If all of these sounds were made on the guitar, then I guess that's pretty cool. Too bad "pretty cool" does not equate to a pleasant listening experience.
I was kind of wondering why you had that live Fall album on there. I see that you've switched to Hex Enduction Hour, which is one of my favorites.
(Fair warning, the first track says the n-word in the first 30 seconds, so, uh, don't play it full blast in public. That's the only instance of that kind of language on the album.)
A la Ping Pong- Extrem Musik a la Ping Pong Phase I
A Tent- Six Empty Places
Ache- De Homine Urbano
AD- Conspiracy
ADN' Ckrystall- Jazz' Mad
AGeM- Sekunda
Agencement- Agencement
Aktuala- Tappeto Volante
Albergo Intergalattico Spaziale- Albergo Intergalattico Spaziale
Alrune Rod- Alrune Rod
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
Thanks for picking this Baystate. I have heard this album once before. Roughly ten years ago I got a copy of Granddaddy's 2006 album Just Like the Fambly Cat, back when I was still only listening to music on physical formats. It became a high rotation album that I loved and listened to a lot, so as soon as I could I got myself a copy of The Sophtware Slump as it was meant to be their best album, but I didn't think much of it from one listen and never went back to it. It didn't have that same personal emotional impact that I was getting from Fambly Cat. Since then I have listened to a lot more Grandaddy, including songs from this album here and there on playlists and the like, and revisiting this was like a totally different experience. Now I get the emotional impact, it's just more outward directed on a societal level, rather than the inward directed, maybe autobiographical Fambly Cat. I hear and appreciate the beauty and the detailed precision of this album. From the sublime opener He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot, which brings to mind Space Oddity for some reason, to the wonderful The Crystal Lake, to the couple of great closing tracks, it was all great. I doubt anything by Grandaddy will top Fambly Cat for me, but this might be just as good as Last Place, if not better. 8.5/10, and I have moved this from #54 to 5/56 for 2000, and put it in my decade chart at #57 (I said Rated R wouldn't be in there for long but I didn't expect it to be that short).
I'll take some '70s Danish psych prog with Alrune Rod please.
Top 73 Music Albums of 2000 by Tha1ChiefRocka (2 picks left)
7. Go Hawaii by Casino Versus Japan
9. Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
10. The Empty Hollow Unfolds by Raison D'รชtre
13. De Stijl by The White Stripes
14. The Museum Of Imaginary Animals by Pram
15. Multila by Vladislav Delay
20. Disappeared by Spring Heel Jack
21. Ovalprocess by Oval
22. Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing by Compulsive Gamblers
23. Warriorz by M.O.P.
Another bit of a wait. Finally got to finished this up. And there is something quite great about this where it sounds like the shift of music. It sounds like a mix of funk and rock. And yeah I do know that this is New Wave, but I do try to set these during the time. Now, while I do think this is great, I wouldn't say it's an absolute favorite for me due to how this album has a bit of debut-itis. Musically it isn't the most grand or having the most addicting grooves for me. Also David Byrne while is eccentric, still feels like he isn't at his full form or the most eccentric that he could be. I think the other thing that holds this for me would be how Bowie and Eno had those ambitious records that felt more ambitious and daring for there time. As well as on a song basis the only song that kind of stop me a bit would be The Book I Read. Especially that piano riff which now go forward in time sounds like the inspiration for the piano line for Pop 4. Grade:80
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Pash listen to Elliott Smith
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BEA's Top 100 of 1977
(6) Steely Dan-Aja (R)
(9) Billy Joel-The Stranger (R)
(15) Electric Light Orchestra-Out Of The Blue
(16) Iggy Pop-Lust For Life
18 Ramones-Rocket To Russia
(19) Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell (R)
(20) Iggy Pop-The Idiot
(24) Queen-News Of The World
(25) Fela Kuti & Africa 70-Zombie
(26) AC/DC-Let There Be Rock
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats
Unfortunately this was the thing that jammed with me the least. A bit samey with a lot of other artists in this strain and a bit too kitschy for me. I mean I get it, like it reminds me of a little of why I liked the decemberists like a decade ago, or similar. So definitely chart worthy, especially if emotional/nostalgiac ties. But somehow it just didn't hit high heights for me. I think I liked Dinu Lipatti's Bones the most.
