So this has been the fourth album in the row where I have actually enjoyed myself with a record. I think after listening to this, I think I understand why while I enjoyed myself with Siamese Dream, it comes down to the structure and payoff with each track. I think if there was a complaint would be the opener. Great track, but I do feel the rest hits a higher stride. This is what makes it fun to go through albums from yesteryears. You may not enjoy everything from it. But you can hit on dope albums. And it's dope albums like this that keep me playing. Grade:90. Might be better than Stereolab but might not be. I would have to do some tourney type shit to see where both albums would go.
(2) Bay, you are correct on that. I was being blind on that. Also it is Jet Set Radio time.
(3)
BEA: Top 100 of 1993
(12) Snoop Dogg-Doggy Style
(13) Blur-Modern Life Is Rubbish
(15) The Breeders-Last Splash
(17) Depeche Mode-Songs of Faith and Devotion
18 Radiohead-Pablo Honey (R)
(20) Tool-Undertow
(23) U2-Zooropa (R)
(27) Jellyfish-Spilt Milk (Probably the most excited for. The write up would be longer.)
28 Uncle Tupelo-Anodyne
(29) The Cranberries-Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Niafunké by Ali Farka Touré
Third Ali Farka Toure album for me, and I'm really starting to get a gist of his music. Different as his albums may be, he's always about emotional, bluesy tunes with West African influences (Mande, Songhai, Tuareg...) On Niafunke, the electric blues is combined with some acoustic tracks as well, and the songs are generally shorter than on The River. Which I prefer. The tracklist was solid, and the songs were even more varied than The River. Excellent stuff all around, and while it may not be as good as In the Heart of the Moon, it's better than The River. 8/10
KMD - Black Bastards
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
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Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic
Boubacar Traoré - Mariama
Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun - Divine Music From A Jail
Rokia Traoré - Bowmboï
Sun City Girls - Torch Of The Mystics
Jimmy Lee Williams - Hoot Your Belly
Soungalo Coulibaly - Dengo
Various Artists - The Roots Of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Ah Pablo Honey. So I have all of Radiohead's discography under my belt. And while this album wouldn't be in my top 5 for the band. Albums like In Rainbows and Kid A would be way higher on my personal list. But this is still an excellent album. I was somewhat curious from enjoying other rock albums from 1993 that my enjoyment for Pablo would shrink. And in all honesty, it didn't in a quality sense. I could argue records from Yo La Tengo, Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr and other hit higher highs and are more consistent than this. But Pablo Honey has way more highlights than people want to admit. Blow Out being a prime example where there is some form of shoegaze influence that I kind of want to see Radiohead dabble in shoegaze for a future album. Stop Whispering blossoms from a calm rock track and transforms into a somewhat loud rager of a track where I just get lost within the guitar chords And there are plenty of other things I could go into. But that would be it for now. I think the key take away from this album is that this was a budding tree. Might not be a grand statement, but there were cues that the band would go further on in there career. Even if during 1993, it wasn't obvious.
Grade:90 Deservers a way better grade than it has.
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Led, KMD time.
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BEA: Top 100 of 1993
(12) Snoop Dogg-Doggy Style
(13) Blur-Modern Life Is Rubbish
(15) The Breeders-Last Splash
(17) Depeche Mode-Songs of Faith and Devotion
(20) Tool-Undertow
(23) U2-Zooropa (R)
(27) Jellyfish-Spilt Milk (Probably the most excited for. The write up would be longer.)
28 Uncle Tupelo-Anodyne
(29) The Cranberries-Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
(30) The Verve-A Storm In Heaven
Finally hit 20 albums for this year. Also been planning what I will be tackling next. Might decide to go through 1976. Maybe 1985. Might decide to tackle a user list. I might even be a little crazy and tackle page 11 of 1993. But it just depends on what I feel on doing.
Pablo Honey has way more highlights than people want to admit.
Agreed. I still think it's their worst and not a good album overall, but there's several highlights there, not just Creep. _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Here we have gem #2, which it turns out is actually from 2000. This is a fun, energetic romp of a video game soundtrack. Yes, instrumental hip hop is an accurate description of most of it, but it's so much more, almost an everything but the kitchen sink approach in terms of genre. According to RYM, big beat is another primary genre, and that makes this the first big beat album I've heard. The grooves and samples are on point. The pacing and sequencing is great. And the infectiousness makes me grin. A really good record to make dinner to, which is what I did while listening. 4/5.
1980 silver: Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang
1981 gold: Live Convention 81 - Various Artists
1982 silver: Live Convention 82 - Various Artists
1983 silver: Whodini - Whodini
1984 silver: Escape - Whodini
1985 silver: King Of Rock - Run-D.M.C.
1987 silver: Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
1989 bronze: No One Can Do It Better - The D.O.C.
1990 bronze: The Geto Boys - The Geto Boys
2002 gold: Nada Como Um Dia Após O Outro Dia - Racionais MC's _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
This is the fourth ATCQ album I've listened to, and the best so far (even if the other three area all rated higher than this one here on BEA). Cool beats, interesting samples, lyrics I have no problem listening to, a positive vibe, and an overall sense of fun that really shines through the whole album. Some catchy songs too, like the opener, Push It Along, Ham 'n' Eggs, and the couple of songs I know really well because they got a lot of radio airplay here at the time, Bonita Applebum and Can I Kick It?. 8/10, and 23/51 for 1990.
I've always wanted to hear some of the relatively early days of hip hop so going with Sugarhill Gang.
8. Repeater by Fugazi
11. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
16. Flood by They Might Be Giants
18. Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes
19. Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
23. The Rhythm Of The Saints by Paul Simon
25. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael
27. Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys
28. Jordan: The Comeback by Prefab Sprout
29. Naked City by John Zorn
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