Apocalypse Now
by 
benpaco 
I'll likely revisit this and start doing more in depth analysis at some point.
1 album per artist so as to avoid this all being Swans and Muse.
Please message me or comment here with any more ideas you may have.
[Other note: Cellardoor gave me a great playlist of songs that I'll have to check out in context of the album to see if the whole album is apocalyptic or just that individual track. Other recs are also being listened to, albeit slowly]
- Chart updated: 09/16/2015 19:45
- (Created: 09/11/2015 16:11).
- Chart size: 12 albums.
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There are the more obvious references to apocalypse here - the name of the album and cover of Bellamy standing in the rapture probably being the most noticeable - but there is more to this album than just what appears at a surface level. Track titles paint the picture of doom while the lyrics highlight apocalypse and thought of God. The religious undertones here are just that - more serving as a theological discussion on the nature of God than mewithoutYou's commentary of religion and the apocalypse, but this discussion still adds something to the lyrics. Underneath the religious references, there's an urgency to the album, which may be explained by it's inspiration - the beginning of the Iraq war.
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2003
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Another odd album in contrast to some others. The synthpunk/synthpop blend of styles leads one to tune out the discord beneath and some of the lyrics (remember, this is the guy who made "Cars" - banality with an underlying stress and paranoia is kind of his thing). The album describes a variety of sci-fi apocalypses, even discussing alien invasion. However, the most overarching theme is the loss of differentiation between humans and robots/technology, leading to a largely robotic world. You know how Ghost in the Shell was The Matrix 4 years before The Matrix? This is Ghost in the Shell 16 years before Ghost in the Shell.
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1979
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1,066
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As craola put it best, "I suppose it depends on which interpretation of the album you prescribe to." Some quick googling later, I've discovered that this album has been interpreted to be about everything from split-personality to a child moving homes to Judgment Day. I can see certain merits to the arguments of each, so I'm including it here for at the very least the time being.
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1974
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6,491
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I want to look more into the band's intentions on this one, but seeing as they were talking about "the ghosts of cities" in an interview about it, given the tone and the song titles, this definitely has some apocalpticisim to it.
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2013
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Apocalypse Now composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 25% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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