Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"You're welcome, Precedent. Just glad you appreciated that, it took me a few listens to. With that, disregard my previous comment, there are so many peaks that make up the album and make it so extra-special."Reply
"At the end of last year I’d been dreaming up a piece on Lingua Ignota (real name Kristin Hayter) and female subjectivity in metal and its subgenres. And who knows, maybe at some point it will see the light of day. But for now, here is as good as any place to let some of those half-formed ideas un...""At the end of last year I’d been dreaming up a piece on Lingua Ignota (real name Kristin Hayter) and female subjectivity in metal and its subgenres. And who knows, maybe at some point it will see the light of day. But for now, here is as good as any place to let some of those half-formed ideas unfurl themselves.
Laying claim to an authentically ‘female’ voice in the context of Hayter’s music is more than just a rhetorical gimmick, since it was a voice that was for a long time forced into silence. A survivor of domestic violence, Hayter was embedded within the Rhode Island noise scene but for several years was prevented from ever performing her music at the threat of an abusive ex-partner. Escaping the relationship, Hayter found herself frustrated at the coping strategies suggested by books for abuse survivors, strategies she felt “enforced patriarchal models of civilised femininity”. Hayter didn’t want to serenely accept her suffering, she wanted to rage at its injustice. Lingua Ignota was born.
Heavy metal’s relationship with explicit content has always been something that intrigues me. Much of the genre feels pulled in two directions at once, in that its ethos wants to identify with horror, yet more often that not, the musicians’ own morbid fascination stems from the luxury of having little to no brushes with genuine human suffering (Metallica wrote this zinger about living in a sanatorium - “They keep me locked up in this cage/Can't they see it's why my brain says ‘rage’?” - after watching One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest).
It’s in contrast to these vapid estimations at true horror that Hayter’s power as a songwriter lies. Metal has a rich history of male provocateurs describing sadistic violence upon women under the guise of shock value; Hayter repurposes this language to convey the much more frightening prospect of being the one undergoing that violence.
Though I have tried to voice Lingua Ignota, the best I can do is gesture towards the real thing. I’ll instead leave you with these words from Hayter herself:
"I don't find most of the graphic depictions of (forgive my language here) 'sending this dumb slut back to hell hearing her final screams as my throbbing erection pounds her maggot-filled cunt' upsetting to my feminine sensibilities, most of it isn't even well-executed enough to be taken seriously. I just find that it occupies this weird space of being simultaneously very loaded and totally obsolete, especially when we consider that none of these guys are actually sodomising female corpses in their free time. So my thoughts were to flip this whole paradigm and to try to make it meaningful, to reframe extreme imagery for survivors of violence, upon whom very dark shit has actually been visited.""[+]Reply
"Janelle killed it on this one. I think she showed definite improvement in her songwriting and furthered her pop aesthetic while still maintaining her R&B/funk roots of The ArchAndroid. The songs don't flow as seamlessly as they do on the first album, but there are so many stand-out songs here tha...""Janelle killed it on this one. I think she showed definite improvement in her songwriting and furthered her pop aesthetic while still maintaining her R&B/funk roots of The ArchAndroid. The songs don't flow as seamlessly as they do on the first album, but there are so many stand-out songs here that it makes this work in its own right. While I certainly enjoyed The ArchAndroid, the flow of that album made some of the songs comparatively a little less memorable due to their similarity. Not here. Practically every song on here is terrific, which is hard to pull off on albums with this type of length and ambition. I think Janelle Monae showed her true talent on this and successfully utilized a multitude of genres. Love the instrumentation here, especially the guitar solos. Extremely catchy, very creative, and high replay value. Can't wait to see what she does next. Favorite tracks: "Givin' Em What They Love," "Prime Time," "Dance Apocalyptic," "Victory," "What An Experience.""[+]Reply
"arguably the band's best album and absolutely they're most underrated and misunderstood. the rhythm section is as strong as anything u2 has done. adam clayton and larry mullin jr are playing at another level that we don't see much from u2. by this point in his career, bono has backed down from sh...""arguably the band's best album and absolutely they're most underrated and misunderstood.
the rhythm section is as strong as anything u2 has done. adam clayton and larry mullin jr are playing at another level that we don't see much from u2.
