Albums You're Not Digging

**Goofle** · 08-12-2014, 01:04 PM

If you're trying out some contemporary R&B albums, give this a shot.

Majid Jordan - A Place Like This (2014)

djchameleon · 08-12-2014, 02:32 PM

Yeah, I got that FKA twigs album today also but it's on my listen to list. Still have others to go before I get to it.

LoathsomePete · 09-12-2014, 02:16 PM

Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World (2014)

I think I'm starting to understand why these guys broke up shortly after releasing their debut LP in 2004, it's impossible to make a follow-up in the same vein that doesn't sound derivative. You would have to completely ditch the punk aspect and try a different bass heavy dance genre, or go more electronic. If The Physical World had been released a few years after You're A Woman, I'm A Machine this wouldn't feel like such a letdown, but it really does sound like the same thing, but with less of an edge. It's also more than a little creepy to have a vocalist in their 30's talking about where all the virgins have gone, just saying.

I don't think this is going to taint the legacy of the band, because it's not a bad album, but it seems a little weak to come back a decade later with the same exact sound. I dunno maybe I'll give it a listen later on in the year, but this really did nothing for me other than remind me of how much better their debut was.

**Frownland** · 09-17-2014, 06:18 PM

Nu Ensemble - Hidros One

Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Joe McPhee, Peter Evans, and many other players set this up to be a great album. But it's just a boring attempt at avant-garde jazz, it's like Anthony Braxton lite and a big disappointment.

Engine · 09-19-2014, 07:42 PM

the fuck is this bullshit?

bob. · 09-19-2014, 10:34 PM

^that is exactly what i would be saying to myself as i was buying that album....simply because i loved the album cover

Engine · 09-19-2014, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

^that is exactly what i would be saying to myself as i was buying that album....simply because i loved the album cover

yeah I love the cover art too. It took me a while to warm up to the band in the first place and then they go and ruin everything with their bland throwback version of 90s Alternative Rock on this album.

Trollheart · 10-10-2014, 06:10 PM

What a boring piece of conventional country/pop masquerading as country/rock! Shee-it! I thought I was gonna get another "Blue Sky Riders", instead I got this??? As Engine said a post or two ago, the fuck is this shit????

Thelonious Monkey · 10-10-2014, 06:12 PM

I am 4 tracks in and I just can't enjoy it as much as In Utero.

Key · 10-11-2014, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JustinJJustin

I am 4 tracks in and I just can't enjoy it as much as In Utero.

That's a shame. I always found that one to be one of their best. Nothing against In Utero and Nevermind, but Bleach just sounds raw and pure grungy.

09-12-2014, 02:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World (2014) I think I'm starting to understand why these guys broke up shortly after releasing their debut LP in 2004, it's impossible to make a follow-up in the same vein that doesn't sound derivative. You would have to completely ditch the punk aspect and try a different bass heavy dance genre, or go more electronic. If The Physical World had been released a few years after You're A Woman, I'm A Machine this wouldn't feel like such a letdown, but it really does sound like the same thing, but with less of an edge. It's also more than a little creepy to have a vocalist in their 30's talking about where all the virgins have gone, just saying. I don't think this is going to taint the legacy of the band, because it's not a bad album, but it seems a little weak to come back a decade later with the same exact sound. I dunno maybe I'll give it a listen later on in the year, but this really did nothing for me other than remind me of how much better their debut was. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

09-17-2014, 06:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Nu Ensemble - Hidros One Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Joe McPhee, Peter Evans, and many other players set this up to be a great album. But it's just a boring attempt at avant-garde jazz, it's like Anthony Braxton lite and a big disappointment. __________________ 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

09-19-2014, 07:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	the fuck is this bullshit? __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

09-19-2014, 10:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	^that is exactly what i would be saying to myself as i was buying that album....simply because i loved the album cover __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

10-10-2014, 06:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	What a boring piece of conventional country/pop masquerading as country/rock! Shee-it! I thought I was gonna get another "Blue Sky Riders", instead I got this??? As Engine said a post or two ago, the fuck is this shit???? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-10-2014, 06:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Thelonious Monkey Caesar is home. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 876	I am 4 tracks in and I just can't enjoy it as much as In Utero.