The Album Club 2017

Psy-Fi · 03-11-2018, 04:32 PM

Here's my pick for round six...

Broadcast - The Noise Made by People

Trollheart · 03-11-2018, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

Here's my pick for round six...

Broadcast - The Noise Made by People

Ok. Expect your last one to rocket into the charts too. Five Loves!

Edit: sorry, six now.

OccultHawk · 03-16-2018, 10:36 PM

I’ll take this thread/project over now that trollbitch tucked in his mangina and hit the road.

Neapolitan · 03-17-2018, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Sorry to lose you, MicShaz. I know sometimes criticism here can be harsh, bordering on savage, but you just have to learn not to care. Virtually every one of the albums I have suggested here have been trashed, torn to pieces, and my own musical taste universally shat upon, but does Zoidberg worry? Oh, you wish!

Still, it's your decision of course and I'll respect that. I'll remove you from the list now, but if you ever feel you want to join back up there'll be a place held for you.

That is a total lie. I liked the William Shatner pick, and I suspect others did too.

I also like Nadia Oh! which people either hated or thought Goofle11 was trolling. Outside of Goofle11 as far as I remember I was the lone member who liked (loved) it and I didn't think it was a troll and took it as a serious pick because it wasn't a serious album.

I don't know why MicShazam lost his McShizzle over any critism that came his way. I found him one of the most critical in the Album Club and for while I respect for his brutal honesty, well at least when his criticism was directed at someone else. I think now I lost respect because his honesty is gone and is replaced by being contankerous. Or perhaps he didn't change, maybe it was my perception of him changed because I never quite figured him out at first. And I can't figure why while he doesn't like a lot of things on one hand and then be bothered by Frown or Hawk -- cause he isn't too unlike either of them.

Both rubbersoul and I mentioned that we liked Laura Nyro and I figured that should mean something like "cheers, we both like the same thing."

well at least that's how I felt about rubber soul liking stuff I liked. Also me and Psy-Tech-Ant (one of them, they are like one giant almagated member to me) liked Alison Krauss and the slide dobro part, that should count for something. So at the end of the day there was both positive and negative things said about the album, so (unless I am missing something underhanded and devious going on in that thread) there was no reason to throw the rattle out of the pram and relinquish one's Album Club membership.

@MicShazam, If you fall off your bike, you get back up and start riding again. Look what I had to go through to join the Album Club: last year my computer crashed, I couldn't listen to albums. I had to wait for a new computer before joining. I was black listed even before I ever got green listed. Even now I'm the low man on the totem pole, the last in line. If falling off a bike was an Olympic sport I would be the Michael Phelps of falling off of bikes. Don't treat the Album Club like it's the Tour de France where you always have to win. Don't try to be the Lance Armstrong of the Album Club.

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-17-2018, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I don't know why MicShazam lost his McShizzle over any critism that came his way. I found him one of the most critical in the Album Club and for while I respect for his brutal honesty, well at least when his criticism was directed at someone else. I think now I lost respect because his honesty is gone and is replaced by being contankerous. Or perhaps he didn't change, maybe it was my perception of him changed because I never quite figured him out at first. And I can't figure why while he doesn't like a lot of things on one hand and then be bothered by Frown or Hawk -- cause he isn't too unlike either of them.

But I didn't lose my **** over people not liking the album. All the harsh words I had in the last album club entry I participated in were specifically about a certain snobbish attitude that really rubs me the wrong way.

The only things I said about people not liking my pick were that they made me realize I'm rarely ever agreeing with anyone about music on here. Which is true, btw. I dislike almost every single album club entry and most people dislike mine, so I'm never getting any new music out of the album club, plus I'm never showing anyone else anything they want to hear. Add to that the 7 day deadline, week after week and you have something that I didn't really enjoy anymore.

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

@MicShazam, If you fall off your bike, you get back up and start riding again. Look what I had to go through to join the Album Club: last year my computer crashed, I couldn't listen to albums. I had to wait for a new computer before joining. I was black listed even before I ever got green listed. Even now I'm the low man on the totem pole, the last in line. If falling off a bike was an Olympic sport I would be the Michael Phelps of falling off of bikes. Don't treat the Album Club like it's the Tour de France where you always have to win. Don't try to be the Lance Armstrong of the Album Club.

