The Random Album Thread

Aux-In · 08-30-2018, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I mean it's up to you but don't see why you should.

I'll include them then.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-30-2018, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Using the discover section isn't random at all since that's curated based on your listening habits.

I skip them if they look too ****ty in a genre I don't mesh with. Mostly old ****.

My discover section is a total mess though. I mostly use Spotify to check all sorts of things out, not so much to listen to "my own" music. There's a lot of weird things I've never heard of in there most of the time.

EDIT: And I personally wouldn't skip EP's. I have nothing against the EP format.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-30-2018, 12:35 PM

Anitta - Bang

Some pretty straight forward mainstream pop music from 2015. Nothing much to say about it. There's some stylistic variety between these songs, but the album really just through every pop cliché of the time that you could possibly think of. Her voice is fine, but nothing special. The production is pretty unimaginative - which is generally not the case with good pop. I don't think there's any reason to listen to this album.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-30-2018, 12:37 PM

Random albums my ass. This random album generator that was suggested earlier in the thread and is in the OP (https://www.randomlists.com/random-albums?qty=1) has given me 2 different Lady Gaga albums in not many more tries today at different times.

And then it gave me the above album, which is also mainstream pop. Then I use it again right now and it goes Lady Gaga again.

EDIT: Clicked "rerun" button several times in a row and got a long row of mainstream pop superstars with even a few repeats. Bull****. I'm going back to my Spotify method.

**Frownland** · 08-30-2018, 12:44 PM

Try RYM.

Aux-In · 08-30-2018, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Random albums my ass. This random album generator that was suggested earlier in the thread and is in the OP (https://www.randomlists.com/random-albums?qty=1) has given me 2 different Lady Gaga albums in not many more tries today at different times.

And then it gave me the above album, which is also mainstream pop. Then I use it again right now and it goes Lady Gaga again.

EDIT: Clicked "rerun" button several times in a row and got a long row of mainstream pop superstars with even a few repeats. Bull****. I'm going back to my Spotify method.

Yep. That random album generator is total garbage, but it was the only one I could find when I googled "random album generator."

I outlined it in post #32:

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Originally Posted by The Aux-In

The other link I posted is not varied much at all, so I went ahead and signed up for RYM just to use the random feature.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-30-2018, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Try RYM.

I think I'll stick to my Spotify thing for now, but I'll try out RYM if I feel like I'm not getting a wide enough range of albums.

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Originally Posted by Aux-In

Yep. That random album generator is total garbage, but it was the only one I could find when I googled "random album generator."

I outlined it in post #32:

Missed that. I just skimmed for the links when I remembered that I was supposed to put them in the OP.

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Elysian Fields - Seven Wonders of the World

Great... so this turned out to be a brand new prog rock album. Not really my genre.

There are some cool moments here and there. I largely liked the track "The Walls of Babylon", but there's also plenty of what makes me dislike most typical prog rock material. "The Temple of Diana" is mostly a wretched display of cloying, low-rent Disney-isms and the guy at the microphone has a pretty weak falsetto. I swear I can't help but find his falsetto comedic. Sounds like a muppet or something.

Still, some neat moments and the album sounds more energetic and less clinical than prog usually does to me.

Recommended for Trollheart and Anteater. Probably exactly no one else. Oh, and Zanthemi.

grindy · 08-30-2018, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I finally remembered to add the random album pickers to the OP. Searched around for a moment on my own, but couldn't actually find any more than the two suggested so far.

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Aranis - Roqueforte

This one turned out to be a real gem! Google refers to it as "experimental rock". It's all cellos, flutes and such, but I guess it does have a very kinetic, rhythmic vibe to it. I really liked most of this album. Great use of harmonic shifts and multiple layers of instrumentation playing along with and against each other. Everything on this album sounds great and the compositions are generally interesting. A slight Balkan vibe now and then. Not sure where Aranis is from (edit: ****ing Belgium?! Oh well...).

Fortunately, it's easily available on Bandcamp right here: https://aranis.bandcamp.com/album/roqueforte

Frownland and Janzsoon should probably make sure to check this out. Maybe also Grindy.

I know those guys.
Glad to see you had fun with that one.

Aux-In · 08-30-2018, 04:36 PM

Audio Push - 90951

Genre: Hip-Hop
Year: 2016
Place of Origin: Inland Empire, CA
General Pace: Chilled groove, R&B-like

The Skinny: This was the first hip-hop selection that RYM has given me. Wikipedia tells me that Audio Push had a hit "Teach Me How to Jerk" in 2009, and they've put out a few mixtapes since then, but this is their first studio album. That's quite a time gap, so let's see what they were able to do.