by this point in his career, bono has backed down from shouting his way through songs, and he delivers his coldest, most down-to-earth lyrical performance here. there's a glimmer of hope in his words as always, but he's so chalk full of anger. it's pretty chilling at times. you won't hear any "all you need is love" tracks on this album. instead, you get "wake up dead man" and "get up off your knees".
and you've got to give the edge a lot of credit for backing off of his trademark shimmery delayed riffs in favor of something altogether different.
there's a lot of merit to the position that the backlash from critics and fans alike is what watered down the u2 we have left in the years that follow. this was the band's last great risk, and it's a beautiful risk. "[+]Reply
"The title is no jest; this is country music. But it's Waylon and Willie country, straight out of the early 70s. As people's patience wears thin with checklist songs and beer anthems, this album is being raised as a beacon. If you've ever been known to say, "I don't like country music," please giv...""The title is no jest; this is country music. But it's Waylon and Willie country, straight out of the early 70s. As people's patience wears thin with checklist songs and beer anthems, this album is being raised as a beacon. If you've ever been known to say, "I don't like country music," please give this a listen. If you still don't like country, at least it will be after hearing how good it can sound. "[+]Reply
"My favourite prog album after Genesis' Foxtrot and SEBTP. Actually there is no 19 minutes electric caribbean viola jam in 15/4 on this album, just simple rock songs, but which all have a clear prog trajectory, with unusual instruments, some time signatures changes, and many structure variations i...""My favourite prog album after Genesis' Foxtrot and SEBTP. Actually there is no 19 minutes electric caribbean viola jam in 15/4 on this album, just simple rock songs, but which all have a clear prog trajectory, with unusual instruments, some time signatures changes, and many structure variations inside one song.
It's a really breathtaking record."[+]Reply
"I think this album may even be better than Back to Black. Listen to the song, "Amy, Amy, Amy." It's got a horn, what I think is a snare drum, and just the tiniest hint of guitar, and Amy's voice and her lyrics. Listen to the phrasing of the that song. Her appreciation of Frank Sinatra is apparent...""I think this album may even be better than Back to Black. Listen to the song, "Amy, Amy, Amy." It's got a horn, what I think is a snare drum, and just the tiniest hint of guitar, and Amy's voice and her lyrics. Listen to the phrasing of the that song. Her appreciation of Frank Sinatra is apparent. The song is like a narcotic, like an aphrodisiac. The whole album is really unbelievable. She was 19 when she recorded this. The lyrics to the songs she wrote -- they're usually the lines men give when they cheat, but coming from a woman -- wow. The songs written by Amy foretell her eventual sad fate, how she kept falling for bad boy/losers. Her voice was husky, raspy, powerful, and beautiful, one of a kind. It's too bad no once could save her from herself. "[+]Reply
"This is a very good album, with two very different sides. Side 1 (the first 5 songs) is Spoon at their best, 5 incredible tracks, well-produced and catchy as ever. Side 2 (the 5 last songs) covers new grounds for Spoon and is more experimental. First, there's "Can I Sit Next To You" that could ha...""This is a very good album, with two very different sides. Side 1 (the first 5 songs) is Spoon at their best, 5 incredible tracks, well-produced and catchy as ever. Side 2 (the 5 last songs) covers new grounds for Spoon and is more experimental. First, there's "Can I Sit Next To You" that could have been a Maroon 5 song, but Spoon manages to make it great with their clever producing. Then, there's "I Ain't The One" that sounds like a post-grunge song, but the use of the electric piano instead of the guitar is pure genius and make this song really enjoyable. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. "Shotgun" sounds a little bit like "I Was Made For Loving You" by Kiss, but once again, Spoon can make any song sound great and they do it here. The last one, "Us", is a great example of how Spoon are in experimental mode here.
All in all, I still like Side 1 better, with the straight-up Spoon doin' it like as well as ever, but I really appreciate Side 2 too and the effort by the band to go elsewhere. A really solid album by a band that makes nothing but great albums.
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"Amazing album with the Horse, how is Young able to still make great records 50 yrs on.........only one of a very few artists that were great and are still great"Reply