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

Trollheart · 02-01-2018, 05:22 PM

Album title: The Walls Will Fall
Artist: Terror
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Twelfth EP; twenty-first overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist?No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.16
Only an EP, and a punk EP at that, so nothing here over two minutes, other than one track. Only five tracks in all so a total running time of – wait for it – nine minutes and fourteen seconds. For an EP, that has to be the worst value for money ever, but I guess the fans of punk are used to short, short songs. So what's it like? ZOOM! There it goes. What was that? That was your EP, mate. Oh, nice: do I get another one? Sorry mate, that's all you get. Pity: it was ****ing great! I'm starting to see there's a real blurred line between hardcore punk and metal – this could be either, and it's better than some metal I've heard in my time. Hard to judge of course on the basis of less than ten minutes listening (one of the songs is a cover, too) so I may have to look into their albums. But I like what I hear. I like a lot.

Check out more from this artist? Oh yeah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yeah

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 09:25 AM

Album title: Shine
Artist: Wale
Genre: Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Fifth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 1.70
I like the second track, which apparently features Lil Wayne; has a nice bounce-along rhythm to it, and “My Love” has a bright and breezy sort of Caribbean feel to it while the gentle and relaxing “Columbia Heights” contrasts with the trap of “Mathematics”. His version of Jackson's “PTY” is, well, okay I guess but I do not like “DNA”. Overall, not bad but I wouldn't be gushing about this guy.

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

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Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 09:34 AM

Album title: God's Problem Child
Artist: Willie Nelson
Genre: Country
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Seventy-second
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? Uh, duh!
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 3.29
If you talk of the legends of country music you have to include this man. He's right up there with Cash, Williams, Haggard and the rest. Two hundred and forty years in the business and still going strong. And though he may have used text messaging to swap lyric ideas with his producer, Nelson doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to embrace new technology and change his sound with it. This could have been recorded in the fifties or sixties, with the bouncy acoustic “Little House on the Hill” that opens the album, the soft piano ballad “Old Timer” and although the title of “Delete and Fast Forward” certainly shows that he's not stuck in the twentieth century, musically it's still the purest country you'll come across.

“Love of a Woman” is one of the most simple and beautiful country ballads I've heard in quite a while, and the vaguely Mexican-tinged “Butterfly” is really nice too, though I do know that melody. Might be an Elton John song. There's a great sense of humour and gentle poking at his own mortality here with songs like “Old Timer,” “Still Not Dead” (with its clever line “Woke up to find the Internet said I had passed away”) and the title track. Ah, the old master still has it, and he don't need your fancy electronic doohickeys and computers and a million producers and guest stars to make a country album that effortlessly blows all the competition out of the sky easy as a champion skeet shooter. To borrow a phrase from the Member of the Year 2017: unassailable.

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

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Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 09:51 AM

Album title: III
Artist: Foster the People
Genre: Indie Pop/Indietronica/Synthpop
Nationality: American
Release date: April 30
Position in Discography: Third EP; sixth overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? Heard of them
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.56
Normally I wouldn't even bother with an EP with three tracks: to me, that's a single, and I don't review singles here. But hell, it's the last on the list for this month, so why not? It certainly won't take long, being only a minute longer than the five-track Terror EP from last night. I guess it's okay. Hard to tell from three tracks, but at least I don't think I hate it.

Check out more from this artist? May do
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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The Batlord · 02-02-2018, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Album title: The Walls Will Fall
Artist: Terror
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Twelfth EP; twenty-first overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist?No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.16

If you dig that then when you do May I'll have an album to knock your socks off.

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 10:21 AM

Okay then, before we wrap up April there's just time to look back and check out some more albums you've suggested I listen to that are

Album title: Sky Ladder
Artist: Kool A.D
Suggested By: Frownland
Genre: Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: March 7
Position in Discography: Eighth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.05
I like the way this starts off (this is also the title track); not much in the way of singing or rapping, just mostly kind of squelchy synthy breaks and a trappish feel to it. Some sample I guess, but I don't know what. Once he starts rapping though he's really good (given the laughably tiny bit I know about this genre) and the music/samples very soul or funky. Very pleasant I must say. He's not shy though is he? “Nothing less than the best ****ing rapper in the whole world”? Might be a few who might challenge that, my man!

I admit, his constant claims on this score get a little annoying. I mean, it seems to be in every song, also the phrase “hundred dollar freestyle”. Getting a bit stale. I've heard plenty of rappers who go on about themselves but not as much as this guy does. Pushing me towards the eject button, I have to be honest. If the next three songs have those phrases in them, I'm out. I can only take so much self-promotion and arrogance on one album. Okay, well that's one. Two more and I'm out of here. This is getting painful and very annoying. And that's two. One more and I'm hitting blue sky. And that's three. Bye!

Check out more from this artist? The best rapper in the world? Absolutely not.
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

If you dig that then when you do May I'll have an album to knock your socks off.

Kewl.

**Frownland** · 02-02-2018, 10:40 AM

Lmao he's quite plainly doing the best rapper in the world allahu akhbar 100 dollar freestyle schtick ironically.

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

Lmao he's quite plainly doing the best rapper in the world allahu akhbar 100 dollar freestyle schtick ironically.

