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Originally Posted by adidasss
We're talking more about the albums that aren't really that popular yet seem to be thought of as the best thing since sliced bread by certain media. Just take this board for example, the most talked about (let's say the most popular) releases of the year were Favorite worst nightmare, Icky thump and In Rainbows. I'm focusing on Pitchfork's list right now, their number one album is Panda Bear, which got like 10 replies here. What about Battles (I think Mirrored got something as ridiculous as a 9.0 rating on Metacritic) or Animal Collective...? I mean, after being made to listen to those albums I was certainly wondering what the fuck people were on about...:\
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You didn't like Strawberry Jam? Really? With regard to SJ, the general reception was a lot more mixed than that of Panda Bear, Battles etc. If anything I think it'd be possible to argue that it was underrated. I thought Strawberry Jam was a purely excellent record, one of the very best things I heard at all in all of 2007. I'da thought/expected that most through-and-through indie music fans who listened to it at least a few times through woulda ended up liking it, so I guess I'm slightly surprised. But to each their own, this is all subjective after all.