Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 01-18-2018, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I remember.

Do you? I forget.

Trollheart · 01-18-2018, 03:14 PM

Album title: Beginning of Things
Artist: Charle Worsham
Genre: Country
Nationality: American
Release date: April 21
Position in Discography: Second
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Getting there
Average RYM Score: 3.00
Good start, pounding rocker (for a country song) with a good melody, then “Southern by the Grace of God” is pretty cool too. There's a healthy mix of humour in his music which I haven't yet decided if it's contrived or honest, and whether it helps or hinders the music. “Lawn Chair Don't Care” is pretty funny though. I think it's decent country but it's not what I'd call top tier, not compared to a lot of the artists I've heard during this thread. Better than pop country, sure, but not as good as proper country. He said, as if he knew anything about it.

Check out more from this artist? I don't think so
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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Trollheart · 01-19-2018, 07:03 AM

Album title: Guppy
Artist: Charly Bliss
Genre: Bubblegum Pop/Power Pop/Pop Punk
Nationality: American
Release date: April 21
Position in Discography: Debut
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.34
Well the singer sounds about seven years old and this puts me right off from the beginning. In fact, it puts me off so much that though the album is almost over now I've been able to hear only her childish voice and I can't get past that. I don't think the music is particularly anything to write home about anyway, but it's totally overwhelmed in my mind by her crazy little-girl voice and that's all I can hear.

Check out more from this artist? Absolutely not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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Trollheart · 01-19-2018, 03:07 PM

Album title: Sabiduría
Artist: Eddie Palmieri
Genre: Latin Jazz
Nationality: American
Release date: April 21
Position in Discography: Forty-third
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.96
Immediately the fusion of Latin beats and jazz is pretty infectious I must say, the percussion in particular. The bass and drums leading in “Wise Bata Blues” and then the squealing horns are pretty cool. This music is certainly keeping my attention anyway. The vibes or marimba (which is it?) on “La Cancha” are golden, and when they're joined by some violins it's just perfection. You would think that wild horns like those on “Augustine Parish” would drive me mad, as it's the kind of thing I hate, but no: something about the Latin beat sort of softens them or makes them more palatable, and I'm enjoying everything here so far. The piano on “Life” is beautiful, though the vocal kind of spoils it for me.

The chant that attends “The Uprising” is really, for me, more a sense of world music fused with jazz, and it's very uplifting and joyous. The Latin percussion melds really well with the piano and horns, the whole thing just fits together so well. There we go: another jazz album I really loved. What's happening to me?

Check out more from this artist? Well yeah but he has like over forty albums so, you know, not right away...
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Latin jazz may be my way in

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**Frownland** · 01-19-2018, 03:18 PM

Nothing was released between April 19th and April 21st? I call bull**** there's gotta be at least one reggae album

Trollheart · 01-19-2018, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Nothing was released between April 19th and April 21st? I call bull**** there's gotta be at least one reggae album

Not according to the list. But there was a ****load on April 21.
Also, I've been on April 21 for some time and you're only noticing now? Keep up, can't you?

Edit: and there I was, like a fool, thinking you actually wanted to talk about the last album, instead of just finding fault and making pithy comments as usual. Should have known better.

**Frownland** · 01-19-2018, 05:07 PM

Didnt mean to **** in your cereal mate. I just think it's odd. Mostly wiki's fault if what you say is true.

Haven't heard the album and am really not familiar with Latin Jazz outside of a few big names like Tito Puente and Cal Tjader.

Trollheart · 01-19-2018, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Didnt mean to **** in your cereal mate. I just think it's odd. Mostly wiki's fault if what you say is true.

Haven't heard the album and am really not familiar with Latin Jazz outside of a few big names like Tito Puente and Cal Tjader.

I just wondered. I mean, it clicked with me from the first few beats. Jazz hasn't done that for me much if at all. When this is all over I might go looking for recs, would you be the man or should I look elsewhere?

Also, if you check back through the list there are tons of days when albums aren't (according to Wiki anyway) released. I haven't checked, but perhaps they're weekends? Anyway it happens a lot more frequently than you might expect.

Trollheart · 01-20-2018, 10:36 AM

Album title: Narkopop
Artist: Gas
Genre: Ambient/Ambient Techno/Microhouse/Drone
Nationality: German
Release date: April 21
Position in Discography: Fifth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A very little
Average RYM Score: 3.43
First track is almost pure drone (I think); just one long expression really with very little in the way of variation, and this continues into the second track (all of which are labelled with the title of the album, so “Narkopop 1”, “Narkopop 2” etc) which brings in some fuzzy percussion. Knd of reminds me of Solar Fields, whom I didn't get at first but now really enjoy. Same sort of progression going through much, if not all, of the album. Makes it hard to review, but a pleasure to listen to. It's really lulling, quite hypnotic and I can see why drone is becoming so popular.

