[BestEverAlbums]

Today's album of the day

The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2000.
Country:
Overall rank: 901
Decade rank: 144
Year rank: 17
Artist rank: 1 (out of 15 albums on BEA)
Average rating: 78/100 (from 351 votes).



Tracks:
1. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
2. Hewlett's Daughter
3. Jed The Humanoid
4. The Crystal Lake
5. Chartsengrafs
6. Underneath The Weeping Willow
7. Broken Household Appliance National Forest
8. Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
9. E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils Of Keeping It Real)
10. Miner At The Dial-A-view
11. So You'll Aim Toward The Sky

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Top voted comments:

"I understand comparisons to Ok Computer but for me that album dealt with humanity losing itself through technological advancement whereas here Jason Lytle is dealing with the aftermath where that battle is in the past and nature has reclaimed the earth. I think this is best exemplified by the songs Broken Household Appliance National Forest, where man's technological detritus is now home to the animals,
"The refrigerators house the frogs
The conduit is the hollow log"
and Miner At The Dial-A-view where the eponymous Miner is looking back at his old home from some Mining Outpost and although he finds familiar landmarks he can't find the people he knew. Often described as post apocalyptic I don't think the album gives any indication of there having been an apocalypse,it's more that progress has rendered man obsolete and now the world he built has nobody to serve and is crumbling back to the earth."
- Mr November
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"Heard this album several years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit, but eventually it somehow slipped away from me and I completely forgot about it. Now that I have listened to it again I love it even more. It's got a great variety of sounds and moods with interesting lyrics and fantastic melodies. Definitely a unique experience."
- OFarrio
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