Leadoff track Mladic is heavier than any other song I've heard from them, and I love it. After a lull, We Drift Like Worried Fire is another long track that effectively uses noise rock elements, although this one is less relentless than the opener and has a good deal of sonic variety. The closing track is a drone coda that feels very fitting. Overall a really great album that deserves to be in the conversation for their best work. 4/5.
71. The Kinks: 4. Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One
72. Queens Of The Stone Age: 4. Lullabies To Paralyze
73. Simon & Garfunkel: 5. The Concert In Central Park
74. The White Stripes: 3. De Stijl
75. Frank Zappa: 3. We're Only In It For The Money [The Mothers Of Invention]
76. Vampire Weekend: 5. iTunes Session
77. Beach House: N/A. iTunes Session [not in database yet but eligible]
78. Charles Mingus: 9. Oh Yeah
79. Depeche Mode: 2. Music For The Masses
80. Fleet Foxes: 5. Fleet Foxes EP _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Holy batshit, Batman! This might be the most aggressive album I've ever heard! And yet, somehow, for all the technical proficiency heard here, it never seems to get in the way of any vehemence, with the two seemingly feeding each other to no end. Making things even better, the lyrical themes seem to cover environmental and dystopian topics in a similar vein to Megadeth. I couldn't help but compare their sound to Vektor...there were a lot of similarities. I do find Sadus' sound a lot more compelling; a lot more believable. I didn't feel like I was being bombarded with technicality for its own sake, it seemed to always make sense. The first four tracks were pretty astonishing. I'm hoping that feeling doesn't fade when I come back to this album.
The bassist, Steve Di Giorgio, is out of this world. I knew that two songs in. He's apparently a big effing deal and has played in a bunch of popular metal bands. I'll be checking them out just to hear more of his (fretless!) bass playing.
1. Moths /--/ Heron's Daughter
2. Tara /--/ Rigs Of The Time
3. Sister Janet Mead /--/ The Lord's Prayer
4. Cinque Souvenir /--/ Cinque Souvenir
5. Goliard /--/ Fortune My Foe
6. ๅฑฑๅดใใณ [Hako Yamasaki] /--/ ้ฃใปใณใปใพใปใ (Tobimasu)
7. Sue Walker /--/ The Bard And I
8. Ann Tholsted /--/ Ann Tholsted
9. Janelle Richey /--/ Remembering
10. Trevor Swadling /--/ Endless Surprise[/url] _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
Holy batshit, Batman! This might be the most aggressive album I've ever heard! And yet, somehow, for all the technical proficiency heard here, it never seems to get in the way of any vehemence, with the two seemingly feeding each other to no end. Making things even better, the lyrical themes seem to cover environmental and dystopian topics in a similar vein to Megadeth. I couldn't help but compare their sound to Vektor...there were a lot of similarities. I do find Sadus' sound a lot more compelling; a lot more believable. I didn't feel like I was being bombarded with technicality for its own sake, it seemed to always make sense. The first four tracks were pretty astonishing. I'm hoping that feeling doesn't fade when I come back to this album.
The bassist, Steve Di Giorgio, is out of this world. I knew that two songs in. He's apparently a big effing deal and has played in a bunch of popular metal bands. I'll be checking them out just to hear more of his (fretless!) bass playing.
This sounds like a lot of fun, gotta check it out! Steve Di Giorgio is one of the most technical bass players I've ever heard, but not in a pretentious way. His wankery on fretless bass is always dope. I was introduced to him through Individual Though Patterns by Death, but he's been in 10+ fantastic metal bands. _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
The video was cool chief, full of (not so) fun facts. Think I'll go on a Wikipedia rampage sometime soon ๐
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A lot of what I had to say about Ulvesang and neofolk/dark folk in general applies here. Pros: fantastic atmosphere, gloomy, dark and highly aesthetical music, which is exactly what I love. Cons: the songwriting was... ok? It's interesting that I feel the same way about Deathconsciousness, which is a different kind of a record completely. I do have to say that Giles Corey is much more diverse than your average neofolk/dark folk. There's a bit of industrial, slowcore, indie etc. which is cool. So while I like and respect the album and plan to play it once in a while, Giles Corey's debut didn't blow me away and it ends my hot streak. Jinxed it. 7.5/10
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Yeah I don't know any of those, but the chart looks very interesting. Moths has a nice cover, try it Jameth ๐
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RYM metal top 100 / SquishypuffDave's Top 100 Greatest Albums / Xxnu99etxX Top 100 Greatest Albums
Immolation - Close To The World Below
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Demilich - Nespithe
15. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
21. VHS Head - Persistence Of Vision
24. Gum Takes Tooth - Mirrors Fold
27. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - ่ผชๅปปไบค้ฟๆฅฝ [Ecophony Rinne]
29. Oren Ambarchi - Grapes From The Estate
5) Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic
7) Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
There's a lot of things to like about this release. For one, only a few tracks are over 4 minutes long, which has not been the trend with the albums on this list. They've only been getting longer runtimes it seems. Secondly it's a more minimal affair here, but it didn't get stale quickly like some of the other albums have. Tresor Records are generally consistent as far as quality if concerned. I don't think many of them have ever wowed me, but I also don't think that many of them have ever been a dissapointment.
