Recommend me an album/Name an album.

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 2:07am #1

Ok from talking to Jeff Lebowski, we're going to try this for a while, instead of starting a new thread asking for some new music, this one is to be used.

THIS IS NOT A LIST ALBUMS POINTLESSLY THREAD. THIS IS NOT A LIST ALBUMS POINTLESSLY THREAD.

This will hopefully encompass people looking for:

I like 'band x' recommend something similar.

Recommend me an album with no filler.

Name an album with no filler/Name an album that grew on you.

Basically all that really happens is people list there favourite albums, we're hoping this will put all queries in one thread and generate more discussion and less of band lists.

Feed back appreciated but do it by pm, thanks.

Good anyone advise me on any bands today who play indie music like these bands, i think the saying for it is Jangle indie(probably wrong on that).

The Smiths
R.E.M(there 80's stuff)
Go -Betweens
The Sundays
House of Love
teenage fanclub

any bands today you could suggest that plays this type of indie rock

Spiritoftheseventies · 03-05-2010 10:30am

arsenallegend wrote: »

Good anyone advise me on any bands today who play indie music like these bands, i think the saying for it is Jangle indie(probably wrong on that).

The Smiths
R.E.M(there 80's stuff)
Go -Betweens
The Sundays
House of Love
teenage fanclub

any bands today you could suggest that plays this type of indie rock

Lemonheads would be right up your street. You tube Its a shame about Ray. They also did a great version of Please Mrs Robinson. Also The National are well worth checking out. Draw on both the Smiths and REM but a terrific band in their own right.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 12:05pm

It may be just me in my impatient old age, but I struggle to remember the last album I could listed to from beginning to end without feeling the urge to press 'skip' on at least one or two songs.

Back in about 95-96 I remember listening to whole albums like The Holy Bible, The Bends and Different Class over and over and looking forward to each song but apart from maybe Mezzanine and Bring It On I don't think I've had that feeling about an album since.

Is it just my (or our collective) attention span or are there really no albums out there which don't have a few tracks of filler?

03-05-2010 12:16pm

The Strokes: Is this it.

Perfect.

MilanPan!c · 03-05-2010 12:20pm

pickarooney wrote: »

It may be just me in my impatient old age, but I struggle to remember the last album I could listed to from beginning to end without feeling the urge to press 'skip' on at least one or two songs.

Back in about 95-96 I remember listening to whole albums like The Holy Bible, The Bends and Different Class over and over and looking forward to each song but apart from maybe Mezzanine and Bring It On I don't think I've had that feeling about an album since.

Is it just my (or our collective) attention span or are there really no albums out there which don't have a few tracks of filler?

it's a little of both

old hippy · 03-05-2010 12:21pm

Contemporary or old?

BLK JKS After Robots
Rokia Traore Tchamantche
The Very Best Warm Heart of Africa
Buika Nina de Fuego

I can't find any filler on the above - maybe that's just my personal taste, mind

Aridstarling · 03-05-2010 12:27pm

Just from this year:

The National - High Violet
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Beach House - Teen Dream

Other honourable mentions from recent years: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago, Grizzly Bear - Yellow House, Arcade Fire - Funeral, Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake Its Morning, The National - Boxer/Alligator, Deerhunter - Microcastles, TV On The Radio - Dear Science...

There's been quite a few, just off the top of my head.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 12:30pm

Papa Smut wrote: »

The Strokes: Is this it.

Perfect.

It's been a few years since I listened to it but it's true that I don't remember furiously zapping through to Last Nite and Hard To Explain.
It's almost 10 years old though :eek:

old hippy wrote: »

Contemporary or old?

BLK JKS After Robots
Rokia Traore Tchamantche
The Very Best Warm Heart of Africa
Buika Nina de Fuego

I can't find any filler on the above - maybe that's just my personal taste, mind

I have never heard of any of them... until now. Listening to Rokia Traoré now; it seems very familiar.

rcaz · 03-05-2010 12:32pm

Some albums I think are that good are Kid A by Radiohead, The Soft Bulletin and Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips, Holiday by The Magnetic Fields, Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin... Just off the top of my head!

I hate it when you listen to an album with one or two great tracks, which is let down by a lot of mediocrity.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 12:34pm

Aridstarling wrote: »

Just from this year:

The National - High Violet
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Beach House - Teen Dream

Other honourable mentions from recent years: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago, Grizzly Bear - Yellow House, Arcade Fire - Funeral, Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake Its Morning, The National - Boxer/Alligator, Deerhunter - Microcastles, TV On The Radio - Dear Science...