2. Definitely suggest Fela Kuti & Africa 70-Zombie
3. Applerill Top 100 (10 Picks Left)
1. From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos
3. Ode To Dawn Wiener: Embarrassing Love Songs by Nicole Dollanganger
4. Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2 by FLUX quartet
7. Fallen by Evanescence
8. Zolin Sagt 025 by Baby Zionov
9. souljaboytellem.com by souljaboy
10. Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton
11. Night Ripper by Girl Talk
12. Serene Grace by Chansey
15. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 by Bill Evans
MercuryTurn your back on the pay-you-back last callProfile St. Louis
I struggle getting invested in jazz. Both new and old jazz. Its rare for a jazz album to both move me emotionally and also engage me intellectually. Usually its just the latter. I can count on my fingers and toes the amount of jazz albums that have done both. This has always been a point of some self-consciousness. So when nominated this album I was both very interested, and also bracing for a let down. I remember when Fischman talked about this on his excellent diary, and I have been intrigued ever since. Cool, beautiful cover, and there is a cool everything about this record. Hope I like it as I push play.
"Pace" is a nice intro to the album and starts things off on solid footing. Excellent sax work and, while not blowing my mind, quite soulful and a nice listen.
"The Message Continues" continues the good vibes and I liked the start, but it gets really interesting when the breakdown happens mid way through. It goes in a whole new musical direction which was quite cool.
"Source" has this great almost dub sound, it rocks and it kills. Love this one the most so far. Its a long track and I feel it loses focus toward the back end on the solos. Still love the structure of the sound and the beat.
"Together Is A Beautiful Place to Be" is quite gorgeous. The electric piano is brilliant. The way the song slowly unveils and blossoms is quite nice. Its a peaceful tune, doesn't swing or move with the same vigor as the previous tracks, but I think that's what is being attempted and they succeed in creating a romantic, peaceful lullaby of a song. The ending Sax solo is dope and maybe my fave saxophone solo so far. Very understated and lovely.
"Stand With Each Other" is a nice change, more somewhat dub sounding bits but less than on "Source", and instead the vocals and the cool as fuck beat and the melody and everything is just cool. Short and sweet.
"Inner Game" is a more upbeat, large-scale track with wild and mercurial drum parts and big passionate horn sounds, its great.
"La cumbia me estรก llamando" features amazing vocals and something special and beautiful. Love the percussion, and the lovely african sound (I don't know what this style is, but this is more what I love in this album than anything else so far.)
"Before Us: In Demerara & Caura" is nice upbeat, big, fusion energy. Love the saxophone and piano interplay here. The whole band seems to be at the top of their game here and it makes for a solid tune.
"Boundless Beings" is the short closing tracks. I suppose I love the short songs the most. After a slightly underwhelming low-energy vocal at the beginning, the horn comes in and the rim-shot heavy rhythm comes in and closes this album off gorgeously. The sounds get slightly spacey and warbly with almost sci-fi sounds coming in (maybe that is not what that is), and its cool.
Overall, can't say this is one of those rare jazz albums that enthralled me emotionally and mentally. But I did quite enjoy the excellent instrumentation and style here. The jazz fusion bits are suitably mind-bending and active. The spiritual jazz bits maybe don't hit me on a , well, spiritual level but they are pretty and competent. The Dub and Afro-jazz elements are probably my favorite sounds to come out of here.
And with that, my 2020 chart is up to 50! yippee yay.
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@RoundTheBend, applerill's charts are interesting. I guess I nominate
1. "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall by Ichiko Aoba (Its a live record of the great Ichiko Aoba. Nothing more to say.)
