Topic: Albums that sat around a while before you liked them. (Read 7711 times)

El Opium · « **on:** 15 Sep 2005, 20:21 »

This is a thread for talking about albums you had for a while and left lieing around until one day you played it on a whim and found you really liked it. A couple of mine:

Tricky-Maxinquaye
I got this as a christmas present one year and found myself indifferent to it. I put it on recently and found that it'd grown on me immensly. I've always like the track 'Black Steel' but the other songs are rapidly catching up.

Hum-Downward Is Heavenward
This one is a favorite of many, but when I first got it, I found it simply didn't click with me. All the songs seemed to run on by with no real effect. After having it stored on one of my lesser used shelves for a couple years I took it down and found it rocked extremly. I listen to it roughly every 2-3 weeks now and it's especially good listening whilst driving.

La Creme · « **Reply #1 on:** 15 Sep 2005, 20:29 »

MEG: An LA Sound-Sampler

This was the first album I ever heard the Sugarplastic on. I was really caught by them and never really went back and listened to the rest of the album.

A month ago I did. It is the shit.

mizaktik · « **Reply #2 on:** 15 Sep 2005, 20:49 »

Cheer Up! by RBF, Not sure if it's a good albumn still, but it's growing on me.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #3 on:** 15 Sep 2005, 21:35 »

Cat Power - You Are Free
I thought it was boring on the first listen, and I didn't even finish it, but then a couple of months later I listened to it again, and it was fantastic

salada · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 00:25 »

it took ages for me to get my head around dj shadow's endtroducing. i used to always prefer the private press.

can't really imagine why now though.

offcitylimits · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 04:40 »

Quote from: salada

it took ages for me to get my head around dj shadow's endtroducing. i used to always prefer the private press.

can't really imagine why now though.

I fell in love with Endtroducing immediately

one of my favourite albums.

It took me a while to get into Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, because at first it just seemed like a mashup of everything else he'd done. Iron & Wine - OEND took me a while too, at first i thought some of it was a little dull.

Maui · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 05:21 »

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Cheer Up! by RBF, Not sure if it's a good album still, but it's growing on me

Woooo for RBF!

Anywho, for me, i wasnt really into the postal service, i liked "such great heights" but i couldnt get into any of the other songs. Now i listen to them far too much.

mediocrity_wire · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 08:00 »

The Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island, Burn
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People

YoungGrassHopper · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 08:45 »

mogwai as listed above

REM- Monster

Modest Mouse- good news..(though there are parts I still detest with a white hot burning heat of several pissed off suns. But then, I'm old.)

Radiohead- the bends. I don't know why. I listened to it once, way back when it first came out, and was like...meh. Then one day it clicked. I'm waiting for Kid A to do the same. still waiting.

the Tea Party- edges of twilight.

mizaktik · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 09:23 »

Quote from: salada

it took ages for me to get my head around dj shadow's endtroducing. i used to always prefer the private press.

can't really imagine why now though.

Same here too. I just couldn't get into entroducing. I just dropped it completely for a while and picked it up a year later.... I love it now.

StrikeThePostman · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 14:12 »

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

This was only my second BtS album after Keep it Like a Secret - a totally different kind of sound that I had to get used to. It ended up being my favourite album.

The Wrens - The Meadowlands

I could not get past the vocals for anything. That seems kind of stupid, though, as I bought In the Aeroplane Over the Sea at the same time and I loved that one straight away.

The Mountain Goats - Nine Black Poppies

My first MG album; the recording quality is terrible and I had never heard anything worse than The Shins' Oh Inverted World.

The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic

I was expecting The Soft Bulletin and definitely didn't get it. However, this grew on me, like the rest of the Lips' stuff (though I'm still waiting for Transmissions from the Satellite Heart to come around, I don't listen to it very much).

Everything Beck ever did

He was my first introduction to alternative rock. I must say that while there are ways of easing oneself into it, I was thrown headfirst. His lyrics were really off-putting for a while.

