Gold-Ryan Adams
#19 Jane Doe-Converge
#20 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket-Blink 182
#22 Druqks-Aphex Twin (R)
#23 Mutter- Rammstein
#24 Leaves Turn Inside You-Unwound
This was cool. Well-composed and well-played post-rock. I didn't find much of a sense of an identity in the music on first listen, but it sounds quite good, so it's starting at 3.5/5.
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2. Luigii, listen to Amnesiac again.
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3. BEA Top Rated Chart Sampler
21. pjerske: 2. Dark Was The Night - Blind Willie Johnson
22. Ms Mojo Risin: 2. The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia
23. HoldenM: 8. Seek Magic - Memory Tapes
24. CellarDoor: 6. Stereo Musicale - Blind Mr. Jones
25. WilliamFrayer: 7. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - The Unicorns
26. raadfactoryxny: 1. HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I - Michael Jackson
27. Mercury: 2. There's No Leaving Now - The Tallest Man On Earth
28. dividesbyzero: 1. Transmigration - Osamu Sato
29. Mercury: 7. The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert - Bob Dylan
30. Manigoldo90: 1. Hymn To The Immortal Wind - Mono
1; 1, 2; 1, 2, 3; 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Edit #2: Realized that Norm's chart is actually chronological and therefore doesn't meet the criteria I set out when I started this project. Please pick another Luigii. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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So it's been a bit with spinning Amnesiac. And when I listen to it on my first listen I gave it a 95. With the revisit it is still a 95 though I would argue I could see this album being a 100 at some point because not only do I still find this album not only an engaging continuation of what was presented on Kid A but becomes more warped as well being unstabled. Some days I would argue Kid A is the better album since it changed the course for the band and is an important footnote for music in the 2000's and a bridge from rock and electronic music. But at the same time I could argue Amnesiac being the better album due to loving the majority if not all the tracks. The only track where I might argue against it would be Hunting Bears due to it's guitar tones feel somewhat out of place of the album. Though the looming synth tones and airy textures do keep it locked in place. While the rest I could go into the sounds or lyrical themes of choice or loneliness. But I would have to go on a lengthy discussion. And while I would love to do that it is getting a bit late as I type this.
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Bay listen to Bien... Si Bien
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Best Ever Albums 2001 List
#5 Lateralus-Tool (R)
#13 Blackwater Park-Opeth
#14 Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World
#16 Gold-Ryan Adams
#19 Jane Doe-Converge
#20 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket-Blink 182
#22 Druqks-Aphex Twin (R)
#23 Mutter- Rammstein
#24 Leaves Turn Inside You-Unwound
#25 The Argument-Fugazi
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