2. The Normal Album by Will Wood (Dark Cabaret/Prog Pop is how its designated.)
3. Melinoรซ by Akhlys (Atmospheric Black Metal)
4. Totschlรคger (A Saintslayer's Songbook) by Abigor (Black Metal)
5. Imperial Triumphant by Alphaville (Avant Garde/Technical Death Metal - this genre mix has been gold for me lately)
6. Hour of the Centaur by Hate Forest (Black Metal I think)
7. Ummon by Slift (Heavy Psych)
8. ์์ธ์ฌ์ (Soul Lady) by ์ ํค์นด [YUKIKA] (City Pop)
9. Medical Renditions of Grinding Decomposition by Pharmacist (Grindcore i think)
10. Im Wald by Paysage d'Hiver (another Black metal. Despite its 90 minute run time lol - you know i don't like long albums - this is the highest on RYM i've not heard PLUS Paysage d'Hiver has a new album out in 2 days so I figure maybe a good time to check this out.) _________________ -Ryan
My wife owned this album and I remember listening to it about a decade ago. The first two tracks, and respective big hits of the album, are indeed pretty good actually. The rest of the album isn't bad, but it doesn't reach any good heights for my liking.
2. You mentioned wanting grindcore in another thread, so take it away, hehe!
3. Applerill Top 100 (9 Picks Left)
1. From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos
3. Ode To Dawn Wiener: Embarrassing Love Songs by Nicole Dollanganger
4. Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2 by FLUX quartet
8. Zolin Sagt 025 by Baby Zionov
9. souljaboytellem.com by souljaboy
10. Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton
11. Night Ripper by Girl Talk
12. Serene Grace by Chansey
15. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 by Bill Evans
19. Trust In Rock by "Blue" Gene Tyranny and Peter Gordon
1.
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
I remember her debut being the talk of the town back in 2015, yet I somehow never got to listen to it โ I mean, Folk-based Singer/Songwriter sounds something Iโd easily give a pass without a second thought, so it's not that big of a surprise. Better late than never, I had to see what the fuss is about in order to properly evaluate this one. My initial suspicion was both confirmed and refuted. On the one hand, it feels like Iโve heard all about it before, nothing groundbreaking that sets her apart from her peers, at least from a strictly technical point of view. On the other hand, she can really speak to your heart. A deeply personal, honest, courageously confessional accounting of her struggles, sufferings, fears, insecurities, self-diminishing thoughts. She also touches some more abstract matters, like religious themes, but manages to remain relatable by displaying their impact on her private affairs, i.e. addiction or interpersonal relationships. The music takes a back seat, it's secondary to the point of almost being non-existent, itโs there just to further emphasise the message. Sometimes she goes over the top, e.g. Rejoice should in theory be the most powerful moment of the album, but it was simply too much for the light-hearted me. Actually, thereโs a line in Brittle Boned that summarises the whole album "Cause Iโm so good at hurting myself".
Despite the promising debut, this was a mild let down. It took everything that made her previous attempt special and threw it out the window. Going bigger and fancier acts distracting and we lose the privilege we were so generously offered, getting to look straight at her naked soul. Inoffensive, easy on the ear, good enough for background music, but nothing more than that. I understand it's borderline absurd talking more about another album than the one I was assigned, but there isn't that much to say out of this specific context, the main reason I didn't enjoy it was because she can do so much better than this.
3.
Best 2021 albums based on BEA rankings (2 more picks)
1. J.T. - Steve Earle & The Dukes
2. South Loop Summer - Hospital Bracelet
3. The Last Exit - Still Corners
4. On All Fours - Goat Girl
5. SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
6. Not Your Muse - Celeste
7. Forever In Your Heart - Black Dresses
8. An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins
9. The Shadow I Remember - Cloud Nothings
10. As Days Get Dark - Arab Strap
MercuryTurn your back on the pay-you-back last callProfile St. Louis
Medical Renditions Of Grinding Decomposition by Pharmacist
sparing you all the cover of this goregrind/death metal album cuz its gross and ridiculous.
