"Luigii, Plastic Beach has some great tracks on it, but I'd be hesitant to rate it that highly." Tha1ChiefRocka
I don't know man, I feel like this could go a little deeper for a discussion or a private message because I am curious why you wouldn't rate it highly. Because while I don't know if this would make a top 100 for the 2010's from me if I ever refine that list, I'd argue it could have been a honorable mention or probably in the top 30 or maybe top 25. With that sentence alone, I will say I do love this. Grade wise this is a 90. And I feel like I got some stuff to say. For one, I don't if this was intentional but that album title does strike a certain chord to me. While I'm not an environmentalist, there is something quite heartbreaking when I remember stuff like plastic being in our oceans. Or that oil ocean explosion that occurred in 2010 that makes me concern for the world where I would like to fix it but being one man.
Second, I really love the vibe as well as the sound of this album. While sound wise this is different compared to The Mollusk, vibe wise I'd argue they share that nautical vibe of being in the ocean or on a boat or near a beach. I also would say that both albums are quite weird. Weird to be entertaining but not weird enough to be alienating to listeners. I would also throw this even though this statement is a bit of a stretch, but where The Mollusk was an inspiration to Spongebob, Plastic Beach has cues that remind me of Splatoon. And while there is cultural divide from a Japanese Video Game Company and an UK band, there is this giddy childlike feeling I get from both. Though if I was to be honest, Splatoon's sound was more inspired by a track within Vision Creation Newsun by Boredoms. You'll know the track when you hear it.
Lastly, and while this is where my complaint comes from I would say that most of the guest features benefits the album. The only features I'd argue where I wasn't the most invested would probably be Snoop Dogg. I would say he was a better performer on records like To Pimp A Butterfly or You're Dead! But people like Bobby Womback, Little Dragon, De La Soul and Lou Reed really add to this album. I feel like I could go into more detail where there are some absolute favorite tracks like Stylo and On Melancholy Hill, but I feel like I should get into my closing statement.
I don't know if this is my favorite Gorillaz record but unlike there debut which I have forgotten and might be graded lower if I give that album another listen, this record I feel might get even better on multiple listens. And on a first listen, this was quite excellent.
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Chief hopefully this is available, but Electronique Guerilla just sounds awesome.
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Fantano's Top 100 of the 2010's
(2) Swans-To Be Kind
(6) Charli XCX-Charli
8 Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
(10) Danny Brown-Atrocity Exhibition
(11) Father John Misty-Pure Comedy
(15) Ondatropica-Self Titled
(19) PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
(22) Richard Dawson-2020
(23) The Books-The Way Out
(24) Natalia Lafourcade-Musas Vol 2 (probably will listen to Vol 1 as well)
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Well this was pleasant for sure. Dig the jam. There I'm stuck somewhere between a 3.5 and 4. Reminds me of a 60s version of a Cowboy Junkies. Now I guess I'll need to re-listen to that lief record cuz I only gave it a 3 my first go around - didn't love it. Matty Groves I checked and I think I'll keep my 3.0 for now. Anyway, I dig her voice and dig their instrumentation.
2. I think the Father John Misty-Pure Comedy selection is one I like the most out of that list. Check out the eponymous music video - that's what got me into it. I am not one for lyrics, but I dig his. The Occulus Rift track was great too. I didn't really take to much else by him for some reason.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (587/1001)
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968 (needs rating)
Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968
Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969
Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970
The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970s 1970 (don't get too excited for me, not a fan of the Syd Barrett days with Pink Floyd)
Close to You The Carpenters 1970s 1970
Absolutely 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 Köln 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 Café 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 Colón & Rubén Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risqué 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 LifeThe Crusaders1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones1979
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I had written a review, then I accidentally left the page and deleted it. It's great French electronic from the 70s, which is an era rife with fun and inventive albums. I enjoyed it.
Seth, listen to the elder Shankar.
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Justin Berkovi- After the Night
Benoit Widemann- Stress!
Benjamin Lew- Nebka
J・A・Seazer - Den'en ni Shisu - 田園に死す
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles
William Eaton- Music By William Eaton
Brain Sounds - An Attempt to Record Coincidence
Dance Dance Revolution 1st Mix Nonstop Megamix
Ojas – Seven Levels Of Man
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I couldn't get into this one as much as The River. Nice music that just didn't interest me enough, apart from a couple of songs that flirted with some psychedelia. 7/10, and 45/52 for 1999.
I was going to move into the '80's next but now that Luiigi has rejoined I will delay that for a quick spin through his '90s chart. I have only listened to 16 of these, with only 1 in common, and there's probably I few I probably wouldn't listen to otherwise so I'll take the opportunity to.
