aint that easy, the charade, prayer & betray my heart are the ones that really draw me back to this album
i think i'm gonna vote betray my heart cuz it prob the only one that could be easily slotted into voodoo lol
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
I like the album but look at more than half the titles and can't remember a lick or a lyric.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
another life
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
i think i'm gonna vote betray my heart cuz it prob the only one that could be easily slotted into voodoo lol― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 8, 2016 1:47 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 8, 2016 1:47 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hah yup
― Spottie, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
The Charade is probably gonna be my pick, just a tremendous build to that bridge.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
but i think i have to go w/ back to the future
I thought of the Back to the Future tracks as the album's weak links before I saw it live and he played them both at once. Such a groove.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
I know D'Angelo's incredible but how did he play two songs at the same time
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Relistening now, this album is so amazing.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
still voting "the charade"
― The bald Phil Collins impersonator cash grab (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
think i'm going for "betray my heart." it's my favorite groove on the record
i think this album was the best first listen experience i've ever had. i was two beers deep and started playing "ain't that easy" and completely lost my shit
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
I love Till It's Done the most. The Charade probably second.
― jmm, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
"Ain't That Easy" is so good, the whole first five song run is 10/10, second half isn't as strong imo. Voting for "1000 Deaths" because it just completely blew my head off when I heard it.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Thursday, 9 June 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
Voted Sugah Daddy. I always play that song for people, and they always get this big grin on their faces.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 June 2016 00:35 (seven years ago) link
The Charade over Ain't That Easy
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
Sugar Daddy is such an amazing arrangement -- it sort of suggests hooks that aren't really there. Subliminal Funk... But 1,000 Deaths is my shit. Like Sly crossed with fIREHOSE.
― Blood On The Knobs, Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:00 (seven years ago) link
It's such a different record from Voodoo it's hard to compare. I can't say I like one more than the other but I think I get a lot more out of Black Messiah at this time in my life.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:02 (Yesterday) Permalink
one after the other lol
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
1000 Deaths actually reminds me of this Bernard Purdie video I just watched where he was playing some grooves for a Japanese audience, and it is just like the heaviest thing I have ever heard. Questo and Pino kind of approach that level of heaviness on that track.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
The beat that comes in around :56. P similar feel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_Hg9wsJug
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
you can pretty much sing the chorus over it
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:25 (seven years ago) link
nice.
Top 3:
Sugah DaddyBetray My HeartThe Door (or Back to the Futures)
Bottom 3:
The CharadeTill It's DoneAnother Life
But I love it all.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad people love "Betray My Heart" - the way the horns get carried away at the end still makes me giddy. "Prayer" is another favourite.
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:03 (seven years ago) link
Betray My Heart is cool as hell.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:06 (seven years ago) link
Really not a weak track on here.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:08 (seven years ago) link
omg that purdie video
― the world over the crotch. (contenderizer), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:30 (seven years ago) link
Sugah Daddy is so incredible. The hambone beat, the way D'Angelo uses his lower register, the amazing piano progression...
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:54 (seven years ago) link
Yeah good to see all the Betray My Heart love. That's the one I've gone back to most. I could listen to that groove all day.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 9 June 2016 05:01 (seven years ago) link
"Another Life" is too beautiful for me to not vote for it, whole album is obvs incredible though
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 9 June 2016 05:15 (seven years ago) link
Another Life, but there is not a moment I don't cherish on the whole album
― it's getting ott in here / so take off all your clothes (stevie), Thursday, 9 June 2016 09:35 (seven years ago) link
i cant really remember these songs in my head, except for maybe charade or 1000 deaths (i enjoy walking around doing a dangelo murmble). does anyone walk around singing anything from here? not that it really matters. not everything has to do that for you. and when its on, i love it. but for some reason im not recalling the second half that well. anyway, id vote for another life or tutu or prayer. only song i dont like that much is back to the future. something about that rhythm thats a bit dull.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 9 June 2016 10:31 (seven years ago) link
great album long listen. voted 1000 deaths.
