ITT: Post highly regarded albums that you don't get the

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>>73351135
It's just a really incredible rock album. As near to flawless as you can get, IMO. Great instrumentals and interesting lyrics, and it has an atmosphere that's capable of being both dreary and catchy, sometimes even on the same track.

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>>73351135
the atmosphere alone makes it such a surreal album

>>73351135

It's like Joy Division if they were good

>>73351546
Literally WEWUZ Dindu POC Fuck Drumpf Kill Whitey the album. Literal objective shit

>>73351440
Its a great album anon. It uses what, like 12,000 samples? What don't you like about it?

>>73351560
>Interpol > JD
fuckin whew

>>73351135
cause it sounds good faggot

>>73351601

objectively the worst post on this board

>>73351601
>anon who didnt listen to tpab but wants to talk about it #1509

>>73351601
>"fuck drumpf"
>album was released in 2015 before Trump was even President or a nominee

>>73351632
>He doesnt like something so he clearly hasnt listened to it

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halp

>>73351601
>implying that the more samples used is better

>>73351601
>Its a great album anon. It uses what, like 12,000 samples? What don't you like about it?
Aside from a few standout tracks (The title track, Frontier Psychiatrist, and Live at Dominoes), the whole thing blends together in a monotonous mess.

Regarding the sampling, Endtroducing did it 4 years earlier (don't know how much it amounted to exactly, though) and Donuts did it better than both of them.

>>73351680
That album to me was all about the instrumentals. While the lyrics were good, I felt the instrumentals created this dark, moody atmosphere that I really enjoyed

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everyone says this is their best but i sure hope not because it's fucking boring

mogwai fear satan in particular is a fucking snoozefest

>>73351738
It's a kitchen sink 90s indie production with pretentious lyrics much like an Elephant Six album, only less creepy.

>>73351704
Endtroducing is good, but I like SILY better.

Radio, Two Hearts Beating in 3/4 Time, Flight Tonight, Close To You, A Different Feeling, Electricity, Frontier Psychiatrist, ETOH, Summer Crane, and Live at Dominoes are all great fucking songs

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I'm sorry but this album is just boring as shit to me

>>73351765
just listen to leaves turn inside you

>>73351680
It's the historical context.

Radiohead had been sort of a softcore indie rock band with a few kind of generic 90s sounding radio hits like Creep and Fake Plastic Trees. They came out with this fucking fantastic indie rock opera, in OK Computer, and they skyrocketed to immortality and fame. Then they announced their fourth album was going to come out, and everyone was fucking hyped to the skies.

Kid A dropped.

All the people who had caught on to Radiohead through OK Computer swarmed the record stores, and walked away with this slow paced, kind of dystopian, deathly sounding synth rock album.

And while many of them were perhaps disappointed, a rather sizeable minority of them were like, "Hey, this is pretty neat, and kind of a cool direction."

And so, the experimental ambient electronic post-rock scene – which had previously been a fucking obscure-ass fucking hipster fucking genre, with only like one or two well known bands in it – suddenly had this gigantic-ass endorsement from a band that had recently become one of the biggest indie bands of all fucking time.

The genre was flooded with new fans, and with the new fans came new bands. The genre diversified, and albums released years and years later all harken back to it.

so, like
it was kind of a big deal

>>73351658
yeah if you're saying it's anti-Trump you're wrong because it was out before he was in the field lmfao kys faggot

>>73351770
Yeah, ok. I forgot about Flight Today. The rest do blend together, though, and aren't that interesting.

>>73351795
but post hardcore is bad

>>73351824
Flight Tonight*

>>73351831
have you listened to it?

>>73351696
I don't understand the hype around this album as well.

I think it's a really well put together album, but I don't think it's GOAT. What's all the hype all about

>>73351847
no, the majority of post-hardcore i've listened to was shit so i never bothered

>>73351868
give it a try. what post-hardcore have you listened to?

>>73351135
im listening to our love to admire rite now

>>73351878
just random things i've seen around here, cloud nothings is okay i guess. there's one in particular that gets posted all the fucking time that just straight up sucks

i'm listening to the first track on leaves right now and its alright so far

>>73351601
>"hurr tpab is liberal propaganda" high schooler actually thinks Joy Division is good

terrible opinion

wait until you get to terminus because that track is a 10/10. and post-hardcore is rarely talked about on /mu/ so i dont know which album you're referring to.

