Favorite albums?
What albums do yall listen to from beginning to end? There are plenty of artists and bands that I like with great songs but sometimes the album has filler in between the main tracks. Which albums do you feel like have little to no filler? I’d put up Chief Keef’s Finally Rich (debut album) Licensed To Ill by the Beastie Boys, maybe Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles, Curtis (1970) by Curtis Mayfield and Cuba Libre by Carlos Puebla. What are your favorites?
Lately I've been really into PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation and Fishing for Fishies by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I have listened both like more than 30 times already.
I am going to see them live tomorrow!!
its quickly becoming a favorite, but king gizzard's new album petrodragonic apocalypse definitely ranks up there. overall favorite albums are probably human by death, shed by title fight, or fear of music by talking heads. all of kraftwerk's albums are also pretty close to favorites, especially "the mix", a re-recording of all their hits where they somehow take their masterpieces and make them even better. i own the mix on tape and listen to it almost every day lol
Any album by La Dispute's Rooms of the House on back will pretty much never get a skip from me. Anti-Flag is also essentially my living anthem in band form.
Can confirm Anti-Flag is based
Absolutely. It's my go-to protest punk band. I was watching some live footage and I really wanna see them perform at some point.
YES ANOTHER LA DISPUTE ENJOYER
Every time I listen to them, it makes me want to write poetry and scream lol. I do need to give Panorama another listen tho.
also also: I really recommend listening to Panorama with headphones or earbuds if you have them. A big criticism is that the mixing is shit and you can barely hear the vocals, but using my raycons that was rendered a complete non-issue.
I might do the headphone treatment today. I was listening to it yesterday in the car just because and my car speakers leave a lot to be desired.
I haven't creatively written in a long time but I can sub to that comm. I wanna start writing light theory related stuff right now but don't have the time. Maybe fiction short stories with socialist overtones might be fun.
Same. I use to write poetry prolifically, working on starting that again. Also working on making music -- I love to scream!
There's a creative writing community here if you ever feel inclined to share!
I've been listening to 2000s electronic lately, mostly Boards of Canada's "Geogaddi" and "Campfire Headphase" and sometimes The Unicorns' "Who Will Cut Our Hair"
Edit: I don't know how I forgot this, but "The Fire This Time" is an audio documentary about the us intervention in the Middle East that fans of IDM should definitely listen to.
Love Geogaddi.
::: spoiler my favs
Mostly depressed midwest white boy shit. Love it all tho.
Dethalbum IV, I've been waiting for this for too long
Achievement by PilotRedSun
His music channel though is PilotRedSky so it's interesting that he put Achievement on his animation channel. He's more active musically nowadays.
Hell yes! All EPs as well
Yup, he's got the good stuff.
Slowdive self-titled is perfect. Isaiah Rashad's Cilvia Demo. OM's Conference of the Birds.
I can sing every word of Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Company. If you think you're not into country, give that album a listen.
Rashad is so fucking it. Ill give Ohia a try
Nevermind by Nirvana
Love the album, hate the album cover lol
Lately, I’ve been listening to Ghost’s “Impera”. The front half is better, but the second half is still quite solid.
can't skip any single song in: Chief Keef - Almighty So, Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite, Music From Saharan Cellphones vol 2.
