didn't see this poll.
Down Colorful Hill not getting a vote is a damn shame, but I would have thrown mine to Rollercoaster or Ocean Beach.
<3 SKM & he has had a consistent career, but this is a man who peaked early imo.
― ho don't kno I'm bout that skrillex (Pillbox), Monday, 12 March 2012 03:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp: ten-minute laments
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Monday, 12 March 2012 03:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
duration of poll poll was too short
Ocean Beach
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 12 March 2012 07:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
If I'd known no one would have voted for it, I would have cast a protest vote for Old Ramon. Great album, just not as great as great as Ghosts...
― john. a resident of chicago., Monday, 12 March 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
never heard of the album that won. is it good? i thought rollercoaster would win this in a walk.
― keythhtyek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 02:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
glad to see people actually recognizing Ghosts of the Great Highway as his masterwork. it's one of my top 5 all time fave albums and every song is stunning but part of what's so great about it is hearing him stretch his legs on stuff like Si Paloma, I think.
― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
ghosts of the great highway is an awesome record that is very different from rollercoaster
hard for me to explain exactly how, but kozelek's sense for melody evolved a lot over the red house painters discography, and i think ghosts may be its zenith
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh, totally missed this poll. might've voted old ramon -- it's not as INTENSE as the earlier RHP stuff, but now that I am well into my 30s it's the one I like hearing the most these days.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think i was the person who voted for april. can't remember if i voted in my own poll.
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
missed this. would have voted ocean beach, probably, or rollercoaster. ghosts is great but those albums meant more to me when they came out. but I do think that duk koo kim is one of his greatest songs.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 03:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I missed this. Would have been stuck between Ghosts and Bridge, and voted the latter to make sure it didn't get a goose egg. Ivo did a great job making a mixtape with Retrospective too.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
...and somehow resisting the urge to call it "Redrospective"!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
the original title was red perspective iirc but changed due to lameness
― some crap (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mark Kozelek should write a ten-minute lament about how few people voted in this thread! Sheesh, what gives?!
i often weigh in on poll threads that are of interest of me, but then completely forget to vote. pretty sure this was one of those instances.
anyways, surprised that ppl like ocean beach so much. i think it's arguably his weakest?
april is underrated prolly. good record, that imo
― dell (del), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 04:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
april seems like a refinement of what he was going for on old ramon. just long enveloping, repeating things. would've voted for either record, but i think i prefer april. both are tangled up in times of not-great-life
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 05:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
The new Desertshore album is pretty much a Red House Painters joint.
― henry s, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10:47 (1 year ago) Permalink