This album > that album.

145 minutes of boredom. then again I can't really stand double albums that are excessively long. They do my head in. There's a few exceptions, but as a whole body of work Sandinista! is boring. However, that said - it's slightly better than cut the crap.
 
I don't know your reason for disliking them, but...
Most people seem to dislike them for the lyrical content, which I agree seems to be trying way too hard to be epic, to the point that it just sounRAB ridiculous.
Others dislike them for the fact that they speed up the guitar tracks in the studio, but they don't as much as people think. They may speed it up like 10-20 bpm, but never much more than that. The reson for this is probably the simple fact that studio recording is expensive and it's better to record the track after 3 takes at 120 bpm, than to record 5 takes at 140 bpm. As I said before, the lyrics are overly epic, but the guitar compliments that very well.
I dont think they are the best band (or anywhere close). Atleast (hopefully) you have given them a chance, and I think we'd actually find alot of common ground between us musically, so don't judge my tastes based on a single band.
 
I'm out of posting ideas again, so this thread'll do...

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Lick My Decals Off, Baby > Doc At the Radar Station > Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) > Ice Cream For Crow > Trout Mask Replica > Strictly Personal > Safe As Milk > The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot > Bluejeans and Moonbeams > Unconditionally Guaranteed

Emmylou Harris
Wrecking Ball > Elite Hotel > Red Dirt Girl > All I Intended To Be > Pieces Of the Sky > Luxury Liner > Roses In the Snow

^ (Not the complete discography in case you're wondering).

New Order
Technique > Republic > Lowlife > Get Ready > Power, Corruption and Lies > Movement > Brotherhood > Waiting For the Siren's Call

The Music
The Music > Welcome To the North > [that third album I can't remeraber the name of]

The Coral
The Coral > Magic and Medicine > [everything they've done since:p:]
 
I for one agreed generally with that Pink Floyd order. Especially with having The Wall at the low end.

Phish that I've heard, just for the hell of it:

Junta > Live 20 > Live 14 > Live 12 Live 9 > Billy Breathes > Live 2 > Farmhouse
 
ugh, korn



meddle as their best?
the wall second worst?
curious as to where you think the albums get "bad" on that list


The Police

Zenyatta Mondatta > Reggatta de Blanc > Outlandos D'Amour > Ghost in the Machine >>>>>>>> Synchronicity

CAKE

Comfort Eagle > Fashion Nugget > Motorcade of Generosity > Pressure Chief > Prolonging the Magic

Rage Against the Machine

Battle of Los Angeles > Evil Empire > Rage Against the Machine > Renegades

Nine Inch Nails

Broken > With Teeth > The Downward Spiral > Year Zero > Pretty Hate Machine > The Slip > Ghosts I-IV > The Fragile

Steely Dan

Countdown to Ecstasy > The Royal Scam > Aja > Everything Must Go > Katy Lied > Can't Buy a Thrill > Gaucho > Pretzel Logic > Two Against Nature
 
I've never noticed any love for them on here. Nor have I noticed any hate. I wonder what the general consensus on here is. I'll just say I love them to avoid getting a cap in my ass.
 
Why does it make him elitist because he doesn't like a highly-rated album? I myself don't care much for The Wall either. It might not be the very last on my list, but it sure wouldn't be in the top 3/4.
 
Relevant: I found a review I did of Synchronicity such an incredibly long time ago I don't think it ever saw the internet.



And uh it enRAB there. Guess I never finished it. It's pretty awful, and not because I say every song is great.
 
I said the album was diverse AND it worked. Of course I'm not saying it's the best simply because it's the most diverse.

While they did trade out their old reggae influences for something new they didn't lose their substance, the lyrics have never been stronger, than melodies have never been stronger and the musicianship has never been stronger.




Not fast paced rock =/= boring.



Well maybe there is, if they are synths they sound like some kind of Idiophone which is what I thought they were.





The Police were ALWAYS a pop band. And if you'd write off an extremely complex song as pop just because it has a really catchy melody then you are an idiot and you should join progarchives where all the other merabers of the anti pop brigade reside.

If you have listened to real synth pop, you'd know the subject matter was a little more straightfoward and sexual than say Jungian philosophy.

One thing the band didn't come become was watered down, smoother production yes (and since you're a Pink Floyd and Steely Dan fan I can't see you having a problem with that), more of an emphasis on jazz and world music, but Sting's songwriting abillity hasn't diminished, let's face it he was always the songwriter of the group.

They went from making simple love songs to making pretty grandoise stuff about all kinRAB of things and I can understand why you find that pretentious and prefer their older stuff, if you know anything about my tastes you'd understand why I prefer the latter.



None of the songs are bad, some are less than great but that's an issue with every Police album, Synchronicity is easily their most consistantly successful, Mother doesn't bother me THAT much, I always assumed it was a joke, and guess what, that's one of only two songs Sting didn't write, lol. And Walking in your Footsteps drags a little too long, but overall it's my favorite Police album and one of my favorite 80s albums period.




Your debating skills are just astonishing. What makes this one so bad and De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da a masterpiece?



Omegaman is one of the most underrated Police songs, the guitar is crazy.



So you hate the album primarly for not sounding like the previous albums? So a band can't evolve? It's understandable if you prefer the older stuff but if you're gonna judge their music by nostalgia alone it's no wonder you're being so biased.

I also want to know what is so terrible about Every Breath You Take, I think it's a great song just overexposed.



How is it any more of a Sting solo album than the others? He was always the primary songwriter of the band and Summers and Copeland didn't really have less input here than previous albums. The only song that really reserables Sting's solo material is Walking in Your Footsteps (the only song with a noticable absence of Summers' guitar) and I do consider that one of the low points of the album. But overall it's still very much a group effort.



If I recall, you're the one who told me to f*ck off because Synchronicity is my favorite album. You're the one trying to tell me how wrong I am. And you're doing a very poor job of it so all you have accomplished is annoying the crap out of me.
 
I disagree - I hate the sound of Korn. Bring the potatoes

On topic, I see someone did Mastodon, here's mine:

Remission > Leviathin > Blood Mountain > Lifesblood > Crack the Skye

how about: The Jesus and Mary Chain:

Automatic > Honey's Dead > Barbed Wire Kisses > Psychocandy > DarklanRAB > Stoned and Dethroned ... I haven't heard Munki
 
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