People piss all over music I like everywhere else on MB and it doesn't bother me at all. That simply wasn't what me quitting was about. It was just a question of me realizing the album club was more of a monkey on my back by now than something I looked forward to. I'm very active elsewhere on the forum and I'm not going to quit.

I just don't want to do the album club and it's 7 day mandatory participation format anymore. I'd say that's pretty reasonable.

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-17-2018, 04:31 AM

Occulthawk
Frownland
Anteater
Psy-Fi
Neapolitan

Is this all that's left? Damn...

But it's not dead yet!(?)

OccultHawk · 03-17-2018, 07:11 AM

Things ebb and flow

Everyone is welcome to jump back in

It never should have been about trying to find records people will like

It’s just about exploring new music

I didn’t like the Nyro or Shatner records but I’m glad I know about them. Learning **** and all.

Join back up. Review old records you missed. Just enjoy. It’s supposed to be fun.

Reviews can be long or short. Whatever you got to say.

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-17-2018, 07:26 AM

I'm not having high hopes that people will agree, but I'd love a format change:

What if the club featured 1 song from every single member, every single week. Instead of a full album. Then, any members that listened to & reviewed ALL tracks from the current week gets to submit 1 track for the next week.

That way, there would be a much wider variety of styles every week and it would be more fun and much easier to find something to say. For me anyway. I'd have more to say about 5-8 totally different songs than about 1 whole album of stuff I don't necessarily care much about.

OccultHawk · 03-17-2018, 07:31 AM

Probably a good idea for another game

Crank it up

Would love to see you write a review for this classic:

http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...th-cotten.html

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-17-2018, 07:49 AM

Yeah I don't know if I'm going to attempt creating a new thread myself.
Maybe it could get some of the people who don't want to commit to the album club to participate, since it's somewhat more flexible.
Less participation one week would make it far less difficult to get back in the following week, since there would be fewer tracks to listen to.

I guess I'll re-join the album club for now and see if I can stay motivated. I'm going to need to pick albums differently. I'll just go with whatever I feel like listening to and not worry about how torturous I expect it to be for other members.

03-16-2018, 10:36 PM	#1533 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’ll take this thread/project over now that trollbitch tucked in his mangina and hit the road. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-17-2018, 07:11 AM	#1537 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Things ebb and flow Everyone is welcome to jump back in It never should have been about trying to find records people will like It’s just about exploring new music I didn’t like the Nyro or Shatner records but I’m glad I know about them. Learning **** and all. Join back up. Review old records you missed. Just enjoy. It’s supposed to be fun. Reviews can be long or short. Whatever you got to say. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-17-2018, 07:31 AM	#1539 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Probably a good idea for another game Crank it up Would love to see you write a review for this classic: http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...th-cotten.html __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-17-2018, 04:31 AM	#1536 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Occulthawk Frownland Anteater Psy-Fi Neapolitan Is this all that's left? Damn... But it's not dead yet!(?)

03-17-2018, 07:26 AM	#1538 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I'm not having high hopes that people will agree, but I'd love a format change: What if the club featured 1 song from every single member, every single week. Instead of a full album. Then, any members that listened to & reviewed ALL tracks from the current week gets to submit 1 track for the next week. That way, there would be a much wider variety of styles every week and it would be more fun and much easier to find something to say. For me anyway. I'd have more to say about 5-8 totally different songs than about 1 whole album of stuff I don't necessarily care much about.

03-17-2018, 07:49 AM	#1540 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Yeah I don't know if I'm going to attempt creating a new thread myself. Maybe it could get some of the people who don't want to commit to the album club to participate, since it's somewhat more flexible. Less participation one week would make it far less difficult to get back in the following week, since there would be fewer tracks to listen to. I guess I'll re-join the album club for now and see if I can stay motivated. I'm going to need to pick albums differently. I'll just go with whatever I feel like listening to and not worry about how torturous I expect it to be for other members.