And this is why I don’t buy full CDs anymore. Seriously, why shell out $15 for a CD that only has 3 or 4 songs I like on it when I can do something like iTunes and get those songs for $4? ( Or pirate ’em for free… )
Accurate. But there have been some CDs I buy (after extensive testing) that I find are actually pretty good most (or all) of the way through. But yes, for the most part, accurate.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik by RHCP
Marcy Playground by Marcy Playground
Forever Blue by Chris Issac
The Score by The Fugees
Unplugged by Nirvana
any fucking Sublime album
Big Lizard in My Backyard by The Dead Milkmen
fuck, there are too many to keep going
@...natedog: Only one I agree with there is Nirvanna Unplugged. Alice in Chains Unplugged is good all the way through, too. And any Metallica before Load. ( While I didn’t -hate- Load/Reload, they were a huge step down. And St Anger just plain sucked. Death Magnetic is an improvement, though )
Most of my 2,660 albums belong to the “good ones” category in the disclaimer. Finding quality albums really isn’t that hard. If you’re albums suck, you’re doing it wrong.
I’d make a list like natedog’s, but it’d be like making a list of all the different ways you could combine the words in the English language to make a novel.
Oh, and since this is one of the few rare instances where this would be relevant to the topic, I might as well self-promote one such album that hopefully doesn’t suck:
Back when I bought albums based on hit singles, this was true.
@...natedog: Marcy’s Playground was surprisingly good live. Saw them way back in ’99. Unplugged at Blood Sugar Sex Magic are gimmies. Everyone good knows that. Might as well throw Sublime on there.
Personal good ‘from start to finish’ in the last 5 years?
*We Are Scientists – Love and Squalor
*Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson in Crime
*Silversun Pickups – Carvavas
*Say Anything – In Defense of the Genre
*(edited: R through B go here)
*Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am…
dieAntagonista (#)
15 years ago
@...yawn: Oh wow that’s amazing. I knew I should have checked your site more often.
dieAntagonista (#)
15 years ago
I love Escapism. They’re all fantastic though. And Bye. is most impressive.
Holy shit. This is exactly what I was looking for.
@...dieAntagonista: Bah, thanks so much. Glad you liked them. I’m currently in the process of trying to accompany them with visuals. If you want, you can check out some of the “demos”:
Virus Comix are awesome.
And this is why I don’t buy full CDs anymore. Seriously, why shell out $15 for a CD that only has 3 or 4 songs I like on it when I can do something like iTunes and get those songs for $4? ( Or pirate ’em for free… )
Total Win.
Accurate. But there have been some CDs I buy (after extensive testing) that I find are actually pretty good most (or all) of the way through. But yes, for the most part, accurate.
lol this is pretty accurate.
I like listening to music from like 4-6 years ago when I thought the entire cd was awesome and now think its complete crap. Aka, Lordi.
SOME ALBUMS THAT ROCK ALL THE WAY THROUGH:
Blood Sugar Sex Magik by RHCP
Marcy Playground by Marcy Playground
Forever Blue by Chris Issac
The Score by The Fugees
Unplugged by Nirvana
any fucking Sublime album
Big Lizard in My Backyard by The Dead Milkmen
fuck, there are too many to keep going
@...natedog: Only one I agree with there is Nirvanna Unplugged. Alice in Chains Unplugged is good all the way through, too. And any Metallica before Load. ( While I didn’t -hate- Load/Reload, they were a huge step down. And St Anger just plain sucked. Death Magnetic is an improvement, though )
Most albums don’t start off with a hit single, and if you some of you guys listened to better bands you’d like a lot more albums all the way through.
@...HoChunk: Unlike your posts…turd.
Almost every album I own is great all the way through. This pic only applies to radio rock, rap, and country. Oh, that’s right, POP MUSIC.
Most of my 2,660 albums belong to the “good ones” category in the disclaimer. Finding quality albums really isn’t that hard. If you’re albums suck, you’re doing it wrong.
I’d make a list like natedog’s, but it’d be like making a list of all the different ways you could combine the words in the English language to make a novel.
Aka, fuckin’ tedious.
Oh, and since this is one of the few rare instances where this would be relevant to the topic, I might as well self-promote one such album that hopefully doesn’t suck:
matthewschwartz.webs.com
Back when I bought albums based on hit singles, this was true.
@...natedog: Marcy’s Playground was surprisingly good live. Saw them way back in ’99. Unplugged at Blood Sugar Sex Magic are gimmies. Everyone good knows that. Might as well throw Sublime on there.
Personal good ‘from start to finish’ in the last 5 years?
*We Are Scientists – Love and Squalor
*Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson in Crime
*Silversun Pickups – Carvavas
*Say Anything – In Defense of the Genre
*(edited: R through B go here)
*Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am…
@...yawn: Oh wow that’s amazing. I knew I should have checked your site more often.
I love Escapism. They’re all fantastic though. And Bye. is most impressive.
Holy shit. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Downloading nownownow.
@...pantsoffdanceoff: Stalking me still? Flattering, yet pitiful.
saad but truuuuuuueeeee….
*head bang*
@...Paul_Is_Drunk: I have only heard the last one, and I agree.
@...dieAntagonista: Bah, thanks so much. Glad you liked them. I’m currently in the process of trying to accompany them with visuals. If you want, you can check out some of the “demos”:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBglrvGXupg
@...moarmare: yeha you guys just need to stop listening to bullshit music and you’ll b ealright. basically… turn off the radio.
Heh, “Side two”.
Too bad this is completely inaccurate.