Overblown (but great) albums (lyrics, pop, rock, covers, classic)

WaspStar · 07-21-2008, 01:49 PM

Some albums are just so overdone that they end up good (I guess that's the reason why a lot of people got into Nevermind, but I'm not going to get into that). A few of my choices:

XTC- White Music

The tempos are too fast, the vocals too urgent, the keyboards too shrill...everything's ridiculously overplayed. It sounds like they went into the studio, played everything as fast as they could, and then sped the master tape up a few notches. And it's great. Well, at least side 1 is.

The Best Of The Shangri-Las

The songs are hopelessly melodramatic and the production is too extreme, too overpowering and perfect. Mary Weiss' (relatively) sedate vocals make it all work. If you can get past the chesse, there are plenty of great pop tracks here.

Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run

Ok, so the songs have all been bettered live, when they're stripped of the "Wall Of Sound" that mars this record. It's still better than most albums I've heard.

07-21-2008, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
WaspStar Back to mono Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 509	Overblown (but great) albums Some albums are just so overdone that they end up good (I guess that's the reason why a lot of people got into Nevermind, but I'm not going to get into that). A few of my choices: XTC- White Music The tempos are too fast, the vocals too urgent, the keyboards too shrill...everything's ridiculously overplayed. It sounds like they went into the studio, played everything as fast as they could, and then sped the master tape up a few notches. And it's great. Well, at least side 1 is. The Best Of The Shangri-Las The songs are hopelessly melodramatic and the production is too extreme, too overpowering and perfect. Mary Weiss' (relatively) sedate vocals make it all work. If you can get past the chesse, there are plenty of great pop tracks here. Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run Ok, so the songs have all been bettered live, when they're stripped of the "Wall Of Sound" that mars this record. It's still better than most albums I've heard. __________________ "This sure doesn't look like 'Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness!'"