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Most Inaccessible Album of All-Time?
KickThatBathProf:
My vote goes to any recent Autechre CD.
By the way, the most inacessible piece of all time would have to be The Rite of Spring composed by Igor Stravinsky.
Literally caused a riot at the premiere
jhum101:
12-tones stuff by Schoenberg is pretty bizarre.
Someone earlier posted about Trout Mask Replica, and I have to say, that album is pretty tough to crack (still haven't made sense of it)
But I'm surprised no one has mentioned any avant-garde jazz yet. John Coltrane, whom most know by his modal jazz stuff (My Favorite Things, A Love Supreme, Giant Steps) ventured into that territory near the end of his life ('65-'67). Or Cecil Taylor, who's 1966 "Unit Structures" can overwhelm even the experienced jazz listener. And a personal choice for me is Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation" (1960), which upon first listen, I absolutely hated. But I can see through all the madness now, and enjoy listening to it on occasion. Whereas, only one year previously he released the much easier to listen "The Shape of Jazz to Come".
I listen to the latter a good deal more, but I have to say, if I were trapped on a desert island, I'd go with the "unaccessible", the "weird" music any day over the easy and simple music, just because there is so much room to explore, so many musical passages to unwind, break-down, and make sense of.
Edible:
Surprised at the lack of mathcore mentioned...
a pack of wolves:
In the grand scheme of things math rock isn't that out there, certainly not compared to noise or avant garde music.
RedLion:
I find The Talking Heads a little difficult to get into.
Wow, really? Talking Heads have always been one of those bands for me that I can pop in and just enjoy without having to think about it. Especially their earlier stuff.
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