JWTLancelot
04.21.13 | Okay, that's spelling mistakes etc covered. Now just to fix the albums with special characters and add the missing ones. |
PaddyPooHead
04.23.13 | Some of this I like, some of this I don't like, some of this I think is ok and some of it I've never
heard of. |
SeaAnemone
04.23.13 | jesus christ this is too much music |
slagun
04.23.13 | 100 new albums in less than 5 months... just how |
JWTLancelot
04.23.13 | That's less than one a day! Still I'm going to slow down a bit. This year I've been all about fun and melodious music, though there's a few undeniably good albums on this list that don't fit that description.
Thanks for the props, silentpotato! |
clercqie
04.23.13 | Great list, but don't tell me you've listened to all of this intensively. I mean, I certainly need a couple of days to really let an album sink in and appreciate it to its fullest extent. |
JWTLancelot
04.23.13 | My way of working with regards to this list is to place an album roughly where I imagine it will go after one listen. If it had an immediately profound effect on me then it will go near the top of the list, and if I can't quite put my finger on what makes it enjoyable, but I'm sure it will hold up on repeat listens, then likewise. That way, when I listen to an album again, I can change its position based on whether it holds up well. Some highly placed albums on this list (eg; 3 and 6) got me incredibly excited after one listen, without holding up too well the second time (particularly 6), but I kept it high up because of that initial reaction and because few other albums this year have had such an effect.
I find doing things this way is good for highlighting which albums I haven't heard in a while and should revisit, for example, I haven't heard Push the Sky Away since a few weeks after it came out, which is why it may be lower than it deserves to be, while other albums (for example, Steven Wilson, because I'm a big Porcupine Tree fan) I won't revisit because they don't offer enough for me that I can't already get in a superior back-catalog.
By a count, I've only heard 40 of these more than once, so I definitely haven't listened to all of them fully, or even gotten to know most of them, but it's fun to pick and choose which of these I let grow on me, and which I let fall to the wayside. |
Funeralopolis
04.23.13 | been meaning to listen to 54 |
JWTLancelot
04.23.13 | I properly love 54! It would be higher on the list but tracks 2 and 3 feel too subdued after the energy of the title track. They'd both make good album tracks though. |
Havey
04.23.13 | might needta hear 1, cuz 2 & 3 are def my 1 & 2
sweet list |
DrHouseSchuldiner
04.23.13 | 82 ya |
JWTLancelot
04.23.13 | Cheers, Havey!
Yeah, I think Autre Ne Veut's Anxiety is gonna be a "love it or hate it" kinda album for most people, due to the vocal style and very up-front production. For me, the album twists and turns, keeping you guessing throughout and is littered with moments of intrigue that seem to come at perfect points within the album. Plus lyrically and the way it has clearly been made by someone who has spent a lot of time on his own working on it (The excessive vocal layering suggests this), I relate to it loads. |
Romulus
04.23.13 | i've listened to like two albums this year whoops |
