Britney Spears eh?
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
still nothing in this list that pisses me off more than Hold Steady, the ultimate hipster runoff scarequotes band. heeeeey guys we're a 'bar band,' we're writing songs about 'the kids,' check out our 'riffs'!
― plax r (some dude), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
seminal, lolololol
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
you do have a knack for treating something really boring and unremarkable like the most amazing thing in the world
should be directed to all sufjan fans
― hobbes, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Imagine if Britney Spears and Sufjan Stevens had a baby
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
oh that must explain their appeal.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
what if I hate both Sufjan AND Britney
xp
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Sufjan Spears
28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 points]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Katebushaerial.jpg
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted for sufjan stevens
I think I've only heard Blackout start-to-finish once, will listen again though. Sufjan isn't really for me.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
"it's britney, bitch"
^^unparalleled way to open an album
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend)
That just makes me think of that scene on The Office when Michael drives up to the camera and takes his shades of and says "It's Britney bitch" but it's obviously Lady GaGa playing on his stereo. Anyway yeah, perfect start to the album.
I remember Gimme More coming out and the sleazy low budget video that came with it I just thought I bet in a few years she'll have no memory of it coming out.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, wasn't expecting that.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
another one which should be a lot higher!!!!
been returning to aerial a lot recently for some reason. i think it might actually be her best album. it's so immersive.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Kate Bush! XD
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 12 July 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I get the impression that britney's planning circa blackout was limited to her management team
― goth (crüt), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
that is a seriously high average vote
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
so I should listen to Aerial huh
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
sem·i·nal [sem-uh-nl] –adjective1.pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
That just means Britney Spears is spunky imo!
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
There's some amazing moments on Aerial but the first disc is just too weak for me, although Coral Room is incredible.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
kate bush album cover is so unbelievably boring
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't vote for Aerial, I do think it's great though. I honestly had no idea it was still so well-liked.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
lol I just now realized what the design on the cover of the Kate Bush album is (not that I ever looked to closely at it before).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"Coral Room" is beautiful. So is "Joanni," which makes me wish more musicians recorded on Fairlights.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder what song/sound is represented. xp
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-xsCXEvR6M
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
kate bush cover is great? its islands but its also a soundwave and there's a hidden message?
― plax (ico), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Imagine Kate Bush covering "Radar."
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
"Coral Room" is beautiful.
Yes yes yes yes yes.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not quite Never For Ever is it.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
its also hilarious that britney was so out of it they couldn't release Radar as a single so had to put it on Circus. My CD still says featuring the singles Gimme More, Piece of Me, Break the Ice and Radar
― plax (ico), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"how to be invisible" and "a coral room" are my picks on the first cd of aerial, though "mrs bartolozzi" is kinda beautiful too
the second cd is just straight-up genius start to finish
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I still haven't properly listened to Aerial. I should.
― emil.y, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
listening to nocturn on spotify - feels like an adventure unfolding
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i wouldn't call Aerial her best album, but it is def top three for me (the others being HoL and The Dreaming). immersive is a good word to describe it, just beautifully produced. its cinematically intimate in that unique Kate Bush way--she evokes subtle emotions and use sound and imagery to make them explode.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 12 July 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 votes]
http://rocksdemilo.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/149428-dirty-projectors-coverart.jpg
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Aerial always sounded quite similar musically to The Sensual World to me but it's wider in scope and more rewarding for it. I'm going to listen to it now I think.
― Gavin in Leeds, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I very much admired the DP's show at Pitchfork Fest a couple of years ago; the album never gelled for me though.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
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iirc there was some kind of contractual obligation to the producer of "Radar" or something that the song had to be a single, so when they had a new album ready but hadn't made it a single yet, they just kinda shuffled it into the next album cycle
― plax r (some dude), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I think people namedropping mariah carey in relation to dirty projectors is the least-fitting reference ever.. desperate attempt to claim popism authenticity, for reals
― abcfsk, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Not even the 27th best record of 2009
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
popism authenticity
cute
― hobbes, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
red circle dp is so WS.
― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't think of a better pair of closing tracks right now than Nocturn and Aerial. I saw a clip of Cirque du Soleil performing to Aerial - sadly it was dubbed on later, they actually perform to something else, but it was still great.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
look at that album cover. i mean really
(have now segued into the Aerial title-track - this is v good music indeed)
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, July 12, 2010 4:57 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am getting more and more apprehensive about you eventually posting your ballot
― plax r (some dude), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't think of a better pair of closing tracks right now than Nocturn and Aerial
otm
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't believe anyone has complained about any album cover ever in history in a thread with the Hold Steady album in it.
― elephant rob, Monday, 12 July 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
lol alex -- it has its fair share of canonical indie rock albums
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 July 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link