It's not really that bad, but I don't need or want any of this.
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― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
TRIPtych was my intro. Some good singles off that one. I imagine some of the deep cuts are pretty dire, though.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
Daughters self titled album is my favorite thing they've ever done including the new stuff. Usually is pretty forgotten.
I still love the Tomorrow, in a Year by The Knife, Planningtorock and Mt. Sims. Generally unloved.
I feel like I was shouting into the void with Self Defense Family's Have You Considered Punk Music last year. Still love it.
The Sunn/Scott Walker collab might get some more love now due to recent sad events but I was genuinely shocked at how little acclaim it got comparatively to how much i loved that thing.
For this question thought I'm going to go with the Mountain Goats - Goths. Its my favorite by them and easily one of my favorite albums of the decade. It definitely got a fair amount of love but they have a lot of acclaimed albums and this generally probably isn't considered top tier. And that is a testament to a lifetime of excellent releases. It's also very different than the others and i love it very much.
― gman59, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
Love is a funny word to use in the case of Rick Dees' "Disco Duck" album, but hey.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
can't actually remember any full albums if i look at the tracklistings but i probably really enjoy a modern talking album or two
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
Siegbran to thread.Modern Talking were the best. I still play that shit now. I even wrote a musical based on their songs back in the 90s (in my head, but still).
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
ot unacclaimed but inexplicably underrated, I would trade Buke And Gase for the entire oeuvre of both Kate Bush and Sonic Youth
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, March 31, 2019 4:48 AM
Meant to ask if you're a huge fan of Kate Bush and Sonic Youth?
Could Buke & Gase support a thread because I'm thinking of getting Riposte soon.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
I only listened to it again when the new one came out, but 'The Unattractive, Portable Head' is such a great song.
― Frederik B, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
i don't even know how to process my appreciation of jason falkner's _all quiet on the noise floor_ as kind of perfect statement of power pop and pop formalism, in structure, technique, and delivery. but a) i don't know if anyone outside of 100 people have ever heard it b) i am not a musician, critic or anything, i just like that genre generally and holy shit c) trying to like stuff other ppl don't know is an annoying trait.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
Some bloke came in the shop. I said hello. He started singing:"Is it me you're looking for..." I added:"I can see it in your eyes." He turned around and fistbumped me saying I had top taste and asked if I knew of Paul Young. One of the better clients. Lol. But no, I hate the song, dude. Lol
― nathom, Friday, 5 April 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
Siegbran to thread.
Modern Talking were the best. I still play that shit now. I even wrote a musical based on their songs back in the 90s (in my head, but still).
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:41 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nice
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 April 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
Thomas Anders and Modern Talking Band (how they're billed) played my city on Wednesday :'(
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
― Hunt3r
fuck it i'll listen to that record, i've only heard his record with r stevie moore but it was pretty good and i like power pop
seriously that experience is just goddamn normal for me, you know what power pop i listen to? goddamn hussalonia, there are maybe about five people who know who that dude is
feel free to drop by the thread where i just post shit i love but can't actually talk about to anybody because maybe three people have heard it, the more the merrier
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Friday, 5 April 2019 23:48 (five years ago) link
Some bloke came in the shop. I said hello. He started singing:"Is it me you're looking for..." I added:"I can see it in your eyes."
that song was one of my mum's favourite songs when I was a kid. for kinda sad reasons, it was her sort of theme song for a failed relationship. although I can't stand the song myself I can't hate it either
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 5 April 2019 23:52 (five years ago) link
It's more that nobody has heard it, but I found out the first self-titled Autre ne Veut is on streaming services, and that might still be my album of the decade. Love it so much.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 6 April 2019 07:28 (five years ago) link
Xpost it is actually a good song. Just heard it a gazillion times way back. :-)
― nathom, Saturday, 6 April 2019 07:43 (five years ago) link
Co-sign all that Tea Party talk upthread, have always loved The Edges Of Twilight, especially the songs where they amplified the Zep love and Eastern elements to a huge scale, the big drum break in Sister Awake is genuinely thrilling after all these years.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 6 April 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
I don't think it's hated or anything - it just kind of fell into a crack in the earth upon release, as one would expect, but the Cult's 2012 album Choice of Weapon is really good.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 7 April 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
Metal Machine Music for me - glad to see it's received several mentions on this thread already. When I first heard it (the Buddha Records reissue on CD) I was quite disappointed, expecting some kind of rip-your-head-off wall of feedback. But now I appreciate it as almost a relaxing record.
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 7 April 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
It's really beautiful. It's the only Lou Reed record I ever listen to anymore (I spent years trying to get into him and the VU before finally giving up).
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 7 April 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
I still stand by my answer at the start of this thread.
― mark e, Sunday, 7 April 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
i like mmm too, it is a quite soothing listen.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 7 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
I just realised it's most likely 'Monsters' by Meat Puppets
― MaresNest, Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
Ha; I remember buying that record in high school after hearing Huevos and Up On The Sun, liking both a lot, and wanting more of that; I put it in my Walkman and was instantly like "What is this terrible pseudo-metal?" (I love metal, but that wasn't what I wanted from the Meat Puppets at all.) I turned around and returned it; luckily, my friend's family owned the store and he let me pick something else instead.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
First track I heard was 'Light' on the radio, which is a kinda Grateful Dead sounding thing, but I was at home with the heavier stuff on the record, not having heard them before, I love the whole thing, Linn-Drum and all but the last track 'Like Being Alive' is absolutely beautiful.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
Well, your post has me revisiting them on Spotify, for the first time in ~30 years, so maybe I'll check it out.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
I guess my real answer should be Tremolo by Blue Rodeo, generally regarded (when it's regarded at all) as a generic mid-career MOR album but was genuinely mind-expanding for me as a kid, esp the closing run of songs, which include Cowboy Junkies style slowcore, intricate instrumental gorgeousness, and the closest they ever got to cutting a punk tune.
― Simon H., Sunday, 14 April 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link