Top 50 Most Overrated Electronic Albums

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strongo is so wrong abt 34.

does anybody still rate leftfield?

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I've checked with the judges and 808 State records prior to "Gorgeous" do not qualify here, sorry.

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link

21. underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman
20. underworld - second toughest in the infants
19. underworld - that other shitty one

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link

my point precisely jsoulja

i WAS gonna mention 'A Hundred Days Off', i was surprised it seemed to get good reviews all round but it's an album of occasional great moments rather than thru and thru quality and freshness

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link

let's face it, "home listening [X]" was a big pile of ass

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link

DIE SABOTEUR

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Leftfield:

'Leftism': only real flaw is it's painful '95-ness, if that makes sense. i enjoyed that year tho so it suits me. the poem at the end is bloody silly tho

'rhythm & Stealth': a bit too much boring minimalist thudthud but a lot of fantastic moments still - not quite worth the wait tho i guess

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link

18. Squarepusher, Feed Me Weird Things
17. Squarepusher, Hard Normal Daddy
16. Squarepusher, Music is One Rotted Note
15. Squarepusher, Selection Sixteen
14. Squarepusher, Go Plastic

I'm sure his other albums are equally bad, but these are the ones I've heard too much of.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link

31. derrick may - innovator
27. most of the chain reaction records

-- strongo hulkington (dubplatestyl...), June 3rd, 2004.

Shit, Strongo! you've got ballz to say the things you say

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

haha maybe we should have just said "warp: 1992-present" and been done with it

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

i go where other nerds are afraid to go!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

like the shower

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Why, Ken? Those seem like totally sensible statements to make.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Does anyone need more than one Basic Channel and Chain Reaction record?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I swear I can't remember the last time I felt the need to listen to a record by the "Detroit Three".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link

13. Oval - Diskont94

pure contempt.

― (Jon L), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link

belleville three, alex

and the subtle inflections of the envelope filter are stunning displayed on chainzzzzzzzzz

oh, while i am here:

13. dj/rupture - gold teeth thief

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link

strongo, i'll trade you 'ultraworld' for 12. 'geogaddi'

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link

re: incunabulababapapaoomaumau

You know Incunabula is a real word, right strongo?

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah i just couldnt remember how to spell it

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it's maybe a question of the whole Chain Reaction sound being overrated, but that can also be said of Kompakt, Warp, etc.

Hmmmm.....can the same be said of Mo'Wax? Or do they escape such scrutiny? UNKLE was/is certainly overrated.....

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

that 12 spot could be filled by casino versus japan!

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

11. DJ Shadow Entroducing

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Draft 7.30 was my favorite electronic album of 2003
-- (milto...)

Well, you don't count. *winky*

stevem otm on Moon Safari, Alex otm on Endtroducing.

― Lazer Guided Mellow Leee (Leee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link

It's hard to hear Mo'Wax records through the hum of unbearable smugness they give off.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Ninja Tune is no better.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

True.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link

10. FUTURE SOUNDS OF LONDON - EVERYTHING EVER (except "papua new guinea")

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Mo'Wax Artists Reunion = "Smug-Fest"?

That sounds about right....

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

9. FSOL - Papua New Guinea

― Lazer Guided Mellow Leee (Leee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

8. suck my cock, lee

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

pole - 1
warp: 1992-present

Them's fighting words.

Also, Come With Us is genius. And while Geogaddi may be better, MHTRTC is also essential. It's not just about "Roygbiv". I mean "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", "Kaini Industries", "Happy Cycling", "Aquarius", . . .

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

7. Your place or mine?

― Lazer Guided Mellow Leee (Leee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

6. Strongo's cock

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, overrated by your mom

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Although the rare 12" MOW remix of his balls is classic.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Am I at all right in guessing that not-dancefloor-oriented = overrated for some posters?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

No, no. Judges also overrule any appearance by "Dead Cities" on this list.....

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

She's a naive Catholic school girl, man, give her a break.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

5. dntel - the one with the ambulance on the cover

4. prefuse73 - something something vocal uprock narratives

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

3. THE MOTHERFUCKING POSTAL SERVICE

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

No, Dead Cities belongs here, though not the Lifeforms EP.

― Lazer Guided Mellow Leee (Leee), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE IS ON; WHAT HAVE THE BOYS BEEN SAVING??!!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

1; Kompakt. All of it.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

That was premature.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

2. Massive Attack Blue Lines

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

We can make Outkast "electronic" if we try.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

oooooh Alex!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

1. portishead - dummy

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe jess is right and it's the Englishman in me that can't take some of these posts.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 3 June 2004 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link

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