Albums You're Not Digging

I fail to understand what, if anything, about Drake's work, especially this album does not manifest a wealth of beautifully understated talent and creativity. Your post doesn't really elaborate. It just trash talks
 
To me, it's not that much of a turd, but in a way as there are only four great songs, this was clearly one of those "Transition Albums" which are usually difficult to get through in my book. Some are really worthwhile, but sadly Love's second album missed the mark to my ears. The revolving line-up did not do much for them either.

As much as I seriously love the debut and Forever Changes, I'm sure that this one really made people do a double take when it was released. "7&7 Is" is a classic, "Stephanie Knows Who" is wonderful as well as "She Comes in Colors" and even "The Castle." It's an EP's worth of greatness when all is said and done, but then...

"Orange Skies" (Bryan's major furable of the early Love albums) and "Que Vida!" (Sorry, fans, but to me that's easily Arthur's brief drop in quality on the first three...good lyrics, but the music did not fit) sound like serious MOR stuff for Hippie Boutiques of the time and the worst of the Lee-MacLean era, obviously showing their talents but sadly proving that there was still a lot of fine tuning to be made in order to get their serious music aims in gear and that meant dropping the happy happy sounRAB that they were hardly good at in my opinion right away and going into something more mysterious (Come to think about it, I'm not too much of a fan of "The Good Humor Man..." on FC either, but that song is not bad and it is surrounded by greatness everywhere else on the album so it's cool). And I don't care just how "Revelation" made it, no matter what the story was or how much talent the track shows off, a side long snooze is a side long snooze, and it was a song that should have been recorded live in it's true element.


And then, thinking more about the music released in '67 by the LA Class of 65/66, there was one album that seriously makes it as a major fail...

To be fair, at least it was not the Flower Children fiasco that was The SeeRAB' Future, an album with a couple of good tracks surrounded by a hunk of manure...and Tubas. After two kicking Garage Punk greats, Future was the stuff that made the listener turn into a non-believer. At least Love went through their furable in style.
 
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This album reminded me why I don't listen to Korn anymore. There music starts to sound the same once you start listening to more than one song other than Freak on a Leash. I went into this thinking that I would thoroughly enjoy the band I so loved when I was 15. Instead, I was completley let down. This album just proves that all Nu - Metal banRAB are garbage. I'd really like someone to name just one that's worth a listen. I no longer enjoy this kind of music I guess it's just because I'm no longer some moody teenager.
 
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Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1st)

I had such high hopes for this album but something just didn't click with me. I'm not sure what it was, because this was a recommendation from the man who introduced me to The Standard, which I think is the best indie rock band to ever grace my ears. Oh well, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I guess.
 
It's a dark cave where I and everybody I have ever known sits chained to a surface in a way that forces us to face a blank wall.

On this wall is projected a shadow cast by a puppet made in the image of David Bowie. It was so convincing that, for a while, I believed that Bowie was the only real thing when it comes to late-70s dark new wave pop music.

But I broke free, went outside and found Gary Numan.
 
Have you heard anything other than Merriweather Post Pavilion? While their earliest stuff up till about Campfire Songs is just a little too experimental for me, most of their material isn't nearly as accessible and poppy as MPP. I'd say that their other albums warrant more listens as well, even though I do love Merriweather's replay value. I suggest listening to those albums before forming an opinion on the band as a whole; Merriweather is not representative of their style for the most part.

To prove a point:

For Reverend Green (from Strawberry Jam)
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Leaf House (From Sung Tongs)
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I struggled to get a picture so that's the best you get.

Anyway, it's Merzbow - Nil Vagina Tape Loops

I love Merzbow and recently purchased the Merzbox. As you'd probably expect though, it's inconsistent. While some of it is really good, Nil Vagina Tape Loops was perhaps the most dull album I have ever heard. Absolutely bored me to tears. There's really very little to it other than tape loops of some sounRAB, and he never does much with it. It just sounRAB like some sound experiments that don't really make decent music at all.
 
Rubish indeed! It's my 3rd favorite Bowie after Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory. Drive-In Saturday, Time and Lady Grinning Soul are amazing, Panic In Detroit is also great. Could do without Let's Spend the Night Together though, but the rest is solid.
 
Mogwai Fear Satan in it's original form is sheer freaking artistic genius... I can't see how shortening it would improve it any... ugh, such a bummer...
 
I can assure you this doesn't apply to me.... I mean I love In The Aeroplane Over The Sea for goRAB sake. I'll actually probably get to like this album more after a few more listens.... it seems like that sort of album.
 
The particular aspect about it that I love is the multiple vocal melodies per song. Look at Brothersport, one of my favorites from the album. Three different melodies come in quick succession, each one being built upon with the electronic instrumentation and African sounding percussion. It starts off with the "Open Up Ya, Open up ya, Open up ya throat" melody for a while and then suddenly goes into the "You got to weigh what he said to help you shape the way you play, You gotta get rid of the mourning, Sort out the habits of your mind"

Totally hit me like a brick when that happened. But that's not even the full extent of the depth of this song, because after a minute or two a totally different melody comes in, the "Until Fully Grown, you've got a real good shot" part. Awesome!

Maybe this is naive, but at that point I hadn't heard anything like this before.
 
I'm glad to hear that. I'll give it a few more spins and we'll see how it goes. I was hoping someone would say it was a grower, because it honestly has a bunch of elements I should really enjoy...they just didn't strike me on first listen.
 
To be honest...I've been a little confused about the Aladdin Sane hype myself. I've tried so many times because I freakin LOVE David Bowie, but the album just doesn't click with me. It's one of my least played Bowie albums.
 
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Listened to this for the first time in ages. It's by no means a bad album but I don't get people who call it their favourite Bowie album. The title track is ok but aside from that there are no real standout tracks.
 
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