Top 39 Music Albums of the 1990s by Luigii (5 picks left)
4. Earth & Nightfall by John Beltran
5. Tri Repetae by Autechre
6. Amplified Heart by Everything But The Girl
8. Big Calm by Morcheeba
11. Becoming X by Sneaker Pimps
13. Super Mario: Yoshi Island Original Sound Version by 近藤 浩治 [Koji Kondo]
14. Mule Variations by Tom Waits
16. Don Solaris by 808 State
17. Baduizm by Erykah Badu
18. Older by George Michael
In certain cases like the Joanna Newsom album, this is one of those records that I could give a 100. Hell I gave this a second listen compared to other albums I have heard from melon's list, and I would say the best songs off of this album are amazing. Either being lush and grand in instrumentation while having performances that are very heartfelt where his vocals just strike me on a certain chord. But like the Newsom album, there is something that makes me hesitant from giving a glowing grade and it would be two things. For one, I will say musically the tracks 6-8 aren't the most interesting tracks off of this track listing. Even thought those tracks do sound quite pleasant. But out of the three tracks in that pack, Leaving LA is way to long for it's own good. If that track had more bells in its sound, I would have been more lenient to that track since the other two tracks that come after that are around three to four minutes. But thirteen minutes? Nah. But the bigger kicker to that track would be how I don't feel like it has a complete finish. It sounds like it ends abruptly. I would also say the final track unfortunately has that problem as well, but that track felt more fulfilling.
The other thing I would argue would be a complaint would be that I would probably go to other albums that he has done like I Love You Honey Bear more due to being a shorter album but also hits me more on an emotional level. But still this is still a wonderful album and could be an honorable mention for the decade. For 2017, I could see this being a top 20 to top 25 list for that year. Grade wise, it is a 95.
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Man I got to continue to go through more records from the 1990's so I can update that list. But for my first pick, it will be Tri Repetae. Don't know if you have listen to Autechre, but I would say that album is a good start.
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Fantano's Top 100 of the 2010's
(2) Swans-To Be Kind
(6) Charli XCX-Charli
8 Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
(10) Danny Brown-Atrocity Exhibition
(15) Ondatropica-Self Titled
(19) PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
(22) Richard Dawson-2020
(23) The Books-The Way Out
(24) Natalia Lafourcade-Musas Vol 2 (probably will listen to Vol 1 as well)
(25) Lingua Ignota-Calligula
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I didn't enjoy this album at all for the first 2/3rds of it. I wondered how it was ranked so highly, and was amazed that it was also rated highly pretty much everywhere else I looked. This is the first Manics album after the disappearance of Richey Edwards, and it understandably sounds a lot different than The Holy Bible (which, as an aside, is an album I find interesting lyrically but has never clicked musically). This album feels much more anthemic, with soaring choruses and lots of strings and other things. I'd describe it as a British American Idiot in a way. And because of that I found it really annoying. It was so loud and big. The acoustic non-anthemic tracks sounded silly. What lyrics I could make out were silly teenage angst stuff that I don't really relate to anymore.
Then I stopped listening so I could concentrate on something at work and when I came back it somehow sounded a lot better. I actually started tapping my foot along to some of the choruses. So I don't know whether my pre- or post- break impressions are more accurate. I will say that even though I enjoyed it a bit more in the end I don't plan on coming back to it because there was nothing that set it apart from other anthemic Britpop albums.
There aren't many 2010s albums I'd recommend over this face melter.
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545. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
571. Making Movies by Dire Straits
576. Pure Heroine by Lorde
595. The Slim Shady LP by Eminem
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613. Permanent Waves by Rush
622. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
627. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
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I didn't know that this was a movie soundtrack, but it's from the 70s, so it least it's the best kind of movie soundtrack. Their are some typical things going on that you would expect from a movie soundtrack, but then there are some interesting detours on here as well. It was fine, but nothing great.
Babyblue, listen to the self-titled Dire Straits.
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Justin Berkovi- After the Night
Benoit Widemann- Stress!
Benjamin Lew- Nebka
J・A・Seazer - Den'en ni Shisu - 田園に死す
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles
William Eaton- Music By William Eaton
Brain Sounds - An Attempt to Record Coincidence
Dance Dance Revolution 1st Mix No
Alan Watts- This Is It
"There aren't many 2010s albums I'd recommend over this face melter." babyBlueSedan
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While I would agree to that statement somewhat, I don't really find this as much as a face melter that people would claim it to me. Sure I will agree that this album is quite weird. And does have themes of losing yourself and the consequences of overdosing. But to me, it isn't weird enough. When I see that album cover and see the record label this comes from, I would think this would be a wild ride that goes to the max of being balls to the wall weird. And while it does go there. It doesn't go far enough.
