Before listening, I only knew Mr. Brightside well, although I had heard a couple others on the radio over the years. The duality of this album is that it's bright, catchy pop rock that also has angst, malaise, and post-punk influence on its underside. The musicianship and vocals are pretty solid throughout. I noticed Brandon Flowers and Will Toldeo have similar-sounding voices on certain pairings of songs from their groups. The main drawback here is that The Killers' songwriting quality is a bit inconsistent. To pick one example, like many before me, I find the refrain "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" to be irritating and ridiculous. Mr. Brightside is definitely the best song, and the album is front-loaded. My final verdict is that this is a pleasant album, although I'm not wild about it. 3/5.
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2. Try Night Song. It's the only one where I've heard of the artist.
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3. junodog4's overall:
1. Acme - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
5. Discosis - Bran Van 3000
6. Five Days In July - Blue Rodeo
7. Monster - R.E.M.
8. Navy Blues - Sloan
19. Orange - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
20. Fully Completely - The Tragically Hip
21. Pump - Aerosmith
22. Quality Control - Jurassic 5
24. The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters
The source in my next post should be:
a) Continue through the top forum poster ranking - next stop Jimmy Dread
b) BEA / RYM Chart Mashup
c) RYM Friends Chart _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
A wonderful fusion of Khan's vocals and Brook's ambiance + guitar playing. I'm not surprised this was great, because of my knowledge of the artists already and that it was released on Peter Gabriel's record label. Brook plays on another with an Armenian musician that I need to check out next. Glad Khan seemed to get worlwide recognition before his passing, because he's a great vocalist.
Sorry Baystate, seems you've got me to rec you something again. You should definitely check out Quality Control sometime, but let's have you listen to Juno's number 1, Acme.
Darc Mind - Symptomatic Of A Greater Ill
Colin Potter-2 nights
Xiphiidae - Used Parts Galaxy
Wongraven - Fjelltronen
Christina Kubisch โโ Night Flights
Death Toll 80k - Harsh Realities
Derek Bailey - Improvisation
Renegade Soundwave- Soundclash
Iordanis Tsomidis- "BOUZOUKEE The Music of Greece"
KENJIRO SAKIYA - DIFFERENCE
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The best thing going on this album is the percussion. It's really fantastic. I know Swans at times go for that drone kind of thing, but sometimes I found myself underwhelmed by two chords for a few minutes straight (especially during a second listen). It didn't reel me in like some other work by them to let the "drone" sink me into a trance of sorts. Anyway, I found it pleasant enough to want to listen to it a second time, but then didn't really find that second experience great. Also, I'll probably get the stink eye for saying this, but a bit of this reminded me of some early post-punk like U2. 3.5/80.
2. Chief, you're stuck with me picking again as well... hehe, but it looks like the last two were pretty much gold... so this one has to suck hehe - Darc Mind.
3. RYM top 500
330. Hvis lyset tar oss by Burzum
383. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
395. Individual Thought Patterns by Death
414. Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk by Emperor
443. South of Heaven by Slayer
473. Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (needs a rating)
476. Unquestionable Presence by Atheist
480. Holy Diver by Dio
482. Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden
483. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
485. Mother 2: ใฎใผใฐใฎ้่ฅฒ by ็ฐไธญๅฎๅ [Hirokazu Tanaka] & ้ดๆจๆ ถไธ [Keiichi Suzuki]
486. De mysteriis dom Sathanas by Mayhem
487. Harmony in Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker
488. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
489. Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus
491. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
494. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous by Big L
495. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus by Candlemass
497. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
499. Transa by Caetano Veloso
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What a shame. This duo could have probably made a lot more music, but their label went belly up right before this album was supposed to be released. Thanks to the good people at Anticon for taking it off the shelf in 2006. Sparse and nocturnal instrumentals with complex lyricism and a unique voice will always grab my attention. The MC has a strangely deep and level delivery that would have made him stand out in 1997 when this was supposed to come out.
Seth, Yanqui UXO.
Colin Potter-2 nights
Xiphiidae - Used Parts Galaxy
Wongraven - Fjelltronen
Christina Kubisch โโ Night Flights
Death Toll 80k - Harsh Realities
Derek Bailey - Improvisation
Renegade Soundwave- Soundclash
Iordanis Tsomidis- "BOUZOUKEE The Music of Greece"
Kenjiro Sakiya - Difference
Constantine- Hades
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
The little I know of Phish is one song I used to have on a mixtape many years ago that I don't remember the title of but it was about pot, and that they and/or their fans are sometimes the butt of jokes on USA sit-coms and movies. I thoroughly enjoyed this though. Reminded me of a lot of some great '70's music with it's light psychedelic rock elements. This album starts good, gets better, hits it's peak with Dirt and Piper, then has a strong finish from there with a great closer. Just how I like them. Seems like they are a great live band (357 live albums on RYM) and listening to this I think I would love to see them live in a festival setting. It gets an easy 8/10 that could rise on further listens, and 12/35 for 2000.
