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2641.

After The Magic

파란노을 [Parannoul]

"If there exists a person who simultaneously has heard the term "5th Wave of Emo" and thinks it's not arrived, they surely do now. "Dream-pop" never went out of style per se, but it has become an increasingly amorphous definition. A term coined by one of Shoegaze's few POC artists has come to cove...""If there exists a person who simultaneously has heard the term "5th Wave of Emo" and thinks it's not arrived, they surely do now. "Dream-pop" never went out of style per se, but it has become an increasingly amorphous definition. A term coined by one of Shoegaze's few POC artists has come to cover a wide and stale range of sounds including fascistic hypnogogic pop, vaporwave's most populist work and Mac DeMarco inspired college-dorm cover bands. This sterile take on dream-pop was not limited to the periphery though as the worst clichés of 2010s Indie were the out-of-the-box Logic 10 digitally applied hall reverb and an emergent market (or hellscape) of boutique "dreamy" pedals hundreds of dollars a pop. Perhaps in part a rejection of the above garbage, the last few years has seen a surprising resurgence of interest in niche 90s shoegaze outfits. Bands like Lush, Here, Blueshift Signal, Swallow, Cranes, Moose (I could go on endlessly), are all finding new listeners off the back of vinyl re-releases and Spotify algorithmic encouragement. Shoegaze has not seen this much interest since the late 00s forums days. Amidst this revivalist moment, Parannoul blew up online with the album To See the Next Part of the Dream – the first fresh sounding act in years (Ironically he did so off the back of YouTube more so than any other platform, the once quintessential place to find bland dream-pop played over French-New Wave films). Despite its crunchiness and repetitiveness, To See the Next Part of the Dream is mesmerising and innovative; an imminently self-justifying work of art. However, rather than part of the mostly white, mostly industry backed wave of DIIV copies calling themselves "shoegaze", Parannoul always felt to me closer to the emo-adjacent hyper-pop influenced noisepop artists active on bandcamp like Weatherday, Gammagirl and be your own virtual pet!. These artists are independent, faceless/monikered, queer and, while embodying many of the self-deprecating hallmarks of emo, are far more animated and jubilant-sounding than any emo we've heard before. I don't entirely love the idea of calling this "post-emo", but it deserves to be named. After the Magic is all you need to hear to be convinced that this bloc of artists constitute not just the vanguard of emo today, but are a wholly new movement in-and-of themselves. Polaris is maybe the best single song Parannoul has put out (as hard as that is to decide). Insomnia is a revelatory re-working of Downfall of the Neon Youth, lowering the skittish frenetic free-drumming of the first version in the mix and making everything else softer and gentler; Insomniacs dream too. Arrival is maybe the biggest sounding song on the project, finding a way to become immense while still sounding graceful. the penultimate Blossom also deserves special recognition as a truly textbook representation of Parannoul's ability to make anew the anthemic emo bops of the 00s. I think a false dichotomy has emerged between this record and Parannoul's breakout sophmore release: the first is open and honest about the depressive horror of our capitalist realist present and this new record hides in dreams ("It's more mellow"). The problem is To See the Next Part of the Dream was never especially depressive, it just came out during a global pandemic. Go back and listen to it now and you'll see the exuberant and exultant turn was always where this new generation were going, and good for them. Go transcend!" [+] Reply

Arthurknight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

129

Overall Rank:

2,641

Average Rating:

76 (197 votes)

Comments:

2642.

Bish Bosch

Scott Walker

"Disturbingly beautiful album. This gave me chills the first time I listened to it. A worthy follow up to The Drift, if not better. His lyrics make zero sense, but I think they're full of really haunting and bizarrely beautiful imagery. And the music.... wow, just wow. The track "Corps De Blah" is..." [+] Reply

- | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

436

Overall Rank:

2,642

Average Rating:

75 (115 votes)

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2643.

An Electric Storm

White Noise

"Really cool early electronic album! I'd recommend this for fans of Velvet Underground, Faust, Can, Amon Duul II, and other experimental groups of the era." Reply

- saltysurprise | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

240

Overall Rank:

2,643

Average Rating:

76 (107 votes)

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2644.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

"This is a great record! Classic songwriting and Ella's vocals make this one of the greatest albums of the era." Reply

- Coconut | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,644

Average Rating:

77 (88 votes)

Comments:

2645.

Jazz At Massey Hall
Live

The Quintet

"The Quintet is Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. You can also buy a more complete version of the same concert called Charlie Parker - Complete Jazz At Massey Hall which has 14 tracks." Reply

Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,645

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

Comments:

2646.

