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: 1 hour ago).
"One of the all time great compilations. Complete Madness, is perfect in the sense that it captures the band at their best and just before they started to slide. Madness were a brilliant singles act, as proof here, stunning songs in, grey day, it must be love, baggy trousers, embarrassment, and, o...""One of the all time great compilations. Complete Madness, is perfect in the sense that it captures the band at their best and just before they started to slide. Madness were a brilliant singles act, as proof here, stunning songs in, grey day, it must be love, baggy trousers, embarrassment, and, one step beyond, they're all great. There are other Madness compilations available with more tracks, but this is the best one. Compact and classic. "[+]Reply
"The album' average rating is 62, while the tracks' is 80. I haven't listened to the whole album, but what I get from those numbers is that it seems to get way more hate than it truly deserves."Reply
"This album is just so...strange. It's absurd and messy. But when I listen to it, I have this weird urge to keep on listening to see what happens next. I would say it's similar to something that you'd find on Adult Swim, maybe like 12 oz. Mouse: the quality is far from polished, nothing seems to m...""This album is just so...strange. It's absurd and messy. But when I listen to it, I have this weird urge to keep on listening to see what happens next. I would say it's similar to something that you'd find on Adult Swim, maybe like 12 oz. Mouse: the quality is far from polished, nothing seems to make sense, and it almost feels like everything was hastily thrown together at the last minute. But at the same time, it has this bizarre charm that draws me in and takes hold of my attention.
At its core, it’s really just two dudes goofing off and messing around. Some of the vocals and lyrics feel completely improvised, and a lot of the songs feature Gene Ween rambling in a way that sounds pretty similar to that one voice Adam Sandler always does. For some reason, I like that! What really keeps this project interesting is Ween's ability to jump across a wide variety of genres - a talent that they would later become known for. Some tracks could probably be classified as punk or avant-garde. You have reggae on “Nicole” and funk on “L.m.l.y.p.” You have “I’m in the Mood to Move,” which feels like some weird messed up line dance song, and “Up on the Hill,” which starts off like some twisted version of a gospel song and ends with distorted guitars. Some of my favorite tracks include the shoegaze inspired “Birthday Boy,” the rhythmic guitars paired with odd vocals on “Nan,” “Don’t Laugh (i Love You),” “Tick,” and “Hippy Smell” (which is on the anniversary edition).
This album does have it’s short comings though. Of course, when you have 26 songs on an album (29 on the anniversary edition), some of them are gonna be weaker than others. As a result, it tends to drag here and there for me, especially on the 8+ minute songs. The whole thing is about an hour and 15 minutes long. If you’re listening to it for the first time, it might be hard to get through the whole thing in one sitting. For me, the low point is definitely “Blackjack.” I don’t really mind that the instrumentation is sparse and experimental, but the lyrics get a yikes from me. I get that most of these songs aren’t meant to be taken seriously and are meant to be jokes, but even with that in mind, this lyrics still just feel questionable/problematic to me…and to be honest, maybe a little racist. Not trying to be a hater or stir up controversy here, I just wanna be honest with how I feel.
All in all, this album is a bit of an enigma. I could see how someone might love this album and think it’s amazing. I could also see how someone might hate this album and think it sucks. As for me, I find this album both chaotic and entertaining, and I enjoy the absurd journey that it takes the listener on. It’s pretty impressive that on their first record, Ween already knew who they were as a band. A fitting beginning for Ween’s eccentric and fascinating music career."[+]Reply
"In the 60’s it wasn’t uncommon for artists to release 2 albums of new material in the same year with The Beatles (twice !) , Dylan and The Doors all achieving this feat. Whilst it is less common these days it still happens with artists such as King Gizzard and Guided By Voices but the the differe...""In the 60’s it wasn’t uncommon for artists to release 2 albums of new material in the same year with The Beatles (twice !) , Dylan and The Doors all achieving this feat. Whilst it is less common these days it still happens with artists such as King Gizzard and Guided By Voices but the the difference with these albums is they actually aren’t very good unlike the 60’s contemporaries
Fast forward 50 years to 2019 and not only did we have 2 artist release 2 albums this year but the 4 albums are quite awesome and of course I am talking about Big Thief’s ‘U.F.O.F’ / ‘Big Hands’ and Foals ‘E.N.S.W.B.L Parts 1 and 2 ‘
If this is going to be a growing trend in modern music then I’m all for it
Oh and be sure to check out the amazing collection of videos Foals have assembled to accompany Parts 1 and 2 . Visual art at it’s very finest
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