Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-28-2017, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

but I'd have to say while this is a good album, I'm not as blown away by it as I had expected to be. Qwert has turned me on to far better hip-hop. Better luck next month, man!

this was mixed in moreso as a test as i’m still looking to figure out what exactly does and doesn’t appeal to you in hip hop. it’s definitely not anything special, in the words of Batty it’s “fun.” i expected a worse result to be honest, mainly due do the lyrical content, so i’m a little surprised to see you didn’t mind it.

Trollheart · 12-28-2017, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

this was mixed in moreso as a test as i’m still looking to figure out what exactly does and doesn’t appeal to you in hip hop. it’s definitely not anything special, in the words of Batty it’s “fun.” i expected a worse result to be honest, mainly due do the lyrical content, so i’m a little surprised to see you didn’t mind it.

Yeah I kind of don't get as upset/bothered about hip-hop lyrics as I used to; I take it as coming with the territory, in the same way that metal bands will sing about the apocalypse, beer and women (often in that order) or prog rock bands about dragons and wizards, but it's nice to see sometimes when the words "hoe", "bitch", "dick" etc aren't used. It wasn't that the album was bad, I just didn't see anything particularly attractive in it, and of course that was only on one listen.

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Album is awsome. Grabbed a few and added them to my playlists

Glad to be of assistance.

Trollheart · 12-28-2017, 09:57 AM

Album title: Silver/Lead
Artist: Wire
Genre: Post-Punk/Art Punk/Alt-Rock
Nationality: English
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Sixteenth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.04
Yeah, I don't know Wire: is anyone surprised? They seem to be one of the major players in the Post-Punk arena anyway, and this is released apparently to mark the fortieth anniversary of their first ever gig, so they've been around. This is pleasant enough stuff – kind of reminds me of The Lightning Seeds at times – but nothing that's really impressing me I have to say. Actually, “An Alibi” and “Sonic Lens” are very, very good. Yeah, it has picked up really well since then. Decent album.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

The Batlord · 12-28-2017, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah I kind of don't get as upset/bothered about hip-hop lyrics as I used to; I take it as coming with the territory, in the same way that metal bands will sing about the apocalypse, beer and women (often in that order) or prog rock bands about dragons and wizards, but it's nice to see sometimes when the words "hoe", "bitch", "dick" etc aren't used. It wasn't that the album was bad, I just didn't see anything particularly attractive in it, and of course that was only on one listen.

Glad to be of assistance.

A hoe is a gardening tool. A ho is a bitch.

Trollheart · 12-28-2017, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

A hoe is a gardening tool. A ho is a bitch.

I know: I ****ing hate it when rappers start going on about their ****ing gardens! Shovel this, rake that, hoe the other: terrible!

rubber soul · 12-28-2017, 10:22 AM

Damn, Wire is still together.

I'm going to have to give these guys a closer listen when I get into their era. They had a pretty good reputation in their day but they never seemed to get any airplay, even on college radio.

**Frownland** · 12-28-2017, 11:35 AM

Since you won't accept my perfectly reasonable Noosefiller rec for March I'll go with Sky Ladder by Kool A.D. for my third pick.

The Batlord · 12-28-2017, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Since you won't accept my perfectly reasonable Noosefiller rec for March I'll go with Sky Ladder by Kool A.D. for my third pick.

Sorry you're banned from this thread, loser.

**Frownland** · 12-28-2017, 11:38 AM

Or what

The Batlord · 12-28-2017, 11:43 AM

TH will get trolled.

12-28-2017, 09:57 AM	#1423 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Silver/Lead Artist: Wire Genre: Post-Punk/Art Punk/Alt-Rock Nationality: English Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Sixteenth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.04 Yeah, I don't know Wire: is anyone surprised? They seem to be one of the major players in the Post-Punk arena anyway, and this is released apparently to mark the fortieth anniversary of their first ever gig, so they've been around. This is pleasant enough stuff – kind of reminds me of The Lightning Seeds at times – but nothing that's really impressing me I have to say. Actually, “An Alibi” and “Sonic Lens” are very, very good. Yeah, it has picked up really well since then. Decent album. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-28-2017, 11:35 AM	#1427 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Since you won't accept my perfectly reasonable Noosefiller rec for March I'll go with Sky Ladder by Kool A.D. for my third pick. __________________ 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

12-28-2017, 11:38 AM	#1429 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Or what __________________ 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