Haha! I broke your streak of rated 8 or higher albums ๐
I have to give you Yank Crime, because it's one of my top 50 albums ever.
19. Cari Lekebusch- Det Jag Vet (1999)
21. Darren Price- Under the Flightpath (1997)
25. Orlando Voorn- Ignitor (2007)
26. Portion Reform- The Supreme Negative (1998)
28. Terrace- Round Up (1992)
30. Unit Moebius- Work (1997)
Outside of "Redbone" and "This is America" I'd never heard anything from Donald Glover musically, though Atlanta is one of my favorite TV shows so I do have appreciation as an artist, just not as a musician. This is an incredibly slick album that's well produced and sounds great. "Redbone" is of course the highlight, and I liked a lot of the jammier tracks near the end of the album like "Baby Boy" and "Stand Tall" as well. A lot of the more upbeat tracks, like "Riot," weren't my favorite, but there's nothing here that's bad. If I have one complaint with this overall it's that it feels like it lacks personality; it's so steeped in funk and R&B traditions of the past that it almost feels like an album from the early 70's. That's of course a bit of a compliment to how great this sounds too, so I guess I'd summarize that it's a strong set of songs that maybe just doesn't sound as vital or inspired as the songs that inspired it. And of course I have to point out that this is ranked higher than albums like Curtis and Pieces of a Man, not to mention most Parliament albums (it's pretty much equal with Mothership Connection). Which seems wrong, but to each their own.
Take it from the top Chief.
BEA's Top 1,000 albums:
601. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
658. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
674. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
687. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
699. Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith
705. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
720. O by Damien Rice
745. Ceremonials by Florence + The Machine
747. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
750. David Bowie by David Bowie _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
this album is like 27 tracks long, so I don't really want to have find all of them. From the couple I listened to, it sounded fine, but I'm not going to seek out the rest.
I'll try to find Darren Price instead
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I basically listened to hardly any jazz before I joined this site, and I hadn't heard of Charles Mingus until I saw him featured prominently here on BEA. My question is why hadn't I heard of him? I knew of Miles Davis, and John Coltrane as jazz greats, and probably a couple of others, but not Mingus. Because from this and the other records of his I've now heard, he is easily my favourite. From someone who is not a jazz fan I thought this was great! Rather than background, dinner party or art gallery jazz, or something to sit back and politely clap and admire the proficiency, this had an energy and vibrancy that I imagine would have had me wanting to be up on my feet, and somehow dancing, bopping, or at the very least just moving along to the music. It kept me both entertained and interested, and I would listen to this again any time. I also feel it would be one of the good introductory albums for someone just starting to get into the genre. 8.5/10
I really like the David Bowie album. It has some excellent songs, and is well worth checking out.
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
6. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
7. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
10. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
11. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
12. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
13. Chuck Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
15. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
17. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
And of course I have to point out that this is ranked higher than albums like Curtis and Pieces of a Man, not to mention most Parliament albums (it's pretty much equal with Mothership Connection). Which seems wrong, but to each their own.
I don't think that's being driven by people who think it's better than those albums, but simply by more people listening/charting in recent years because it's a contemporary album by a popular artist. Those three albums you mentioned are +1, +2 , +2 compared to this in terms of average rating. But those differentials are far too low, and I agree that it's absolutely wrong that it's ranked higher than them. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
I was looking forward to hearing this, and the first few tracks got it off to a strong start. Never Let Me Down Again in particular is excellent. Unfortunately, it ended up being frontloaded, and the whole album doesn't hold a candle to Violator in any sense of songwriting. The instrumentals, lyrics, and hooks/structures were all less interesting and enjoyable. That said, comparing it to Violator is perhaps unreasonable. This is well-made and a good listen, just a bit of a letdown. 3.5/5.
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2. This one is my favorite of those. Glad to be able to pick it again.
80. Talk Talk: 3. The Colour Of Spring [they were #81 before]
82. Green Day: 3. Nimrod
83. Portishead: 5. Glory Times
84. Blur: 2. 13
85. Frank Ocean: N/A. The OF Tape Vol. 2 by Odd Future [exhausted solo discography]
86. Television: 2. Adventure
87. Tool: 3. 10,000 Days
88. AC/DC: 2. Highway To Hell
89. Interpol: 3. Our Love To Admire
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