Yeah maybe but it gets stale and old, and I really didn't think he was that good anyway. It just got on my nerves.

**Frownland** · 02-02-2018, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah maybe but it gets stale and old, and I really didn't think he was that good anyway. It just got on my nerves.

Sounds like you just didn't get the joke.

02-01-2018, 05:22 PM	#1721 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: The Walls Will Fall Artist: Terror Genre: Hardcore Punk Nationality: American Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: Twelfth EP; twenty-first overall Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist?No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.16 Only an EP, and a punk EP at that, so nothing here over two minutes, other than one track. Only five tracks in all so a total running time of – wait for it – nine minutes and fourteen seconds. For an EP, that has to be the worst value for money ever, but I guess the fans of punk are used to short, short songs. So what's it like? ZOOM! There it goes. What was that? That was your EP, mate. Oh, nice: do I get another one? Sorry mate, that's all you get. Pity: it was **ing great! I'm starting to see there's a real blurred line between hardcore punk and metal – this could be either, and it's better than some metal I've heard in my time. Hard to judge of course on the basis of less than ten minutes listening (one of the songs is a cover, too) so I may have to look into their albums. But I like what I hear. I like a lot. Check out more from this artist? Oh yeah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yeah Actual Rating:** __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 09:25 AM	#1722 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Shine Artist: Wale Genre: Hip-hop Nationality: American Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: Fifth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 1.70 I like the second track, which apparently features Lil Wayne; has a nice bounce-along rhythm to it, and “My Love” has a bright and breezy sort of Caribbean feel to it while the gentle and relaxing “Columbia Heights” contrasts with the trap of “Mathematics”. His version of Jackson's “PTY” is, well, okay I guess but I do not like “DNA”. Overall, not bad but I wouldn't be gushing about this guy. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 09:34 AM	#1723 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: God's Problem Child Artist: Willie Nelson Genre: Country Nationality: American Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: Seventy-second Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? Uh, duh! Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: 3.29 If you talk of the legends of country music you have to include this man. He's right up there with Cash, Williams, Haggard and the rest. Two hundred and forty years in the business and still going strong. And though he may have used text messaging to swap lyric ideas with his producer, Nelson doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to embrace new technology and change his sound with it. This could have been recorded in the fifties or sixties, with the bouncy acoustic “Little House on the Hill” that opens the album, the soft piano ballad “Old Timer” and although the title of “Delete and Fast Forward” certainly shows that he's not stuck in the twentieth century, musically it's still the purest country you'll come across. “Love of a Woman” is one of the most simple and beautiful country ballads I've heard in quite a while, and the vaguely Mexican-tinged “Butterfly” is really nice too, though I do know that melody. Might be an Elton John song. There's a great sense of humour and gentle poking at his own mortality here with songs like “Old Timer,” “Still Not Dead” (with its clever line “Woke up to find the Internet said I had passed away”) and the title track. Ah, the old master still has it, and he don't need your fancy electronic doohickeys and computers and a million producers and guest stars to make a country album that effortlessly blows all the competition out of the sky easy as a champion skeet shooter. To borrow a phrase from the Member of the Year 2017: unassailable. Check out more from this artist? Yup Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 09:51 AM	#1724 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: III Artist: Foster the People Genre: Indie Pop/Indietronica/Synthpop Nationality: American Release date: April 30 Position in Discography: Third EP; sixth overall Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? Heard of them Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.56 Normally I wouldn't even bother with an EP with three tracks: to me, that's a single, and I don't review singles here. But hell, it's the last on the list for this month, so why not? It certainly won't take long, being only a minute longer than the five-track Terror EP from last night. I guess it's okay. Hard to tell from three tracks, but at least I don't think I hate it. Check out more from this artist? May do Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 10:21 AM	#1726 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Okay then, before we wrap up April there's just time to look back and check out some more albums you've suggested I listen to that are Album title: Sky Ladder Artist: Kool A.D Suggested By: Frownland Genre: Hip-hop Nationality: American Release date: March 7 Position in Discography: Eighth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.05 I like the way this starts off (this is also the title track); not much in the way of singing or rapping, just mostly kind of squelchy synthy breaks and a trappish feel to it. Some sample I guess, but I don't know what. Once he starts rapping though he's really good (given the laughably tiny bit I know about this genre) and the music/samples very soul or funky. Very pleasant I must say. He's not shy though is he? “Nothing less than the best **ing rapper in the whole world”? Might be a few who might challenge that, my man! I admit, his constant claims on this score get a little annoying. I mean, it seems to be in every song, also the phrase “hundred dollar freestyle”. Getting a bit stale. I've heard plenty of rappers who go on about themselves but not as much as this guy does. Pushing me towards the eject button, I have to be honest. If the next three songs have those phrases in them, I'm out. I can only take so much self-promotion and arrogance on one album. Okay, well that's one. Two more and I'm out of here. This is getting painful and very annoying. And that's two. One more and I'm hitting blue sky. And that's three. Bye! Check out more from this artist? The best rapper in the world? Absolutely not. Check out more from this genre or subgenre?** Yes __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 10:40 AM	#1728 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Lmao he's quite plainly doing the best rapper in the world allahu akhbar 100 dollar freestyle schtick ironically. __________________ 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