What ridiculously famous album did you only just listen to now you fucking loser? - Page 3

Medulla is growing on me quickly. Oh yeah.

Her newest, Volta, will be released in early May.

I have the DVD for her videos up to and including Vespertine. I haven't seen any of the Medulla cuts. It seems as if she put just as much skill and effort into creating the video concepts, and then hiring the right directors to tackle them, as she did her music. Even those that don't work (like Michel Gondry's "Army of Me") are at least interesting to watch.

And the concert DVD of Vespertine live at the Royal Opera House gets a big thumbs-up. It's far superior to her Vespertine Live CD, which was taken from weaker performances where she tended to get carried away and flub lyrics, go flat or bottom-out her voice altogether. The DVD performance is PERFECT.

For me the only one that lags behind is "Harm of Will," possibly a 4 out of 5 because it's drippy and I'm not crazy about the lyrics.

Lately I've been scooping up a lot of the CD singles because the B-sides are very often songs that never made it to albums (and were not placed on the newest editions as bonus tracks). Vespertine had at least seven songs left off that were used as B-sides, including one for BEING JOHN MALKOVICH. I was able to get six and attach them to the end of my copy of Vespertine. I can understand why they were rejected -- the tone and style don't mix -- but together they make an absorbing third side.

You know, even as a huge Dylan fan, I just now have had a chance to pick it up.

seconding the dylan, never knew what the appeal was, got the essentiel dylan album first, and after a few listens started getting into it. after a while it just all blew me away. picked up blonde on blonde a few months ago and it's just been bliss from there.

funnily enough when i first heard "blonde on blonde" mentioned, i think it was in high fidelity, i had no idea it was a dylan album, i was thinking it was something more along the lines of a pop album or something.

Yeah this is the same time period he caught a lot of shit for going electric, the sound of Blonde on Blonde pissed off a lot of the rabid purist even more.

I just noticed someone mentioned Vespertine by Bjork, and I want to agree--that's a beautiful album, sonically speaking. Some of he lyrics make me cringe a little, but it is unforgettable music.

I just picked up a copy of the Minor Threat complete discograpy and the final few songs from the Salad Days EP, I think, are really superb--pointers in the direction of what Fugazi and other MacKaye projects would do later. Great stuff.

I think it's too soon to call OK Computer a classic, but I heard it for the first time not too long ago and there are a couple of very strong tracks. The vocalist is powerful and talented and judging by his vocal harmonies I'd say he spent a fair amount of time listening to Pink Floyd. 'The Tourist' is a real piece of work.

I don't know if I'd call it the greatest album of whatever arbitrary time span is in vogue right now, but it's not bad. However, I heard Vespertine for the first time immediately afterward, and it's the one I ended up buying. Interesting that Bjork struck more of a chord with me than a rock band with my own sensibilities.

Certainly not. It's had an enormous impact on music since, plus it's over a decade old. I think it was safe to call Are You Experienced?, Revolver, and Born to Run (or, since you brought up Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon) classics ten years after they were released, so I don't see why this should be any different. In fact, I think it's probably even pretty safe to call Kid A a classic.

I've heard Floyd brought up in an effort to describe OK Computer's flow and overall feel, but I've honestly never really heard much of an influence on Yorke's vocals. I bet he'd never cop to it, in any case.

I'm kind of surprised it took you so long to get around to OK Computer, given your proclivity for the prog (a term that I hear applied often to Radiohead, though its accuracy depends on your definition). Glad to hear you liked it.

I'm still baffled by the Vespertine love. I like Bjork, but I've never been able to get into that one at all. I much prefer Post and Homogenic. Maybe even Selmasongs, actually.

The first three Velvet Underground albums are all about perfect, hard to pick a favorite. The eponymous third is probably the most accessible, but I like the texture and eclecticism of 'And Nico'. For those new to Elvis Costello I'd recommend starting with 'Blood and Chocolate', 'Armed Forces' and the excellent anthology 'Girls Girls Girls'. I've only recently started listening to Gun Club, 'Fire of Love' from '81 is way ahead of its time. Never known what to make of Beatles haters; it's basically akin to hating music in general.

