Albums You're Digging II

sidewinder · 11-04-2010, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

is it worth having? i quite liked the shape of punk to come...

Well as implied, they are quite different. But since I mentioned it in this thread, of course I think it's worth having.

bob. · 11-04-2010, 09:51 PM

i think its worth having....but it's defiantly by the numbers hardcore....you could look at 'Songs To Fan The Flames of Discontent' as almost their cross over album

sidewinder · 11-04-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

i think its worth having....but it's defiantly by the numbers hardcore....you could look at 'Songs To Fan The Flames of Discontent' as almost their cross over album

Correct. All 3 are great, IMO, in their own way.

duga · 11-05-2010, 10:59 AM

XTC - Skylarking

I always thought this album was just ok, but I put it on last night and had one of those revelatory "this album is the SHIIT" moments. Since I never really thought much about them, I never checked out any other albums. What should I go for next?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-05-2010, 11:24 AM

English Settlement

anticipation · 11-05-2010, 12:15 PM

second half of this album is straight bangers.

sidewinder · 11-05-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by anticipation

second half of this album is straight bangers.

Whole album! I still remember the day I first heard this. I was like 17 or 18 and working at McDonald's in suburban Houston. Friends and I were hanging out in the parking lot, when this new employee from Brooklyn comes over and is playing some Nas, I think he had a boom box, no joke. We were all blown away by this album, and I've since considered it one of my favorite rap albums. The extent of my rap/hip-hop knowledge/appreciation at the time consisted of Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, A Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde and the like.

Engine · 11-05-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Whole album! I still remember the day I first heard this. I was like 17 or 18 and working at McDonald's in suburban Houston. Friends and I were hanging out in the parking lot, when this new employee from Brooklyn comes over and is playing some Nas, I think he had a boom box, no joke. We were all blown away by this album, and I've since considered it one of my favorite rap albums. The extent of my rap/hip-hop knowledge/appreciation at the time consisted of Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, A Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde and the like.

sidewinder: excellent taste as usual

anticipation: where's the love for side 1?

OctaneHugo · 11-05-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

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XTC - Skylarking

I always thought this album was just ok, but I put it on last night and had one of those revelatory "this album is the SHIIT" moments. Since I never really thought much about them, I never checked out any other albums. What should I go for next?

Black Sea, Drums and Wires, English Settlement, Go 2, The Big Express, The Dukes of Stratosphear

anticipation · 11-05-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

sidewinder: excellent taste as usual

anticipation: where's the love for side 1?

it just doesn't measure up when you look at it comparatively. The Genesis is filler, NY State of Mind and The World Is Yours are overrated, and i don't particularly care for Halftime.

11-04-2010, 09:51 PM	#5832 (permalink)
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11-05-2010, 10:59 AM	#5834 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	XTC - Skylarking I always thought this album was just ok, but I put it on last night and had one of those revelatory "this album is the SHIIT" moments. Since I never really thought much about them, I never checked out any other albums. What should I go for next? __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

11-05-2010, 11:24 AM	#5835 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	English Settlement __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

11-05-2010, 12:15 PM	#5836 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	second half of this album is straight bangers.