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Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:57 pm
by boilermaker_Archive
Zappa's Freak Out doesn't do much for me but a lot of people rave about it. Some of the later Mothers records are much better - eg Weasels.
Tommy, by the Who.
I agree re: A Love Supreme. It's kinda dull compared to Trane's other records that followed. ALS was from late 1964 but almost everything from 1965 is more interesting, particularly Sun Ship, Transition and First Meditations. I even prefer Crescent from the same year as ALS.
Much of Husker Du, at least lyrically, appears to be juvenilia.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:57 pm
by lemur68_Archive
Why all the orgasms for Burt Bacharach? Schmaltz.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:03 pm
by Maurice_Archive
SecondEdition wrote:Loveless
Yep. Despite all the praise, this album is coated in Teflon for me: by the time it's over, nothing has stuck.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:13 pm
by Ace_Archive
Marsupialized wrote:Husker Du is horrible, every album every song
YOU'RE the one that's crazy.
Then again, I can't stand VU, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Joy Division, so what do I know? I'm not even going to go into the albums I don't like because I'm sure I'll offend every last person on this board.
EDIT: Alright I thought of one I can pick on - Anything by the Pixies, but Doolittle in particular. Surfer Rosa has some good songs.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:15 pm
by Dr Geek_Archive
Anything by the Sex Pistols annoys me. Actually, anything with Johnny Rotten annoys me. His mug annoys me.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:26 pm
by Skronk_Archive
Anything by Sigur Rós, and most of the "post metal" genre.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:29 pm
by Conchis_Archive
Belle & Sebastian always struck as way too soft and effeminate.
I'd like to beat them up and steal their lunch money.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:36 pm
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
Ace wrote:Marsupialized wrote:Husker Du is horrible, every album every song
YOU'RE the one that's crazy.
Then again, I can't stand VU, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Joy Division, so what do I know? I'm not even going to go into the albums I don't like because I'm sure I'll offend every last person on this board.
EDIT: Alright I thought of one I can pick on - Anything by the Pixies, but Doolittle in particular. Surfer Rosa has some good songs.
Right on, Ace. Fuck the Pixies.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:39 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
SecondEdition wrote:that damned fly wrote:double nickels
entertainment
spiderland
fneh? thought you liked these...
nope. seems like i would, but i don't.
Critically lauded albums that do nothing for you
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:43 pm
by Tree_Archive
Suicide
Perfect Prescription
20 Jazz Funk Greats
That's not entirely true. "Take Me to the Other Side" and the rock "Walkin' with Jesus" do something for me. Otherwise...man, there had to be a drum set you guys could use.