Yes, well so did Nevermind.

Ten years? The ink on the CD is still wet!

Because radio and music and sales are all different now then they were when Dark Side of the Moon was released.

Anyway, the point is not whether it's a classic. I don't think it's sunk into the culture enough to be 'ridiculously famous' as per thread spec, but that's me. It is a highly regarded album, and it did pass me by until a few months ago.

He doesn't sound like Waters or Gilmore, but he writes similar vocal bits. I can easily imagine Waters coming up with Exit Music (For a Film).

That's what happens when you give up on radio; you get old.

The best word for this album is 'sparkly'. It's bright and happy without being flaky pop. There's no doubt Bjork can sing, and her vocals aren't overpowered by the electronics or the weirdness on this album; the harp was a nice choice of instrument. Kate Bush's influence on Bjork is most apparent (to me) on this album as well, and I'm one of about a dozen male, straight, North American Kate Bush fans.

Okay.

I don't know about the rest of the country, but there's a lot more straight male fans of Kate Bush than you think.

Bill Withers, I picked up a double album with 'Just as I am' and 'Still Bill' on it. A truly underrated singer/songwriter, his songs range from really dark stories to more lighter childhood memories.

The groove on 'Better off dead' is just fantastic.

Yeah, there will be. I find it a strange mindset to have, gay for liking Bush?? She might have been embraced by the homosexual community but then growing up in Britain she was/is a legend and was constantly on the telly and radio, my generation's parent's were the one's buying her records. I find her albums that i've listened to, to be a mixed bag but she's done some great tracks, helluva voice and a real eclectic bunch of songs. Sexy as hell too, Shaun Ryder would back me up on that.

I listened to The Velvet Underground and Nico for the first time this week. Liked it. Along with the more well known tracks, i've really enjoyed "the black angel's death song", it's pukka.

I agree 100% (The one big exception being Kool Keith... I can listen to his gibberish all day long). I'll take anything by Aesop Rock or Saul Williams over Liquid Swords any time.

I heard Neil Young's Harvest for the first time, I absolutely love 'Out on the weekend'. I also listened to David Bowie's Space Odditty and The Man Who Sold the World (I kinda liked Bowie's approach to heavy rock, Visconti's bass was upfront and Ronson's guitar playing was fucking awesome)

I also listened to Elvis Presley's first LP.

I just listened to Born to Run for the first time yesterday, it's an amazing, amazing record, HOWEVER, because I'm only familiar with the Wall of Sound technique as employed by Phil Spector on his Christmas records the album has a vague Christmasy sort of tinge to it for me which is probably very inappropriate.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. This album's awesome. Why didn't I buy this in 1998, when I was still somewhat cool?

Haha, I dunno, that album is so preposterously stylized that it'd almost make sense. I love the hell out of it, but it feels a lot more cartoonish than Sprinsgteen' ever been before or after - "Jungleland" is amazing, but almost like something out of a musical.

eMusic just got a whole bunch of new shit, so this morning I actually listened to Nas' Illmatic for the first time in my life. I have not yet formed a coherent opinion on it.

Yeah, the jump from Born to Run to Darkness , sonically and lyrically, is pretty startling.

Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan. I used to dismiss Dylan's music but recently I've been listening to alot of his stuff, I worked my way through Freewheelin', Another Side, Bringing it all home to finally arrive at Highway. It's a damn fine record, the epic Desolation Row is clearly the standout.

I also listened to 'Hunky Dory' by David Bowie, which I absolutely love, a terrific pop record, 'Andy Warhol' is such a fun song with a great guitar riff, 'Queen Bitch' is a great fucking rock song and of course, the epic, soaring 'Life on Mars' but nearly every track is great.

I went to a Kool Keith show earlier this year. He dressed like an average rapper except he had a silver scarf around his head and cowboy boots on. I got a picture with him after the show with a bottle of gray goose instantly in his hand. Good times.

I just listened to John Lennon/Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy for the first time, and damned if i didn't love it. My ipod crashed, and I remembered I bought a few tapes for 25 cents each at a used book store, so I popped it in. I even liked the Yoko songs!