There's been quite a few, just off the top of my head.

You've definitely got a higher threshold for averageness than I

There are a few tracks on Funeral which are... junk, basically, made to look worse by the excellent songs aroung them.

Fleet Foxes album all seems to run together, but I've only listened to it twice.

I've been listening to Boxer a lot of late and initially I thought it was a solid album with no stand-out tracks and no duffers (it was probably this album that prompted the question in my mind actually) but now a few tracks have really grown on me, to the expense of others. Obviously not the band's fault in this case!

I think I missed the window on High Violet streaming for free, but will keep an ear out for it. I've not listened to any of the others, but will give them a shot.

MilanPan!c · 03-05-2010 12:35pm

Aridstarling wrote: »

Just from this year:

The National - High Violet
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Beach House - Teen Dream

Other honourable mentions from recent years: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago, Grizzly Bear - Yellow House, Arcade Fire - Funeral, Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake Its Morning, The National - Boxer/Alligator, Deerhunter - Microcastles, TV On The Radio - Dear Science...

There's been quite a few, just off the top of my head.

Horses for courses... there's a lot I skip on most of these.

Spiritoftheseventies · 03-05-2010 12:40pm

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Horses for courses... there's a lot I skip on most of these.

I didn't think Different Class was exceptional to be fair. I think Revolver as an album would be as close to the complete album that you will get.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 1:09pm

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

I didn't think Different Class was exceptional to be fair. I think Revolver as an album would be as close to the complete album that you will get.

Well that's certainly going back a bit!

The Stone Roses (21 years old, yikes!) qualifies by dint of Elizabeth My Dear being too short to bother reaching for the 'Next' button

I'd be more interested to know if younger listeners these days still have (new release) albums that they love from tip to toe.

NapoleonInRags · 03-05-2010 1:11pm

pickarooney wrote: »

You've definitely got a higher threshold for averageness than I

There are a few tracks on Funeral which are... junk, basically, made to look worse by the excellent songs aroung them.

Fleet Foxes album all seems to run together, but I've only listened to it twice.

I've been listening to Boxer a lot of late and initially I thought it was a solid album with no stand-out tracks and no duffers (it was probably this album that prompted the question in my mind actually) but now a few tracks have really grown on me, to the expense of others. Obviously not the band's fault in this case!

I think I missed the window on High Violet streaming for free, but will keep an ear out for it. I've not listened to any of the others, but will give them a shot.

Please, please name me one track on Funeral that constitutes 'junk'. I've listened to that record thousands of times and there ain't a weak moment on it.

Maybe you just don't have enough patience to let the less immediate tunes reveal themselves?

MilanPan!c · 03-05-2010 1:29pm

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

I didn't think Different Class was exceptional to be fair. I think Revolver as an album would be as close to the complete album that you will get.

Couldn't argue that.

If you're going sixties:

Abbey Road (even OG is great in context, thanks GH).

Pet Sounds

Seventies:

PF - Animals
Wire - Pink Flag/Chairs Missing

Eighties

Roky Erickson - TEO
REM - Murmur

There's tons really, but those sprint to mind

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 1:37pm

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Please, please name me one track on Funeral that constitutes 'junk'. I've listened to that record thousands of times and there ain't a weak moment on it.

Maybe you just don't have enough patience to let the less immediate tunes reveal themselves?

The shouty bits on 'Laika' are pure pish, since you asked my opinion. But I don't expect you to respect it.

Miguel_Sanchez · 03-05-2010 2:07pm

Lads - less of the bickering please.

03-05-2010 2:11pm

It may have been played to death, but 'Nevermind' has nary a weak moment.

Dante · 03-05-2010 2:22pm

Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Arctic Monkeys - What Ever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not
Trivium - Ascendancy

The only 3 albums off the top of my head that I could listen to start to finish....I'm sure many will disagree.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 2:31pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It may have been played to death, but 'Nevermind' has nary a weak moment.

Even 19 years on it's a pleasure to listen to all the way through.

But would someone who picked it up for the first time in 2010 think the same?

jill_valentine · 03-05-2010 3:44pm

Laika was the first Arcade Fire song I ever heard, and I bought Funeral purely off the back of it. It's still one of my favourites.

