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Justin Bieber - Believe

2/10

I can't believe I agreed to listen to this.

The production is actually quite solid, but that doesn't change the fact that this is horribly bland songwriting and horribly off-putting attempts at R&B vocals.

I gave it a chance. I don't hate it just because it's Bieber, I hate it because it's not good.

And now I shall delete this album and never speak of it again. Blegh.

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So I don't feel like writing but I feel like I need some sort of semi-meaningful entry this week, so here's my 100 favorite albums:

Yeah, seriously:

100. Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
99. Deafheaven - Sunbather
98. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
97. The New Pornographers - Electric Version
96. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
95. Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On
94. Deerhunter- Microcastle
93. Efterklang - Tripper
92. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
91. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
90. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra
89. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
88. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
87. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
86. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
85. Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
84. The Books - Thought For Food
83. Crystal Castles - II
82. Red House Painters - Rollercoaster
81. Jeff Buckley - Grace
80. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
79. The Strokes - Is This It
78. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
77. Purity Ring - Shrines
76. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
75. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
74. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
73. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger
72. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
71. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
70. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
69. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
68. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
67. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
66. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
65. Joy Division - Closer
64. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. David Bowie - Low
61. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
60. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
59. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
58. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
57. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
56. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
55. The National - Alligator
54. The Cure - Disintegration
53. Ride - Nowhere
52. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
51. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
50. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
49. Nirvana - Nevermind
48. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
47. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
46. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
45. Radiohead - In Rainbows
44. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
43. Brian Eno - Another Green Worlds
42. Beach House - Bloom
41. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
39. Los Campesinos! - No Blues
38. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
37. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
36. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
35. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
34. Radiohead - The Bends
33. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
32. The Microphones - The Glow Pt 2
31. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
30. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
29. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
28. Arcade Fire - Funeral
27. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
26. Radiohead - OK Computer
25. The National - Alligator
24. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
23. The xx - xx
22. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
21. Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
20. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
19. The National - High Violet
18. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
17. Yo La Tengo - I Can Feel the Heart Beating As One
16. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
15. The Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle
14. Slowdive - Souvlaki
13. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
12. Last Dinosaurs - In a Million Years
11. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
10. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
9. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
8. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
7. Elliott Smith - XO
6. Radiohead - Kid A
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
4. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
3. The National - Boxer
2. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
1. The Antlers - Hospice

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My man JT making the list.

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i like him even better as a performer, but his music is still definitely the best of 'mainstream' pop imo

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Also props for Souvlaki > Loveless.

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no contest when directly comparing the two imo, Souvlaki is the best shoegaze album I've ever heard

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DRUNKEN RAMBLINGS WITH YORKEDADDY II: VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACKS CAN ACTUALLY BE COOL, MAN

What's that? You're too sophisticated to listen to video game soundtracks? Shut up ****, some of the best music ever made has been in a video game, fool.

Get Enlightened:



"What's that, Almighty YorkeDeity? ****in' CHIMPS? I'm outta here."

-What a fool would say

Nah, I'm not here to berate hypothetical people that aren't willing to give VGM albums a chance, but if you do happen to be the type of person that can go into things with an open mind, you might dig some of the tracks on this soundtrack/album/...thing.

Now I'm perfectly willing to accept and admit that nostalgia and my enjoyment of this game plays a huge factor in my appreciation for the music here. I actually identify the songs with the memory of running down to my Grandpa's basement to slap the Donkey Kong Country 2 cartridge into the SNES. Those were the good ol' days, and this game is almost unequivocally my favorite video game of all-time. Still, however, while eliminating all bias is impossible in any aspect of this universe, I feel I can step back and develop a somewhat objective opinion on these songs, and I think that this soundtrack has some of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.



I just love the "bubbly" sounds in this track. There's a cool, contrasting ambiance behind it for the intro. Then you have some damn cool synths playing a really sweet melody. Even if you've never played this game, how could you not think this is a cool electronic track? The "chorus" or however you'd describe it of this song, when the high piano notes come in, is just plain gorgeous in every sense of the word. This track is just lovely to me.



I mean, just listen to how genius the percussion in this song is. It really makes you feel like you're in a mine, but it's not at the expense of the song itself, which is still a great electronic piece. There's some strong melody here, and it's even kind of catchy and makes you wanna tap your feet to it. Wonderful song.



Oh look, another simply stunning ambient track. David Wise, you outdid yourself here. It doesn't even matter that I remember the dark forest levels of DKC2 when I'm listening to this, I also just find it beautifully simplistic, and we haven't even gotten into the best song this soundtrack has to offer.



Going through this soundtrack again is reminding just how superb some of this music. The swamp noises in the background don't even sound like a gimmick, this track just feels so natural. The melody of the synths is wonderful, and there's almost a drone-like bass in the background of this track. The melodies of this song are almost catchy, and there's not even any damn words. Frankly, I could go on for days about each of the tracks in this game, but I'll cut it short and just post the best one of them all:



This is one of the best songs I've ever heard in any context. Just because it came out of a video game doesn't mean it should be discredited, so let's just call it what it is: a masterpiece. There's so much going on in this song, the detail and precision with which it's delivered is magnificent. The melody and atmosphere are superb, and the resulting ambiance is just plain gloriously fun to listen to.

This is my favorite video game soundtrack of all-time (obviously), but that distinction alone doesn't do it enough justice. The full OST of this game has 30 tracks, and I fully believe that it is a great album on it's own. There are some tracks that don't glow with near perfection like "Bramble Blast" or "Hot Head Bop," but it's a wonderful listen overall.

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Hospice by Antlers. Damn that is a harrowing album.

YorkeDaddy

It touched me more than any other album ever has. I've even been trying to write a journal entry about it but it's hard for me to write about it!

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