I need a consensus on these albums...

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Each of these albums have 300+ message threads about them, but it's too much to sift through.

I need a general consensus on:

Bjork - Medulla
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Drive By Truckers - The Dirty South
Tom Waits - Real Gone

― Michael Copeland, Monday, 8 November 2004 17:59 (twenty years ago)

I haven't heard the Drive By Truckers, but the other three are going to be pretty high in my Top 10 of the year.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:01 (twenty years ago)

Get Dizzee!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:04 (twenty years ago)

The only one I really like is the Dizzee

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:05 (twenty years ago)

The Dizzee and Tom Waits albums are great!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:10 (twenty years ago)

Dizzee and Bjork - very good indeed. Not as earth-shatteringly great as their best work, but even the reasons are interesting - Medúlla for the concept, Showtime because Dizzee's trying to be more commercial but actually sounding less! and both have a couple of boring songs each.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Medulla turned out exactly how I expected it to be- something I *like* but not put on very often at all. The concept/gimmick is interesting but a bit limiting for a full album.

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago)

oh I find it's the exact opposite of limiting! Bjork's been working the strings-and-chorales angle for ages now, this made her take a fresh perspective of it. the beatbox tracks are awesome.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Interestingly, I love all three of these albums but they all have tracks I impatiently skip on normal listens to get to the highlights (although I do enjoy them when I make myself listen all the way through).

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear, I know nothing about these, that probably says something.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago)

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