incidentally what are your 5? that's interesting cuz you like Stagger#showmetheballots
― maffew12, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 01:11 (three years ago) link
#72 here. Now feeling great shameand so you should. top 15 on mine
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 05:56 (three years ago) link
i should've voted for "banstyle/sappys curry" even higher
"stagger" is in my top ten i think
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
one of the many reasons i love second toughest in the infants is that the sequencing makes it a rave center ("rowla"/"pearl's girl") surrounded by gossamer jazzy flourishes ("juanita," "banstyle," and "stagger")
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
Agreed, the expansiveness of “banstyle/sappy’s curry” and “stagger” (as well as the “kiteless” / “to dream of love” section of the opener) both give the album its distinctive feel vis a vis their other work and allows the band the room to record what is perhaps otherwise their most uncompromising work - later tracks could be faster or harder, but the sheer minimalism of much of this album still startles.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
Actually it’s really only about the first minute of “Juanita” that sounds minimalist, isn’t it? But I love the way that track starts and hence the way the album starts: dropping you straight into the middle of a techno set in some dark club at 2am in the morning (one of the genius things about the Everything Everything version is how it totally replaces the undercarriage of this section with something both housier and ravier while preserving this essential truth).
― Tim F, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
dog latin you are going to have a WILD RIDE in the rollout
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
I just sent in a ballot. That was ridiculously difficult. A bunch of what I love about underworld is contained in the remixes they did from 92-95, so I'd like to chat about those at some point too.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
ffs
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
don't count it if it's too late. no sweat.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
Tim, that's so beautiful
― maffew12, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
listening to Second Toughest tonight, I'm 8 minutes in and just ordered the vinyl and now think I put Juanita & the whole album too low on my ballot
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
cancel the poll!
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
now that I've looked it over I'd probably only put either of them up one spot, god damn they just have so much good stuff
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
I've heard the Everything, Everything version of this so many times, that was the version of it I knew for a couple years before I got the STITI CD
it's really a different tune, Tim definitely otm
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
keep listening
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
can I just say that banging piano underpinning is one of the most brilliant things ever in electronic music
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
q: is "juanita/kiteless" the greatest song ever recorded by anyone― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:45 (two weeks ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:45 (two weeks ago) link
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
if I had to bet it'll be #1. it's definitely placing higher than my #1. but I don't regret it
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
while i'm here quoting Brad, this came to mind the other day
man... they were gold from the moment "spikee" dropped― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 May 2020 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 May 2020 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
how many electronic acts are legendary from just 1 or 2 12"s? Skyscraper(!) and Rez(!!!) came before Spikee. They were legends before the "first" album. dang.
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
you know it never occurred to me the hook in "Sappy's Curry" was just a bunch of sampled guitar like the "King of Snake" intro
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
don't forget that Dirty predates those!
― ufo, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
xp
― ufo, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:48 (three years ago) link
xp Orbital maybe. and Chime, Belfast, & Satan all dropped before the first album
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:48 (three years ago) link
in my thoughts rn about the legacy of Lemon Interupt had Underworld stopped at Rez.
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:56 (three years ago) link
yeah goodnight
a Rowla/Chemical Beats mash up would be pretty sick
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
I did relisten to dubnobass the other day - the 2014 version, as I've deleted all the original files off my computer and the vinyl copy is the new one. it's weird how much those little imperfections that were wiped out in the remaster get lodged in your brain - it sounds off without the mic pop in the Skyscraper intro or the deep bass stutter on Dirty Epic
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
I had a similar moment of regret relistening to 100 Days Off after submitting my ballot. I think I've underrated that album since it came out
― Vinnie, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
Everyone has.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 May 2020 04:31 (three years ago) link
AHDO was a lot better than I remembered it to be
― groovypanda, Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:17 (three years ago) link
I haven't treated Underworld as an albums band at all since Second Toughest, but listening back to whole LPs for the poll has revealed the startling fact that they're very very good at making albums.
(emailed you, brotherlovesdub)
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I got into them in 93 with that awesome run of singles and by the time the album dropped the following January it was one of the most anticipated in a long while. And then they went and dropped the Dark & Long EPs a few months later
― groovypanda, Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:32 (three years ago) link
how many electronic acts are legendary from just 1 or 2 12"s
see the Vitalic thread last week. also Inner City tbh
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 09:12 (three years ago) link
I meant that they could've stopped there and they'd still be remembered
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 10:59 (three years ago) link
yah I said the same thing about Vitalic (people kinda care about the first album, but...) and I literally can't name an Inner City song after the first two singles
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
Aha. Yeah some might've done better not to make an album at all!
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 11:15 (three years ago) link
Aeroplane to thread
― groovypanda, Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
inner city’s paradise is a good album!!! but also yes the singles are towering
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
Had The Prodigy packed it in after that first run of singles (What Evil Lurks/Android, Charly, Everybody in the Place) they still would have been massively remembered IMO.
― (so serious) (DJP), Thursday, 28 May 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
So many good Inner City singles, I can’t even...
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 28 May 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
So I'm guessing it's too late to submit a ballot! All good, I'll treat this rollout as a means of finding the hidden gems I don't have to look for.
― octobeard, Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
NO MORE BALLOTS
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
*unless Second Toughest is first
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
^ ^ ^
― octobeard, Friday, 29 May 2020 04:30 (three years ago) link
So is rollout starting next week?Ridiculously excited for this
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 May 2020 07:59 (three years ago) link
I really hope someone mails in a ballot after the rollout starts
― (so serious) (DJP), Friday, 29 May 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
hopefully full of fake song titles
― ufo, Friday, 29 May 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
true story when the OWB tracklist was leaked I was 95% convinced it was fake
― frogbs, Friday, 29 May 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
1. Chonky Floof2. Two of Clubs/Go Fish3. Mizerayray4. A Floating Paper Bag5. It's A That6. Hatch7. Frenumy8. Bonivavirus9. Sue City10. Glimmerglass Menagerie
― (so serious) (DJP), Friday, 29 May 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link