I read somewhere once that "Friends" and "She'll Make You Cry" were supposedly demoed during the Loaded sessions but not sure if I believe it.
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
That is bollocks, as is the idea that the best tracks on Squeeze are even halfway as good as the worst tracks on Loaded.
― Don't Go Back to Brockville (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
Squeeze is not terrible but I don't believe anyone LOVES it.
― Don't Go Back to Brockville (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
I long ago accepted the fact that I am nuts and literally no one else thinks this.
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
"wordless" is a decent enough song, and "loaded" is my least favorite velvets record too, but i wouldn't replace "train round the bend" with it.
i'd replace some songs on mardi gras, possibly even pendulum, with songs from "squeeze". i'd replace any of the songs on "unconditionally guaranteed" with songs from "squeeze". i wouldn't replace any songs on any beach boys albums through "keepin' the summer alive" with songs from "squeeze", even the terrible ones.
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
Even "Transcendental Meditation"? Ouch, poor Doug.
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
New Radicals
― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Liverpool is one that I really love that gets a hard time. Sure there's nothing as incredible as Two Tribes, Relax or The Power Of Love, but it's solid all the way through. For Heaven's Sake in particular is one of their best songs and Rage Hard deserved to be massive.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link
I used to love the first two King's X albums and still dig them out once in a blue moon.
I know it's basically Christian rock, but there's something about the pastoral airy-fairyness of it that just gets me.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 11:56 (five years ago) link
I think I have quite a few of these. I've already said With Sympathy (disowned by both Al Jourgensen and a lot of Ministry fans) and DaDa (a fan favourite, but one of Alice Cooper's lowest selling and commercially unsuccessful albums and none of its songs have ever been played live) but I've been listening to Gary Numan's much maligned Warriors a lot recently, so it may just be that.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
hue and cry: seduced and abandoned, and remote
wet wet wet: popped in souled out
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
Terence Trent D'Arby's Symphony Or DamnXiu Xiu NinaEurythmics Peace
I feel like I do this with movies a lot more than albums ("Myra Breckenridge", "Southland Tales")
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 28 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
Oh I like "uncondit guar", but...
I LIKES "BLUEJEANS AND MOONBEAMS" MORE ahem except "Upon the my o my" is prime.
― Mark G, Thursday, 28 March 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
Singalong chaps.. "Captain, Captain..."
― Mark G, Thursday, 28 March 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
Gene - Olympian
― raise my chicken finger (Willl), Thursday, 28 March 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
Bluejeans & Moonbeams was the first Beefheart album I knew, my dad had it when I was young. For a supposedly terrible album it's amazing, there are a few duff tracks for sure, but Observatory Crest is just sublime.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 March 2019 21:12 (five years ago) link
'Observatory Crest' is a beautiful song!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 28 March 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
― does it look like i'm here (jon123)
i don't think an album being made by a christian, even a rock album, disqualifies it from being worth listening to. i really like an album by a band called the rock 'n roll worship circus who were really into big star. mostly i feel sorry for them. the guy from king's x for instance probably gave a good go of being christian and gay before reluctantly concluding he couldn't be both and that he couldn't not be gay.
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Thursday, 28 March 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
― One Eye Open
i like transcendental meditation! but even so i'm not saying that the songs are _good_, a lot (all) of the statutory rape songs the beach boys loved to do are just indefensible, just that i can't imagine any of the songs on "squeeze" ever finding their way onto beach boys albums... and there's a lot of unexpected shit on beach boys albums!
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Thursday, 28 March 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
Terence Trent D'Arby's Symphony Or Damn
uh what? this is often called his best album, even at the time
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 March 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link
Oh really? I think I just got clowned a couple times for thinking it was good (and it is)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 March 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
The self-titled Interpol album
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 01:01 (five years ago) link
I love Bluejeans and Moonbeams too! Yeah it’s too “normal” for beefheart but it has some beautiful arrangements. I’m particularly fond of “observatory crest” and “further than we’ve gone”. I’d definitely sample several bits of tbis album if I were a producer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
“Same old blues” is also good. “Party of special things to do”... Yes I actually love this album come to think of it... might even be one of my top 3 CB albums.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
Robbie Williams - Rudebox
― kitchen person, Friday, 29 March 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
A lot of people are listing a less acclaimed album from an otherwise highly-regarded artist, so I just want to give a shout to the people upthread who mentioned Phish, Wet Wet Wet, and Toto.
