Initial Friend is the EP
I loved this band, and the first Jenny Lewis solo record. After Acid Tongue, it all went wrong. That was one of the great momentum killing records of the 2000s.
If Portions For Foxes had a better title, it could have been a hit.
Not sure why everybody here loves Under The Blacklight so much. Half of it is great but side 2 has some truly poor songs. I dare you to listen to Smoke Detector again.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
smoke detector has some of the worst lyrics i have ever heard ever and for that i treasure it
― adam, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
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The failure of "Portions for Foxes" to be a hit was the final nail in the coffin of my ever trying to predict popular tastes.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
xxp Under the Blacklight generally disappointed me on release, despite a few really good ones in there. I still wince thinking about Dejalo and can't believe they're putting a remix of that on the compilation. Thought Acid Tongue was generally OK, but I haven't listened to it in a long time.
Count me in as surprised that Portions For Foxes wasn't a hit either
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
I blame "Since U Been Gone."
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if they mulled over how much Blake hates "Dejalo" so they made this godawful remix with Too Short
That said, this album achieved its likely goal of making me REALLY nostalgic for Blake and Jenny's earlier days
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
rkives is my favorite album of the year.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
I've got a few friends saying likewise.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
Well get those friends on some rock list polls because it's not showing up anywhere.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
I might've found a way to justify squeezing it into my Top 10 as an "album" (rather than relegating it to the separate category of "reissue"/"compilation") were it not for that horribly garish Too $hort thing.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Also, I expect it to place well on Christgau's ballot.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Yes, the Dean will come through.
It's definitely in a gray area because it's an unreleased songs compilation, but no record that came out this year gave me more enjoyment.
As craven commercial sellouts go, I kinda like the Too Short verse.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
Then again, I'm almost certainly going to have Patty Griffin's 13(?)-year-old Silver Bell on my ballots, so an album of mostly unheard Rilo Kiley songs is completely justifiable.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Do it, man! Do it for Jenny.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm skipping through this Rilo Kiley thing right now because I'd hate to miss out on something good, but it just sounds like Rilo Kiley as far as I can t...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Were any of the songs "singles?" I could definitely see including "It'll Get You There" or "All The Drugs" on a singles ballot?
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
i remember "Let Me Back In" was released early
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
amazingly, it's almost got a phish-like funk. but album phish, not live.
― put your money where the maracas are (how's life), Saturday, 29 November 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
Oh, that was supposed to go on the posts very much in character thread. dejalo.
― put your money where the maracas are (how's life), Saturday, 29 November 2014 12:01 (nine years ago) link
Twenty good choons.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 January 2018 02:39 (six years ago) link
"Love U Forever" was actually a Jenny & Johnny joint
Was that Nice as Fuck album worth a listen?
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 January 2018 03:18 (six years ago) link
More Adventurous is probably in my top ten or twenty fave albums of all time at this point, so while I'm happy to see anything from it show up on your list, it still feels under-represented, to me. "Accidental Deth," in particular, is a miracle of storytelling in pop song form.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Thursday, 18 January 2018 03:55 (six years ago) link
Good song! But I like concision in lists.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link
nothing at all from acid tongue? man i love that record (well, 3/4s of it as with every rilo/jenny release). jenny is an insane talent who never really seemed interested in putting it all together.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:14 (six years ago) link
Nothing came together as well as Execution of All Things, imo
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 January 2018 06:08 (six years ago) link
jesus Acid Tongue is 8 years old...
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
“it’s a hit” is the worst rilo kiley song i think
execution and the voyager are my favorite things lewis has done. i revisited rabbit fur coat recently and i gotta say most of the lyrics on that record are terrible
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Yes yes yes! It is fantastic. Cookie Lips is my favorite song on it.
Nice list Alfred. I'm glad you included a bunch from rkrives, which could be my favorite album of theirs. Under The Blacklight should have had at least 5 songs from it.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Debut finally getting a rerelease:
https://www.stereogum.com/2092747/rilo-kiley-debut-reissue-vinyl-streaming/news/
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 27 July 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
Nice! I just want it available digitally.Didn't know Dave Foley was involved, wild.
― Nhex, Monday, 27 July 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link