>>73351905
don't lump some r/thedonald faggot in with normal joy division fans

rap is bad for completely unpolitical reasons tho

>>73351899
Protip: most of the shit that is called post-hardcore isn't actually post-hardcore
Listen to Drive Like Jehu, Unwound and Fugazi for actual post-hardcore

>>73351905
There is LITERALLY nothing wrong with Joy division. Other than the fact that tumblr sjws worship it.

You like TPAB. An album thay niggers worship. Think about that for a while.

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so, why is this hippie-ass blues jam rock album a punk classic?

>>73351696
I don't think it's as amazing as everyone makes it out to be, but I really do enjoy it a lot

This is coming from someone who hated it for years. It only recently clicked with me and It's quite enjoyable for what it is.

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Arguably one of the most praised albums on this board to date. I don't get it. I don't see the hype, the appeal.

>Inb4 listen on high quality speakers/headphones

Did that, still don't like it. Listened to it front to back at least 10 times. It's not for me.

>>73351920
>rap is bad for completely unpolitical reasons tho
Like what?

>>73351918
it's that converge album

>>73351940
i dont understand how u cant like it

>>73351948
Converge is technically post-hardcore but metalcore is a more apt genre
They're a really good band btw

>>73351948
That one's pretty mediocre in my opinion. Also as >>73351922 said there's a lot of good post-hardcore, Fugazi being one of my all time favorite bands. If you haven't listened to Repeater it's one of the best albums I've ever listened to.

>>73351696
Incredible riffs and guitar parts, great chord progressions and song structures, cool time signature changes, good vocals (even though some people don't like Thom's voice), fantastic melodies and some interesting lyrics

>>73351738
i liked samurai sword, but nothing else from the album.

what album should i listen to for songs like that?

>>73351940
Try listening on a really cold/rainy day

Get a whole bunch of blankets and coffee and just melt

>>73351946
a majority of it just sucks, it's boring, the lyrics are shit and it's pretty much just party music

that being said there's still a handful of artists i like, but nowhere near as many that i like from other genres

>>73351961
You want me to be blunt and honest? It's so fucking slow ant boring, the vocals are fucking near impossible to hear, and it just feels reminiscent of an angsty teenage band.

Anything by Radiohead

>>73351932
I'd say it has to do with the time it came out. Even though it came out in '77, it was already kind of in post-punk territory. It's influential basically.

>>73351994
>DAE hate Radiohead xD

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>>73351626
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>>73351905
>falling for the bait this easily

summer already?

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>>73351738
The ability this album has to make me FEEL is unreal.

When my gf dumped me I was pretty sad, then I discovered this album and it made me fucking dead inside.

Of course that's just me, but I feel like for most people something about this album pulls out the heavy depression within them. It makes them apply their own feels to the already oppressive atmosphere of the album.

The music is enjoyable and there's no moment I get bored of listening to or any moment I find laborious. It just sucks me in and pulls me into the darkest place I can imagine. Although that's not exactly a good thing, it's impressive and no other piece of art has had this effect on me.

>TL;DR listen when you're really sad.

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i just dont get whats so good about it or any ambient electronic music for that matter

>>73352510
Go back to your (c)rap thread, Jamal

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this and the whole genre of krautrock is just seems like worse version of classic prog to me :/

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Literally the most boring album ive ever listened to

>>73352622
this

>>73352498
this 110%

>>73352524
ripping choons, nuff said

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Pls help

>>73352562
Its actually a better version of prog.

Can probably has the best drummer in rock history. If Tago Mago is too weird for you then try Future Days.

Any David Bowie album, ever.

>>73351135
It's not that good.

>>73351440
It's not that good. Electricity is nice for dancing.

>>73351546
It's not that good.

>>73351680
Timbres and melodies, Thom's voice doesn't sound terrible so that's a plus.

>>73351696
Karma Police, Fitter Happier, Electioneering. Ditch the rest.

>>73351738
It's not that good.

>>73351765
It's not that good. Describes their entire output as well.

>>73351785
It's not that good. People self-insert themselves and their pitiful relationships into it.

>>73351932
It's not that good.

>>73351940
If you have to ask, you'll never know.

>>73352510
It's not that good. Mostly nostalgic.

>>73352524
It's not that good. Applies to the rest of their output. The opener is a classic, however.

