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nrs182
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- #51
- Posted: 01/30/2012 23:24
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purple wrote: | 40footwolf wrote: | LCD Sound System was the first band that came to mind. They don't have one album that rises above being "good," but if you culled the best tracks from their three studio albums you would have one of the best compilations ever made, easily. |
seconded. and same with the White Stripes for me. |
I think the thing about LCD is that every record of theirs was incredibly awesome, they have a very consistent discography, but those 3 are amazing records. IMO "this is happening" is the best one, at first i thought it was just really good but then BOOM one of my favorites all-time. Give it another listen and maybe it'll hit you as it hit me.
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Bork
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Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- #52
- Posted: 01/31/2012 03:54
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gussteivi wrote: | ...and by "that era", I mean everything after Ziggy Stardust :lol: |
...which is one of the greatest albums ever made.
Queen is the band that comes to mind. While they have several very good albums they never managed to put together a masterpiece, despite churning out high quality music for a long time.
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ShaneSpear
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- #53
- Posted: 01/31/2012 04:37
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Battles
Deerhoof
Moby - (I like a lot of his singles, but have never gotten into a full album from him)
Offspring
Jimmy Eat World
Hot Chip
CAKE (Soooooo much)
Yeasayer
Mountain Goats
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Wombi
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- #54
- Posted: 01/31/2012 04:56
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ShaneSpear wrote: |
Hot Chip
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Their last 2 albums choose to disagree.
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40footwolf
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Age: 33
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- #55
- Posted: 01/31/2012 04:59
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ShaneSpear wrote: | Battles
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_________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
-John Cassavettes
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DuckStab
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- #56
- Posted: 01/31/2012 05:01
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Los Saicos
A great 60s garage rock band with some excellent singles, but they never released a studio album.
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daftpunter
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Location: Delaware
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- #57
- Posted: 01/31/2012 05:26
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Tthe problem with albums since the advent of the compact disc is their lack of brevity. Someone mentioned the Chili Peppers as a great example. You boil down BSSM to a 45-48 min album and its becomes INSANELY better than the finished product. Another example from the vinyl era is Physical Graffiti. Simply remove sides 3 and 4, add the Wonton Song to side two, and you have an album better than Houses of the Holy.
Two other items play into the reason albums have fallen short of classic status since the mid nineties (Rap). The first is the insane desire to record a million different multi-tracks onto an album (Rap) instead of going for simple 8-16 tracked albums played mostly live (Rap) in the studio. The process lacks heart (Rap). I blame Brian May. The second is the Digital Recording Process (Rap). Whenever you get a recent artist that falls in love with his old analogue albums (Rap) and records on tape, somehow the albums are richer and just 'feel' better (Hip-hop). The warmth of the album is reduced by the sampling.
Also, there was less global warming (gangster-wanna be b.s. rap stuff), better elected officials, Farrah Fawcett posters, puppies were cuter and Hot female teachers nailing 16 year olds was a fantasy, not a crime .
Elvis Presley
Deep Purple
David Bowie
Queens of The Stone Age
Any Hip Hop/Rap/Gangsta whatever _________________ "Somebody oughta put out the big light because I can't stand to see you this way."
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ShaneSpear
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- #58
- Posted: 01/31/2012 05:41
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Jhereko wrote: | ShaneSpear wrote: |
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Their last 2 albums choose to disagree. |
You know I liked them both, it's just that Made in the Dark falls off halfway through, and One Life Stand was incomplete. I think they have a great album in them still, it just hasn't happened yet.
40footwolf wrote: | ShaneSpear wrote: | Battles
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What Mountain Goat albums would you call great? Also, do you prefer Mirrored or Gloss Drop?
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- Posted: 01/31/2012 05:53
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ShaneSpear wrote: |
What Mountain Goat albums would you call great? Also, do you prefer Mirrored or Gloss Drop? |
I really like 'All Hail West Texas'....
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19loveless91
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- #60
- Posted: 01/31/2012 10:25
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Smashing Pumpkins..
I think the best songs from Mellon Collie could make one of my favourite albums of all time, and there are several more fantastic songs from their first two albums + Adore (I haven't heard yet the rest of their discography)...
But the way it is, I think those albums are all good without being that great
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