Rank Albums By a Band

YorkeDaddy · 07-01-2015, 09:43 AM

Frownland wanted a discussion on Oneohtrix Point Never's albums, and I guess I'll put it here.

Oneohtrix Point Never
1. R Plus Seven
2. Replica
3. Returnal
4. Instrumental Tourist

After going back and listening to Replica again I found it mostly enjoyable but just not as interesting as R Plus Seven manages to consistently be. Replica has a lot of darker ambiance with strange, fragmented beats but the tracks are mostly repetitive and don't go anywhere. Not that this is always a bad thing, it's definitely the kind of album I can zone the **** out on especially while doing drugs. It has some great tracks like Sleep Dealer, the title track, Child Soldier...but there are also tracks that do very little for me like Nassau, Submersible, and Remember which is ironically not very memorable.

But then I go compare it to R Plus Seven, with extremely varied mind-blowing adventures like Americans (my favorite OPN track by far), Zebra, Chrome Country...I love how the tracks on R Plus Seven have a semblance of structure while still maintaining the trademark experimentation and jumbled, cut up sounds. Even the more ambient tracks like Along and Inside World convey an almost jungley vibe which I can seriously dig on. It just works better for me the whole way through

**Frownland** · 07-01-2015, 10:30 AM

Let's see, for OPN I'd go

Replica
Returnal
Russian Mind
R Plus Seven
Betrayed in the Octagon
Zones Without People
Transmat Memories
Instrumental Tourist

I really like R Plus Seven as well, but like your problem with Replica there are a few tracks that seem like filler to me. Replica is more texture based and loopy than R Plus Seven, but even though RPS is more melodically based, Replica still has a lot of beautiful and trippy melodies.

Funny how my favourites all start with R.

YorkeDaddy · 07-01-2015, 10:33 AM

Damn how'd you get ahold of all those other albums? Haven't been able to find any others, I'd be interested in Russian Mind if you think it's also better than R Plus Seven.

**Frownland** · 07-01-2015, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Damn how'd you get ahold of all those other albums? Haven't been able to find any others, I'd be interested in Russian Mind if you think it's also better than R Plus Seven.

It's on Spotify and I dled a couple off of blogspot a while back. Haven't replaced them on my new computer though. RIP my 20k song music collection.

YorkeDaddy · 07-01-2015, 10:38 AM

I'm such a nooblord, I still only listen to music via the outdated method of actually going out and trying to find a download so that I can have everything in my iTunes library lol. Don't think Spotify is even installed on my computer. Maybe I should do that

**Frownland** · 07-01-2015, 10:40 AM

Spotify saves me so much disk space. Totally worth it.

Ninetales · 07-01-2015, 10:56 PM

oh my gosh yes Russian Mind is the shit. definitely my fav thing of his that ive heard., tho ive never heard Returnal

**Frownland** · 07-01-2015, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

oh my gosh yes Russian Mind is the shit. definitely my fav thing of his that ive heard., tho ive never heard Returnal

Returnal is nuckin futs man. Way more abrasive than anything else he's done, I imagine it'd be right up your alley.

**Goofle** · 07-02-2015, 06:45 AM

Thoughts on the RUSH / BUBS split/single with A. G. Cook OPN fans?

JGuy Grungeman · 01-17-2016, 06:02 PM

Basically, you take a band, and order the albums you've heard from best to worst. Original idea, no.

Led Zeppelin

LZ4
LZ1
LZ3
Houses of the Holy
Pure Blues (bootleg)
BBC Sessions
The Song Ramains the Same
How The West Was Won
Ottawa Sunshine (bootleg)
LZ2
Florida Sunshine (bootleg)
Physical Graffiti
Live on Blueberry Hill (bootleg0
Royal Albert Hall 1970
Texas International Pop Festival (bl)
Ballcrusher (bl)
In through the Out Door
Presence
Coda

I still haven't heard Celebration Day.

07-01-2015, 10:30 AM	#112 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Let's see, for OPN I'd go Replica Returnal Russian Mind R Plus Seven Betrayed in the Octagon Zones Without People Transmat Memories Instrumental Tourist I really like R Plus Seven as well, but like your problem with Replica there are a few tracks that seem like filler to me. Replica is more texture based and loopy than R Plus Seven, but even though RPS is more melodically based, Replica still has a lot of beautiful and trippy melodies. Funny how my favourites all start with R. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-01-2015, 10:40 AM	#116 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Spotify saves me so much disk space. Totally worth it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-17-2016, 06:02 PM	#120 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	Best to Worst Discographies Basically, you take a band, and order the albums you've heard from best to worst. Original idea, no. Led Zeppelin LZ4 LZ1 LZ3 Houses of the Holy Pure Blues (bootleg) BBC Sessions The Song Ramains the Same How The West Was Won Ottawa Sunshine (bootleg) LZ2 Florida Sunshine (bootleg) Physical Graffiti Live on Blueberry Hill (bootleg0 Royal Albert Hall 1970 Texas International Pop Festival (bl) Ballcrusher (bl) In through the Out Door Presence Coda I still haven't heard Celebration Day.

07-01-2015, 10:56 PM	#117 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	oh my gosh yes Russian Mind is the shit. definitely my fav thing of his that ive heard., tho ive never heard Returnal