I'm sure I remember these guys but can't remember a song. Check out Renegade Soundwave.
3. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay
7. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
11. You Can't Take It With You by As Tall As Lions
12. In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
14. Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
16. Jones Beach, New York August 25, 2000 by Pearl Jam
22. Designing A Nervous Breakdown by The Anniversary
23. Beggars by Thrice
25. All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
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This group really is the greatest instrumental group of all time. They have an amazing way of transforming/captivating me. Explosions in the Sky don't even come close to me. Anyway, that Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls was my favorite, but really enjoyed the whole thing - 4/85.
2. Purplepash - I have a hard time recing my own stuff. But for now I'd like to hear your thoughts on the roaring baritone guitars matched with passionate vocals from Thrice. Also this is my favorite live record of theirs if interested (which really should be #38 on my 2000s list...)
Live Phish Volume 4 by Phish
3. RYM top 500
330. Hvis lyset tar oss by Burzum
383. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
395. Individual Thought Patterns by Death
414. Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk by Emperor
443. South of Heaven by Slayer
476. Unquestionable Presence by Atheist
480. Holy Diver by Dio
482. Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden
483. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
485. Mother 2: ใฎใผใฐใฎ้่ฅฒ by ็ฐไธญๅฎๅ [Hirokazu Tanaka] & ้ดๆจๆ ถไธ [Keiichi Suzuki]
486. De mysteriis dom Sathanas by Mayhem
487. Harmony in Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker
488. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
489. Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus
491. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
494. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous by Big L
495. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus by Candlemass
497. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
499. Transa by Caetano Veloso
Some Say I So I Say Light by Ghostpoet
This album's biggest selling point is also its biggest weakness, although the pros overweight the cons. It's very pensive, space-y and the flow is consistently very similar. That's great when it works, and it does most of the time, but some songs are juuuuust too long to keep me interested all the way through. And the songs are 4-5 minutes long... Strangely enough though, my favourite was the longest track, Sloth Trot. However there are a few notable mood exceptions, like at the beginning of 4th song (Plastic Bag Brain), where I thought that my playlist shuffled to a King Gizzard song for a second lol. Enjoyable, new and competent record overall though. 8/10
"And my arms keep slipping
And time's still ticking enough to send hearts all over that cliff
So what place is this?
Not sure I fit
I chose too quick
More miss than hit"
"Dim Sum and Noodles make me feel alright"
(2)
Well never enough of Maiden, go with Piece of Mind.
(3)
Norman Bates's Top 100 Albums of 2010s (7 to go)
4. Odd Nosdam - T R I S H
5. Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
8. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
9. Actress - R.I.P.
11. Thomas Brinkmann - A 1000 Keys
12. Delroy Edwards - Hangin' At The Beach
14. Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing
17. รine O'Dwyer - Music For Church Cleaners Vol. I And II
18 Nadja - Sv
20. Sarah Neufeld - Hero Brother _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
I feel like this was one of the better Iron Maiden records I've listened to, as far as my taste goes. I feel like instead of a monotony of shredding and piercing vocals, there were dynamics here they played with more than any other album. Sometimes the vocals weren't piercing or only subtly so. Yeah... idk if it's growing on me or if this is just a better album dynamically speaking. 85/4.
2. This is the only artist I've heard of, so I guess take a peak at: Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
3. RYM top 500
330. Hvis lyset tar oss by Burzum
383. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
395. Individual Thought Patterns by Death
414. Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk by Emperor
443. South of Heaven by Slayer
476. Unquestionable Presence by Atheist
480. Holy Diver by Dio
483. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
485. Mother 2: ใฎใผใฐใฎ้่ฅฒ by ็ฐไธญๅฎๅ [Hirokazu Tanaka] & ้ดๆจๆ ถไธ [Keiichi Suzuki]
486. De mysteriis dom Sathanas by Mayhem
487. Harmony in Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker
488. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
489. Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus
491. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
494. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous by Big L
495. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus by Candlemass
497. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
499. Transa by Caetano Veloso
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