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: 5 hours ago).
"It’s been a long time coming but it sounds like Foals have finally come of age, whereas previous lps have been over-long with non-descript fillers cropping up with alarming regularity, this is the most focused they’ve sounded yet. UK indie 2019 has become a barren lonely place, so it’s nice to se...""It’s been a long time coming but it sounds like Foals have finally come of age, whereas previous lps have been over-long with non-descript fillers cropping up with alarming regularity, this is the most focused they’ve sounded yet. UK indie 2019 has become a barren lonely place, so it’s nice to see these lads roll into town with the sort of tunes that sound like they actually understand pop music. We need them more than we know."[+]Reply
"Night Palace has been celebrated online as the Mount Eerie album that sounds the most like Phil Elverum's work in the Microphones. It's interesting that this would happen when the solo project has covered so much ground that builds on different aspects of the Microphones sound, whether that's the...""Night Palace has been celebrated online as the Mount Eerie album that sounds the most like Phil Elverum's work in the Microphones. It's interesting that this would happen when the solo project has covered so much ground that builds on different aspects of the Microphones sound, whether that's the quiet and intimate songwriting (Dawn, No Flashlight), the fuzzy loudness (Wind's Poem, Ocean Roar) and intensely personal lyrics (A Crow Looked At Me, Lost Wisdom), so why does Night Palace evoke these elements more? I think the key property of the record is its willingness to mix loud and quiet and to build on particular ideas. The first point in particular helps create that epic scope associated with Phil's 2000s era work, a completely loud album doesn't necessarily have this effect because there isn't a point of reference, whereas songs that include both create small and massive objects, with the former often swallowing up the latter. Think of the transition from the closing chords of I Felt Your Shape into the opening of Samurai Sword, that track would always sound noisy but after something so gentle it's like the loudest sound you've ever heard. The album Mount Eerie pushed this further, with fragile sounding vocals and acoustic guitars crashing up against thunderous drums, piercing electric guitars and walls of noise. It happens again here, the slow opening of Breaths is expanded by distorted drums and guitars, this is then ripped apart by Swallowed Alive (I'm still not 100% sure what we're even hearing on this track). I Need New Eyes is built around Phil's ever gentle vocals, but even the backing vocals are bolstered by an electric fuzz, making it all feel enclosed in something massive.
Night Palace isn't just great because it recalls some great records from 20-25 years ago though. Many tracks have a cleaner sound and more straightforward progression, both of which work brilliantly as they never totally dominate the tracklist. The guitar work in Huge Fire is stunning, there's a beauty in the soft smoothness of I Walk and the quiet interplay between the piano and backing vocals at the start of I Heard Whales provides a strong counterpoint to the build up of noise. Like a number of Phil's recent records this one looks to and draws from the past without just emulating it, instead these ideas are reapplied to the less harsh and experimental music that he makes now.
Maybe the biggest departure from previous work is the introduction of a political viewpoint regarding the land and nature that's always played a huge role in Phil's music. The land of the Pacific North West has often had this almost scared feel in the past, an unchanging landscape that creates a humility in how small it makes one feel. Night Palace deals with much tougher questions of how this land came to be what it is, observations like "only ten thousand years ago there were meadows here" and talk of mountains running like a stream that we are too short lived to see flow view this are as changing like everything else. It makes it as susceptible as anywhere or anyone else to the forces of greed (November Rain, Co Owner of Trees) and imperialism (Non Metaphorical Decolonisation and the mention of fighter jets on Demolition). Its a radical step into new territory for a project that's focused on the self and on the universe, without considering much of what's in between."[+]Reply
"A superb Little Feat album. A southern fried blues'n'country fest with Lowell George on top form throughout. I always think of, sailin' shoes, as part of a trilogy with, Dixie chicken, and, feats don't fail me now. There are some excellent tracks here. Cold,cold,cold, cat fever, and the best vers...""A superb Little Feat album. A southern fried blues'n'country fest with Lowell George on top form throughout. I always think of, sailin' shoes, as part of a trilogy with, Dixie chicken, and, feats don't fail me now. There are some excellent tracks here. Cold,cold,cold, cat fever, and the best version of, willin', one of the greatest songs ever, the album is a classic for that song alone. Little Feat were one of the best bands of the seventies and they deserve a lot more credit and attention. "[+]Reply
"The fact that I had young daughters who listened to this incessantly and the fact that she is a Canuck breakthrough seriously colour my opinion of this. I for one cannot resist Nobody's Home. Do I find pleasure in this? Guilty!"Reply
"I agree, very solid debut album. I understand the lead singer, Taylor Momsen, was a child actress, but I was too old to see her in any of that kind of programming. I can't weigh in on her acting ability, but she can sing with power."Reply
"Not as good as TA13OO imo, but it's straight fire. Shorter (only 29 minutes), more to the point and much more upbeat and hard-hitting. However I find TA13OO to be a more engaging listen, although both albums are excellent. Cannot wait to hear more from Denzel!"Reply
"This is a nice early morning EP. It's only 24 minutes, so it's compact, but it manages to do some cool things anyways. I'm impressed by what makes up the drums on the first track: a slide projector, and joining that in the second half of the song, a Beatles drum sample. The second track, which is...""This is a nice early morning EP. It's only 24 minutes, so it's compact, but it manages to do some cool things anyways. I'm impressed by what makes up the drums on the first track: a slide projector, and joining that in the second half of the song, a Beatles drum sample. The second track, which is named after someone who I think was a religious nutcase doesn't have much of a drum beat at all. But it's still not bad. The 3rd track, the title track, is really awesome. It has childrens' voices, and it has birds too! That's something about this duo I've always liked; the fact that they put nature into their music. That makes it quite the experience when listening to it on a nature walk. I haven't done that yet but I want to. The closing track, has no drums either. Instead we have a spiraling-pulsating synth line that reminds me of Kraftwerk. It's a dreamy way to end the EP. My favorites are the 1st and 3rd track."[+]Reply
"Take everything you have, and throw it into a blender. Most likely it’ll turn to shit, and you’ll have wasted everything you had. Occasionally you’ll get lucky."Reply
"I think if there was anyone who doubted Melina Duterte's ability to construct remarkable bedroom pop songs on Turn Into will likely be no longer be doubtful after Everybody Works. What mastery she has over the style(s), hell she even expands it! It's almost like a history lesson in dream pop but ...""I think if there was anyone who doubted Melina Duterte's ability to construct remarkable bedroom pop songs on Turn Into will likely be no longer be doubtful after Everybody Works. What mastery she has over the style(s), hell she even expands it! It's almost like a history lesson in dream pop but with added horns & percussion. And yet behind it all, she finds the time to convey such intimacy, introspection & yearning loneliness. Everything I loved about Turn Into is solidified and broadened. This is the best album of the year so far - in my mind - and will likely go on to my top 10 at the end of the year. "[+]Reply