I only half like it, but the half I like is really freaking good

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-22-2013, 03:02 PM

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Black Sabbath's debut is an obvious one. Side one is the best thing they ever did and makes it my fav Sabbath album all by itself, but side two is just a big sack of meh. I don't know who told them they knew how to jam, but that person is obviously a pathological liar.

I'd take Sleeping Village, Wicked World & Warning over that tiresome dirge of a title track any day of the week.

Paul Smeenus · 07-22-2013, 03:21 PM

Actually I like even less than half of it, but what IS good is transcendent

jackhammer · 07-22-2013, 07:15 PM

U2 - The Joshua Tree.
Hate the first 3 tracks (their big hit singles) and then Bullet The Blue Sky kicks in and it's like yes this is damn good and then it dips again before Trip Through Your Wires and Exit really get me again.
Every QOTSA album.
Every Faithless album.
Moby - Play.
The last half of the album really dips in terms of energy although there are some good tracks. If the running order was tweaked to include the down tempo stuff earlier I would rate it so much more.
Arcade Fire - Funeral.
Neighbourhood No. 3 and Haiti are brilliant tracks but the rest of the album is meh for me.

Alfred · 07-22-2013, 07:22 PM

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Every QOTSA album.

I agree for the most part, but I think Songs For The Deaf is all great. Not much that strikes me as filler on there.

Mondo Bungle · 07-22-2013, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Actually I like even less than half of it, but what IS good is transcendent

I used to feel the same, it's definitely a grower, and it doesn't grow very fast. But after many a listen, it's one of my favorites.

Paul Smeenus · 07-22-2013, 09:38 PM

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I used to feel the same, it's definitely a grower, and it doesn't grow very fast. But after many a listen, it's one of my favorites.

Well I bought the album 18 years ago, the rest of the album hasn't grown on me at all. I feel the same way about DV in 2013 as I did in 1995. I'm glad the rest of the album clicked for you, it never did for me. For the life of me I can't imagine playing "The Bends" on purpose.

Mondo Bungle · 07-22-2013, 09:40 PM

It's a good party song.

Paul Smeenus · 07-22-2013, 09:42 PM

Well, if it's any consolation, the three that I posted utterly blew me away in 1995 and continue to do so to this day

Mondo Bungle · 07-22-2013, 09:45 PM

You don't like this?

That's honestly my favorite on the album.

Paul Smeenus · 07-22-2013, 09:49 PM

Well, again, I'm glad you like it. You'll have to take my word for it, I've owned the album for 18 years and I really only listen to the 3 I posted.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	U2 - The Joshua Tree. Hate the first 3 tracks (their big hit singles) and then Bullet The Blue Sky kicks in and it's like yes this is damn good and then it dips again before Trip Through Your Wires and Exit really get me again. Every QOTSA album. Every Faithless album. Moby - Play. The last half of the album really dips in terms of energy although there are some good tracks. If the running order was tweaked to include the down tempo stuff earlier I would rate it so much more. Arcade Fire - Funeral. Neighbourhood No. 3 and Haiti are brilliant tracks but the rest of the album is meh for me. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”