Overated Lps
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BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
General critical concensus has always been that ver Straits are toss, though. 'Brothers In Arms' was 'the people's choice' for several years in the '80s but now, strangely enough, there is nary a charity shop or car boot sale that fails to groan beneath the weight of multitudinous tasteful images of airborne silver semi-acoustics...Wolfie said:
acid priest said:
I just remember the HUGE critical acclaim that welcomed that first album when it came out - you know the whole "saviours of rock n roll" thing, you had to be there
- as I mentioned before I think a lot of this stuff comes down to hind sight and/or fashion ...
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
Wolfie said:
Well you do talk sense sometimes, I will grudgingly admit.
Anything by the Beastie Boys, especially Licensed to Ill. Once annoying novelty shouty rappers with marginal skills, somehow now elevated to conscious and discerning buddhist-style innovators.
Take their first cunting gig to support the aforementioned album at Brixton Academy, one of the most lamentable experiences I've seen - full of simpering fanboys in cheap VW badges dancing to cage dancers and giant penises - turned up on one of those 'greatest gigs ever' programmes on C4. Bag of bollocks - rarely have I seen such a shitty atmosphere at a gig. At least half the audience (mostly those who had paid to see Cool J and Run DMC) were looking on in amazement at legions of of try-hard knob-jockeys, many of whom cleared out when the main acts came on.
Couple of good tracks by Sabotage mind, but the hype for this bunch of chancers is well out of perspective.
Take their first cunting gig to support the aforementioned album at Brixton Academy, one of the most lamentable experiences I've seen - full of simpering fanboys in cheap VW badges dancing to cage dancers and giant penises - turned up on one of those 'greatest gigs ever' programmes on C4. Bag of bollocks - rarely have I seen such a shitty atmosphere at a gig. At least half the audience (mostly those who had paid to see Cool J and Run DMC) were looking on in amazement at legions of of try-hard knob-jockeys, many of whom cleared out when the main acts came on.
Couple of good tracks by Sabotage mind, but the hype for this bunch of chancers is well out of perspective.
Red Jezza said:
I agree. Abbey Road is vastly superior.
killer b said:
OK i can accept nevermind, people probably get sick of seeing it in all the lists. But what's poor old Daydream Nation ever done to you, other than being one of the best albums ever while rarely getting mentioned in such lists?
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Agree with almost all so far - esp. Leftism, OK Computer, Dark Side of the Moon.
And I'll add -
Trout Mask Replica
Astral Weeks
The Wall
And everything by Led Zep
And I'll add -
Trout Mask Replica
Astral Weeks
The Wall
And everything by Led Zep
i'm not saying it's a bad album - just overated. i like everything i listed, just don't cream over them the way some people seem to.RenegadeDog said:
OK i can accept nevermind, people probably get sick of seeing it in all the lists. But what's poor old Daydream Nation ever done to you, other than being one of the best albums ever while rarely getting mentioned in such lists?
i prefer bad moon rising anyway...
Hollis
bloody furious
Dr. Furface said:
Complete rubbish!! You're just going for easy targets. Listen to the first 4 Zep albums after you've been listening to some other stuff, and they'll stand up to anything. Fact. Period. Etc. Etc.
There's nowt wrong with the first Dire Straits album either.. in fact its excellent.. just had the misfortune to be released at the height of punk.
Chester Copperpot
Triple stones
acid priest said:
Shame on you - That's a great album.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Hollis said:
byt the eponymous (oo er) Dire Straits album was never hailed as their masterpiece. it was always brothers in arms and,er was there a third one?
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Some people need to get their ears seen to - 'Combat Rock' better than 'London Calling!?!?!'
Over rated -
Astral Weeks - turgid jazz folk nonsense.
Pet Sounds and Smile - ... sorry I seem to have fallen asleep.
Stones - Exile - nowhere near their best album (another vote for let it bleed and sticky fingers).
White Album and let it be - beatles. The sound of a bloated beast in its creative death throes.
Young Americans - Bowie. Its just crap - not a single decent track on it. Cant believe some people rate it as his best LP.
Over rated -
Astral Weeks - turgid jazz folk nonsense.
Pet Sounds and Smile - ... sorry I seem to have fallen asleep.
Stones - Exile - nowhere near their best album (another vote for let it bleed and sticky fingers).
White Album and let it be - beatles. The sound of a bloated beast in its creative death throes.
Young Americans - Bowie. Its just crap - not a single decent track on it. Cant believe some people rate it as his best LP.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I may be in a minority of one but Bowie's Berlin albums have never done it for me.
Low and Lodger are pretty dire and Heroes is only a little better. The man who sold the world beats those three hands down
Low and Lodger are pretty dire and Heroes is only a little better. The man who sold the world beats those three hands down
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
No no no!!! I love that album - in my all time top ten!The Doctor said:
I was just referring to the usual suspects always appearing in the same charts in the same paper...
cathal marcs
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