You must listen to the album below you: canon edition

[Jameth]

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A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead

A set of songs awash in strings and multi-tracking mayhem in an effort to inject them with life and mask the fact that they just aren't very good. They're all spiritless and utterly forgettable, and the band seems to just be going through the motions. I like their three album run from OK Computer to Amnesiac, but I just can't find any reason to care about this or any of their other albums.

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Haven't seen any classical in a while, so Henning Christiansen.

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BEA's Top Albums of the 2010s (last pick):

3. Arcade Fire /--/ The Suburbs
5. Tame Impala /--/ Lonerism
8. Vampire Weekend /--/ Modern Vampires of the City
10. The National /--/ High Violet
12. Beach House /--/ Teen Dream
14. Tame Impala /--/ Currents
16. The War on Drugs /--/ Lost in the Dream
19. Arcade Fire /--/ Reflektor
20. Arctic Monkeys /--/ AM
21. Beach House /--/ Bloom
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[baystateoftheart]

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13 by Blur

This was noisier and more ambitious than I expected, and I really enjoyed it. There are plenty of musical ideas in these 67 minutes, and while they're not all great, quite a good share are. They're also executed with impressive instrumental chops. Tender and Coffee & TV both tower over the other tracks, and I really wish there were more songs like those, but this is still a fun and interesting ride from start to finish. Not sure if I like it more than Parklife, but it's better than any Gorillaz album. 4/5.

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2. Damn, your reviews of contemporary music have been roast after roast. And while I disagree with almost everything you have to say, it's entertaining at least. Take your next potential victim from my top ten:

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Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend

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3. Purplepash's AOTYs

1952: Penthouse Serenade - Nat King Cole
1953: Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
1960: Have Guitar, Will Travel - Bo Diddley
1974: Rock N Roll Animal - Lou Reed
1981: Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
1986: Infected - The The
1997: Slightly Odway - Jebediah
1998: Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
2001: Toxicity - System Of A Down
2002: Mclutsky Do Dallas - Mclutsky
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[Tha1ChiefRocka]

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Schottische Symphonie / Requiem Of Art ...seph Beuys

I listened to this last night, but it's still resonating with me today. For how jarring some of the vocal sampling can be in this Musique Conrete/ Collage piece, it flows remarkably well from beginning to end with plenty of interesting textures to keep the listener interested.

Just like I want to see Jameth's next take on a contemporary album, I can't help but want to hear your thoughts on Toxicity.

Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
gangpol & mit - the hopelessly sad story of the hideous end of the world
Misty In Roots - Musi O Tunya
Hala Strana- Fielding
Precipitation - Meditations on the Self and the Other
Perigeo - Non È Poi Così Lontano
Heathered Pearls - Loyal
Akio Suzuki, Aki Onda- ma ta ta bi
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless
Rass Claat Dub - Album

[RoundTheBend]

hehe - I miss this game but my current musical goals are messy.

Great comments/back and forth here though.

[Jameth]

[Fast-and-Bulbous]

1. Close to the Edges - Yes

I am not one to say no to some prog-rock, but sometimes i feel it gets somewhat complicated just for the sake of it. Yes is certainly guilt of this, but i find that they manage to balance it out as soon as singing is involved, with some more agreeable chord progression. Some transitions are definitly neck-breaking though. I had to double-check a few times that i didn't skip parts of a song. For a prog-rock album, it is surprisingly short though.
At his best, it is really epic, at its worst it is a self-indulgent mess. Still a good album, but i'm not the biggest fan of it. I might get into it more by listening to it, it is the type of music that takes a while to digest.

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2. Akio Suzuki, Aki Onda- ma ta ta bi seems really intersesting, in fact i think i will listen to it as well.

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34. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
54. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
83. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
87. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
105. Merriweather Post Pavillon - Animal Collective
120. If you're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
127. Violator - Depeche Mode
135. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
136. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
146. Teen Dreams - Beach House

[Purplepash]

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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

Classified as psychedelic rock on RYM, but it's got a bit of a bunch of genres too it - some blues rock, folk rock, acoustic rock, hard rock, even possibly a dash of funk and prog. This makes for an interesting album with some nice variety, but at the same time it maintains a consistent sound throughout. I can see it maybe having been an influence on a range of bands, from the obvious Led Zep, to R.E.M., to The Who, to Roxy Music. Some great guitar work, and really good songwriting. I wasn't blown away with the vocals, but there was nothing wrong with them either - just a personal taste thing. It was a little bit trippy at times, but more of a hippy trippy (environmentally themed, peave & love), than a weird freakout trippiness. No exceptional standout songs, but no duds or filler either, .a consistent quality, very good album that flowed well from beginning to end. 8/10, 17/20 for 1970, and 89/100 for the '70s.



Just gonna go with my favourite of these for now. Siamese Dream.

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Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins



Top 69 Music Albums of 1970 by Tha1ChiefRocka (2 picks left)

4. Struttin' by The Meters
5. Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead
6. Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard
10. John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic
18. Band Of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix
21. Emozioni by Lucio Battisti
22. Come To My Garden by Minnie Riperton
24. McCartney by Paul McCartney
25. The Black Gladiator by Bo Diddley
26. Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One by The Kinks

[LedZep]

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Black Wooden Ceiling Opening by Mount Eerie
It was nice to hear Phil trying to recreate classic Darkthrone. In the instrumental department at least. Kind of expected him to throw some Fenriz-type vocals in there as well, which unfortunately didn't happen. This is only a 21 minute EP, but the songs are all well crafted, interesting and unique with their blend of typical Mount Eerie folk/indie/lofi/drone and black metal. It's not nearly my favourite Phil Elvirum project, but it's a very admirable one-off experiment. Thank you Phil, very cool. 8/10

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From the top Purple

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Chart

Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Swallow The Sun - New Moon
Theo Parrish - Sound Signature Sounds Vol 2
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
Culprate - Deliverance
Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
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2020s
90s

[LedZep]

Agree with RoundTheBend, it's nice reading all of the reviews. Especially the ones bashing albums I love, I get a good laugh out of it. Can't wait to hear Baystate's take on SOAD
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[Jameth]

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Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend

Yikes, what a ******* toecurler...I don't understand what the point of this music is. It's adult contemporary for soccer dads that have bought nine albums in their entire lives. Vague, teenaged lyrics that seem to be about upgrading your Saab, or "Oh oh oh oh oh oh". Banal aesthetics that range from ugly, to annoying, to outright copy and pasted ("Step" is an obvious Zombies ripoff). Vocals you just want to punch. The same sort of dorky, half-assed melodies you hear in lame jingles for radio commercials. No real musicianship in sight. This was MOR and corny, part five. But somehow, much worse.

Also, the covers for their first three albums look like the stock artwork that you take out of new picture frames and throw away.

Who's the victim here, Bay? This album or me??

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I was hoping I'd get a chance to pick Struttin' for Purple, so thanks for doing it for me. It jams. As for you:

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Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

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RYM's Noise chart:

3. Ramleh /--/ Hole in the Heart
4. Yellow Swans /--/ Going Places
5. 不失者 [Fushitsusha] /--/ 悲愴 (Pathétique)
6. dreamcrusher /--/ Incinerator
7. Pan Sonic /--/ Kesto (234.48:4)
8. Merzbow /--/ Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
9. The Caretaker /--/ Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 4
10. The Gerogerigegege /--/ Instruments Disorder (170 Songs CD)
11. Yellow Swans /--/ Drowner Yellow Swans
12. Mo・Te /--/ Life in a Peaceful New World
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