>>73352562
Minimalism applied to jam rock. What's not to love ?

>>73352622
It's not that good.

>>73352776
If you have to ask, you'll never know.

>>73353016
If you have to ask, you'll never know.

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The worst Beatles album is better than this

>>73353050
>Shit opinions
>Its an ID AND a tripfag who's been shitting up other threads
Why am I not surprised in the slightest?

>>73353050
>If you have to ask, you'll never know.
Stop saying that!!!!

Just help

>>73353060
>In My Life repeated over and over, with worse vocals and better production values
>10/10!in /mu/

What did you mean by this?

>inb4 historical context

>>73353050
that's a whole lot of nothing you did there

>>73351135
The lyrics are really cryptic and poetic. It also is the definition of atmosphere and tension. For me it's the exploration of the male (and occasionally female[hands away]) psyche post-break up.

Wonderful record with not a single bad song.

>>73353060
Incorrect. The Beatles never made a song as great as God Only Knows.

>>73353080
My opinions are immaculate.

>>73353085
It's great to sing along and nearly every song is a classic. Jeff's lyrics and melodies are all top-notch as well. Where do you struggle ?

>>73353117
What are you talking about ?

>>73351738
Every song on this album feels like it was recorded under incredibly different circumstances, full of very sudden endings and noisy transitions, yet it flows into itself just as well as the most cohesive concept albums. They cover so many different styles of amateur recording that it really starts to feel like an exercise in mastery over the studio.

The vocals and songwriting should appeal to any Sufjan Stevens fans, and the arrangements are really memorable from song to song. Some parts may feel more boring than others, but there's really not a single forgettable moment to be found here.

>>73351940
It's the encapsulation of feelings. The lyrics are mostly a meaningless aside that adds to the textural density of the music. It's one of those albums that gets ruined if you listen too closely. I think even the act of seeking out good headphones kinda ruins the point of the album.

It's something to just put on and drift away

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I liked Rival Dealer well enough, but this just bores me.

>>73351546
Those who like it value the cerebral-conceptual aspect and can enjoy groovy funk.
I'd try out some old rythm heavy 70s funk then try again if you are really interest in understanding it.

Unless you are a insecure 12 year old /pol/yard the themes and conflicts should be appealing upon close inspection.

That said, like GKMC, it's so reliant on its linear progression that once you know what's coming it isn't as impressive.

>>73353151
>It's great to sing along and nearly every song is a classic. Jeff's lyrics and melodies are all top-notch as well. Where do you struggle ?
He is always screaming, and the melodies don't seem that great. Sounds pretty average

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>>73351738
This album, and a lot of Phil's Mount Eerie stuff as well, has a lot to do with nature and man's place in it. It's very interesting to listen to while in the woods or going on a walk.

I've always said you need to go outside one day, throw this album on, and just really examine yourself and your place in the world and where you fit in and really feel small at that thought. It was very relaxing and centering while out in the woods to hear "My Roots Are Strong and Deep" while trees swayed in the wind.

I used to think this was just another sad album, but it's actually just one of the most human albums I've ever heard.

>>73351932
So basically this album is the album that influenced a lot of people making music even today. It started a lot of genres and helped push others along like post punk, art rock, alternative rock, and lots of others. Also the playing on the album is top notch. The drums are great, the guitar play on the title track is legendary, and Friction fucking still slays every time it comes on for me.

>>73352776
This was an album that kind of clicked after a bit for me, even though it is super entry level compared to some stuff on this board. Basically it's another case of impact overall. It started noise rock, punk rock, art rock, and the lyrics talked about things that you really couldn't talk about until the Velvets did (the frank talks of drugs, sex, and all that fun stuff the kids are into). It's a very cool album considering it is way ahead of its time.

For me, I could never get into this album or see the appeal of my pic. It was always such a boring listen, even if I isolated myself in a room. It was just a bunch of noise to me.

>>73351940
Watch lost in translation then listen to it. That film creates the feeling the album is shooting and features some tracks from loveless.

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>>73353206
Forgot pic whoops

>>73351983
Angsty teenage band? Are you serious? You can't even hear the lyrics. Vocals are used as another instrument in shoegaze. I'd recommend watching this video:
https://youtu.be/KQsdO8e8fwY

>>73353016
it's easy and simple enough for anyone to get into so it has this huge praise from all kinds of people.