The album however isn't gross and ridiculous (probably cuz I can't understand the words.) Instead this Japanese duo bring forth a rumbling, lo-fi stomp of sheer decomposing ugliness and make it sound great. somehow despite being goregrind and death metal mixed it doesn't feel wholly aggressive or hard to listen to. Instead there is a great sound of the compositions and riffs and everything you are hearing literally disintegrating before your ears. This is maybe just a result of the DIY lo fi recording techniques, this may be due to how the vocals are these incredibly deep and almost inhuman farting garbles that sound like they are coming through the floorboards and seeping up from the ground. The whole ugly and terrifying vibe of the album is kinda spectacular. The chunky, chugging, DEEEEEEPPPP riffs sound like mountains collapsing. The whole thing is pretty cool. Nothing revolutionary, but as far as early carcass worship, this is as cool as I've heard (not really that much). It was a blast and it definitely earns a place on my little growing 2020 chart.
1. "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall by Ichiko Aoba (Its a live record of the great Ichiko Aoba. Nothing more to say.)
2. The Normal Album by Will Wood (Dark Cabaret/Prog Pop is how its designated.)
3. Melinoรซ by Akhlys (Atmospheric Black Metal)
4. Toda histรณria pela frente AND Sรณ quem viu o relรขmpago ร sua direita sabe by Kaatayra (2 highly loved by bm fans albums released last yuear by this act. I'll listen to both if nominated, or if I hate the first I'll stop.)
5. Imperial Triumphant by Alphaville (Avant Garde/Technical Death Metal - this genre mix has been gold for me lately)
10. Im Wald by Paysage d'Hiver (another Black metal. Despite its 90 minute run time lol - you know i don't like long albums - this is the highest on RYM i've not heard PLUS Paysage d'Hiver has a new album out in 2 days so I figure maybe a good time to check this out.)
6. รons by Neptunian Maximalism (avant garde jazz and drone metal is how its labeled on RYM... and their next album comes out tomorrow, so much like Im Wald, maybe I should here it in anticipation of new release.)
7. Ummon by Slift (Heavy Psych)
8. ์์ธ์ฌ์ (Soul Lady) by ์ ํค์นด [YUKIKA] (City Pop)
9. Little Dominiques Nosebleed by The Koreatown Oddity (hip hop) _________________ -Ryan
This is my fourth Elliott Smith album and might just be my favourite so far. This or his self titled. I would have to listen to both again to decide. While I didn't find this as moving as his self titled album it was a lot more instantly likeable, with some great songwriting and vocals. Hard to pick a favourite track from one listen as I though it was consistently good the whole way through with no filler. 8/10, and 17/57 for 2000.
Try Ummon by Slift Mercury. It's in my top 100 for 2020.
Top 73 Music Albums of 2000 by Tha1ChiefRocka (last pick)
7. Go Hawaii by Casino Versus Japan
10. The Empty Hollow Unfolds by Raison D'รชtre
13. De Stijl by The White Stripes
14. The Museum Of Imaginary Animals by Pram
15. Multila by Vladislav Delay
20. Disappeared by Spring Heel Jack
21. Ovalprocess by Oval
22. Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing by Compulsive Gamblers
23. Warriorz by M.O.P.
24. Domestica by Cursive
This is some drugged-out Danish psych-prog from the late 60s that delivers on all the promises that an album like that should. However, whether not that's good will probably depend on your personal preferences. I found it to be middling. Vocals were lacking, and the 10 minute plus song lengths just kind of plodded along with non real structure. OK, but not great.
Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is a fun garage rock record. I think you'll dig it.
A la Ping Pong- Extrem Musik a la Ping Pong Phase I
A Tent- Six Empty Places
Ache- De Homine Urbano
AD- Conspiracy
ADN' Ckrystall- Jazz' Mad
AGeM- Sekunda
Agencement- Agencement
Aktuala- Tappeto Volante
Albergo Intergalattico Spaziale- Albergo Intergalattico Spaziale
Alvaro the Chilean With the Singing Nose- Drinkin My Own Sperm ๐ฒ
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