40k comments / 2.5k ratings / ? wells
Hiya Sput, I am old. OLD! This account is 10 yrs old (yikes), it now has 40000 comments (fuck) and I have only just landed the puny, puny milestone of 2500 ratings (pathetic). This calls for a list! Here it is: a loose ranking of the 2001st thru 2500th albums I've rated ft. a load of pasta comments people have made in reference or resistance to me over the years. I hope you enjoy them. |
| 100 |  | Deerhoof
Reveille
[ATTEMPTS ON MY LIFE] |
| 99 |  | Ichiko Aoba
Windswept Adan
Johnny just get a fuckin grip and have fun with music instead of walking around by the heck of being different |
| 98 |  | Cult of Luna
The Raging River
The reviewer might actually be semi-retarded. This album rips. Clean your vaginas out ya bozos. |
| 97 |  | Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
I will not be coerced into taking responsibility for helping you improve your taste in bands with Japanese people in them |
| 96 |  | Wire
Pink Flag
this guy's really out here talking about satan and the class struggle on a hannah diamond review |
| 95 |  | Drinking Boys And Girls Choir
Marriage License
it’s almost surreal how much i hate you |
| 94 |  | Wolves in the Throne Room
Primordial Arcana
literally put my hands together and prayed this wasn’t a johnny review when I read the summary |
| 93 |  | Shellac
At Action Park
You are quite unprofessional and keep in mind that we’re doing all in our reaches to make your ratings not count towards Metacritic. You were very biased and that did upset a lot of people, I mean, A LOT OF PEOPLE, so deal with the consequences. |
| 92 |  | Perturbator
Dangerous Days
Also I didn't realize there were restrictions in what shows up on staff review highlights that's actually pretty useful we should apply that to anything produced by the entire staff team besides you and acad |
| 91 |  | Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles
Just stupid to pollute album discussion with obvious negative bias |
| 90 |  | Black Tambourine
Throw Aggi Off The Bridge
Lmao Jesus this review Johnny u big bully |
| 89 |  | Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity
@JohnnyoftheWell Based on the ratings of the individual songs you actually got a 2.5 review there and not a 2. Of course you're going to have opinions on each individual song but I'm just saying assigning ratings to each individual track doesn't make sense if you are not going to evaluate the final result based on that. But hey if that's how you feel about it then whatever, man. |
| 88 |  | Black Eyes
Black Eyes
No need to undermine earnest art to make a flippant comment based on otherwise valid opinions about the album's quality but then johnny wouldn't be able to comment at all |
| 87 |  | Indigo Jam Unit
Independent
One of the worst reviews I have seen on this site. Makes Electric City's edgy review on Unknown Pleasures look better and I thought that was edge lord material. You sound like a pretentious brat. |
| 86 |  | Cocteau Twins
Love's Easy Tears
Amateur grammar vigilante is a nice turn of phrase so kudos, but what on earth is "woodtouching"? |
| 85 |  | Paik
Corridors
hand to god, I was about to leave a comment saying “I know johnny is tempted to end one of his comments with ‘but go off’ and he’s holding back” lmao |
| 84 |  | Orchestra Goldberg
Kleftico Vlachiko
I love u fake johnny |
| 83 |  | Kero Kero Bonito
Civilisation II
Catching up on the thread. Potts and Johnny might have convinced me to drop my rating to a 2. |
| 82 |  | Choi Joonyong and Jin Sangtae
Hole In My Head
"everyday life is not a rock record"
Yeah it is.
Stop pretending you know everything about everything, you don't. |
| 81 |  | Deerhoof
Milk Man
johnny you're a synecDOUCHE |
| 80 |  | King Crimson
Lizard
Nah. Johnny is just trying to bully the weak into pretending to like the stuff that he pretends to like |
| 79 |  | Moondog
Moondog
johnny i definitely have a level of appreciation for the past, it's just that I'd like to think my views on music are more in the realm of, I guess forward thinking. |
| 78 |  | Tropical Fuck Storm
Deep States
Johnny, ngl im kinda worried about u |
| 77 |  | Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come
Johnny I feel like I understand you less with every list you make |
| 76 |  | Son Lux
At War With Walls And Mazes
QanohnnyoftheWell |
| 75 |  | Oxbow
Serenade In Red
I'm glad Johnny complimented my reviews to offset the diss to my hair |
| 74 |  | Burial
Truant/Rough Sleeper
rip ⚰️ condolences to false Johnny’s [s]friends[/s] and family |
| 73 |  | Junior Varsity KM
Taking Care of You (Bliss Out, Vol. 10)
johnny are you okay yknow you (and anyone who has me on discord) can message me any time yall're down this bad |
| 72 |  | Dale Kerrigan
Noise Bitch
tl;dr Johnny is weeb also insane |
| 71 |  | The Klezmatics
Jews With Horns
you're pretty upset. do you meditate |
| 70 |  | Roselit Bone
Crisis Actor
The fact that they come from the same general area and have a somewhat (superficially) similar sound isn't necessarily significant; perhaps some people are reading a narrative of a "scene" and "torch-passing" into that. If that's not the intention--that the quality standard is only supposed to be a "vague" one as defined by Western internet nerds divorced from context--then I see it as a no more insightful statement than "this is some of the best Japanese noise rock around", which more effectively conveys that idea than some reference to five random bands that don't necessarily represent that standard. Consider again the comparison of Jeff Rosenstock to those bands I mentioned. All are "loosely comparable and highly regarded within western discussion circles", yet they would never ordinarily be mentioned together; it would be strange to do so. I'm not convinced that mentioning LE, MxBx, OB, Midori and Bleach together is any different.