Kindred EP

Burial

"If you know anything about the UK’s electronic music scene from the past five years, you’ve heard of Burial. William Bevan, aka Burial, is the producer in the scene, the man that spearheaded the genre known as dubstep, with a sound that doesn’t sound at all similar to what people think of today w...""If you know anything about the UK’s electronic music scene from the past five years, you’ve heard of Burial. William Bevan, aka Burial, is the producer in the scene, the man that spearheaded the genre known as dubstep, with a sound that doesn’t sound at all similar to what people think of today when they think of dubstep. He’s beyond pointless drops. Above them. The artwork for his 2007 album Untrue, a landmark piece in the future garage music scene—which it somehow simultaneously defines and predates—gives you a good impression of how his music works. A sort of monochrome sketch of a man, with his eyes closed, sits with a cup of coffee in front of him. Grey is often associated with sadness, but black-and-white images and films—when they’re of a high quality, of course—are considered high art, beautiful. Further, Burial’s music creates an atmosphere, and a story—like the atmosphere and story in the cover art—which finds the grey area between this darkness, this coldness that he evokes with hard-hitting yet danceable drum beats, and the beauty which he juxtaposes with female vocals. Kindred is no different. Burial has created his own immediately-recognizable style, a quality shared by many other great artists, which he revives here and continues to perfect. The title track mixes in an entrancing drum beat with female vocals, the refrain of “Baby, you…” casting a beautiful yet miserable mood over the whole piece. The song alternates between being carried by the drum beat and dropping it for several true ambient sections, with a good part of the track teasing the listener, who is just begging for the drum beat to kick back in. The next track, “Loner”, is the baby of the EP at seven-and-a-half minutes. It moves into the 2-step direction which Burial loves to play with, and contains some obvious techno influences. Not your older sister’s ecstasy-ridden techno, though, but more of the minimal techno sound that’s being played with more in the electronic scene. Part of this track, and the previous track, is broken up by a sound reminiscent of a record player. It’s almost as if Burial wants to remind you that he’s the one creating this world for you, before thrusting you right back into it, similar to the way many directors won’t quite go the 100% realism route and retain some of the theater in film. Just like in film, and awkward ending can ruin the entire piece. Burial is reknowned for his codas; the end of “Loner” isn’t done justice by mere words, and leads perfectly into the final track. “Ashtray Wasp” continues with the themes of Kindred and redirects the listener to outer space. All of the previous elements are here, though the second half of the track adds in some noise elements. Yet the track still creates its own unique world. The drum beat is excellent and enthralling, the vocals work. Everything works. My only gripe is that I have to continue to wait for a new full-length album from William Bevan. Instead, I’m saddled with one of the greatest EPs I’ve ever heard. It’s much harder to write a positive review than a negative one. Thank you, Burial, for making this review difficult." [+] Reply

- FuturoDispari | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

437

Overall Rank:

2,646

Average Rating:

80 (220 votes)

Comments:

2647.

George Best

The Wedding Present

"Heard what I thought was the full original album, turned out it was a special edition with extra tracks so I found it rather repetitive. Will edit my rating when I get round to listening to the actual tracklist! Stuck between The Smiths and The Stone Roses." Reply

sethzzzzz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

395

Overall Rank:

2,647

Average Rating:

77 (100 votes)

Comments:

2648.

Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager

Kid Cudi

"This album is tough to gauge because it feels like things were just different when it came out. I love this album but there are some lackluster songs on here. But, a lot of its mediocrity is reconciled through some of its jams; namely Erase Me, Mr. Rager and GHOST!. Tough to say whether it's bett..." [+] Reply

mdbaxter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

438

Overall Rank:

2,648

Average Rating:

69 (205 votes)

Comments:

2649.

American Head

The Flaming Lips

"Like a lot of great recent albums from Radiohead (A Moon Shaped Pool) and Bon Iver (i,i), American Head combines a number of elements from some of the bands best works. Yoshimi and At War With the Mystics are probably the most identifiable, with a side of Soft Bulletin. This is the album I was ho..." [+] Reply

- sheabuttered | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

184 charts

Rank Score:

589

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

130

Overall Rank:

2,649

Average Rating:

76 (183 votes)

Comments:

2650.

Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Miles Davis Quintet

"A wonderful mellow record by one the best jazz combo's of all time." Reply

- Coconut | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

589

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,650

Average Rating:

80 (135 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	37	0%
1950s	303	3%
1960s	720	7%
1970s	1,436	14%
1980s	1,431	14%
1990s	1,612	16%
2000s	1,735	17%
2010s	1,993	20%
2020s	731	7%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	26	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,010	50%
	2,663	27%
	431	4%
	318	3%
	222	2%
	159	2%
	136	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,725	97%
Yes	275	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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