And I now like Bjork a lot more.
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Sunday, 4 September 2005 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
ARE YOU SINGLE
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 5 September 2005 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 5 September 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 5 September 2005 11:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned elsewhere (rogermexico), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link
This fucking record.
― Relatin' Jews to Jazz (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 September 2009 12:10 (fourteen years ago) link
There are days when all I want to listen to is The Associates - and I deny myself the pleasure, just to keep them special.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 6 September 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I think so:
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/the-associates-sulk-round-10-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Friday, 17 June 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
as soon as i opened this thread itunes shuffle selected the associates! not something from sulk but still ...
yes it is. such an amazing mix of accessibility and experimentation. some of the deep cuts are so fucking weird
― teflon dawn (uptown churl), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
Can I just mention how much I love the drums on this record? Everything about the record is incredibly slick and overloaded (which I love), but then the drums underneath seem like they could fall apart at any time... it's great!
― zip-a-dee-doo-dah, motherfucker! (Turrican), Monday, 23 December 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Didn't they fill up the drums with water or something? The whole album sounds warped, in a great way.
― brimstead, Monday, 23 December 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
In their endless search for found sounds, industrial drums and canisters were rolled down reverberating corridors, sheets of metal were vigorously shaken to create the effect of rolling thunder (witness the introduction to No), hired drums were filled with water (they turned to mush), hired guitars were pissed in (Billy's idea)
From Tom Doyle's sleeve notes for the sulk reissue
― brimstead, Monday, 23 December 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Saw a clip of Associates in the Big Gold Dream documentary a couple of years ago and they were the only thing that wowed me. I knew the name of the band and nothing more before then.
Got this album recently and it is great, the demo of "Party Fears Two", called "I never Will" has an amazing vocal that is distinct enough to be a very worthwhile alternate version.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 9 August 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link