Albums That Grow On You

I don't know why, but I thought this album (kind of a cross between Pulpy Brit-pop, Roxy Music, glam punk, and early 90's indie pop/rock) was just plain bad when I first heard it. Now I love it. One of my favorites of the past couple years.

i actually connected with at least the music on second edition (metal box) on first listen, though it's been the chief example on this thread and on the hidden first version of this thread. flowers of romance, which i now actually like more, sort of repulsed but fascinated me into repeated listening when i bought it. it did make those necessary impressions though.

Albums that I've grown to hate that I once loved? Oh, man: most U2 albums. "Pretty Hate Machine." Most Sonic Youth albums (although many individual songs still sound good). Most Robyn Hitchcock albums (many good songs, though). Any shoegazer album that isn't by My Bloody Valentine.

Albums that I've grown to hate that I once loved? Oh, boy. All U2 albums. "Pretty Hate Machine." Most Sonic Youth albums (although many individual songs still sound good). Most Robyn Hitchcock albums (many good songs, though). Any shoegazer album that isn't by My Bloody Valentine. All Cure albums. Man, this could be a long list.

I don't know why, but I've recently become obsessed with Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights. I didn't hate it when I first got it, but I never listened to it. It was a gift and I only listened to it like twice. However, for the past three weeks, it has pretty much been the ONLY thing I've been listening to. Except for today. I am trying to go back to listening to a bunch of different things. So I threw in my Jesus & Mary Chain 21 Singles, but I know that I will throw in Trun on the Bright Lights ironically right after I turn off the lights and prepare to go to sleep.

huh... I haven't thought about Interpol in months and haven't listened to that album in years, but now I really want to!

I do recall, though, that it took a while to grow on me back when I first got it. the vocals especially; this was when I was first starting to get into 'indie' music and I think I almost died laughing the first time I heard "Obstacle 1".

Yeah. I didn't almost die laughing after hearing that song, but I was confused and still am by the lyrics in that song....

Does he actually say, "She can read / she can read / she's bad"? What the fuck does that mean???

no idea. the lyrics on that album should be studied by scientists, and I don't mean that in a good way; they are so relentlessly, breathtakingly terrible that by the time you get to "The New", "lately / my heart's been breaking" sounds like the most brilliant thing ever set to tape. (nb I love the album in spite of this fact)

Me too....I don't think the lyrics are that great at all...I don't even really sing along with the songs because of this. But, for some reason, I am OBSESSED with this album at the moment.

The subway...she is a porno!

Bright Black Morning Light. Totally hated it and thought it was boring as f*ck, but now it's up there in the hangover music hall of fame.

Used to be interested in Interpol to some degree and have come to really dislike them.

I can never predict what albums are gonna grow on me. This is one of the joys of music, I guess, being unexpectedly charmed at a later date by something one had dismissed.