Atrocity Exhibition (2016), 6/10

it seems that he just finds it inconsistent

>This should have been a six-song EP.
He did it again, the madman!

>>72463553
He's not wrong.

Fuck you Scaruffi

>>72463355

reminder for those who think a scaruffi 6 means "shit"

>Ratings: 10=best album ever; 9=rock masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan

NEW REVIEWS WHEN

>>72463355
Reminder that this dumbfuck gave Trout Mask Replica a 10/10. His opinions are irrelevant.

>>72464903
9.5*

>>72464903

TMR fully deserves that score you fucking faggot

>>72464903
kys

>>72465089
>>72465053
TMR was made literally arbitrarily, giving it artistic praise is like giving artistic praise to a rock. It is an incoherent mess of garbage melodies played on out of tune instruments. If you give it any praise your taste is garbage.

>>72465130

this is not true at all and if you took literally three minutes to read about how the album was made you would know that

>>72465130
>>72464903

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout_Mask_Replica

>Today, Trout Mask Replica is widely regarded as the masterpiece of Van Vliet's musical career, as well as one of the most influential rock albums ever recorded. The album's highly unconventional musical style, which includes polyrhythm, multi-octave vocals, and atonality, continues to polarize audiences, and has contributed to its reputation as one of the most challenging recordings in the 20th century musical canon. It ranked No. 60 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list (2012), and appears on many similar lists. AllMusic's Steve Huey wrote that "its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless future experiments in rock surrealism, especially during the punk/new wave era."[1]

>In preparation the group rehearsed Van Vliet's difficult compositions for eight months

>Band member Bill Harkleroad has remarked on "how haphazardly the individual parts were done, worked on very surgically, stuck together, and then sculpted afterwards." Once completed each song was played in exactly the same way every time, eschewing the improvisation that typifies most popular music in favor of an approach more like a formal, classical composition. Guitarist Fred Frith noted that during this process "forces that usually emerge in improvisation are harnessed and made constant, repeatable."[12]

>>72465053
The album's pretty good. But a couple songs didn't need to be on it. 80 minutes is way too long for what it is, giving it a 10 is pretty dumb.

>>72465372

again he didn't give it a 10 he gave it a 9.5

>>72463355
>This should have been a six-song EP.
I really hate it when he says that. He barely reviews EPs to begin with.

>>72465396
point still stands

>>72464237
>rock masterpiece
what a rockist

>>72465410
yeah he's been saying it too much lately

>>72463355
i don't really get the 6 song ep remark he always makes. is he just saying only 6 songs are good? or that the album fundamentally only works in a shorter format?

like wouldn't it be better as a 12 song album, with 6 new songs that are actually good?

>>72466924
>like wouldn't it be better as a 12 song album, with 6 new songs that are actually good?
that's a pretty retarded thing to say, you might as well say any shit album would be good if you replaced all the songs with good songs

>>72465130
You're a fucking radiohead fan aren't you

>>72466924
>is he just saying only 6 songs are good?
pretty much yeah

The crazier part is the Old 7/10