maybe, one day, i will get through more than 2.5 of the songs on here.
i like the name nikki nack, and the cover to an extent. very ze records/italo disco
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
does the title actually refer to anything or is it insufferable quirky infantilism pt 939203354354
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
love your indie infantilism thing, lex.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
All of a sudden I have a hankering for a cherry Fruit Roll-Up
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
I usually love twee infantile indie maximalism and I can't stand Tune-Yards.
― All The Craigers Gonna Craig Craig Craig Craig Craig (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
Violently loathed Water Fountain, but maybe this harbours discreet depths I'm yet to discover. Trying now.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Only heard one song (dunno from what album) and never felt encouraged to explore any further, even after she won the P&J in whatever year.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
we have no time for anything childlike ::roars with applause when nicki minaj becomes a human barbie doll::
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
that's a pretty low placing right?
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
mmmm... not really?
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
Would a Ting Tings comparison be unfair?
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Some infantilism is uncanny & inspired. Some is unconscionable & insipid
― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
it's a low placing when her last album was #10 in our 2011 poll. but it's also not unexpected given that on Pazz & Jop she dropped from a #1 in 2011 to #29 in 2014. it doesn't even seem like there was a backlash or bad reviews, people just moved on and lost interest?
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:21 AM (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
quite possibly. it's rough when you believe in an artist and this happens, but it's usually inevitable.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
never got into Tune-Yards but her stuff is definitely distinctive, not yr typical indie whatsit at all iirc
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
how much of TY's high placing in 2011 was down to 'shock of the new'? i don't feel as though this new album is much of a leap, is it?
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
I was listening to this while showering this morning – some of her best choruses ever. I top tenned it.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Becky G would approve.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
I liked "Real Thing" and "Water Fountain" off the album but not much else tbh
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FBf6x3y.jpg
59 KELIS Food [281 points, 13 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
criminally underrated
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
great cover/title. not heard this though.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
now this album I couldn't get into at all besides "Jerk Ribs" and, I think, "Rumble." Dave Sitek arranges the horns rather awkwardly.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
guess no-one was all that hungry?
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
this falls into my 'like every track on the album' categoryvoted for it i think
― nxd, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
xpost yeah same as Alfred, I like the afrobeat touches though, maybe its due a relisten
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
Agree with Alfred, love 'Jerk Ribs' but found the production really cloying over a whole album.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I should love Kelis but to my ears her producers don't often find the most sympathetic settings for her chalky voice. I do ride for this album conceptually though.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
wonderful album, kelis is a rare one who can do retro revivalism (on the heels of a guettabosh motherhood album) and still sound completely distinct. if it faded a bit i'll ascribe that to winter, it's really a blazing weather album, but it's domestic as well, sort of like being in your kitchen looking out at the city. it probably sounds like a lot of classic 70s soul records i've never heard
aside from "jerk ribs" (obviously), "runnin" and "friday fish fry" were favourites - former for the gorgeousness, latter for the funk
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
This Kelis album was a massive grower for me. Thought it was kind of bland at first apart from Jerk Ribs which I already loved but slowly the rest of the songs grew on me. Forever Be, Floyd and Bless The Telephone are my highlights now. Shame this was her first album that didn't produce any big singles.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
I'll give it another try.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
I wonder will the Neneh Cherry album chart
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
the production sounds a lot more natural than the retro shit that actually does do well like "uptown funk" or "happy". horns sound excellent to me, and her voice has this dustiness to it that fits right in.
she smashed it live with this album too
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:39 AM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Was literally just wondering this too
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
didn't like the neneh album half as much as the free jazz one she did.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I figure it will. Seemed to get quite a bit of love 'round here (and I voted for it).
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I wonder how much of the production complaints are just a subconcsious kneejerk "eww indie bro" thing, whole album sounds great to me (xp's)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
do I need to send you a photo of my Stephen Malkmus poster
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
also...Kelis is indie?
i heard so many albums last year but not enough listens to let them sink in hence i ended up having 3 albums on my ballot. neneh cherry album sounded good though (esp "weightless") although not as good as the free jazz album
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:44 (nine years ago) link
I wd be stunned if Neneh didn't make it
― YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:47 (nine years ago) link
Opening track sounds like a peppy retread of Massive Attack's Protection. Not such a bad thing
― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Put those horns away though, jesus
Was referring to Sitek
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Kelis making it made me wonder for a moment abt Meshell but I just don't see that happening...(xxxp)
― YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
lol if you hate the horns you should probably quit now xp
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3tmF1ct.jpg
58 KASSEM MOSSE Workshop 19 [282 points, 13 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
http://94.136.40.103/~pestcontrolliverpool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mice.jpg
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
growing vpon the head of a man?
― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
Jerk Ribs is much better
― ear sirrom (imago), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link