Originally Posted by Frownland

They're very easy to gloss over when they all have similar titles. Bit deep into it at this point, but maybe the more old school method of curtailing each brand of MB classics into their own thread and manually counting votes could lead to more engagement.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Okay, I think I'm going to pull this back to one album a week. The last few albums have engendered little to no discussion, or voting, and I'm considering this is due to a kind of oversaturation, of the sort Frownland was worried would happen with The Cure. Too many albums to listen to? Albums coming up too fast? Or just a general lack of interest? Maybe all three.

Either way, throwing up three albums a week doesn't seem to be working, so the next album will be posted on Monday, and thereafter on that day each week. Unless anyone prefers me to continue with three a week, but if that's the case, then there needs to be more discussion about them. It's kind of pointless posting album after album, just to see each thread ignored. And I get it, I do. Sometimes it's just way too much hassle and people could not be bothered. I get like that myself. Other than Powerslave, what's the last Metal album here that I actively participated in discussion on? So I'm not saying I'm any better or worse than you. Maybe we just need to slow it all down?

I don't mind taking suggestions for the next album from those left, if anyone's bothered. If not, then I'll just choose it at random.

Originally Posted by MicShazam

For me, it's just the sheer volume of albums. I'm putting most of my attention towards the regular Album Club and that whole The Cure thing. I still want to give these metal albums a proper listen, but it doesn't take much of a disruption of your daily life for the various MB album review commitments to fall behind. And then stack up on top of each other.

I'm almost catching up though. Almost.

And I'm voting for that Waltari album

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Hmm. So you're saying one thread, with each album added in as it gets picked? Would that not get a little confusing? And kind of restrict conversation as people would have to keep referring back to the album they were talking about? What a pity you can't nest threads; that would be so helpful.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm exactly the same. Towards the end I was about three Bowie albums behind, I have yet to listen to any Cure album and I must be three to four behind here. Yeah it's a lot to take in, and add in the Album Club and it can really fill up your week. Maybe it might be time to pull back a little altogether?
Take a break for a while?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.