MB Classics: The United States of America - The United States of America

Blank. · 12-23-2017, 04:15 AM

Current Album is The United States of America's The United States of America.

Your vote only counts if you say something about the album. It doesn't need to be a paragraph, just a couple sentences about the album.

Also, I'll ask mods to delete Votes this time. Just a couple of sentences. That's all.

OccultHawk · 12-23-2017, 07:26 AM

Judging ONLY the original 10 tracks. This album IS assailable. Don’t buy into the corny Harry Partch silliness. It has nothing to do with not aging well. Using experimentation to be goofy shows a lack of appreciation for what they were working with. Still a lot of positives 8/10. Hopefully, this is NOT voted a classic.

rubber soul · 12-23-2017, 07:44 AM

Then you shouldn't have voted it an eight, silly.

I gave it a ten. I do think it's a classic. It was very innovative in its time. Electronica in some ways hasn't aged well, but this album is timeless. And the Garden of Earthly Delights is one of the trippiest songs out there.

OccultHawk · 12-23-2017, 07:51 AM

The right electro-acoustic music considerably older than this has aged very well.
Luc Ferrari is one of several who didn’t make a carnival act of himself.

It deserves an 8 for the contribution it made. It’s just not unassailable. Classics are ten.

rubber soul · 12-23-2017, 07:56 AM

Yeah, but Blank considers an eight a classic.

**Frownland** · 12-23-2017, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Judging ONLY the original 10 tracks. This album IS assailable. Don’t buy into the corny Harry Partch silliness. It has nothing to do with not aging well. Using experimentation to be goofy shows a lack of appreciation for what they were working with. Still a lot of positives 8/10. Hopefully, this is NOT voted a classic.

I can see how Wooden Wife is pretty goofy, but that doesn't really extend through the whole album.

OccultHawk · 12-23-2017, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Yeah, but Blank considers an eight a classic.

This ain’t gonna make it.

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I can see how Wooden Wife is pretty goofy, but that doesn't really extend through the whole album.

Shouldn’t happen at all.

**Frownland** · 12-23-2017, 08:49 AM

I guess we'll have to see, but I'm pretty certain this is going to end up on the list despite not being exclusively electroacoustic music.

I gave it a 10. It's one of the best psych rock records ever made and the way pulls together the pop of the time with the European avant-garde is as good as efforts by artists like Beefheart and 50 Foot Hose. On a sonic level alone I would give this a ten, but as a historical landmark in the democratization of music? An unbudging 11. Don't let these separatists get to you.

OccultHawk · 12-23-2017, 10:09 AM

Is this your pick?

**Frownland** · 12-23-2017, 10:19 AM

Yep.

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12-23-2017, 04:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,034	MB Classics: The United States of America - The United States of America Current Album is The United States of America's The United States of America. Your vote only counts if you say something about the album. It doesn't need to be a paragraph, just a couple sentences about the album. Also, I'll ask mods to delete Votes this time. Just a couple of sentences. That's all.

12-23-2017, 07:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Judging ONLY the original 10 tracks. This album IS assailable. Don’t buy into the corny Harry Partch silliness. It has nothing to do with not aging well. Using experimentation to be goofy shows a lack of appreciation for what they were working with. Still a lot of positives 8/10. Hopefully, this is NOT voted a classic. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-23-2017, 07:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	The right electro-acoustic music considerably older than this has aged very well. Luc Ferrari is one of several who didn’t make a carnival act of himself. It deserves an 8 for the contribution it made. It’s just not unassailable. Classics are ten. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-23-2017, 08:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I guess we'll have to see, but I'm pretty certain this is going to end up on the list despite not being exclusively electroacoustic music. I gave it a 10. It's one of the best psych rock records ever made and the way pulls together the pop of the time with the European avant-garde is as good as efforts by artists like Beefheart and 50 Foot Hose. On a sonic level alone I would give this a ten, but as a historical landmark in the democratization of music? An unbudging 11. Don't let these separatists get to you. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-23-2017, 10:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Is this your pick? __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-23-2017, 10:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Yep. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x