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To be fair I think you are level headed enough that you like plenty of pop records regardless. The poptimism "movement" has put stuff on its head roughly a decade ago (if not earlier, but really took hold about a decade ago). I remember when it was cool to have a bumper sticker that said, "drum machines have no soul" - now that's like a dumbass thing to say (kinda).
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Every Susanne Sundfรธr album is great, Ten Love Songs is one of my favourites of the decade. Janelle Monรกe has 2 fantastic albums (havenโt listened to The Electric Lady yet). FKA Twigs, Lizzo, Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish had excellent albums last year. Grimes is always a hit too, but Visions is my fave. Robyn is never in the limelight, but sheโs released some seriously good pop music in the last 10 years. Masseduction is another one that comes to mind. Lorde and Kali Uchis too. Iโve liked all of those better than Emotion.
Yeah - I can see that. Nothing wrong with both sides. I have to agree with you about why that album being put on a pedestal. I mean it isn't bad by any measure, if anything it is good by any measure, but so are a lot of pop albums (as you just indicated).
I think the reality is there's just more/different versions of the "same thing" (not really) and some appeal to others more. I like to think of it as parallel universes. Like what if Coca-Cola was never a thing and only Pepsi?
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This had music in it. It was in the right key. And it had interesting arrangments... that were all flat and boring as hell. 2/60 for sure on this sucker. I nearly didn't finish it but decided to do so out of the principal (or something made up to make me a respectable human). Anyway, I then go check my last.fm and I don't get credit anyway... bastards. I think they got confused from when I listened to a podcast via Spotify. Hasn't worked since. Another one under the belt.
2. 592. Suede by Suede BBS - it's on my list later, so maybe you can help me decide if I'll cry for joy or pain.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (570/1001)
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968 (needs rating)
Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968
Odessa Bee Gees 1960s 1969 (needs rating)
Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969
Songs from a Room Leonard Cohen 1960s 1969
Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969
The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Bros 1960s 1969Cloud Nine The Temptations 1960s 1969Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods 1960s 1969Happy Sad Tim Buckley 1960s 1969Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970Sweet Baby James James Taylor 1970s 1970Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Spirit 1970s 1970Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970s 1970Close to You The Carpenters 1970s 1970Absolutely Live The Doors 1970s 1970John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970s 1970Trafalgar Bee Gees 1970s 1971If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby 1970s 1971Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1970s 1971Madman Across the Water Elton John 1970s 1971Tarkus Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1970s 1971A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces 1970s 1971Live! Fela Kuti & Africa 70 with Ginger Baker 1970s 1971Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies 1970s 1971White Light Gene Clark 1970s 1971Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack Isaac Hayes 1970s 1971John Prine John Prine 1970s 1971Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1970s 1971Manassas Manassas 1970s 1971Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1970s 1971Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972Transa Caetano Veloso 1972American Gothic David Ackles 1972Made in Japan Deep Purple 1972Eagles Eagles 1972Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1972Home Is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972Sail Away Randy Newman 1972Slayed? Slade 1972The Slider T. Rex 1972All Directions The Temptations 1972Greetings From LA Tim Buckley 1972Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972The World Is a Ghetto WAR 1972Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version Yasunori Mitsuda (1972) 1972Space Ritual Hawkwind 19733 + 3 Isley Brothers 1973Solid Air John Martyn 1973Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973Bongo Rock The Incredible Bongo Band 1973Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973American Graffiti Soundtrack Various Artists 1973Honky Tonk HeroesWaylon Jennings 1973Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973Sheet Music 10cc 1974Bad Company Bad Company 1974461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974No Other Gene Clark 1974The Grand Tour George Jones 1974Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron 1974Grievous Angel Gram Parsons 1974Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon 1974Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974I Want to See the Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 1974Country Life Roxy Music 1974Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1974Kimono My House Sparks 1974Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder1974Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison 1974Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1975There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975Young Americans David Bowie 1975Born to Be With You Dion 1975That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris 1975The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975The Kรถln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators 1975Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator (1975) 1975Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 1975Joan Armtrading Joan Armtrading 1976Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976Music From the Penguin Cafรฉ Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton 1976Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1977New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury 1977One World John Martyn 1977Hard Again Muddy Waters 1977Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1977Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977Babylon By Bus Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978C'est Chic Chic 1978Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely 1978Real Life Magazine 1978Here, My DearMarvin Gaye 1978Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978Public Image Limited Public Image Limited 1978Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman 1978The Scream Siouxsie & The Banshees 1978Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts The Adverts 1978The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978Eternally Yours The Saints 1978Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1978Siembra Willie Colรณn & Rubรฉn Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risquรฉ Chic 1979Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979GI Germs 1979Movies Holger Czukay 1979Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979Metal Box Public Image Limited 1979We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979Street Life The Crusaders 1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones 1979
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Every Susanne Sundfรธr album is great, Ten Love Songs is one of my favourites of the decade. Janelle Monรกe has 2 fantastic albums (havenโt listened to The Electric Lady yet). FKA Twigs, Lizzo, Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish had excellent albums last year. Grimes is always a hit too, but Visions is my fave. Robyn is never in the limelight, but sheโs released some seriously good pop music in the last 10 years. Masseduction is another one that comes to mind. Lorde and Kali Uchis too. Iโve liked all of those better than Emotion.