Merkava · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 14:32 »

At the Drive-In - In/CASINO/OUT

Took me a while. Had to get used to the screaming. They sound very mild now, but they will always hold a special place in my heart for introducing me into post-hardcore.

rive gauche · « **Reply #12 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 15:55 »

Quote from: mediocrity_wire

The Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island, Burn
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People

what are you doing not posting on the old, dead thursday board, weiner?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #13 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 16:07 »

The only album I really love I ever found it hsrd to get in to was Ulver's 'Nattens Madrigal' album. it's fuckt crazy on the astatic and whatnot, but fuyck is that an incredibly brilliant album

sjbrot · « **Reply #14 on:** 16 Sep 2005, 19:18 »

Quote from: StrikeThePostman

The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic

I was expecting The Soft Bulletin and definitely didn't get it. However, this grew on me, like the rest of the Lips' stuff (though I'm still waiting for Transmissions from the Satellite Heart to come around, I don't listen to it very much).

How very true. Their last two albums are very accesible, while everything else can pretty much be summed up by the title of one of their compilations: Finally, the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid. Needless to say, it takes time to get into their early stuff if you were introduced to them later, like me.

mediocrity_wire · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Sep 2005, 21:55 »

Quote from: rive gauche

Quote from: mediocrity_wire
The Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island, Burn
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People

what are you doing not posting on the old, dead thursday board, weiner?

I am,
I don't think you are.
Who is you anyways.

La Creme · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Sep 2005, 22:22 »

Quote from: mizaktik

Cheer Up! by RBF, Not sure if it's a good album still, but it's growing on me

I basically think this album wins because of "Rock'n'Roll Is Bitchin'" and "Drunk Again". While "Drunk Again" is ridiculously corny and a total Sinatra rip, it is still one of the most enjoyable songs ever to just rock out to. ROCK!

Haven't listened to any ska in a while. Tut, tut, looks like SKANKIN' TIME!

ramenXnoodles · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 Sep 2005, 13:27 »

Beck - Guero

I bought it in June, didn't really like it save for E-Pro and Girl, but now love it.

practicality · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 Sep 2005, 13:36 »

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Antics by Interpol
Funeral by Arcade Fire

Morokrat · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 14:38 »

took me quite some time to like adam green.

oh and finntroll. had their albums from a friend bt was initially repulsed by it. how i feel ashamed for ever having doubted them

Highlander · « **Reply #20 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 14:44 »

Mugimama is this monkeymusic by Mugison. Very hard to get into.

Kai · « **Reply #21 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 16:55 »

I feel bad for you originally hating Finntroll too. seriously, I never want to talk to you ever again.

Morokrat · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Sep 2005, 04:38 »

go on, join the mob

seaweed swimwear · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 01:59 »

The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon
I think I bought this CD when I was in the 5th grade. I listened to it six years later, and realized what a quality pop act they are.

Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage
I was put off by all the noise steaming out of my laptop. Then, with the advice of a friend, I listened to it with headphones. Much better.

Chymes · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 07:05 »

The Clash - London Calling

bought it because it was a classic, took me a long time to realise I had a classic in my collection though it seems.

MilkmanDan · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 09:34 »

Quote from: salada

it took ages for me to get my head around dj shadow's endtroducing. i used to always prefer the private press.

can't really imagine why now though.

Ouch. It's gotta be said though, quite a few of my friends were of the same opinion. But seriously, Endtroducing is so freaking amazing it's not funny. The only way it could be any better is if he'd but the proper extended version of Organ Donor on. God Damn that would be sweet. As it is, it just makes Preemptive Strike all the better.

On to the tooic in hand, Autechre - Gantz Graf. I was NOT feeling that on the first listen. I was young, foolish, and didn't listen to noise.

ObsoleteDonkey · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 11:28 »

Modest Mouse's Good News... took forever to grow on me. Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot took a while too.