For me, I think it's gonna be "When I Woke" from Rusted Root, who have a whole ILM thread dedicated to how laughable they are.
― enochroot, Friday, 29 March 2019 02:19 (five years ago) link
I thought of Empire, New Jersey, The Wall, and various Yes and Rush albums but a quick scan suggests the correct answer is probably Metal Machine Music.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:43 (five years ago) link
This thread did motivate me to listen to Squeeze for the first time. It hasn't made a strong impression a few tracks in.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
(I am listening to Ghost now.)
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 29 March 2019 02:58 (five years ago) link
i have 12 hours of live phish in my music library
that's 39 songs, i know that seems like a lot for 12 hours of phish but there are some really short jams that skew the average
squeeze never made an impression on me either, i struggle to figure out how anybody can hate it, like dude you're just hating the idea of it because i can't believe you can actually remember a single goddamn thing about that record
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Friday, 29 March 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
Making a weak impression is what Squeeze does best.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Friday, 29 March 2019 03:10 (five years ago) link
I love Kiss' Unmasked. It's a fun power pop album. "She's So European!"
Uriah Heep's Salisbury - the North American version that has "Simon The Bullet Freak" instead of "Bird Of Prey." (I prefer the earlier version of BOP.)
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Friday, 29 March 2019 05:20 (five years ago) link
Robbie Williams - RudeboxRudebox is Robbie’s only interesting album
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Friday, 29 March 2019 05:54 (five years ago) link
Ooh "she's so European" is catchy as heck, great pre-chorus.
― brimstead, Friday, 29 March 2019 06:20 (five years ago) link
comedown machine
― ufo, Friday, 29 March 2019 06:30 (five years ago) link
Oh damn I loved the singles. Shld I listen to the rec?
― nathom, Friday, 29 March 2019 06:50 (five years ago) link
wet wet wet: /popped in souled out/
― nathom, Friday, 29 March 2019 06:51 (five years ago) link
I can't on this thread. I refuse to participate. 😂
― nathom, Friday, 29 March 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
― ufo,
Great album. Their second best after Room On Fire.
― kitchen person, Friday, 29 March 2019 14:00 (five years ago) link
"i don't think an album being made by a christian, even a rock album, disqualifies it from being worth listening to."
To be fair, I didn't say that. But Christian rock has a pretty bad rep for a reason.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 29 March 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
oh absolutely, christian rock is mostly very bad and deserves to be hated, and honestly even king's x never grabbed me
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:11 (five years ago) link
― ufo, Thursday, March 28, 2019 11:30 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg this is a good one
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
Angles was the true critical nadir, no?
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
yes, rightly
i mean i really like about half of it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:43 (five years ago) link
Those later Strokes albums are totally non-canonical to me (lol)And the third album isn’t even all that good, but at least it’s a “Strokes album.”
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
the two albums that follow are both superior! (it does have some jams though)
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 March 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
haha angles is the one i dig. easily my 3rd fave of theirs.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Saturday, 30 March 2019 01:06 (five years ago) link
i fuck w those first 4 my morning jacket records but seems even if they're unfashionable now they were fairly well-regarded at the time?
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Saturday, 30 March 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link
Comedown Machine might be the only album of theirs I’d consider purchasing.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 March 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link
metacritic says Angles was reviewed slightly better than Comedown Machine and FIOE but it's solidly their worst imo. the first three tracks rule but the rest feels like a dry run for Comedown Machine. on a lot of tracks they're trying to do something that resembles the chiller, slightly more groove driven sound they adopted on Comedown Machine but with harsh production to sound like their first two albums and it doesn't just work that well. FIOE is mostly just bloated, it has plenty of highs as great as their best work but around 1/3 of it is complete filler.
Comedown Machine has a lovely warm sound and all the songs are jam-packed with subtle hooks that feel like they've been with you forever, there's times when it's my favourite of their albums
― ufo, Saturday, 30 March 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link