Plus it's so emotional. The stories told are captivating and you can really hear his sincerity in his performance. I think it's an excellent album.

>>73353220
This isn't really an album you want to completely focus on. Imagine being a kid and lying in bed half-awake while your parents watched television dramas in the other room.

>>73353189
>He is always screaming
Factually incorrect, but for the hell of it try earnestly singing along.

> the melodies don't seem that great.
This is what plebeians actually believe.

>>73353201
We just had a thread about it:
>>73339760

>>73353151
your responses

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I know this is the plebiest reason but her voice is so irritating. I'd rather listen to nico, the tallest man on Earth, and Bob Dylan yell over the top of each other than her.

I love her narration in Inherent Vice so idk what the fuck is wrong with me

>>73353244
Wow zero responses with any sort of semi-decent explanation and two video links. Again. Great.

>>73353236
Ok, he isn't always screaming, but the scream part really drifts you away

And the melodies seem average

>>73353268
Another quality post by Anonymous !

>>73353292
Rather than type out the exact same post, I'll just redirect you so that you may read it again.
See: >>73353236

>>73353270
her voice is different now than it used to be

>>73353050
>other anons explain

>>73353307
I liked her voice even less on Divers somehow

>>73353303
Ok. Thanks for not explaining what sounds so great about the melodies

Even Ringo starr seems to have made melodies as good as those from ITAOTS

>>73353235
Yeah see, that doesn't appeal to me. I do like it when an album sucks me into a world it's creating. I've just recently started listening to GY!BE and loved F#a# a lot. Loved the dystopian apocalyptic feel it brought on and the world it created sonically. It was a very immersive experience and I was almost bummed it was over when it ended because I was just fucking entranced.

But that seems like a really boring concept to me. Being a kid listening to my parents watch tv? Fucking lame dude. I'll take post-apocalyptic "rock" music any day over a boring concept of half tv shows while being a child.

>>73353325
Thats not the concept, its just one way to think about it. If you want super epic world ending post rock ftw then check out Explosions In The Sky.

>>73353050
no one respond to this guy you're feeding his ego

>>73353347
oh shi-

>>73353335
Okay but what I'm asking I guess is what's the appeal of Soundtracks? It has been a while since I've tried it, so I'll give it another shot in the meantime.

>>73353287
>Wow zero responses with any sort of semi-decent explanation and two video links. Again. Great.
Did you expect anything better from 14 year old meme lords? Either way, watch Samuel Andreyev's video.

>>73351785
It's just a good album to listen to when you're bummed out

>>73353311
Yes, and ?

>>73353323
>Thanks for not explaining what sounds so great about the melodies
See >>73353050
>If you have to ask, you'll never know
Do you have any way to tell me how any melody you like is good without looking like a total jackass ? This isn't something you can convince people on, they have to convince themselves.

>>73353347
I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why David Bowie's output was anything other than the musical equivalent of episodes from different soap operas.

>>73352524
It's just a fun rock album, not sure what you're missing

>>73353220
Focus on the atmosphere. The album 'is about' death, how useless we feel without are parents/loved ones. The samples clearly point to this.
Also, Gira's post rock tracks are something else, especially lyrically.

The album was inspired by the death(s?) of Gira's parents and I think jarobes as well. It was really painful for Gira to see one organ after another fail and see is parents slowly die(losing eyesight on "how they suffer").

Gira had a poor relationship with his mother who was a severe alcoholic, he said he always wished he got closer to her before she died.

This is most beautifully expressed on standout "The Sound" where Gira seems to observe his mother suffering. "The Sound" in the track is obviously life, but the cryptic lyrics could mean different things for different people, but I always come to the conclusion that Gira is unable to make sense of the suffering, with both of them being 'wrong'

And wide are your delusions
Deep red is the space behind your eyes
Closed forever is the door to your room
But inside there lives the sound
You despise, but I love...
You despise, what I love
You despise, I love
You despise, I love

Mother, I...
Mother, I...
I was wrong
I am wrong...
You were wrong
I am wrong

>>73353357
Its slow creepy dread-core postrock full of found recordings and surreal loops and disturbing lyrics. It goes back and forth between straight up rock songs, dark ambient monologues, and weird shit like Volcano. Its a soundtrack, and every song is a different scene.