Bloc Party's Silent Alarm is a humdinger right through, and I definitely agree with High Violet.

monkey9 · 03-05-2010 4:16pm

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Lemonheads would be right up your street. You tube Its a shame about Ray. They also did a great version of Please Mrs Robinson. Also The National are well worth checking out. Draw on both the Smiths and REM but a terrific band in their own right.

The National are nothing like the Smiths! More Joy Division, at times, than anything!

AnonoBoy · 03-05-2010 4:27pm

monkey9 wrote: »

The National are nothing like the Smiths! More Joy Division, at times, than anything!

Besides the deep singing voice there's not really much there that puts them in league with Joy Division.

Also spiritoftheseventies said they draw on The Smiths, no that they were like them.

Being influenced by a group and sounding like them are too very different things.

For instance, Alex Chilton influenced REM but I'd never mistake an REM track for a Big Star track.

Valmont · 03-05-2010 6:22pm

I know of only six albums with absolutely zero filler:

1. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

2. Love - Forever Changes

3. The Doors - The Doors

4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Captain Darling · 03-05-2010 7:17pm

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Arctic Monkeys - What Ever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not
Trivium - Ascendancy

The only 3 albums off the top of my head that I could listen to start to finish....I'm sure many will disagree.

Tough one. I think I'd have to say 'The Best of the Beatles.

gav240 · 03-05-2010 7:27pm

Papa Smut wrote: »

The Strokes: Is this it.

Perfect.

hit the nail on the head. has to be in my top 5

also Stereophonics word gets around.

martingore · 03-05-2010 7:31pm

violator

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 7:45pm

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Lemonheads would be right up your street. You tube Its a shame about Ray. They also did a great version of Please Mrs Robinson. Also The National are well worth checking out. Draw on both the Smiths and REM but a terrific band in their own right.

yep got there records Come on feel the Lemonheads is great too:)
Its a Shame about ray is one of my favourite records ever

Miguel_Sanchez · 03-05-2010 7:46pm

martingore wrote: »

violator

Do you mean the Depeche Mode album?

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 7:47pm

Oasis definitely maybe
Stone Roses stone roses
The smiths Queen is dead
Arctic Monkets WPSIATWIN

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 7:49pm

The Clash the clash and London calling
Big star their 3 albums
The Leomonheads its a shame about Ray

MilanPan!c · 03-05-2010 8:01pm

His Name Is Alive - Stars On ESP
Bad Religion - No Control
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Modest Mouse -LCW
Barkmarket - Gimmick
Lou Reed - Transformer
Ken Ishii - Innerelements

Some very good recent records:
Doves - Some Cities
Elbow - SSK
Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts...

There's just so many fantastic records.

And yet, so so few.

Captain Darling · 03-05-2010 8:07pm

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Some very good recent records:
Doves - Some Cities

Try Lost Souls. No filler on that at all! Bleedin' rapid album.

Spiritoftheseventies · 03-05-2010 8:13pm

arsenallegend wrote: »

yep got there records Come on feel the Lemonheads is great too:)
Its a Shame about ray is one of my favourite records ever

What did you make of their follow up. Some good tunes but patchy in places. Evan Dando a great front man.

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 8:17pm

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

What did you make of their follow up. Some good tunes but patchy in places. Evan Dando a great front man.

I think the drugs were taken hold of his talent this time
Its a great album but fout near the end
His solo album was brillant and the last two lemonheads albums were great
He's a nice guy too met him outside whelans once he's not stuck up like most singer songwriters

arsenallegend · 03-05-2010 8:20pm

T-Rex Electric warrior
paul weller Wild wood
Cat stevens tea for tillerman

landsleaving · 03-05-2010 8:23pm

For me,

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Buck 65 - Secret House Aganst the World
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
Decemberists - Crane Wife

and of course SUm 41 - All Killer No Filler

Funeral just has one song that lets me down, I never liked 7 Kettles. It's just dull. Other than that it'd make the list for me.

martingore · 03-05-2010 8:28pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Do you mean the Depeche Mode album?

sorry yes

AnonoBoy · 03-05-2010 8:33pm

landsleaving wrote: »

For me,

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Buck 65 - Secret House Aganst the World
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
Decemberists - Crane Wife

and of course SUm 41 - All Killer No Filler

Funeral just has one song that lets me down, I never liked 7 Kettles. It's just dull. Other than that it'd make the list for me.

Jaysus you're risking a ban posting that!

