Topic: Albums that'd be great... (Read 17915 times)

Storm Rider · « **Reply #50 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 17:06 »

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Iron Maiden: 7th son of a 7th son ... Can I play with madness. What is that 'written for single' thingy doing on such an awesome album? It feels a lot like having an ABBA song in the middle of Kill 'Em All. It's just wrong ...

High five!

minkles · « **Reply #51 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 18:46 »

I have a lot. Dunno if these have been said before:

Neutral Milk Hotel- On Avery Island- Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkeys Eye: 14 minutes, and no substance. Just noise. Fantastic.

Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister- The Boy Done Wrong Again: This song is whiny and painful to listen to.

Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News- This Devil's Workday: It's like they're trying to suck, to piss off their fans.

They Might Be Giants- Factory Showroom- I Can Hear You: What is the point of this song? Does it matter if you recorded it at "Edison Laboratory"? No. It sucks.

Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous- Ripchord: More Adventurous was actually a mediocre album, but I just wanted to point out how bad 'Ripchord' is. It actually makes me miss the days when Blake Sennett thought he was Elliott Smith.

Modest Mouse-Building Nothing out of Something- Workin' on Leavin' the Living: In heaven... everything is fine. In heaven... everything's alright. Repeated for 6 minutes of the track's 6 minutes and 40 seconds. It's very annoying.

The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema- Three or Four: Someone mentioned this. I concur.

By the way, did you know "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene is in 7/4? You learn something every day.

Gryff · « **Reply #52 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 19:11 »

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I actually heard a version of [Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds] that didn't totally suck on the radio at work a few years ago. I know it exists. It was awesome. The album version just makes me want to punch people. I dont know where the other version was from. Anyone know about this? Am I crazy?

It was by William Shatner!

jcknbl · « **Reply #53 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 20:15 »

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Oh, and Moon and Antarctica should have Different City, Wild Pack of Family Dogs, and Tiny Cities in favor of some tracks from Nasty Parlour Tricks. I would have preferred hearing Night on the Sun, Here it Comes, or You're the Good Things to those blah tracks.

I agree Wild Pack of Family Dogs is a weak track but Different City and Tiny Cities are both excellent tracks. In any case, they're part of the album. You can't just throw in random songs from previous albums -Moon and Antarctica wasn't a greatest hits record. Even Wild Pack of Family Dogs is really just a short transition between the darker and colder section of the album (The Cold Part through The Stars are Projectors) and the more bittersweet but optimistic ending.

Taking out those songs would just make it a different album entirely.

blanko blanco · « **Reply #54 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 20:47 »

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Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous- Ripchord: More Adventurous was actually a mediocre album, but I just wanted to point out how bad 'Ripchord' is. It actually makes me miss the days when Blake Sennett thought he was Elliott Smith.

What's funny is that I hate Rilo Kiley and find them bland with very little substance, but Ripchord is probably the only Rilo Kiley song I even sort of like.

Staralfur · « **Reply #55 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 22:48 »

I believe Those To Come by The Shins is the worst ending to a good album ever. Maybe if it was the first one or something...

Also, on The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips, The Observer is pretty lame.

Late Ninties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries by Broken Social Scene from You Forgot It In People is pretty uncool too.

Grendel by Sunny Day Real Estate on Diary. It's not art, it's just useless.

Malediction by Stephen Malkmus on Face The Truth. I haven't listened to all of this and I don't like it.

This Place Is a Prison by The Postal Service on Give Up. The only reason this track doesn't completley suck is that there's that cool drum riff that comes in. Otherwise, boring.

5-4=Unity by Pavement on Crooked Rain.

The Bagman's Gambit by The Decemberists on Picaresque.

I could go on and on...

blanko blanco · « **Reply #56 on:** 18 Apr 2006, 23:44 »

I think 5-4=Unity is a pretty cool song. At least they didn't make the mistake they could have of stretching it out way longer than it needed to be. It's short and sweet.

jcknbl · « **Reply #57 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 05:27 »

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This Place Is a Prison by The Postal Service on Give Up. The only reason this track doesn't completley suck is that there's that cool drum riff that comes in. Otherwise, boring.
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If "not boring" is the standard for a good Postal Service song then they're pretty fucked.

pip_helix · « **Reply #58 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 08:21 »

i wanna know who was the mental giant behind the room noises version of "telescope eyes."

i just saw eisley a few weeks ago, which prompted me to actually buy the cd. much to my disappointment, some genius decided it'd be a good idea to take ALL the verses out of the song. sure, the instrumentation is fuller, the vocal quality is better, but wtf at having next to no words.

(solution - burn a new copy, replacing the short version with the original. much better.)

