I like Chance The Rapper okay, but the song is vastly improved if you imagine he's singing 'All night I'm a chicken all night / All night I'm a chicken'
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
nice, Nylon Strung was my #1! beautiful tune imo, the whole album is easily Underworld's best since beaucoup fish. i like a hundred days off and oblivion with bells, but i think after a couple years of listening that barking is half pretty good, half complete trash.
Atomic Number was my #6, Nighttime Girl was my #7. good list so far!!
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
was surprised people ITT didn't seem to dig "Nylon Strung" a lot. it's totally gorgeous. though I did vote "Ova Nova" over it - hopefully that one places
― frogbs, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
Nylon Strung not too bad on earphones just earlier. Not my thing so much but I get how it hits home
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
Never really managed to get into post-beaucoup fish underworld. I keep trying.
― silverfish, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
the new one is the first one that has the feel of a peak-era Underworld album to me. i think it helps that it's pretty concise. maybe the work Hyde did with Eno helped too.
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
"crybaby" is like nu-freestyle. it's perf
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
"Crybaby" is the only thing on this list so far that i want to spend time with.
― In the Ways of John Scales (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
oh, sorry, Chance too
i missed the memo on Underworld getting Avicii onboard
― In the Ways of John Scales (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
wow – I wish The Jukebox had covered it.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
haven't felt any of these really except, bizarrely, the psych/prog thing. might listen to full album.
(i like "starboy" enough as radio candy but not nearly enough to have voted for it)
― dyl, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
my first impression of abra is that there's something interesting about it (other than the repurposing of 80s freestyle-type instrumentation) but that something about it, maybe the vocals, seem a little too slight?
― dyl, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
the emotional obviousness of "nylon strung" is a feature not a flaw
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/o7QlVQg.jpg
66 BRANDY CLARK "Girl Next Door" [177 points, 8 votes]https://youtu.be/HvtzVc--4Y4
― gr8080, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
xp
i don't hate Avicii! just an observation on first listen
― In the Ways of John Scales (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
"nylon string" doesn't go far enough though, feels like it wants to be the jacques lu cont remix of "mr brightside" but it doesn't go big or epic enough and also feels super-dated, and doesn't convince me that paying attention to underworld in 2016 was more worthwhile than paying attention to non-heritage dance acts in 2016
― lex pretend, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
LOVE "girl next door"! voted for the album though
two choruses, so generous melodically
Surprised you're not feeling 'Oh Yay', NV.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
i like brandy clark a lot but have never liked this song :(
― dyl, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Olatunji track is nice obv, but i wanted it to get bigger, more anthemic
― In the Ways of John Scales (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
sorry i missed it in the middle numbers for a minute
it's going on my personal playlist anyway
― In the Ways of John Scales (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
hm well i think that it doesn't go far enough is the interesting part, it's just blushing (although they sure do pile on the layers of cheese in the 6 minute version, the abbreviated single version feels kinda lopsided). for me it's a really generous, open-hearted melody with all these bright digressions hanging around it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
ofc "super-dated" is, like, whatever to me
I love disco-country.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
i think i LIKE it because it reminds me a bit of some '90s faves, while being i think updated just enough to sound current. aside from the quality i like that their daughters are doing the backing vocals.
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
most of the tracks on that UW album don't build in a traditional way, which is sort of what makes it interesting to me. they definitely approached it with a "lets do something different" mindset.
― frogbs, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
Underworld music sounds like youtube highlights video of a footballer
― saer, Monday, 23 January 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
if it was made by the BBC
lol
― left hand hierarchy (imago), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
thrilled that saer is here
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Never heard of Brandy Clark, but the tune is ok. (Except for the corny hair metal guitars, of course.) It's like Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" for the next generation, right? Would love to hear a dance/disco remix of this that'd ditch the cliched hard rock backing.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
Would've voted "Crybaby" but now getting a little too self conscious about how many Resident Advisor tracks end up on my ballot.
― ILXorcist 2: The Heretic (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
It's like Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" for the next generation, right
wat
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
So far, this is my favorite post of 2017.
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
Tuomas dude everything with a guitar is not "hard rock backing", especially not this Brandy Clark record, which I've never heard before but is terrific.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
saer, i see u
― gr8080, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IW49X9i.jpg
65 UNDERWORLD "I Exhale" [178 points, 7 votes]https://youtu.be/4izZYfo58-E
Lol what.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
nice
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
i had no idea underworld had so many fans here! lol
you know what, i like a number of their tracks but the stuff that has placed here so far is just okay to my ears
― dyl, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:26 (seven years ago) link
gonna lol if 3 Underworld tracks place
gonna be really mad if "If Rah" doesn't
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
i'm not sure i have voted for any underworld tracks on any polls before ('always loved a film', maybe.) this album just hit the sweet spot for me, i guess the last three albums are decent-to-very good, but they didn't get me thrilled by the idea of another underworld album til i actually heard this one.
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
couldn't participate this year :(
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
but super happy to see the results!
i voted for 3 underworld tracks but not If Rah, as great as it is.
― nomar, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
lmao at how well the underworld record is doing. i didn't vote for any of it and i thought approximately four people liked it here
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
One thing that happens when you wait until after midnight on deadline day to send in a list is that you forget obvious things -- like "Girl Next Door," which totally should have been on my ballot. Glad it ranked anyway.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 23 January 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
I suppose I should give the Underworld album another chance then.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link