Check out more from this artist? Yup
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yup

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Trollheart · 01-20-2018, 12:01 PM

Album title: Black Smoke Rising
Artist: Greta Van Fleet
Genre: Rock/Blues/Hard Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: April 21
Position in Discography: Debut
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 3.50
When I first saw this artist on the list I assumed it was a female singer. It's not: it's a band, and this is their first EP. Four tracks only, and it's enough. This guy thinks he's Plant, but he's nowhere near as good. This is totally average. And this band won “Best New Band” of 2017? Says it all really. The poor man's Zep. Actually, not even that. Pretty terrible. Nice organ outro on “Flower Power” (seriously!) but that's about it.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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01-18-2018, 03:14 PM	#1622 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Beginning of Things Artist: Charle Worsham Genre: Country Nationality: American Release date: April 21 Position in Discography: Second Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Getting there Average RYM Score: 3.00 Good start, pounding rocker (for a country song) with a good melody, then “Southern by the Grace of God” is pretty cool too. There's a healthy mix of humour in his music which I haven't yet decided if it's contrived or honest, and whether it helps or hinders the music. “Lawn Chair Don't Care” is pretty funny though. I think it's decent country but it's not what I'd call top tier, not compared to a lot of the artists I've heard during this thread. Better than pop country, sure, but not as good as proper country. He said, as if he knew anything about it. Check out more from this artist? I don't think so Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-19-2018, 07:03 AM	#1623 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Guppy Artist: Charly Bliss Genre: Bubblegum Pop/Power Pop/Pop Punk Nationality: American Release date: April 21 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.34 Well the singer sounds about seven years old and this puts me right off from the beginning. In fact, it puts me off so much that though the album is almost over now I've been able to hear only her childish voice and I can't get past that. I don't think the music is particularly anything to write home about anyway, but it's totally overwhelmed in my mind by her crazy little-girl voice and that's all I can hear. Check out more from this artist? Absolutely not Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-19-2018, 03:07 PM	#1624 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Sabiduría Artist: Eddie Palmieri Genre: Latin Jazz Nationality: American Release date: April 21 Position in Discography: Forty-third Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.96 Immediately the fusion of Latin beats and jazz is pretty infectious I must say, the percussion in particular. The bass and drums leading in “Wise Bata Blues” and then the squealing horns are pretty cool. This music is certainly keeping my attention anyway. The vibes or marimba (which is it?) on “La Cancha” are golden, and when they're joined by some violins it's just perfection. You would think that wild horns like those on “Augustine Parish” would drive me mad, as it's the kind of thing I hate, but no: something about the Latin beat sort of softens them or makes them more palatable, and I'm enjoying everything here so far. The piano on “Life” is beautiful, though the vocal kind of spoils it for me. The chant that attends “The Uprising” is really, for me, more a sense of world music fused with jazz, and it's very uplifting and joyous. The Latin percussion melds really well with the piano and horns, the whole thing just fits together so well. There we go: another jazz album I really loved. What's happening to me? Check out more from this artist? Well yeah but he has like over forty albums so, you know, not right away... Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Latin jazz may be my way in Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-19-2018, 03:18 PM	#1625 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Nothing was released between April 19th and April 21st? I call bull**** there's gotta be at least one reggae album __________________ 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

01-20-2018, 10:36 AM	#1629 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Narkopop Artist: Gas Genre: Ambient/Ambient Techno/Microhouse/Drone Nationality: German Release date: April 21 Position in Discography: Fifth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A very little Average RYM Score: 3.43 First track is almost pure drone (I think); just one long expression really with very little in the way of variation, and this continues into the second track (all of which are labelled with the title of the album, so “Narkopop 1”, “Narkopop 2” etc) which brings in some fuzzy percussion. Knd of reminds me of Solar Fields, whom I didn't get at first but now really enjoy. Same sort of progression going through much, if not all, of the album. Makes it hard to review, but a pleasure to listen to. It's really lulling, quite hypnotic and I can see why drone is becoming so popular. Check out more from this artist? Yup Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yup Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-19-2018, 05:07 PM	#1627 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Didnt mean to **** in your cereal mate. I just think it's odd. Mostly wiki's fault if what you say is true. Haven't heard the album and am really not familiar with Latin Jazz outside of a few big names like Tito Puente and Cal Tjader.

01-20-2018, 12:01 PM	#1630 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Black Smoke Rising Artist: Greta Van Fleet Genre: Rock/Blues/Hard Rock Nationality: American Release date: April 21 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Average RYM Score: 3.50 When I first saw this artist on the list I assumed it was a female singer. It's not: it's a band, and this is their first EP. Four tracks only, and it's enough. This guy thinks he's Plant, but he's nowhere near as good. This is totally average. And this band won “Best New Band” of 2017? Says it all really. The poor man's Zep. Actually, not even that. Pretty terrible. Nice organ outro on “Flower Power” (seriously!) but that's about it. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018