Misereatur · « **Reply #59 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 09:42 »

Anathema - Childhood Dream form the album A Natural Disaster. What the hell? It ruins the flow of this otherwise brilliant album. I allway skip that song.
I mean, an instrumental song woukd fit perfect there, but not that one.

Staralfur · « **Reply #60 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 10:32 »

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If "not boring" is the standard for a good Postal Service song then they're pretty fucked.

I think I've just been told. :[

Misereatur · « **Reply #61 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 12:19 »

OH NOS!

Merkava · « **Reply #62 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 15:49 »

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Quote from: Merkava

Oh, and Moon and Antarctica should have Different City, Wild Pack of Family Dogs, and Tiny Cities in favor of some tracks from Nasty Parlour Tricks. I would have preferred hearing Night on the Sun, Here it Comes, or You're the Good Things to those blah tracks.

I agree Wild Pack of Family Dogs is a weak track but Different City and Tiny Cities are both excellent tracks. In any case, they're part of the album. You can't just throw in random songs from previous albums -Moon and Antarctica wasn't a greatest hits record. Even Wild Pack of Family Dogs is really just a short transition between the darker and colder section of the album (The Cold Part through The Stars are Projectors) and the more bittersweet but optimistic ending.

Taking out those songs would just make it a different album entirely.

The reason I noted that previous EP is because those songs are from the recording of TMAA. Plus, a lot of them fit. As for Different City, that guitar part is so uber-shitty and Tiny Cities is...really cheesey. The songs just don't sit right with me, and I only to those songs as a source of laughs. They make the album inconsistant, IMO. The second half (Cold Part onwards) >>>>>>>> the first half, even if that section had Perfect Disguise.

Injektilo · « **Reply #63 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 16:40 »

I like "Three or Four," but apparently that's not a common sentiment.

Belle & Sebastian's The Boy With The Arab Strap would be much better without "A Space Boy Dream." Though the album seems as though most people wouldn't like it regardless. wut ev4r.

Elliott Smith's Either/Or could do without "Cupid's Trick" for me...or at least it could be moved so that it would flow from "Angeles" directly into "2:45 AM". That's real nitpicky, though.

Clinic's Internal Wrangler without "Goodnight Georgie" would be nice. I'd like it to end on "2nd Foot Stomp" and have "2/4" before that.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #64 on:** 19 Apr 2006, 16:48 »

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Oh and Horse Latitudes off Strange Days by The Doors. It's their best album but what the fuck was THAT?

are you kidding? i love that song. it was a poem he wrote in highschool and then just added some sound effects and shit. i think its awesome. it comes at the perfect time in the album and everything. the song right before leads into it really good and the song that follows it hits just right at just the right time.

Melodic · « **Reply #65 on:** 20 Apr 2006, 22:52 »

The Postal Service- Give Up- Natural Anthem

Very much like what Valley Parade said waay back on page 1; Natural Anthem felt very long, and the vocals (when it does get to that, about 3 minutes in) feels rushed and anti-climactic.

Johnny C · « **Reply #66 on:** 20 Apr 2006, 22:58 »

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It was by William Shatner!

MISTER TAMBOURINE mANn!

EDIT: Feist could have easily dropped "Inside And Out" from Let It Die.

Snail of Doom · « **Reply #67 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 12:59 »

Mine:
Daft Punk - Discovery - "Nightvision"
Meh. Just feels like filler. No real reason to exist.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #68 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 13:14 »

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Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News- This Devil's Workday: It's like they're trying to suck, to piss off their fans.

I absolutely adore that track. I think it's hilarious. Makes me break out into insane grinning and random dance moves every time.

If there's any track on that album that needs to be taken off, it's Dance Hall.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #69 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 15:38 »

Another one: Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth. Good album, makes some nice points great songs ... and then there is Psychotron.

Any song that starts with the sound of a camera zooming out and in again is doomed. But this sound is there to make a point about a cyborg-thingy that fights a lot, apparently.

And this next to:
Skin O'my Teeth, Symphony Of Destruction, Architecture Of Aggression, Foreclosure Of A Dream, Sweating Bullets, This Was My Life, Countdown To Extinction, Ashes In Your Mouth ...

Just hideous.

Thrillho · « **Reply #70 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 16:02 »

It wasn't a great album; it was a good album. The Battle Of Los Angeles could stand to drop 'Mic Check.' I think the rest of it was good enough.

Merkava · « **Reply #71 on:** 25 Apr 2006, 12:48 »

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Quote from: minkles
Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News- This Devil's Workday: It's like they're trying to suck, to piss off their fans.

I absolutely adore that track. I think it's hilarious. Makes me break out into insane grinning and random dance moves every time.

If there's any track on that album that needs to be taken off, it's Dance Hall.

Agreed. As much as I love Brock's rythmic yelling (Doin' the Cockroach, the beginning of Lounge(closing time)), it just gets grating in Dance Hall.

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