Love or Hate?

Ninetales · 05-27-2015, 10:47 PM

lets actualy be honest and admit animal collective is not good at all

Josef K · 05-27-2015, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

lets actualy be honest and admit animal collective is not good at all

Let's be really, truly honest: there's no way a panda bear wrote all those songs. There's something they aren't telling us.

YorkeDaddy · 05-27-2015, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

Let's be honest, Sung Tongs and Feels are better than either of those.

All four are great albums but Strawberry Jam is easily their best for me

WWWP · 05-28-2015, 12:29 AM

Agree, Strawberry Jam is the best, though I will always assert that MPP is a perfect album. Could say the exact same for Soft Bulletin/Yoshimi, actually.

Plainview · 05-28-2015, 04:28 AM

How about Moondog's self titled album? Reckon you might like it.

**Goofle** · 05-28-2015, 04:28 AM

Hopping on the Strawberry Jam hype.

Trollheart · 05-28-2015, 05:29 AM

I like strawberry jam. On scones.

Plankton · 05-28-2015, 07:15 AM

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Title: Phantasia
Artiste: Lite
Genre: Rock/Instrumental

Track 1 (Love) Pretty cool opener, like it a lot
Track 2 (Love) Much the same; didn't actually realise we had passed on to the second track
Track 3 (Love) This is really energetic. Love the guitar
Track 4 (Love)This isn't but I still love it, even more in fact. Interesting shift in direction. I still like it. A lot.
Track 5 (Love) Pretty much like everything here so far. Another sudden shift into a different style. Lovely.
Track 6 (Love) Really nice laidback little piece, very short
Track 7 (Love) I really like the way some of these songs seem to run down to an almost stop, then pick up in a totally different vein. If I wasn't watching the tracks I would think at least two of these were different, making up four songs in total.
Track 8 (Love) Second favourite so far. Another which seems to split into two separate tracks
Track 9 (Love) Yeah, love this too.
Track 10 (Love) Running out of superlatives here
Track 11 (Love) Just incredible

End result: When I first saw they were a Japanese instrumental band I rolled my eyes and thought of all those boring post-rock bands I've been subjected to. Absolutely the opposite here. Great melody, great arrangements and very easy on the ear. Excellent pick Plankton!

So, Love or Hate? Hmm. Let me see... Love of course

Chances of a full review: 1/10 (Again, only because it's all instrumental and I find those sort of albums very hard to review in depth)

I knew I was taking a chance with an instrumental album, but they are truly talented and that is one great piece of work. Happy you enjoyed it.

Trollheart · 05-28-2015, 06:51 PM

Title: Tom shall pass
Artiste: Aesop Waits
Genre: Mix I guess? Mashup? Whatever...

Track 1 (Hate) Nah don't like this. There's a vague Waitsy vibe but basically it's a rap track.
Track 2 (Hate) Same. Don't hear any Waits here.
Track 3 (Love) This is a little better; merges a proper Waits song “Underground” with his own stuff
Track 4 (Hate) No, don't like this at all. It doesn't help that he's chosen so many tracks off Alice or Blood Money, two of my least favourite and seldom listened to albums.
Track 5 (Hate) It's a bit hard to keep up with this as I have to use a YouTube and it's all one track of course, plus I don't recognise much of the Waits parts of the songs. But I'm pretty sure I hate this.
Track 6 (Hate) Don't get this one at all. Meh.
Track 7 (Hate) Hoping for much better from this one, as I know “Shore leave” well. This however I do not know. Terrible, and bears no resemblance to the Waits song that I can see. Ok I can hear bits of it but not enough to qualify this for me to like it.
Track 8 (Hate) No further comments would appear to be necessary
Track 9 (Hate)
Track 10 (Hate)
Track 11 (Hate)
Track 12 (Love) Okay, I actually like this one. A lot. Yeah, even the rapping. I like the way it melds with “Dirt in the ground”. Good job, for once.
Track 13 (Hate) Back to normal. Sigh.
Track 14 (Hate) Terrible. Just ... just terrible.
Track 15 (Hate) No, Just, just no.

End result: I really expected to like this so much more than I did. I could hear the bits of Waits songs here and there but overall it was just like listening to a hip-hop album, which has yet to be a pleasant experience for me. Very disappointed. Goofle, ya let me down man!

So, Love or Hate? Much as I hesitate to have the word connected with Waits, I'm afraid it's a very solid Hate

Chances of a full review: 0/10

**Goofle** · 05-28-2015, 09:10 PM

I didn't think you would like. It was more of a gateway to embracing Hip Hop lyrics without worrying about the beats. It failed apparently.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Title: Tom shall pass Artiste: Aesop Waits Genre: Mix I guess? Mashup? Whatever... Track 1 (Hate) Nah don't like this. There's a vague Waitsy vibe but basically it's a rap track. Track 2 (Hate) Same. Don't hear any Waits here. Track 3 (Love) This is a little better; merges a proper Waits song “Underground” with his own stuff Track 4 (Hate) No, don't like this at all. It doesn't help that he's chosen so many tracks off Alice or Blood Money, two of my least favourite and seldom listened to albums. Track 5 (Hate) It's a bit hard to keep up with this as I have to use a YouTube and it's all one track of course, plus I don't recognise much of the Waits parts of the songs. But I'm pretty sure I hate this. Track 6 (Hate) Don't get this one at all. Meh. Track 7 (Hate) Hoping for much better from this one, as I know “Shore leave” well. This however I do not know. Terrible, and bears no resemblance to the Waits song that I can see. Ok I can hear bits of it but not enough to qualify this for me to like it. Track 8 (Hate) No further comments would appear to be necessary Track 9 (Hate) Track 10 (Hate) Track 11 (Hate) Track 12 (Love) Okay, I actually like this one. A lot. Yeah, even the rapping. I like the way it melds with “Dirt in the ground”. Good job, for once. Track 13 (Hate) Back to normal. Sigh. Track 14 (Hate) Terrible. Just ... just terrible. Track 15 (Hate) No, Just, just no. End result: I really expected to like this so much more than I did. I could hear the bits of Waits songs here and there but overall it was just like listening to a hip-hop album, which has yet to be a pleasant experience for me. Very disappointed. Goofle, ya let me down man! So, Love or Hate? Much as I hesitate to have the word connected with Waits, I'm afraid it's a very solid Hate Chances of a full review: 0/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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