Dudess · 03-05-2010 8:40pm

Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona. I don't skip over any track on that album.

Placid_Casual · 03-05-2010 9:53pm

Isn't this just another way of saying "my favourite albums are..."??

What constitutes filler is pretty subjective but to my ears, from this year alone, the albums from Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom (and maybe The National, though I probably haven't heard it enough yet) are pretty much of a consistent quality the whole way through. I could probably think of countless others from past years.

lordgoat · 03-05-2010 10:15pm

landsleaving wrote: »

For me,

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Buck 65 - Secret House Aganst the World
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
Decemberists - Crane Wife

and of course SUm 41 - All Killer No Filler

Funeral just has one song that lets me down, I never liked 7 Kettles. It's just dull. Other than that it'd make the list for me.

Buck 65 is top and this album is ace from start to finish.

i rarely skip a track on Wilco's yankee hotel foxtrot

jill_valentine · 03-05-2010 10:19pm

landsleaving wrote: »

Funeral just has one song that lets me down, I never liked 7 Kettles. It's just dull. Other than that it'd make the list for me.

I can understand somebody picking that one out a lot sooner than I'd understand them not grooving with Laika.

I dunno, I can't imagine listening to Kettles as a single or anything, but I think it would be a weaker album without it, it brings the whole Neighbourhood thing to a nice kind of a close. That said, it wasn't until I heard a live version of it that I warmed to it, it makes more sense as a kind of bluegrass thing than the way it's done for the album. Anyway, I like it, and I'd defend it's place on the disc, but I can see what you mean.

Reckoner91 · 03-05-2010 10:22pm

Number one suggestion: Radiohead, listen to 'OK Computer', thank me later
There's also:
Joy Division
Talking Heads
New Order
Liars
Bjork (for weird trippy ****)
Pixies

Spiritoftheseventies · 03-05-2010 10:38pm

Reckoner91 wrote: »

Number one suggestion: Radiohead, listen to 'OK Computer', thank me later
There's also:
Joy Division
Talking Heads
New Order
Liars
Bjork (for weird trippy ****)
Pixies

are they jangly music though?

Captain Darling · 03-05-2010 10:43pm

Pavement

discobeaker · 03-05-2010 10:43pm

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Faith No More - Angel Dust

I totally agree with that one! Also King for a day by Faith no more. I could listen to that over and over again

Some of the albums i could listen from start to finish are
Puzzle by Biffy Clyro,
Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine,
The Blue Album by Weezer
Achtung Baby by U2
Doolittle by the Pixies
The Trinity Sessions by The Cowboy Junkies
Parklife by Blur

Thats all i can think of at the moment

DonnieScribbles · 03-05-2010 11:11pm

I never skip through Odelay! by Beck. It'd just feel wrong.

nipps · 03-05-2010 11:20pm

pink floyd- dark side of the moon

no bother!:)

landsleaving · 03-05-2010 11:27pm

jill_valentine wrote: »

I can understand somebody picking that one out a lot sooner than I'd understand them not grooving with Laika.

I dunno, I can't imagine listening to Kettles as a single or anything, but I think it would be a weaker album without it, it brings the whole Neighbourhood thing to a nice kind of a close. That said, it wasn't until I heard a live version of it that I warmed to it, it makes more sense as a kind of bluegrass thing than the way it's done for the album. Anyway, I like it, and I'd defend it's place on the disc, but I can see what you mean.

I've never seen them live:( That version is really good, pity it doesn't come across as well on the album.

Oh and Laika rocks, one of my favourites tbh.

pickarooney · 03-05-2010 11:30pm

DonnieScribbles wrote: »

I never skip through Odelay! by Beck. It'd just feel wrong.

On the subject of Beck, I think Sea Change nearly has to be listened to all the way through.

In general, are people able to be honest enough with themselves to say, "OK, REO Speedwagon, I love what you've done on Hi Infidelity, it's a meisterwerk, truth be told, but I feel you've not tried hard enough with Out of Season"?

Or do you subconsciously convince yourself that some songs are better than they really are in the context of the rest of the album? Is Elizabeth My Dear even a song, for example? Is Digsy's Dinner not a bit of a dog's dinner? Does anyone listen to Mellon Collie... all the way through without going out for a fag break?

I have to defer to SOTS' earlier post - Different Class could have done without Bar Italia, for example, it adds little to the disc and if it were a standalone single I probably wouldn't listen to it twice.

Recommend me an album/Name an album.

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