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Consistent catalogues
Koremora:
Spoon!
yellowfoliage:
--- Quote from: Retrospectre on 12 Apr 2010, 09:01 ---Neil Young?
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Now I loves me some Neil Young, and that is a great string of albums, but we do not live in a universe where the man's catalog could be considered consistent. Remember the 80's? Ever try listening to Landing on Water?
As far as consistency goes, I gotta toss my hat in with the White Stripes.
JD:
--- Quote from: Koremora on 12 Apr 2010, 12:51 ---Spoon!
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Boo!
--- Quote from: Inlander on 12 Apr 2010, 09:20 ---Time for me to get on my Silver Jews hobby horse again, I guess.
- Starlite Walker: weird and idiosyncratic and experimental and ultimately beautiful in equal measure; contains "Trains Across the Sea" which shows David Berman already in great songwriting form.
- The Natural Bridge: arguably the band's least compelling album and perhaps a slight stumble on their way to the classic song-driven albums that would come to define the band; but god, when your weakest album starts with "How To Rent a Room" and ends with "Pretty Eyes" then I think you're doing something pretty fucking right.
- American Water: out-and-out indie classic. One of the best albums of the nineties.
- Bright Flight: inevitably hidden in the shadow of its predecessor but this is a fantastically solid and consistent album. If "I Remember Me" and "Death of an Heir of Sorrow" don't break your heart then you should probably consult your doctor; likewise if "Tennessee" doesn't make you laugh out loud at Berman's wordplay.
- Tanglewood Numbers: between this and Bright Flight it's no secret that Berman went through some incredibly dark times. From the opening chords this is an album of catharsis, rockier than any of the others and driven by desperation, despair, hope, and tenderness. It genuinely gets better with every listen.
- Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea: arguably a pale immitation of its predecessor, but I love this album as I love all the Silver Jews albums. It starts dark and gets steadily lighter, stranger, and funnier as it progresses. "We Could Be Looking For the Same Thing" is a beautiful, simple song to see out the Silver Jews' career.
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yesssss
Scandanavian War Machine:
I'd love to second the White Stripes (they are one of my favorite bands, afterall) but...well....there's that one album...and it's got some jams on it, but....as a whole...meh.
i think The Unicorns win. not only is Who Will Cut Our Hair one of the best albums of all time...it's their only album*.
That's 100% consistency!
*well, the only one that counts
StaedlerMars:
In that vein, Death From Above 1979.
edit: misspelling!
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