I like a lot of these. NFR was my favorite album from last year and Art Angels is one of my favorites from this decade (and a lot of the songs there rival the ones on EMOTION). Tbh I wish there was another one I liked as much as EMOTION. I'll just have to keep listening. I've tried to describe what it is about it that hits me and I dont think I've ever succeeded. One thing is that it's much more upbeat and danceable than a lot of the ones you mentioned and a lot of the more laid back pop albums from the past few years. Maybe it's as simple as that? Dua Lipa has put out some great singles this year so I'm hoping her album delivers on that promise. _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
I was secretly hoping this would slip through the cracks. But, I did tell Bay that I would give it a chance, so this was probably for the best. Now, I will say that, unlike Illinois and Carrie & Lowell, I didn't find this to be dreadful. It was perhaps even enjoyable at certain points (the extended coda to "Too Much" and "Now That I'm Older", in particular). But, no matter how many bleeps and bloops you shower upon a bad song, you're still left with a bad song. There isn't anything here that's going to stick in my head. The tunes are bland and the lyricism is Crayola-level. And although the electronica works nicely to largely cover it up, that mainstream indie aesthetic which I find nauseating and tacky still bleeds through in abundance.
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Oh my christ have you got some folk masterworks moving in. But, I'll give you what's probably the best album of the bunch and what I should have given you last time.
1. Velocity : Design : Comfort /โ/ Sweet Trip
3. Caracal /โ/ Disclosure
4. Geogaddi /โ/ Boards Of Canada
5. Virgins /โ/ Tim Hecker
6. Medรบlla /โ/ Bjรถrk
7. Pop /โ/ Gas
9. California /โ/ Mr. Bungle
10. The Mollusk /โ/ Ween
11. Astral Progressions /โ/ Josef Leimberg
12. The Velocity Of Love /--/ Suzanne Ciani _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
Oh man I would have blasted the shit out of this if I had of had it in the '90s. Great grunge/alternative metal album. Fantastic vocals, great music, and from what I could pick up some interesting lyrics. Rooster has always been one of my favourite songs and the rest of the album didn't disappoint. Not bad song on here. Best grunge album of 1992, 14/35 in my yearly chart, and comes in at 90 on my decade chart.
There's a few great albums here Jameth...let's go with Mr Bungle.
Top 78 Music Albums of the 1990s by Jameth (4 picks left)
2. รnima by Tool
3. Mariama by Boubacar Traorรฉ
8. Torch Of The Mystics by Sun City Girls
9. Dengo by Soungalo Coulibaly
10. Niafunkรฉ by Ali Farka Tourรฉ
12. Love Drum Talk by Olatunji
13. Taraf De Haรฏdouks by Taraf De Haรฏdouks
14. Shleep by Robert Wyatt
15. Above by Mad Season
17. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon
Some albums transcend their genre. BUT let's be honest, most don't. In 1990, thrash was already on the wane and there is a good reason this thrash LP from Denmark sunk without a trace at the time. It didn't elevate the game. It didn't get you to turn around. Is it good? Yes. Is it on the level of the other thrash benchmarks of 1990 namely Seasons Of The Abyss and Rust In Peace? Not even close. If you love thrash and you miss that late 80s sound, this is certainly competent. But anyone outside of thrash diehards is most likely not going to understand what all the fuss is about. And that includes me.
1. Megadeth โ Rust In Peace (A+. Essential Thrash)
2. Judas Priest โ Painkiller
3. Slayer โ Seasons in The Abyss (A. Essential Thrash)
4. Entombed โ Left Hand Path
5. Bathory โ Hammerheart
6. Artillary โ By Inheritance (B-. Good thrash)
7. Morbid Saint โ Spectrum Of Death
8. Rainbow โ Live In Germany 1976
9. Accept โ Staying A Life
10. Kreator โ Coma of Souls
11. Primus โ Frizzle Fry (A. Essential Alt Metal)
12. Neil Young โ Ragged Glory
13. Danzig โ II
14. Athiest โ Piece Of Time
15. Obituary โ Cause of Death
This is really good, and I'm mad that I've never listened to this band before. Going to have to put a couple of their albums in the queue for sure, because this kind of Ethereal/Dream Pop stuff is some good stuff. I'm also a sucker for that lo fi sound that you can only get on a bedroom recorded cassette, which is mostly what this is, as it states it's some early projects from this band.
Tilly, I'd probably give Artillery at least B+, because that first song shreds so much. Anyways, Entombed would be next choice. Pretty statanic ๐
Maggi Payne-Crystal
Flamingosis - Pleasure Palette
่ๆฑ ใฒใฟใ (Himiko Kikuchi)-All Right
Riccardo Sinigaglia- Riflessi
P-MODEL - P-MODEL
Heldon - รlectronique Guerilla
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Robert John- Robert John
Nihonjin - Far Out
Zu - Carboniferous
Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio โ- Pakistani Pomade
I had planned on saving Mr. Bungle until after I had gone through Zappa, Beefheart, The Residents, and some others; so I don't know of any precedents for California. There could be, but I feel like these guys just had an idea to do a surf-themed album, and blazed it through their alternative lens. And after listening to their first two albums, it's also hard to say whether they reigned in their experimentation to achieve a more direct approach, or if they've simply tabled it in favor of a more cohesive environment. Either way, I don't care, because the approach works and the environment is spectacular. I'm also blown away by their musicianship. It isn't on display on California as much as it was on Disco Volante, but they still pack in as much as they can within a surf rock framework.
1. Velocity : Design : Comfort /โ/ Sweet Trip
3. Caracal /โ/ Disclosure
4. Geogaddi /โ/ Boards Of Canada
5. Virgins /โ/ Tim Hecker
6. Medรบlla /โ/ Bjรถrk
7. Pop /โ/ Gas
10. The Mollusk /โ/ Ween
11. Astral Progressions /โ/ Josef Leimberg
12. The Velocity Of Love /--/ Suzanne Ciani
13. Harmony In Ultraviolet /--/ Tim Hecker _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
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