Summation: Oktane is the reflective one and Price is the partier, which is a combo that could go either way in terms of gel-factor. My honest opinion is that I didn't find the lyrical spins to be that engaging, and I had a hard time digesting what were real-life scenarios and what was mere showmanship, as there are a lot of mixed messages: money matters, but it doesn't; he's in a Cadillac, but also a Ford Focus at the same time; championing of single mothers, but still treating women like sex objects with derogatory names; taking the struggles seriously, but blowing up the scene and getting a fancy Benz.

The beats themselves aren't horrible, but they're fairly generic? for the most part, or too nondescript for their own good. The only time I felt this album's balls drop a little was on "Throw It Back II." Interspersed between a few of the songs are short, seemingly random news clips from the zip code. These are studio-produced, not real, and much like the tracks themselves, while they want to tell a story, they seem to be thrown in there and don't connect as they should.

Unfortunately, to me, it felt like there was a distance between the artists themselves and what they were throwing down in the lyric sheet, and that was the most disappointing thing about 90951. In a sea of albums, 90951 is just "kind of there."

Best Song: "Throw It Back II" is Audio Push's most thumping, and "Spread Love" (ft. Eric Choice) is probably their most accessible.

Zhanteimi · 08-30-2018, 08:16 PM

G'ny - Libèté (2003)

The title means "freedom" in French Creole. This is my first brush with the language, which is, of course, full of interesting spice. Each track is titled and sung in the language, as well. Overall the album is a bit too slick R&B in feel for me, but this Random Album Club is fun anyway, so I was pleased with the experience if not the music, per se.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KI...QzGcT3Fl4xF9H9

08-30-2018, 12:44 PM	#55 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Try RYM. __________________ 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

08-30-2018, 04:36 PM	#59 (permalink)
Aux-In Wrinkled Magazine Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: In Time Posts: 467	Audio Push - 90951 Genre: Hip-Hop Year: 2016 Place of Origin: Inland Empire, CA General Pace: Chilled groove, R&B-like The Skinny: This was the first hip-hop selection that RYM has given me. Wikipedia tells me that Audio Push had a hit "Teach Me How to Jerk" in 2009, and they've put out a few mixtapes since then, but this is their first studio album. That's quite a time gap, so let's see what they were able to do. Summation: Oktane is the reflective one and Price is the partier, which is a combo that could go either way in terms of gel-factor. My honest opinion is that I didn't find the lyrical spins to be that engaging, and I had a hard time digesting what were real-life scenarios and what was mere showmanship, as there are a lot of mixed messages: money matters, but it doesn't; he's in a Cadillac, but also a Ford Focus at the same time; championing of single mothers, but still treating women like sex objects with derogatory names; taking the struggles seriously, but blowing up the scene and getting a fancy Benz. The beats themselves aren't horrible, but they're fairly generic? for the most part, or too nondescript for their own good. The only time I felt this album's balls drop a little was on "Throw It Back II." Interspersed between a few of the songs are short, seemingly random news clips from the zip code. These are studio-produced, not real, and much like the tracks themselves, while they want to tell a story, they seem to be thrown in there and don't connect as they should. Unfortunately, to me, it felt like there was a distance between the artists themselves and what they were throwing down in the lyric sheet, and that was the most disappointing thing about 90951. In a sea of albums, 90951 is just "kind of there." Best Song: "Throw It Back II" is Audio Push's most thumping, and "Spread Love" (ft. Eric Choice) is probably their most accessible. __________________ Reviews l YouTube Playlist: Another Dimension "All over a bowl of bitter beans."

08-30-2018, 08:16 PM	#60 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	G'ny - Libèté (2003) The title means "freedom" in French Creole. This is my first brush with the language, which is, of course, full of interesting spice. Each track is titled and sung in the language, as well. Overall the album is a bit too slick R&B in feel for me, but this Random Album Club is fun anyway, so I was pleased with the experience if not the music, per se. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KI...QzGcT3Fl4xF9H9 __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

08-30-2018, 12:35 PM	#53 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Anitta - Bang Some pretty straight forward mainstream pop music from 2015. Nothing much to say about it. There's some stylistic variety between these songs, but the album really just through every pop cliché of the time that you could possibly think of. Her voice is fine, but nothing special. The production is pretty unimaginative - which is generally not the case with good pop. I don't think there's any reason to listen to this album.

08-30-2018, 12:37 PM	#54 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Random albums my ass. This random album generator that was suggested earlier in the thread and is in the OP (https://www.randomlists.com/random-albums?qty=1) has given me 2 different Lady Gaga albums in not many more tries today at different times. And then it gave me the above album, which is also mainstream pop. Then I use it again right now and it goes Lady Gaga again. EDIT: Clicked "rerun" button several times in a row and got a long row of mainstream pop superstars with even a few repeats. Bull****. I'm going back to my Spotify method.