Albums that grew on you over time

Mojo · 04-10-2010, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by JJJ567

I was addicted to The Bends and OK Computer before getting this as a gift one year for Christmas. I was expecting something different, but not this. I guess I just didn't really let it soak in until a few more listens. It's one of my favorite albums now.

It took seeing Radiohead years after this albums release for me to get this one. I bought it the day it came out and was so disappointed. I didn't just not get it, I HATED it.

BTown · 04-09-2010, 11:24 PM

+81 · 04-10-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BTown787

I still have yet to "get" this album. So far all it is to me is redundant hardcore with the inclusion of the great song 'Start Today'.

**Janszoon** · 04-10-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by +81

I still have yet to "get" this album. So far all it is to me is redundant hardcore with the inclusion of the great song 'Start Today'.

All I can say as far as "getting it" goes is that I've always loved it because of how relentlessly upbeat and positive it is. Never fails to put me in a good mood.

BTown · 04-10-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by +81

I still have yet to "get" this album. So far all it is to me is redundant hardcore with the inclusion of the great song 'Start Today'.

Exactly what I thought at first. Evey one would go crazy over stuff like "New Direction" and I thought it was all jaded along with the lyrical themes but I just recently got into it. Start Today is still probably my favorite next to the one of two songs on their newest "7.

TheCunningStunt · 04-09-2010, 11:31 PM

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Why you didn't like it at first and why you now DO like it would be nice..

Bulldog · 04-10-2010, 12:37 AM

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

^ Picked it up for about a fiver from the bargain bin in Virgin Megastore some time or other ago. I think I tried to listen to it that same day, didn't get past the first two or three tracks and abandoned it. Two or three years later, for whatever reason I thought I'd give it another go. Still wasn't so impressed by it, but something about the subtle intricacies and bizarre rhythms impressed me enough to give it another go, so I'd go back to it again, and then again, and then again and so on. Basically, if any of you know those optical illusion puzzles you'd have to stare at for a while to see the intended image, that's kinda how I see this album and how it grows on you over time. Some people just plain despise it, but I just see it as 28 tracks of beautiful madness now, as in one of my favourite albums.

TheCunningStunt · 04-10-2010, 02:49 AM

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Tool are one band I just can't find the appeal. Am I missing something? They just seem a bit.. shit to me.

Violent & Funky · 04-10-2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

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Tool are one band I just can't find the appeal. Am I missing something? They just seem a bit.. shit to me.

I'm not sure which part of their package you dislike. It can't be the musicianship...

jackhammer · 04-10-2010, 01:33 PM

Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

I think I was around 17/18 when I first heard this after getting into them through Meddle and Animals and it was just too odd and childlike for me. Now of course I love it. Bloody masterpiece.

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica ^ Picked it up for about a fiver from the bargain bin in Virgin Megastore some time or other ago. I think I tried to listen to it that same day, didn't get past the first two or three tracks and abandoned it. Two or three years later, for whatever reason I thought I'd give it another go. Still wasn't so impressed by it, but something about the subtle intricacies and bizarre rhythms impressed me enough to give it another go, so I'd go back to it again, and then again, and then again and so on. Basically, if any of you know those optical illusion puzzles you'd have to stare at for a while to see the intended image, that's kinda how I see this album and how it grows on you over time. Some people just plain despise it, but I just see it as 28 tracks of beautiful madness now, as in one of my favourite albums.