I liked the album well enough for a spin. Nothing really stuck but I'm the forgetful sort.
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
I thought they were from Montreal?
― pomenitul, Monday, February 4, 2019 1:20 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Both I think now, originally Montreal though.
― Will (kruezer2), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
Yes! What a powerhouse album of weird, maxed out power prog! Out of Time is the entrance song of my fictitious wrestling career. The whole album has this giddy glam rock worship that wouldn’t be out of place soundtracking Glow.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
My #11. An absolutely kickass rock record with all sorts of sly prog and hair metal influences. It's also queer as hell and draws from numerous indigenous traditions without sounding remotely gimmicky. Most importantly, aside from the volcanic performances (see them live!) the songwriting is electric. Underrated as anything
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
lol OOT is amazing entrance music yes
My first to make it; this album is great! I think this was my #11 too haha
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
Aha! A second from my ballot. Took me a while to get into this YT//ST record, the amount of love I had for the second one made it have a tall hill to climb, but I really like it now. I also think they moved from being an art-rock band with metal touches to being a metal band with art-rock touches, which means way more huuuge guitar solos, which is not particularly a thing I am into.
Going to have to look into a few that have placed that I don't know at all, so far I feel like this is a really cool and varied list.
― emil.y, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
yeah almost no way this doesn't end up being the coolest day of the rollout
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
This Wednesday Campanella album is way more atmospheric than the last one.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
I feel like I only need to listen to each of their albums once, like going on a rollercoaster or something, but that one time is a real blast.
― Matt DC, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
I feel like I should I enjoy this band more. Go Canada!! anyway.
― jmm, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
Voted for OOT in tracks, some reservations about how well the whole album hangs together. Maybe I should follow emil.y and persevere.
― seandalai, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
I try to keep on top of techno* but I don't think I caught the Skee Mask?
Hailu Mergia definitely too low but glad it placed. an absolute joy from start to finish. the title track was my tune of the year
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
YT//ST was the last thing on my ballot. Like emil.y, my love for their second album kept me from falling as hard for this one. It's good, but my least favorite of their records.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
Hooray Hailu Mergia! My first to place
― . (Michael B), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xUaeSBE.jpg
#63: Mariah Carey – Caution - 228 points – 11 votes
Mariah Carey's many Moments
Leah Greenblatt: “Carey is no longer at the white-hot center of the zeitgeist, but on her 15th studio album, she finds a freshness that’s been missing from her recent material.”
Andrew Unterberger: “The album likely won't spin off a breakout hit, or reintroduce Mariah to the Spotify generation, or change the course of her career in any dramatic way. But it's a new Mariah Carey album, and it feels like exactly what she and her fans wanted it to be.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
amazingly, no one started a thread for this last year. I voted for it i think.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
key tracks: GTFO, Caution, A No No, Giving Me Life, Stay Long Love You
Caution is probably my favourite Mariah album.
― kitchen person, Monday, 4 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
Yes! This is easily my favourite YT/ST album. Some almost Judas Priest moments in there.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
Hi everyone! Thank you so much ulysses for covering me today I’m away from home and will be arriving late.
I’ll probably do 60-41 tomorrow, 40-? on wednesday and the rest on thursday. Wednesday is gonna be a tricky one as I have a tight schedule and wont be around my computer but I might post the initial run in the morning and the rest in the evening... I’ll have to improvise as I don’t want to leave you hanging for hours to get the next results... maybe tomorrow I’ll go all the way to 60-35 to avoid the gaps on tuesday.
I think the full results are very good and they have the variety that some of you thought was missing on the singles poll. Today has been amazing, and there’s a couple of albums I had no idea existed and which have been great companions this morning for me. thank you again ulysses for all the help with the rollout and seandalai of course for making this happen.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
I'm glad Yamantaka exist but please don't make me listen to it again.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
Images great agin, btw!
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/n5nM6dt.jpg
#62: Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy - 230 points – 10 votes
Bodak Yellow is:
Carrie Battan: “Not since Lana Del Rey has an artist triumphed over such low expectations and landed as a bona-fide pop star.”
Rob Harvilla: “What makes Invasion of Privacy even more impressive is that at 13 tracks and 48 minutes, it has the Spotify-stats-conscious heft expected of a top-tier rap album nowadays, but never drags, never settles, never dilutes Cardi’s delirious absurdity. It feels like a throwback to an idealized album-oriented past—a tribute to the way that hip-hop of a certain vintage would like to remember itself, anyway.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
wow that's low!
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Great stuff. Hailu Mergia was on my list also. This last run of albums has reminded me why I love ILM. Hee.
― kraudive, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
This was my guess for 78'ing tbqh
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
this alb was good but i only listened to it once
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
Liking the more compositional side of the Kamasi album. Prefer that to jam mode.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
I'm weirdly excited that nothing I've voted for has placed yet. I guess it's equally a good sign (for the ones which will) as bad (for the ones that won't).
― Nabozo, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
Same. I'm holding out hope for three, five at the most. The rest will walk in saer's footsteps.
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
“Not since Lana Del Rey has an artist triumphed over such low expectations and landed as a bona-fide pop star.”
reality tv stars can be Kardashian-esque near-billionaires or the President of the United States ... but a pop star ... no way!
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
last one for the day
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DU5661a.jpg
#61: Andrew WK – You’re Not Alone - 233 points – 8 votes – 1 first place vote
Andrew WK: C/D?
Josh Modell: “As always, Andrew W.K. builds anthems brick by brick, reinforcing huge choruses with multi-tracked vocals and earworm piano lines, all the better to make you feel like a participant as much as a listener. ”
Mark Beaumont: “Andrew WK’s enormous, and enormously stirring, maximal synth-metal soundtrack to the struggle, and were it any bigger it’d develop its own moon.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
oh HELL yeah
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
voted for the title track instead but this album is incredible
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
lol boom. my #17. very large and positive album of party wisdom
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
voted for this beast
― nxd, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
it takes a LOT for me to connect with a good-natured, positive album but AWK pulled it off through sheer force of will
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
Worth living for
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
the devil's on your side -> break the curse = one of the most epic track pairs of the year
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
hahahah my #1 vote put this over the top
― frogbs, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
yeah, very tight points grouping so far
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
I'm proud to say I received zero excitement from I Get Wet back then. This American thing / shtick is alien to me.
― Nabozo, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
as weirdly complex and contradictory as AWK's persona is I think this album really does capture it all. awesome set of songs to boot - I voted "Music is Worth Living For" in the tracks poll just because it was the single, there's at least 6-7 songs here worthy of rating
― frogbs, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
Wooo! Second album voted for. Ever Again was my pick, but it’s an inspiration start to finish
― tangenttangent, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
This Jean Grae/Quelle Chris album is good but the ironic "Shabazz Palaces for Adult Swim viewers" vibe permeating it is keeping me at a remove.
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
The Hailu Mergia album is very lively, the expanded band and improved sonics really add a lot of punch and freewheeling energy.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
I thought they were from Montreal?― pomenitul, Monday, February 4, 2019 1:20 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkBoth I think now, originally Montreal though.― Will (kruezer2), Monday, February 4, 2019 1:23 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Both I think now, originally Montreal though.― Will (kruezer2), Monday, February 4, 2019 1:23 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't think anyone still lives in mtl anymore, was two-city for a while (collaborators still live in mtl iirc but all full timers in to)
also sorry i just got here
also great record hoo boy i got a lot of reading to catch up on
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link