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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 1128667)

To be honest I'd rather listen to an album that's spectacularly bad than something boring.

That's probably why I own a Pretty Boy Floyd album and nothing by Coldplay.

Likewise, it's the reason I own some Anal Cunt but no Whitney Houston. :)

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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami (Post 1128668)

I like the idea of "hooks" for grabbing your attention. A good song/album will often able to click with you immediately.
I liked the idea so much I made a thread on it...

Consider it bumped

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1128669)

Likewise, it's the reason I own some Anal Cunt but no Whitney Houston. :)

You always have to go one better don't you.

Bastard.

:p:

This thread did sort of make me realize that I have a lot of albums I've purchased and have heard only once. So I decided I'd listen to each of these purchases 10 times over consecutive days to try and figure out why the hell I bought them to begin with.

It's begun with Asobi Seksu's Citrus, and eight plays into this little experiment, I have no idea why I gave it a 3.5 on RYM and decided it was a high priority purchase. Strawberries is a song with some awesome guitar tones in it, but asides from that, I haven't found much worth remembering or paying for. Frankly, Yuki Chikudate's voice is weaker than I like to hear from women, and not very effective. It's an upbeat dream pop album, and it's not really clicking with me.

I just brought this album home:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...11972744_n.jpg
Loving it. Googled for some more information and...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xVWY4ImvZI...+owoFRONT.jpeg
Same album, CD cover is totally different.
I know that cover...
Ah wait, I bought it years ago and never got into it.
Bought it again, on vinyl this time, by accident and am absolutely loving it.
Well this was an easy one :D.

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1132071)

I just saw them in October with Boris. Absolutely phenomenal. Boris is legend for sure, but Asobi Seksu, who I had never heard of at that point, blew me away. I was not expecting something like that at all. Unfortunately, I haven't got any of their albums.

i got a whole bunch of power metal and was initially turned off, but i'm slowly getting "into the groove"

At what point do you say "You know what, I actually don't like this album, I don't care if everyone else does" because there is far too much music out there for me to digest as it is, why waste it on an album that may take six or seven listens?

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Originally Posted by prince11 (Post 1132307)

I am dealing with the same thing with mylo xyloto the new cold play album

Leave it at the "This is a complete pile of garbage" stage. And throw it in the bin :D

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Originally Posted by TomClancy11 (Post 1132423)

not when it's really rewarding when you finally "get" it

took me 20 listens to get into Trout Mask Replica

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Originally Posted by Il Duce (Post 1132427)

not when it's really rewarding when you finally "get" it

took me 20 listens to get into Trout Mask Replica

More rewarding than three or four other albums that you could have been into instead? I don't think so. I understand there may be a few albums that are completely life changing if you got into them eventually, but I doubt most of them will really make much difference.

20 listens? Jeez. Took me one :cool: