I heard the whole fucking thing in the pub the other night. Interminable.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Yeah but the difference is that 'Urban Hymns' isn't even a great album (obv 'A Storm In Heaven' is amazing).
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Obv Storm in Heaven >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urban Hymns but the latter is the one that tends to turn up on "greatest albums of the 90s" lists.
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
The Verve are weird because they were so obviously and consciously going for instant canonisation around 1997 and people were on board with that but they just sort of faded and there was so little excitement around their reunion compared to, well, nearly every other big Britpop-era reunion.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
I guess a lot of those big tentpole rock albums aren't on my list either.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
I've never heard a whole Verve album.
― Julian Asshole (dog latin), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
I agree So Addictive hangs together; it's on my list - Under Construction is the one I thing of as Work It + Gossip Folks + some other stuff I don't really care about.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
You're lucky, DL.
Bits of A Northern Soul still do it for me. The really fucking harsh bits.
http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/c1289cbf/
Pretend I never posted this.
― Melissa W, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
I ended up leaving off Under Construction just b/c 4 Missy albums seemed excessive but actually it's very strong throughout I reckon - esp. 'Bring The Pain' and 'Play That Beat'.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
I like how you couldn't put TKOL in the top 10 but couldn't bear to leave it out. ;-) x-post
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ I at least 'quite like' most of that list with the exception of Joanna Newsom, a lot of it is really great. (xpost)
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Love how Melissa's list is basically a very ILM list with the entire recorded work of Radiohead and bandmembers dropped at the beginning.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
This is Not a Test! made my list
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
I don't want to be "that privacy guy" but what access exactly would I be giving it to my Google/FB account? Why can't I just make a list?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Heard a bit of Sonnet the other day and it was still fucking horrible.
I should probably revisit the Missy albums. I think I kind of took the best of as an end point with regards looking back at the albums.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
man I'm listening to the '08 CeCe Winans record that came in at #18 in mine - it's been a while. So fucking great.
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 17, 2012 2:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah but you already know this is fucked up.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
The access thing is presumably mainly about ease of accessing the system, rather than making everyone make yet another account that needs another username and password just for one tiny system. I've give it Twitter access; there's no 'data' in that account other than my tweets (and geolocation when I make them, I guess).
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
noticing Rounds by Four Tet on a lot of these ilm lists so far. was always more into the last record.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
It asked for fewer permissions than standard apps do, really commendable imo
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
It and SDF are the only ones that work as albums imo.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
I much prefer the last record. Have you heard the Ringer EP?
Can't believe you've not heard In Sides before! Do you know other Orbital?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
What does 'work as an album' mean?
I know that's a fucking horrible question to ask on a friday afternoon in the middle of a thread.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I was going to try to lie and space them all out for cool points, but I went with honesty instead.
― Melissa W, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
I skip hardly any tracks; it's got a gestalt.
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― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Fave Missy is def "Da Real World." Kinda seemed like she could do anything at that point.Better singles later on, for sure... but the next two didn't connect for me, as albums.
"This Is Not a Test" was neat though. Fun (sometimes) hearing Tim flailing around for a new sound in that couple years before Danja got him (commercially) back on track.
― mr.raffles, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
I don't even think I've listened to enough music to do one of these things.
I mean, obviously I've listened to quite a bit. But I've wasted so much time on albums that do nothing for me any more. And then I look at a list like Melissa's, and I have to google half the people in the post-RH bit (not a dis in any way) and I just think "man, I've heard nothing."
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
No! I think I may have heard... something in passing before to actually sit down and listen to Orbital this seems like the first time. It really is blowing my mind :D If I wasn't already half busy flicking through these lists/spotify/supposedly job hunting/making arrangements with friends, i'd be picking through an old orbital thread right now.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
How am I doing in your game, btw? x-post
― Melissa W, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
So great: Love vs Money beside Stop Your Nonsense in Tom E's list.
Yeah, our collection has been boxed up fro a fortnight - handily I had my Stylus Decade ballot list to consult, which covers a big chunk of the same time. Fear there may be late 90s stuff that fell through the cracks, though.― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, August 17, 2012 4:26 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, August 17, 2012 4:26 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Like Amelia?
― Andy K, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Man, you need Snivilisation and Brown and Middle of Nowhere.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
AMELIA!!!!! FUCK!!!!
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
OMG yes 'Amelia'! (though even more so for Nick haha)
I would like to add Position Normal to my list as well, somehow. It's all so hard.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Nick you can go back and edit them though you know.
You came in 4th, Melissa!
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Another edit done...
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I'm going back every 30 minutes, Tim!
Loving KitchenPerson's list. Also it reminded me I need Muddy Waters on mine.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
When I was doing the list I considered 'Cassidy' but it didn't quite make the cut, but I simply forgot about 'Amelia' entirely. I keep forgetting the list includes the late 90s.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, 'internet music' starts for me in about 2001 really.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
It was easy to add albums -- their catalog is deep -- but the "edit" function hasn't worked so far. It says "Loading" forever. Any cures?
This is happening for me too, hoping it works on my laptop at home so I can take out my sole 2012 album and add Platinum Breakz in properly.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Wonder when "internet music" starts for people. Because I was a late downloader, but the first album I can remember discussing on the internet around the time of its release was probably Pure Phase (I'd guess I have Elvis Telecom to thank for that.)
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/a9f386e6/
probably not going to go back and edit this
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
"Internet music" for me starts with Kid A (first album I downloaded before its release date) or possibly with Since I Left You, which I checked out purely on the basis of internet buzz and got it months before it was released in the UK.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
Gavin, I switched from Explorer to Firefox and it worked.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Oh noes! Dan has thrown a cog in my game. He's either 3rd or else he's in a three-way tie for 1st depending on how I define the rules.
And so on that note, I give up. It sure has been an interesting (and mostly disappointing) game, though.
Awesome list, too, (and the right RH album at the top.) But our tastes have been slowly converging over the years in a kinda scary way.
― Shepton Mullet (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 17 August 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
I remember when that Portishead album came out, I bought it, listened to it once, and couldn't bear to try it again! It was just so oppressive and relentlessly grim! I've still got the album on my shelf, but I've never listened to it again after that one time. Who knows, maybe it's actually a good record, but I'm not the sort of person to find out.
― Tuomas, Friday, 17 August 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
(x-post to Dan)
― Tuomas, Friday, 17 August 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link