>>73353421
Thanks friend. I'm listening to it now and with your post and a little research it makes sense. This really is a fascinating piece of music. I'll have to dive a bit deeper when it's not so late here.

>>73353381
and..?..have a nice day guy you won

>>73353469
In the context of the 70s, few things ever reached the darkness and depression Unknown Pleasures did.
They took the diy nature and emotion of early punk but looked inward instead of outward. In addition the record is cavernous yet minimalist, cold but honest.

There are bands, (like Interpol) who improved on this anyway so unless you like the intrumentation, there isn't really much worth banging your head over to understand other than context.

>>73351135
Interesting voicings between guitars and bassist. It has an angry dreamy sad vibe that no other band has done quite the same.
>>73351932
Listen to a bit of Porto punk first. If you go to this after the stooges you will fall in love with it. It is also the start of a lot of guitar styles.
>>73351940
The best moment of my life was listening to this song while almost dying because I took too many drugs. I can't explain what I felt enough, but it was like I was in the space between life and death. It is simultaneously angelic and monstrous. If you have some nice cozy headphones,the volume turned up too far, and maybe a little molly you will know that this is probably the best alternative band that has ever been.
>>73352524
The vocals are really appealing to people who like little dirt in their music. I played this album several times a day in highschool for a few years. To me it was something different from the shit that I was aware of. Thanks to this album and its influences I was able to find what I really enjoyed musically.
>>73352622
Don't listen to it when you want to be pumped then. He plays really cool voicings for a finger style guitarist. It's admittedly sad music and he killed himself a little after making it. That's is honestly why it has its status but it has some sweet songs for the right mood.
>>73352776
The tones really make this what it is. To some people this is what rock is all about. It fill the Dionysian ideal so perfectly. The doors are good sure but this has a more explorative sound. Some people won't ever get it but it's about things being a little fucked up y'know? Some bands throw that in by playing a few dominant chords but VU carries that vibe for 18 munutes sometimes.
>>73353016
Two words. Singing saw.
>>73353060
It took me a while to understand. When you have listened to the Beatles too much you will get it. Lovers of harmonies will obsess over this.

>>73353465
I accept your concession.

>>73353532
so people like a shit album cause of the year it came out? Pathetic`

>>73353568
For it's time it was groundbreaking. Nothing was even remotely like it. Like I said, ppl just like the vibe and darkness of it, but nowadays you can find that sort of thing done much better, HANL is another example.

>>73351785
It's sad nobody seems to pay attention to the melodies and interesting instrumentation and textures used here. It's as if the moment the white guy starts singing in falsetto, people have already given up on the album.

>>73353599
It's just emotional 'le epic' to support the vocals and cringey lyrics imo. I admit the grainy as hell production choice is cool though.

>>73353539
>Singing saw
what did he mean by this?

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>>73353180
really the best parts are endorphin, the end of shell of light, archangel, in mcdonald's, and UK. I think it helps to be depressed or have a oneitis to like this album. burial is more about the feels it evokes than the music itself.

The last minute of shell of light is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard. love giving untrue a listen on a rainy day.

>>73352510
The atmosphere it creates is impeccable. Fills me with memories of growing up in the Pacific Northwest and never fails to bring tears to my eyes. Nothing else has brought me to a rawer emotional state. It's my favourite album ever.

>>73353638
It's a unique type of intrument.

You have Google anon

>>73353220
The musical equivalent of David Lynch's inland empire. Watch it and then listen to this.

>>73353664
Ahh. So you meant "musical saw"? What song is it used on? It doesn't sound too familiar

>>73351932
>so, why is this hippie-ass blues jam rock album a punk classic?
Pretty much because they used to hang out at CBGB's and with all the other first wave new york punks. A lot of punk from that group of people it's not punk as the Ramones, but really it doesn't exactly fit into other genres, like Patti Smith, Suicide, early Blondie, etc.

>>73351940
I heard this when i was like 14 and just never picked it up again until i came on /mu/ when i was like 17 and then, as soon as "Only Shallow" started i feel in love with the album.
I guess you have to be ready, the same happend to me with >>73351696 but i heard it the first time i was depressed and it was all i heard throughout that winter.

>>73353722
The title track and Ghost, maybe a few more

>>73353808
And most prominently on the bside Engine

>>73353763
It sounds really good

>>73352498
best tip for the glow pt2
I already liked the album but when I listened to it after being dumped it became my favorite album of all time