Lets start with my favorite tracks, which there is a good amount of them. First would be Tell Me What I Don't Know. The fact that Danny doesn't go into his yelpy demeanor to be more subdued over this melancholy synth piece which gets more nuanced with more synth tones and a breakdown that sounds somewhat drum and bass inspired or feels like it would get there. Next would be Rolling Stone where Petite Noir does deliver an odd and smokey delivery. Instrumental is down beat and Danny Brown does compliment it. Also shout out to the vocal manipulations on the track. Third would be Ain't It Funny. Now if the album was like this track, I would have agreed with your statement. Both Danny and the sound compliment one another. Danny does go into the hard truth of reality that your life will end at any moment and you won't know when that will occur. The music video also rises my opinion on the track and is a must watch. Also the sound is alien, monstrous and anxious. The total package. White Lines is another personal favorites where the vibe and the lyrics work well. Also the vocal manipulation where it the word go sound like he is saying bye at the end. And then I would say the last third is probably the tightest of the album where the package of the last five tracks are great. Oh, also forgot about Pneumonia. That track slaps. Made thirty bands in thirty minutes. Love that chorus and song.
Now that was a lot of song where I was enjoying myself or feel like contexually would be odd and out there. But I know what you really want. You want me to be critical. Well here it is. For one, there are some songs that I feel like the song doesn't go far enough like Downward Spiral. Or kinda goes into the same problems I had with Supreme Clientele where songs like Lost or Gold dust or Dance In The Water. Well not as bad due to the lengths of those songs or doesn't feel as monotonous as that record can get. Though if I was to point fingers at what was the worst of the three, it would have been Lost. Even with the horn portion which was good, this track doesn't do much lyrically and instrumentally this is like a knife losing its luster by repeating it's action. Then I would have to bring up Really Doe. The instrumental could have been more nuanced and could have elevated the points of view from each rapper. And there stories are quite good. Ab Soul being my favorite due to comparing actions that he did earlier in his life feel passe from the dangerous lifestyle that was portrayed to Danny Brown and his wild actions. That verse about a C4 is insane. Then I would probably put Earl up next due to more what was going on in his life and how his despondent works to sell the theme of this album. And then unfortunately Kendrick would be last from me. It was probably the combination of the music but his verse didn't make me go 😲 It was more of a shrug and waiting to see how the track goes further on. Though I do need to mention that his chorus was really good. Made me feel like he is unhinged and destructive even if he doesn't believe it. Also his preamble before he goes into his verse was a lot better than the verse. I really enjoy how the vocal filter made him sound like he was in the shadows, looking over other people as an omnipotent being.
But I think my real issue is about its stylistic whole. Because when I'm referring to the record label, I would expecting something much weirder from Warp Records. Now not everything needs to be weird. But when you have an album like Geogaddi which is quite tense, trippy and meditative. As well as going the full mile, I would hope this would do the same. I could have also mention Confield as well due to sharing those types of qualities but also how that album's sound design still feels out of this world even with more artists in the 2010's being more adventurous. Now as a hypothetical it feels like I am comparing apples and star fruit since those records are electronic albums and have more freedom to do whatever they want. And you would be correct. But then my second caveat would be the album There Existed An Addiction To Blood by Clipping. That record, while I wouldn't call it a face melter (You Won't Get What You Want is a face melter) that album felt like it went the full mile from being a more thematic experience to how there was a lot of nuance in the sound either being quite meticulous or struck a certain chord. To how Daveed's delivery and what he was saying had me more tense to what was going on. I would also argue that Clippings album shares similar qualities to Geogaddi even though they get to that same feeling in different ways.
In summation, while I would argue Atrocity Exhibition being an interesting album and having its own identity, it's not an album that I would represent the best of the 2010's. If you love this, keep on loving it. But for me this is a 75 and would be in a decimal range of a 7.2 to a 7.7 depending on how I feel at the moment in time.
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Chief listen to Stress!
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Fantano's Top 100 of the 2010's
(2) Swans-To Be Kind
(6) Charli XCX-Charli
8 Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
(15) Ondatropica-Self Titled
(19) PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
(22) Richard Dawson-2020
(23) The Books-The Way Out
(24) Natalia Lafourcade-Musas Vol 2 (probably will listen to Vol 1 as well)
(25) Lingua Ignota-Calligula
(26) Women-Public Strain
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