Albums you still have to grow into
 

Peoples!

I'm sure we've all had these moments.
You go to a record store, have a quick listen at a record, like it, buy it, play it at home and then you think... "Yes, it's allright. But why exactly did I buy this? It doesn't seem like a thing I'll ever be playing again".

I've got a bunch of these records. I play them every now and then.
I don't mind listening to them, but I probably wouldn't buy them either, if I heard them for the first time.

In some cases, I'll just need to grow into these records, in some cases I'll never get why I ever bought them.

Who shares these experiences and with what record?

I'm playing one right now:

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It's a good record. I hear influences from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Smashing Pumpkins... But still, it doesn't really get to me.

i've had Gong's Camembert Electrique and people telling me how good it is

it's still "growing" on me, I guess

it's not that I'm averse to this kinda stuff, i dig Arzachel and most Fred Frith stuff just fine, heck i even love the Residents

I feel like if you have to grow into something it really isn't for you. I remember I used to force myself to listen to the bands my friends like over and over again and getting nothing out of them but eventually I would enjoy them a bit more because they were familiar to me. Anything you have to force yourself to listen to is not worth your time. Music should be enjoyable.

I do find myself abandoning something and then really enjoying it after a while. I went through a phase where all I ever felt like listening to was noise rock and hardcore punk and played the same albums again and again and again. Nothing wrong with that and those are my favorite genres to this day. They have been for years. I remember in the middle of this phase though, I downloaded a few different things and hated them then put on Songs About ****ing again.

Revisiting these albums confused me. I had no idea why I used to hate Weezer, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Pavement but I did and now I really enjoy listening to them.

I've been getting into Mother Love Bone's self-titled compilation record, which is all you need, really. Some songs really speak to me, and I'm loving them.

it's more to do with the idea that everybody else is getting it, but not me

Nostalgia thing, the classic

I think this pretty much sums up my experience as well, albeit with different artists/albums, of course.

I missed that. Really good post, Tumor.

I agree with this in part. I usually apply a 2-week rule of car listening on any new album meaning that I give it at least 2-weeks of rotation while driving, and if nothing sticks after 2-weeks, I figure it's never really going to.

I had to remind myself of this recently with the new Crimson ProjeKct,which I kept hoping something would come out of-- but it just never did, so to your point: why force yourself to listen to something that you just don't like.

While this may be the case at times, it might not be at others. I know of a handful of bands that I listened to and did not like at first, I even hated some. However, some of them are on my favorite band list. Some did remain on the most hated list though. All in all, I keep surprising myself every day with my musical tastes.