well this is his first album that's openly a ~concept~ album
― circa1916, Thursday, 27 October 2016 12:21 (seven years ago) link
i think Replica was pretty well defined: microsamples of commercials and tv shows, simulacra reassembled in a hall of mirrors. R Plus Seven is a bit more vague, but the feeling I get from the "Problem Areas" video is the horror of the singularity. there's a lot of drifting through space in an infinite plastic future feel to that record, techno-horror, very Kurzweil. GOD is def not his first concept album
― flappy bird, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
is it bad that I found Replica really really dull btw
― imago, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
of course not. like i said, i love that there's a clear through line connecting all of his records, despite the fact that they all sound radically different.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
Replica is by far my favorite, I'd give it another shot, imago!
I'm with flappy bird as far as appreciating GoD but not enjoying the actual listening experience
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
don't forget to vote!
― Treeship, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 05:04 (seven years ago) link
i agree with pretty much everything flappy bird said above
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 06:13 (seven years ago) link
i adore everything he's done up until GoD, and i will intensely devour whatever he does next
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 06:14 (seven years ago) link
a lot of times when the most recent album by a favorite artist is disappointing (to you, at least), you worry that they're headed off in some disagreeable trajectory or that they've lost the spark or whatever. i don't get that from OPN and GoD. i appreciate his experimentation and need to try something new, i just don't particularly like where he went it.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 06:16 (seven years ago) link
garden of excrete
― salthigh, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 06:36 (seven years ago) link
There are many other great songs on this, but I think I've listened to Sticky Drama at least once a week ever since this was released.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Anyone still listen to this?
― treeship., Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:30 (three years ago) link
I wrote a lot of bullshit about this album on this thread. It still moves me more than the other stuff he did. And live this material was tremendous, especially with the video and light components
― treeship., Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link