what are the best albums in the 'pop album' mode described here
the best pop (genre) albums i can think of are ones that generally have more stylistic cohesion even if there's a wide variety of creative personnel involved from track to track
― ufo, Thursday, 3 October 2024 23:31 (two months ago) link
Yeah, I am having trouble thinking of pop albums that fit that description. I’m sure they are a thing, but I guess I don’t usually listen to them?
I guess “Wrecking Ball” and “We Don’t Stop” don’t sound much like, are on the same album.
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Friday, 4 October 2024 00:38 (two months ago) link
this has been on my mind lately.I LOVE albumsbut I think albums need to hurry up and die already so that music can grow wings.
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 4 October 2024 00:49 (two months ago) link
No
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Friday, 4 October 2024 11:45 (two months ago) link
I think the way the question is formulated sends us down the conversation on authenticity: a pop album thus defined would tend to feel superficial and boneless, borrowing and using pastiche instead of finding the true coherence only attained by the true songwriter (if that's what "single-origin" means). Actually, the rock album does not sound much more exciting, it will have more bone but it already sounds samey, authentic but with limited appeal and no genius, a collective effort where no one stands out ("ecumenical").
Probably 95% of albums fall within those two categories, but it is indeed the exceptions that transcend those categories that strike the imagination.
― Nabozo, Friday, 4 October 2024 12:39 (two months ago) link