even better than any nwa album.
definitely more consistent. Sraight Outta Compton peters out
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
My dog could take a shit next to a microphone and it would be better than any NWA album.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
somehow I doubt this
― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
you must really enjoy watching your dog shit then
― HUMAN VELOCIPEDE (jjjusten), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
not judging, but theres prob a support group for that out there
not going to make a humandog centipede joek, not going to do it
― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Hi, my names is ilxor and I am a listening to my dog take a shit addict.
xp
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
NOT FUNNY, dudes. My dad's life was and is ruined by his addiction to watching dog's shit. He lost his job because of it, and now he just creeps around the park watching the dogs do their business.
― party time! (Z S), Thursday, 6 May 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
hey lj would a fuck load of points awarded to a release that is technically an ep but is over 30 mins be discounted? hadn't occured to me when i voted
― ayo for dyao (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 6 May 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure in the earlier thread EPs were discussed and approved of
― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Thursday, 6 May 2010 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted for still feel gone cuz that was the first tupelo i had back then, but glad to see them make the poll anyway
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
just catching up. yay lp5... sort of strategic vote for me as i'm a total autechre stan and couldn't really pick one album, but figured this would be closest to consensus. makes me kinda proud that it was the last entry that didn't rely on one big score (i gave it 21). *sniffle*
i really don't know how to talk about the music without devolving into the usual cliched abstract language. definitely a turning point for them, though the direction was hinted at in cichlisuite (also recommended). i think chiastic slide was their noisiest material at that point, but a lot of the sounds on lp5 have that slippery polished stone and metal texture that they've brought back recently for oversteps. this is also where their rhythms become very distinct from anyone else - that sort of sputtering, ricocheting feel. closest thing was maybe bucephalus bouncing ball, but that always seems totally controlled and scripted in comparison, while lp5 is chaotic with some loose rules. they took this further on ep7, which feels more like a set of experiments to me, and then to its conclusion on confield. lp5 is more musical than either of those albums though.
in other words, it sounds like another world that isn't so different, rather than the imagined idea of another world, which is how i think of amber and chiastic slide. i like that i don't actually know for sure how "acroyear2" is supposed to make me feel. the relationship between the main synth line and percussion sounds alternates between conflict and synergy. the beats and melodies on a lot of the tracks feel inseparable - rae, corc, boac, arch carrier. they make sense of each other. maybe their most fully realized album in that sense.
― second toughest in the internets (another al3x), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah lp5 is great, gave it 20 iirc
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
think i'm 4/10 so far - lp5, i care because you do, debut, life after death. have one more lock and maybe another wild card or two...
― second toughest in the internets (another al3x), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
listening to life after death
the DMC hook on "My Downfall" is really odd...so offbeat with the rest of the song, even weirder cuz it's clear DMC redid the lines, it's not a line they couldn't get to synch right with the track....
can't tell if it bugs me or i think it's kinda genius
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i care because you do is so good. put it on again the other day and was all "yep, still so good"
― hobbes, Friday, 7 May 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
ha ha I was the vote for Death Certificate. Forgot to send my username with the ballot.
― President Keyes, Friday, 7 May 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
xp - that dmc hook bugs me a little tbh. trying too hard or something cf biggie.
would like to hear more e40 re: fat rappers. biggie rides the beat better than probably anyone else though imo.
― second toughest in the internets (another al3x), Friday, 7 May 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
IMO Death Certificate is the best 1 vote album so far, and I'm not even a huge fan of west coast.
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Listened to Auteurs - New Wave for the first time in 16 years. The vocals are very Dean Wareham. Despite that, I like it *downloading other three albums*.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
turns out it was Right Said Fred who did the Sonic the Hedgehog tune,
never knew this existed, thanks Tuomas
― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I go Biking! (sic), Friday, 7 May 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
(though I liked it better when I thought you were making it up and megatrolling with the "I can never remember" post)
btw upthread, nwa minus cube is dope, efil4zaggin and 100 miles and runnin' are, imo, locks for any goons record collection. I think it took 'em all a while to grow up and find their voice, whether together or not though. Eazy, Dre and Cube all eclipsed nwa when they went for dolo.
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^except for the last sentence, otm. "100 Miles & Runnin'" is like the dopest shit ever
― moderator requiem forum (The Reverend), Friday, 7 May 2010 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
For some reason I'm always mixing up Boo Radleys with Right Said Fred - which one of them did the Sonic the Hedgehog song?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 6 May 2010 17:43 (Yesterday) Bookmark
This... just nearly made my eyes fall out. Until I realised that "Free Huey" does kind of sound like that Sonic The Hedgehog song.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2010 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
so pleased to see LP5 and Giant Steps in a row! Def two of my all time favourite records.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2010 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
THE NEXT ALBUM ON THIS POLL IS THE FIRST ONE WITH TWO FIRST-PLACE VOTES
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
CONSEQUENTLY IT IS GETTING A HUGE IMAGE
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
we gon' get to #1 today big homie?
― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:26 (fourteen years ago) link
ummmm depends how long my body feels like holding out. and whether i take plaxico up on his offer of top-10 mspaint art. might get him to do the mspaint art for the 'special awards' tbh
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:32 (fourteen years ago) link
13 Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)106 points4 votes2 first-place votes (other: Gavin In Leeds)Greatest contributor: ciderpress
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guided by voices' alien lanes sounds just as good now as it did in 95.
― tylerw, Sunday, 13 March 2005 21:20 (5 years ago)
"alien lanes" is the true classic
― billyginandtonic, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 23:56 (4 years ago)
but i, too, think you're missing something by listening to gbv tracks and not listening to "bee thousand" or "alien lanes" straight through. especially "alien lanes" which strings so many short songs so tightly together. "a good flying bird" -> "cigarette tricks" -> "pimple zoo" -> "big chief chinese restaurant" --> "closer you are" is essentially one beautifully chaotic, teetering, jarring, epic five-minute tune spread out over five tracks.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:15 (6 years ago)
Much as I hate to admit it, the thread really can be edited down to this:
Q. Why in the name of all that is holy do people like Guided by Voices?A. No-hassle tune excellence.
Similarly, Bob Pollard's output could be edited down as such:
1. Alien Lanes2. Bee Thousand
― nabisco%%, Thursday, 30 May 2002 01:00 (7 years ago)
dude dave i have been listening to alien lanes CONSTANTLY the last week or so. finally got the LP. used to listen to that shit ALL THE TIME in high school, and it may be even better now than it was then. time to revisit teh GBV back catalog.
― ian, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:55 (3 years ago)
Alien Lanes is good to get drunk and sing along with. It's amazing how much rock music fails this simple test.
― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 00:32 (5 years ago)
a great album which you think has too many tracks until you realise that on any given day just about any of them could be your favourite song ever
― xylyl syzygy (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
interesting.. i was desperately in love with that album at the time but in retrospect it's my least fave of the GbV purple patch
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:41 (fourteen years ago) link
in my quotetrawl i found a post of yours disparaging this record in favour of others! basically i need to discover gbv, is what i'm hearing.
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
ok there's a bit of a points-jump until the next album. and it ALSO has two first-place votes!!
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
plz w/ the ms paint art :)
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:14 (fourteen years ago) link
12 Oval - 94 Diskont (1995)122 points3 votes2 first-place votes (other: NickB)Greatest contributor: nakhchivan
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You know, 94 Diskont still sounds pretty fucking good
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 00:10 (5 years ago)
OTM, it RAWKS d00d. Seriously though it does.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 03:34 (5 years ago)
I'm ready to start fawning over Oval - 94 Diskont whenever you're ready.
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 02:10 (6 years ago)
Has anyone really done anything with glitch that Oval didn't cover with 94 Diskont?
― Ben Williams, Saturday, 5 January 2002 01:00 (8 years ago)
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
how many points did we have to assign? trying to figure out exactly how far John and I could have driven Riddle Box
― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link
200.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 May 2010 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
NickB, please come here and wittily skewer why this is Best Of The Rest. nakhchivan, I want yr lexicon, gaudily
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty interesting: every electronic album that's appeared so far is of the "home listening" variety, except for that Sasha & Digweed comp, and that made it on the strength of one vote. Where were all the dance heads when voting took place? Sure, dance music is singles-oriented, but surely albums like The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich or Every Man and Woman is a Star, or comps like Platinum Breakz would've deserved a spot here?
― Tuomas, Friday, 7 May 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway, I can't wait for the alternative 90s singles poll. Didn't someone promise to organize that?
― Tuomas, Friday, 7 May 2010 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
a hoy hoy did. I'm posting one more then getting some sleep.
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i did?
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
you mentioned it! sorry, my brain is *completely* scrambled. anyway stick around for #11.
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I said I'd be up for it sure but I thought up next in ilx polls was the bumper 00s motherfuckers?
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah ok fine whatever ok
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
wuuuuuuuuuh
11 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 126 points7 votes1 first-place voteGreatest contributor: a hoy hoy
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Prove to me that Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords are worthy of their hype.....
― Mark Espisito, Monday, 5 December 2005 03:45 (4 years ago)
Proof:
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2001-4/img212.gif
with U_ij = Only Built For Cuban Linx, A = Liquid Swords, and V_i = hype, it follows that W_i = sum of all hype over the entire universe > worthy hype. QED, motherfucker.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 5 December 2005 04:45 (4 years ago)
Cuban Linx = unsurpassable, greatest rap album ever?
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:33 (4 years ago)
Cuban Linx is as lush, sprawling, as opulent as a Godfather movie.
― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 27 January 2005 19:16 (5 years ago)
Chef cooking up someMarvellous Scarface Pacin...O shit. Ghostface rules.
-a hoy hoy
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Friday, 7 May 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
although goodbye my other votes. still...
best rap album ever imo.
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link