Dig Out An Oldie Thread

rhodsey1123

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I love getting new music or finishing off banRAB disographies but it's all too easy to forget albums that you already have. In this thread you have to dig out an album that you haven't heard for at least a year and write a review (large or small). Does the album hold up? Have your tastes moved on?

I am listening to this for the first time in probably 3 or 4 years:

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Considering it was produced by George Clinton I find the production lacking a rawness that early RHCP was about. However the cover of 'If You Want Me To Stay' and the horn work dotted throughout especially on 'The Brother's Cup' still sound good.

Not their best album by any means and there is some filler but it's so easy to forget how damn funky RHCP could be!

6.5/10
 
I still love it. Zombie Ritual is outstanding. I'll have to give it another go as it's a long time since I listened to properly rather than just odd tracks here and there. I need to crack on with a lot of other Death albums, which I have been meaning to do for months.
 
I love this this thread idea!

I probably would have given Freaky Styley a higher rating but I agree with a lot of what you said about it. I've always thought it had the worst production of any of their albums, really muddy sounding. "If You Want Me To Stay" and "The Brothers Cup" are probably my top two picks from the album as well, although I also love "Catholic School Girls Rule" and "Yertle the Turtle".
 
Personally I enjoy there self titled the most. Songs like Green Haven rock my world. Freaky Styley is good, but as your said, lot of filler.

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Id give this a 8.5 out of 10.
 
I just did this with Metallica on the new vs. old thread, I had forgotten about kill 'em all...:dj:.. The Four Horsemen, but in respect to the freshness of postings, :soapbox:i'll change.:clap: Hall and Oats, Sara Smile.:clap: I've got goosepimples.
 
ah, I forgot bout mothers milk. Great album. Subway to Venus, Good Time Boys, Higher Ground, etc. First album with Fruciante also!. Id still say that Blood Sugar, and possibly One Hot Minute are better overall albums though.
 
Napalm Death are great when I'm in the mood. I'm still missing a good few albums though and unfortunately a couple of those are older ones.

And its hard to tell from that video but is that guitarist the bloke from Carcass?
 
I would rate Freaky Styley similarly, I think. There's a lot of charm on that album and some good songs, yet they're all lacking production-wise and with the filler, it's not an album I listen to anymore. I got tired of it rather quickly. Still, some of the songs are good. :)

Great idea for a thread as well!
 
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Peter Gabriel—So

I haven't listened to this album in years and year and years, I used to love it though. Listening to it now, it's definitely a product of it's time: the ultra-slick production, the tinges of world music, the chorus of female back up singers, everything about this album screams "1986" to me. I used to like a lot of music that fit this mold when I was much younger but I think I've really moved on from this kind of thing.

The songwriting still feels very strong. There's little doubt that songs like "In Your Eyes" and "Big Time" are solid, very well crafted pop songs but they don't move me the way they used to. It's not really the songs that are the problem here, it's me. My musical tastes have just changed a lot since the days when I used love this album.

One thing that's funny though is that the song on So that I think has probably aged the best is one I used to always view as filler: "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)". Now its sparse and somewhat more experimental sound make it seem like one of the standout tracks on the album to me.
 
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Mission of Burma
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I haven't given this a spin since 2006, so it'll be interesting to hear an acclaimed, albeit overlooked and underlistened album for me. I was so obsessed with Wire the summer that I bought this that I overlooked pretty much every post-punk album I bought.

I recall thinking this album was much slower and less engaging than what Im listening to at the moment. Not only is this a really noisy album, but all of the instruments are really tight, and everything sort of clicks together perfectly, like on Television's "Marquee Moon".

I like this ALOT better now than 3 years ago, when it was an album I couldn't understand and wouldn't hold my attention. Perhaps my affection for No Age has bridged the gap. In any case, I'm going to be listening to this alot more after digging it out.

87/100
 
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I had this many years ago, a friend copied it for me and i think i listened to about half of it once and decided it was boring. I had Radiohead and this just seemed like a rip off with no hooks.

I went back to it today, download since i lost the CD-R yonks ago and it's bloody great. The first thing you notice is the huge amount of layers to it. Whether it's screeching shoegaze guitars or horns or strings, there's a ton of stuff going on and it'll take a load of listens to get my head around it all. To say this is noisy is an understatement. There's some great basslines too, especially on No God Only Religion.

Highlights include the uplifting Come Together, Electricity and the 17 minute guitar meltdown Cop Shoot Cop. This was a pretty out of the blue listen but it's payed off!
 
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Death - Scream Bloody Gore

I much prefer Death's later output but I fancied a blast of their debut. The production is a little muddy and there is little evidence of the technicality that they brought to their music in later albums, yet it was a still a noisy blast with glimpses of Chuck Schulinder's (Death Metal's answer to Dave Mustaine) time signatures (Zombie Ritual).

I was pleasantly surprised to still enjoy the album despite it's shortcomings.

7/10
 
Iron Maiden-Killers (1981)

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By far my favourite of the Di'anno studio releases Killers has massive nostalgia value to me but even without that nostalgia clouding my judgement it is still a damn fine metal album and it marks the beginning of the classic Maiden sound a lot more than their debut (Phantom of The Opera notwithstanding).

The breakdown and dueling guitars in the instrumental 'Genghis Khan' illustrate this perfectly as does Martin Birch's production which was the start of a brilliant partnership that graced the banRAB most successful period in the 80's. There is also a rawness on this album that Birch couldn't quite polish off on this album which is a plus and not a hindrance.

Clive burrs drumming (and sound) is much more preferable than replacement Mc Brains and Adrian Smith entering the fray added some glorious guitar harmony's. then of course we have the cover. It's still cool as fuck nearly 30 years on. Many fans prefered the debut in the Di'anno period and have high praise for their breakout album 'The Number Of The Beast' but the energy, riRAB and attitude will always make this my favourite of their early releases.

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I can understand your reasons for preferring Killers over the self titled. I think Killers was the stronger album musically and the production seemed that little bit slicker and better suited to their sound. Killers did certainly do more to pave the way for what would become their trademark sound, the self titled is much different.

For me though the self titled edged it and is my favourite of the Di'anno albums. For all its flaws I just think it has the better songs. Actually as a simple collection of songs, not factoring in anything else at all into my opinion, I may even go as far as to say it was Maidens best album. I love to hear them play stuff off the first album live, even to this day.
 
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