And the ultimate growing albums have been Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia by The Dandy Warhols and basically all the albums by Beck. My girlfriend gave me all the albums, and I listened to them all once and deleted them. I had some weird change of heart, got them all back again, and I quite like them all.

Merkava · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 12:53 »

Oh shit. I'm starting to like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I knew I'd like it someday, it seems like an album that is BUILT for me.

Frosty · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Sep 2005, 20:02 »

Quote from: ObsoleteDonkey

Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot took a while too.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot took a couple, but once I really settled into the mood of the album, I got it. Totally awesome.

On the other hand, I'm listening to A Ghost Is Born right now (just bought it today), and while there are some really good moments, the rest may take a while for me to work out. And I'm not sure I'll ever listen to the last twelve minutes of Less Than You Think ever again.

Merkava · « **Reply #29 on:** 23 Sep 2005, 18:38 »

Ghost was my first Wilco album. Thank God I decided to check out their earlier stuff after that fiasco.

Also, damnit. I like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I'm going to need some H2O to wash down the words I'm eating at the moment.

mediocrity_wire · « **Reply #30 on:** 23 Sep 2005, 20:43 »

Quote from: rive gauche

doing not posting on the old, dead thursday board, weiner?

com'onnnn grllll who is you?

And I got Yankee Hotel Foxtrot about a month ago, haven't been able to get into it. Was told the movie about Wilco will help that.

nemo · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 16:35 »

Mountain Goats - Tallahassee. I bought it one summer and didn't like it too much, then picked it up over a year later and completely loved it.

Dalkaen · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 17:22 »

For some crazy reason, I didn't even feel like sitting through Yes' Relayer on first listen, but now I think it's one of the greatest albums of all time, and "The Gates of Delirium" is now one of my favorite songs.

Uh, I didn't dig Mastodon's Leviathan on first listen, with its murky, sludgy sound and whirlwind drums, but I guess I just needed some time for my mind to interpret all the sound properly. I now quite like it.

Kid Modernist · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 18:31 »

The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Thought it was really boring first, listened to it a few weeks ago and really got into it. That was the first album I've bought randomly in a while though. Usually I have listened to albums a lot before buying them.

soak · « **Reply #34 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 18:34 »

Iron + Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

I brought it at the same time as I finally got Good News for People Who Love Bad News and never really got around to giving it a proper listen because of that. Then one day I was doing some shopping listneing to my iPod and it just ticked over to it and I was hooked.

mackdaddy · « **Reply #35 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 19:13 »

The Ataris - So Long Astoria

Merkava · « **Reply #36 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 19:17 »

Quote from: nemo

Mountain Goats - Tallahassee. I bought it one summer and didn't like it too much, then picked it up over a year later and completely loved it.

Same here. I wasn't used to the story-driven bare acoustics at that point.

Dara · « **Reply #37 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 19:22 »

hrmrmrmrmrm

Manitoba - Up in Flames (yea crazy i know)
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD (still growing)
Six Organs of Admittance - Dark Noontide (used to be my least favorite, but now it's #1...almost)

Merkava · « **Reply #38 on:** 26 Sep 2005, 19:27 »

I've also got to say that Perfect From Now On took a while. Now it's one of my favorite albums. It blows my mind with each listen.

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Author Topic: Albums that sat around a while before you liked them. (Read 7711 times)

El Opium

La Creme

mizaktik

Praeserpium Machinarum

offcitylimits

Maui

mediocrity_wire

YoungGrassHopper

mizaktik

StrikeThePostman

Merkava

rive gauche

sjbrot

mediocrity_wire

La Creme

ramenXnoodles

practicality

Morokrat

Highlander

Morokrat

seaweed swimwear

MilkmanDan

ObsoleteDonkey

Merkava

Frosty

Merkava

mediocrity_wire

nemo

Dalkaen

Kid Modernist

soak

mackdaddy

Merkava

Dara

Merkava