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 9 June 2016 11:18 (seven years ago) link
I sing 'I will never... betray... myyyy heart' quite a bit. Mostly I sing stuff like 'dududududu dudu dudu' (Sugah Daddy, of course) or whistle the theme to The Door. So much about the instruments.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
http://images.clipartpanda.com/open-praying-hands-drawing-662769_orig.jpg
― The Brexit Club (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
lol every song is gonna get an equal number of votes
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
the whistling on "the door" kinda makes it unlistenable to me & i always want "another life" to be more than it is so i feel like the album sort of peters out
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
1000 Deaths is gonna get good votes from the weird music voting bloc (hiyo)
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
there's some stylistics tune with a sitar on one of their classic albums that i've always loved and another life totally feels like an homage to that
― marcos, Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
i have a feeling that people voting '1000 Deaths' or 'The Charade' were not hardcore Voodoo fans.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
The album peters out toward the end for me too, but partly just because there is so much going on in each track that I lose stamina.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan
hi!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
I just listened to this whole thing on my morning commute and if anything I was surprised at how much of the back half I actually remembered, stuff like the Door is great
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
so many different faves kind of enhances this record for me -- love The Door, love Back to the Future (both parts), don't actually love the poppier stuff on this record as much (Charade, Really Love). Voted 1000 Deaths, but 2 or 3 others very close behind
― Dominique, Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
whats not to really love about really love?
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
Totally.
The "When I come around" bits on this song are deliriously beautiful.
― my concern would only be that you don't have serenity. (stevie), Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
i forgot how good this album is
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
like, not just 1000 Deaths but the other tracks too
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
went with "Another Life" because that's my favorite at the moment, but it could have easily been just about anything.
― billstevejim, Friday, 10 June 2016 06:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm so in love with 1000 Deaths being back to back with The Charade, I wish I could vote for both, will probably go with the former, but only barely over the latter
― the mood and the melanies (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2016 07:59 (seven years ago) link
Ain't That Easy is what has always stuck with me for some reason
― ufo, Friday, 10 June 2016 09:17 (seven years ago) link
I love that Charade is, sonically, the 'lightest' track on the album - like it's made out of air and zephyrs and wispy diaphanous silk - but lyrically the heaviest.
― my concern would only be that you don't have serenity. (stevie), Friday, 10 June 2016 09:42 (seven years ago) link
1000 deaths for me...sounds like a unreleased Eddie Hazel track...brilliant
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 10 June 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
I do love 1000 Deaths, I wish the mix weren't so murky-sounding though.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 June 2016 13:02 (seven years ago) link
1000 deaths is incredible though marred by the sampled NOI speech which for me symbolises those parts of the NOI im not really so into (which is a whole other thread, though one i would be happy to take part in). having to hear it everytime i put the song on irritates me.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
the fred hampton part also makes more sense for the song.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
1000 Deaths sounds like it fell off The Reality Of My Surroundings
― my concern would only be that you don't have serenity. (stevie), Friday, 10 June 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
The murk is what makes it taste so good
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 10 June 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
^^^^^
― gate crimes legislation (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
otm.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, June 9, 2016 10:12 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I voted "1000 Deaths" and Voodoo is top 5 ever afaic
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 11 June 2016 01:14 (seven years ago) link
Like yooooo, he's allowed to do different things. Something like "Betray My Heart" is good but we'd already heard him do that style to perfection.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 11 June 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
― StillAdvance, Thursday, June 9, 2016 3:31 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I have definitely sung "Really Love" to my gf a lot of times.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 11 June 2016 01:17 (seven years ago) link
It's weird how few of the lyrics I know to this album considering how many times I've listened. I have a lot of nonsense syllables that I sing along.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Saturday, 11 June 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
one of them is "fadoop"
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Saturday, 11 June 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
^^ Sugah Daddy is the king of this
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Saturday, 11 June 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
I haven't listened to this in ages, but "1000 Deaths" is always the one that leapt out at me.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 7 July 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 8 July 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 9 July 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
really love robbed
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Saturday, 9 July 2016 00:07 (seven years ago) link
voted Really Love, expected it to win given the leading thread title
― cerealbar, Saturday, 16 July 2016 12:49 (seven years ago) link
surprise people like "another life" this much
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 17 July 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
surprised*
His vocal just gliiiiiides along on Another Life, and the chord changes are to die for.
― woke newt (stevie), Sunday, 17 July 2016 09:47 (seven years ago) link
wow... not the results I would've expected!
― In the mouth a memorable desert (bernard snowy), Sunday, 17 July 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link