What do you think of these albums?

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:00 pm

I've already heard them, but I'm just trying to get some music-related talk on here:

Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask
Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
Sigur Ros - Takk
Why? - Elephant Eyelash

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Boo Milk Wrote:

I've already heard them, but I'm just trying to get some music-related talk on here:

Broadcast - Tender Buttons meh
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask less meh
Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir havent heard it enough times
Sigur Ros - Takk ultra meh
Why? - Elephant Eyelash brilliant

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:10 pm

Broadcast - OK, not as good as previous stuff. Sounds really flat, and you can tell it's the work of fewer people.

Dangerdoom - The skits are too much. I hope they got a shitload of money from Time/Warner for recording an hour-long ad for Cartoon Network. Still a pretty good record.

Fiery Furnaces - Never been a fan, but I couldn't make it past 4 or 5 tracks on this one.

Sigur Ros - Also not a big fan. Heard a track or two... zzzzzzzzz

I'd like to hear the Why? album. I don't think I've heard any of his solo stuff.

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:15 pm

Boo Milk Wrote:

I've already heard them, but I'm just trying to get some music-related talk on here:

Broadcast - Tender Buttons - garbage
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask mediocre hip hop
Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir haven't returned to it
Sigur Ros - Takk album of the year
Why? - Elephant Eyelash dope beats and highly enjoyable

jagged · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:41 pm

Takk is really good, but SR isnt's really my thing so I only listen to it once in a blue moon...I have to be in just the right mood for their stuff

haven't got to hear the DDoom and I'm not really interested in the others

theloafca · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:45 pm **Posts:** 25

I kinda hate when people write of Sigur Ros as "sleepy" or describe them with zzzzzz. It is the easy way out.

I think Takk is a wonderful and beautiful album - filled with passion and an unbelievable sense of melody. It might be "zzzzzzzz" in the sense that you can not get up to dance to it... but it is the kind of music that inspires. But I actually think that it is active listening music.

I can easily see how SR are not everyones cup of tea. But there is no way that anythiny on Takk is boring.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:42 pm

Boo Milk Wrote:

Broadcast - Tender Buttons - so so...its ok
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask - i really like it so far
Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir - haven't heard yet
Sigur Ros - Takk - overall pretty good
Why? - Elephant Eyelash - its ok, i'm kinda indifferent to them

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:51 pm

theloafca Wrote:

I kinda hate when people write of Sigur Ros as "sleepy" or describe them with zzzzzz. It is the easy way out.

I think Takk is a wonderful and beautiful album - filled with passion and an unbelievable sense of melody. It might be "zzzzzzzz" in the sense that you can not get up to dance to it... but it is the kind of music that inspires. But I actually think that it is active listening music.

I can easily see how SR are not everyones cup of tea. But there is no way that anythiny on Takk is boring.

Oh, sorry. What I meant to say was that Sigur Ros is sappy and overwrought. It isn't boring because it's slow. It's boring because to me it's bereft of any interesting ideas.

Next time I'll be more clear, and I'll be sure not to take the "easy way out". Detailed essay forthcoming on why Sigur Ros aren't worth my time.

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

dangerdoom i didnt really like the first time through but its really grown on me. takk ive only listened to a couple times so far but i like it, so far.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:53 pm

Oh, and I'd gladly take a YSI of Takk to help me write my essay. :wink:

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

ill pm you with a link once im done uploading.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:08 pm

Wow, thanks!

Then I can really spew the bile... j/k

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:23 pm

Dead Crow Wrote:

Oh, sorry. What I meant to say was that Sigur Ros is sappy and overwrought. It isn't boring because it's slow. It's boring because to me it's bereft of any interesting ideas.

Next time I'll be more clear, and I'll be sure not to take the "easy way out". Detailed essay forthcoming on why Sigur Ros aren't worth my time.

I don't think anyone needs to hear anymore on this topic. You've already used bereft in the proper context, you don't want to exhaust yourself.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:25 pm

But I'm already half-way through the second paragraph...

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:37 pm

theloafca Wrote:

I think Takk is a wonderful and beautiful album - filled with passion and an unbelievable sense of melody.

this making it the Album of the Year.

none can test.

jsh · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:02 pm

Lotta Broadcast naysayers here. I was initially unimpressed by Tender Buttons, but has grown markedly on me to the point that me and it are now falling in love. I detect a simplicity and coherence in it that Drinky names as flat and the rest of you call meh, OK, or gar. The melodies are infectious and it glistens sonically. One of my favourites of the year, but I am surprised by that.

Sigur Ros is too fucking precious. I'll take Jaga Jazzist's "What We Must" over "Takk" any day.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Dalen Voorhees Wrote:

theloafca Wrote:

I think Takk is a wonderful and beautiful album - filled with passion and an unbelievable sense of melody.

this making it the Album of the Year.

none can test.

Well then its the meh-est album of the year ever.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:15 pm

Dead Crow Wrote:

But I'm already half-way through the second paragraph...

Well, let's give it a whirl then shall we?

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:49 pm

I'm enjoying Danger Doom. I don't think it's one of the best hip hop albums this year but it's pretty fun to listen to.

Dalen Voorhees Wrote:

theloafca Wrote:

I think Takk is a wonderful and beautiful album - filled with passion and an unbelievable sense of melody.

this making it the Album of the Year.

none can test.

Did Wilma blow you to Jamaica?

KPH · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:02 pm

Haven't given Tender Buttons enough listens, but I really liked the previous Broadcast.

Takk's one of my favorite records of the year. I really don't see why overwrought necessarily has to be a bad thing, given the right delivery.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:24 pm

Takk is better than ( ) because this time he makes up different nonsense lyrics for each song instead of singing the same nonsense through the whole album.

KPH · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:28 pm

I think some (most?) of these are actually sung in Icelandic.

Still gibberish to me, of course.

hey look · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:38 pm

Broadcast - Tender Buttons - pretty excellent
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask - enjoyable. not great.
Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir - terrible
Sigur Ros - Takk - super excellent
Why? - Elephant Eyelash - album of the year

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:06 am

All this Takk talk is making me want to listen to Talk Talk's "Talk Talk".

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:27 am

So somebody YSI me Elephant Eyelash.

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