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).
"I have been a fan of Owen's for years, and this is a good album, but I too am having a hard time digesting it, and it's been out for quite a while now, but I've only listened to it three times, so I'm listening to it again now, and I hope that it clicks this go around because I want to love this ...""I have been a fan of Owen's for years, and this is a good album, but I too am having a hard time digesting it, and it's been out for quite a while now, but I've only listened to it three times, so I'm listening to it again now, and I hope that it clicks this go around because I want to love this album, and I am having the same problem with the new Wild Beasts album (though some of that might be attributed to some aftertaste from their previous record), so I will listen to that one next.
Edit: Appreciation just went up. It's still no Heartland, but it's actually quite good."[+]Reply
"No a-ha album can be thought of as totally weak and this album has four UK top 20 singles on it but in terms of a-ha albums, there are much better examples. However, don't dismiss it. "Out Of Blue Comes Green" and "There's Never A Forever Thing" are standout tracks. You can se...""No a-ha album can be thought of as totally weak and this album has four UK top 20 singles on it but in terms of a-ha albums, there are much better examples. However, don't dismiss it. "Out Of Blue Comes Green" and "There's Never A Forever Thing" are standout tracks. You can see where Coldplay and Keane got influenced."[+]Reply
"Personally I think this was Jawbreaker's best album. The quality is more consistent than Dear You though the production values are lower given their lack of money at the time. The 1st 6 songs are all excellent and West Bay Invitational is hilarious. Most of the a songs are direct charges with hig...""Personally I think this was Jawbreaker's best album. The quality is more consistent than Dear You though the production values are lower given their lack of money at the time. The 1st 6 songs are all excellent and West Bay Invitational is hilarious. Most of the a songs are direct charges with high energy... short and sweet like old school punk. However Condition Oakland stretches out a bit as it takes the listener on a Kerouac fueled journey through East Bay life. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy was a very influential album in the 90s punk scene known well by peers by not as well by fans."[+]Reply
"(A solid, if somewhat sterile to my ears, Notwist album. Some nice warm and peaceful indie songs with electronic elements.) It's nice to get reacquainted with The Notwist. I had Neon Golden in my CD player a lot back in the day, never delved into their earlier stuff nor their later stuff and just...""(A solid, if somewhat sterile to my ears, Notwist album. Some nice warm and peaceful indie songs with electronic elements.)
It's nice to get reacquainted with The Notwist. I had Neon Golden in my CD player a lot back in the day, never delved into their earlier stuff nor their later stuff and just kinda moved away and forgot about them. Now all these years later here I am hearing those same vocals coldly singing over somewhat similar music.
There is something nice about the warm yet also detached sound of this album. The tones are generally the warm things, intermingled with some electro beats and sounds, thus the genre description of Indietronica (which like most genre tags is stupid and I hate). The way the album, especially at the start, is bound together and flows from one track to the next seamlessly is quite cool. I didn't know I was hearing "Ship (featuring Saya)" until a minute in. The songs themselves are nice and have some cool compositions that build. The instrumentals are layered and yet dignified and I also quite like that. The vocals are the usual detached near-singing. And I am used to this style and its alright but far from a selling point or highlight.
I think generally the album starts nice and then gets kinda draggy tworard the back half or 2/3s. Its a respectable and well recorded album, but its also quite ... plain, I guess. It doesn't fill me with wonder or revelation nor excite me with sharp sounds and moments, its all so delicately crafted to be a nice somewhat dreamy album with no sharp turns or lowlights or highlights. Its just a plain 'ol indietronica Notwist record and I felt a little cold by the end.
Song highlights include the aforementioned "Ship", as well as "Exit Strategy to Myself", "Into Love/Stars", the short little instrumental "Ghost" is quite fun, and "Al Sur" injects some more much needed energy into this album toward the end. Oh and the closing track is a nice closing track, quite pretty, peaceful and somewhat forlorn and world-weary.
Track lowlights (none of which are really bad, just not as high energy or as charming to me as the others) include "Loose Ends" (although it gets nice toward the back end after a meh start), "Into The Ice Age", "Oh Sweet Fire (kinda had a promising start, but loses its steam and by the end I was bored out my mind), "Sans Soleil", "Night's Too Dark" etc... you get it, I was kinda checked out on the second half with few exceptions.
I have a tendency that I've noticed this year to give myself over to new and up-and-coming artists much more than already established artists. If you look at my top 10-20 of this year thus far (its April 29th) its mostly debut albums or sophomore efforts. I'm not sure why this is. I honestly can't put my finger on it. This is a fine indie and electronic album with some good tunes and some really cool tracks but I am overall pretty cold and unmoved by it and not feeling a rise of excitement that I may feel had this been a debut album or by a young group. This isn't fair AT ALL to this group. They are quite impressive in their ability to craft these soundscapes. But, anyway, I just wanted to openly acknowledge my bias. Also this year I have been swerving a lot more to the verges - either super intense and wild or very very slow and methodical, and this album is firmly in that middle zone - occupying a certain professional, vibey indie pop. Good for what it is. But not what I'm gravitating toward these days. I had this album on my "To Listen" list and so here I am, respecting it from a distance with one foot out the door to go listen to some weird Noisy Grindcore album or whatever."[+]Reply