De La Soul is deadSelf PortraitYes PleasePsycho's PathCut the Crap
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)
http://yesworld.com/gallery/images/albums/Tales_s.jpg
― Damian (Damian), Friday, 7 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 7 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― neil, Friday, 7 November 2003 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)
Puff Daddy: Forever
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 7 November 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― Miggie (Miggie), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)
many people disrespect Ride's "Carnival Of Light", but I have a fondness for it.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)
also The Sugarcubes - here today, tomorrow, next week!
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave q, Friday, 7 November 2003 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)
that is surprisingly enjoyable for a supposedly total Rub album.
do people not like "Parklife" anymore? oooh.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)
at the time yes, but the album's rep is sky high nowadays. check any AMG or whatever sum-up of their career - the consensus is that is a great record, playful and clever with de las whole hippie hop image thing that was held against them at the time.
and that is not only the paradigm, it is also the truth. so there.
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)
Gary Numan's 'I, Assassin' and 'Warriors' (especially) are generally regarded as rubbish to non-Numanoids.
Curtis Mayfield's three or four post-'Superfly' albums.
Devo - 'Oh No! It's Devo'
Peter Murphy solo.
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)
great description. really.
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)
KULA SHAKER - K
― Citizen Kate (kate), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Miggie (Miggie), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― sucka (sucka), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)
Gomez, In Our Gun: great songs done well. That's all we're supposed to want, right? Well, they did that here (no blues jamz, no we're-so-clever silliness), and everyone yawned, or reviewed their idea of Gomez rather than the record, which is fine pop music and you'll all realize that someday.
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)
haha Kate you're fucking mad...
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)
xpost.
Yeah, a friend of mine rated K a lot. Never heared it myself, so I abstain. But yes, that's the point of this thread..
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)
YOU ARE ALL WRONG AND I AM ALL RIGHT. THE CHILDREN -- THEY UNDERSTAND.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Specktor (M Specktor), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)
And Wandering Spirit, Jagger's solo effort, is probably THE best album by an aging rocker ever to feature Lenny Kravitz.
― mick hall (mick hall), Friday, 7 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keef (mark grout), Friday, 7 November 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Neither are the fall off in quality that their critics claim them to be.
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 7 November 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 7 November 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
yer man Ewing likes this a lot, and because most ILXORs are sheep they like it too.
It's rubbish.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 7 November 2003 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 7 November 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)
They'll be wondering 'where are they now?' next year.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 November 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 7 November 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Friday, 7 November 2003 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)
underrated -- the chills soft bomb -- good songs somewhat buried under lackluster session playing and uninteresting production.
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 7 November 2003 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)
Everyone loves Trans these days, btw. But how about Everybody's Rocking? I like that one too. No rescuing Old Ways or Landing on Water, though.
― musicmope (musicmope), Friday, 7 November 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Also, lots of people on here seem to hate Manitoba Up In Flames but I like it
Also 1969 by Afghan Whigs. I also second Muse-Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)
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― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)
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...notably for the singles "Hollow Heart" and "Paradise." Sue me.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)
Call me a sheep, but Trompe Le Monde contains my fave Pixies track ever, that being "Planet of Sound," so you can come sheer me and grill my chops if you like.
Even arguably discerning Stranglers fans lambast this record, but I adore the bizarreness of it....
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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 November 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)
"Steel Wheels" is one of their best post-"Sticky Fingers" albums IMO.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 November 2003 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)
It was immediately after that, they went dire permamently... Gave away their only post "QS" good song to Debbie Harry, "I want that man", shows how clueless they really were... and ting.
― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 9 November 2003 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― roger adultery, Monday, 10 November 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)
totally w/Keith and Douglas on Slick Rick. Great Adventures has better singles but the other two are better albums, especially The Ruler's Back.
as to the myth that De La Soul Is Dead was a critical failure, it placed 30th in that year's Pazz & Jop. that's a big drop-off from first (which is where 3 Feet High & Rising placed), but it's hardly a "failure," not to mention the fact that it placed above The Low End Theory (32nd), which is generally regarded as Tribe's best album. (what placed above DLSID? oh, you know, such still-considered-classics as Chris Whitley's Living With the Law, Seal--see, critics used to LIKE him--Robbie Robertson's Storyville, and Billy Bragg's Don't Try This at Home. ho-kay.)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)
I really like all of these. The first three all win due to mauve- plastic-syntheticisms and clunky trebley supersugary sticky headrush fizz, Good Humor seems to be regarded as the St Et 'dip' but it is wonderful woody pinefresh scandipop, The Menace is all shredded and acid-splashed and flickery and gleamy and wafty and unsettling and great. I particularly love The Menace, in fact (although not as much as the debut clearly)
Is sometimes hard to establish exactly what is considered properproper shite and which records divide opinion pretty evenly. I think I'm in pretty safe territory with the first three here though.
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)
blount otm about U2 'pop' over 'all that you cant etc', it's more fun despite the utter daftness of the lyrics. what's that track that starts off "jesus, jesus help me"? cracks me up every time, but still a good song.
― Dave M. (rotten03), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 10 November 2003 02:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 10 November 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)
The Boo Radleys, C'mon Kids. This was the intentional end of Britpop, a nihilistic smackdown of los bros. Gallagher (with amazing vocal aping of Liam by Sice), a psychedelic freakout, and also contained some great-ass pop music. You don't want to believe me, but you know I'm right dammit. Accept it before it destroys you.
Pizzicato Five, Happy End of the World. Most critics think it's okay enough. I am convinced it is the best album ever made, at least right now, or until I find my copy of Cinderella's Long Cold Winter.
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 10 November 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)
(uhh... Haikunym, aren't you forgettting something?)
― Dave M. (rotten03), Monday, 10 November 2003 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 10 November 2003 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 10 November 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― typo acapulco (gcannon), Monday, 10 November 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― justin (Justin M), Monday, 10 November 2003 04:43 (twenty-two years ago)
the Sundays, Static and Silence. This is supposed to be their 'why even bother' album, but it's absolutely gorgeous. search 'She', 'Monochrome', 'Homeward', 'Your Eyes', and 'Leave This City'. the cover is also lovely.
Pale Saints, Slow Buildings. Not as stellar as their earlier two, but worth having.
― derrick (derrick), Monday, 10 November 2003 06:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 10 November 2003 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)
But this time the young people are WRONG WRONG WRONG. And about Slick Rick, too. And Don't Tell a Soul? Jesus....
― musicmope (musicmope), Monday, 10 November 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 10 November 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)
Post-Fresh Sly Stone.
Pink Floyd after Syd and up till but not including "Dark Side of the Moon"
― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 10 November 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 10 November 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 10 November 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)
I suspect it's expected these days.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 10 November 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 10 November 2003 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 10 November 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 10 November 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 10 November 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 10 November 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)
And Secret Life of Plants is overwhelmingly emotional.
― musicmope (musicmope), Monday, 10 November 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)
It's my favorite Sonic Youth album. It's their best album.
No. Shut up.
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)
The album is brilliant though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)