Very easily "Make a Sound" by Autopilot Off.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQOpbCpc8vEHeR-Xro1UbP_de5C_70ZP
TOUGH! Mostly rap ::: spoiler spoiler
Honorable Mentions: 17 (XXX), The Moon & Antartica (Modest Mouse), Toxicity (SOAD), Cilvia Demo (Rashad), Back to the Woods (Angel Haze), Feet of Clay (Earl), ye (Kanye), iridescence (BROCKHAMPTON), S16 (Woodkid), Age of Empire 2 OST, Is This Beauty? (Fukkit), Big Fish Theory (Vince), untitled unmastered (Kendrick), 2022 VOL 1 & 2 (WILLIE G), Iron (Woodkid)
My ranking can be fickle sometimes, but my top 15 roughly stays the same
I slept hard on JESUS IS KING for, perhaps, some obvious reasons, but I heard it at work and its actually so good, some wince parts nonwithstanding but that's life. :::
Great list btw, Kendrick is a legend. I was a huge Kanye fan when I was younger and sorta listened to him less and less after his Trump turn, I completely skipped Jesus Is King bc it seemed like he was focusing too much on religion, I miss his old stuff, like anything from Life of Pablo all the way back to when he performed in ‘03 on Chappelle’s Show, but Donda had some amazing tracks here and there
Pink Floyd's Animals, maybe Iron Butterfly's Inagadadavida, I like the B side songs.
Big time Pink Floyd's Animals fan club member too
My top 5 in no order:
Glad to see such niche and different music preferences from everyone
Hybrid theory by Linkin Park (Ik basic)
Labor days by Aesop Rock
Hypnotize by System of a Down
? By XXXTENTACION
Around the fur by deftones
I need to add ? By X for sure, kinda surprised at myself for not adding it, I listened to that album for like a whole year and a half
In no order
Radiohead - In Rainbows The Strokes - The New Abnormal Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother The Good, The Bad and The Queen - selftitled Charlie Winston - Hobo
Sucks that members are rightwing wierdos but... yeah, Deathspell Omega's Paracletus is probably the piece I've listened to the most ever at this point
Gregory and the Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
Harry's House right now
Terraformer- Thank You Scientist
It's pretty niche, but I can't stop listening to Satellite High's "Sharks!". I also tend listen a lot to the whole Blood on the Dance Floor Michael Jackson album, even if I find some songs (and specially lyrics) not that good.
No Skips at all?
Man my age is showing lol
The Gorillaz had some of the best songs of the 2000s fr
Not in any specific order, they all have their moments for me. ::: spoiler list
process - sampha
malibu - anderson paak
maybe house of balloons
A Night at the Opera and Floodland
The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
The Battle of Los Angeles, Rage against the Machine. In a similar vein I'm pretty sure Zack De la Rocha is the only private citizen to successfully escape capitalism and become a comrade.
Arthur Verocai - Arthur Verocai
I don't listen to albums from beginning to end
To each their own, but I can agree that plenty of albums have filler to make the album longer and sometimes you don’t have time for a whole album, that’s usually the case for me
Listening to full albums is my preferred format, so I pretty much listen to anything to the end, other than a new album that I find myself disliking. But these are a few that I've listened to many times and that I also feel like tremendously benefit from the full album experience:
Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters
This is a Long Drive by Modest Mouse
Hissing Fauna by Of Montreal
Modest Mouse is pretty good, I’ve seen them suggested throughout the post, I hear a few songs of theirs at work or on the radio, but now I feel like I need to listen to a full album from them with all of these recommendations lol, is This Is A Long Drive their best album in your opinion or would I be better suited listening to a more popular album by them? Keep in mind that I probably only know 2-4 songs of theirs
Their first two albums are very angry. Their first album, Long Drive, is my favorite, but most people think their second album, Lonesome Crowded West, is the better of the two. Long Drive alternates between sombre and aggressive where LCW is aggressive in parts but mostly mopey. LCW has some country aesthetic that's missing on Long Drive. Long Drive has many tracks that end with a minute or more of pure instrumental jams if that's your thing.
Their third album, Moon & Antarctic is a big departure from the first two in mood, the bitterness is gone. But this is still a fantastic album and very consistent, if the rough edges of the first two put you off this is where I'd start.
Personally I would skip Good News, it has some good songs but feels like it lacks a narrative. We Were Dead however feels like it has a cohesive vibe at the very least, and has some of their best pop forward tracks. The side project Ugly Casanova also has an album Sharpen Your Teeth that's quite good and different enough from everything else.