"Namedropping" is not somehow wrong or prohibited, but I do think it's often bad writing to do so. |
| 69 |  | Orchid
Orchid
Take a shot every time a band is name dropped, whoops you died |
| 68 |  | David Bowie
Hunky Dory
Can we pollute the front page with a few more tentenko reviews plz |
| 67 |  | Kruder and Dorfmeister
1995
wash your kimono |
| 66 |  | Ned Rothenberg
Inner Diaspora
funny that you basically took the one gripe i had about the album (songwriting) and essentially harangued it to a 2 rating lol |
| 65 |  | Kayoko Yoshizawa
Akahoshi Aoboshi
Am I the only one tired of this fuck head yet. Jesus he’s more insufferable than sowing |
| 64 |  | Orchid
Chaos Is Me
didn't read everything johnny said but I'm agreeing with all of it anyways |
| 63 |  | The Blood Brothers
Crimes
I didn't even need to read this review to know this "reviewer" is a complete tool |
| 62 |  | Sweet Trip
A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
that was one of the worst comments I've ever had the displeasure of reading in its entirety. |
| 61 |  | Naftule Brandwein
Turkische yalle vey uve / Heiser bulgar
johnny just revives this thread like every month so he can talk more shit on it, it's remarkable |
| 60 |  | Shellac
1000 Hurts
@JohnnyoftheWell Sure, however if one limits the juxtapositions one can make, to be between whatever the dominant culture considers 'high' or 'low art' seems artistically inhibiting. Wouldn't it be far more aesthetically liberating to just do away with limited categories and biased binaries? Besides, wouldn't one's adherence to that binary within their artistic process not also create the risk of reproducing the very limitations that distinction could place upon the art itself, something I reckon isn't necessarily subversive to begin with, certainly not from a postmodern perspective. |
| 59 |  | Ulver
Hexahedron
the fact that ghostb1rd hates it basically guarantees that you'll love it johnny this is a huge no brainer plus the singer is Japanese |
| 58 |  | United Nations
Never Mind the Bombings, Here's Your Six Figures
Satirical review what ever, still bad and unfunny, its missed on its fundamental purpose |
| 57 |  | John Zorn
Baphomet
Couldn’t be anymore autistic, Johnny. It was a general response to incessant shitposting, but it seems like I struck a nerve. |
| 56 |  | Hibari Misora
Kawa no Nagare no You ni/Uramado
I have to admit, I'm a bit envious of somebody being to able to reach for the correlations your reaching for in this review. I feel like I'd be the new Mr. Bungle if I could reinterpret music to this degree and call it an unsubtle replication. |
| 55 |  | Masada
Alef
I somehow imagine Jack Antonoff having to read all of this horribly "edgy and try hard" review and thinking : "can't belive this salty fat dude spent 2 hours writing so much shit for an absolute useless music review site, what a great life he must have". |
| 54 |  | Rosetta
The Galilean Satellites
Thanks for name dropping me in your elaborate shitpost, Johnny |
| 53 |  | Michita
ONE
disgusting. taylor doesn’t need you to succeed |
| 52 |  | Low
I Could Live in Hope
TIPS FEDORA! LOOK AT US! WE DID IT AGAIN! WE WROTE ANOTHER LAZY AND BIASED TAY TAY REVIEW! |
| 51 |  | Four Tet
There is Love in You
This is the kind of review that's 99% of the way to being a masterpiece of freeform critical prose but that missing 1% renders it totally worthless. |
| 50 |  | Knut
Challenger
Do you produce your criticisms by the ass? They may only have listened to Chemtrails in the ass, you fucking sons of bitches |
| 49 |  | Gidge
New Light
do not get me started on you Johnny, you weeb fuck, giving 4 reviews to albums only 3 people in the world have heard. You listen to fucking Asnikko unironically. Giving shit a 0.5 just to piss people off perfectly demonstrates the capabilities of how shit of a person you are. |
| 48 |  | State Faults
Resonate/Desperate
also replace Johnny with Colton in staff and I’m not even kidding |
| 47 |  | Kashiwa Daisuke
Program Music III
By his own design Johnny exemplifies the self-aware self-referencing artsy meme wankjob people hate about Black Country New Road |
| 46 |  | Limited Express (has gone?)
perfect ME
[STOP] |
| 45 |  | Xiu Xiu
OH NO
Much as I'd love to follow through and meme myself to death for all 100 entries of this long, long list, I've been a sarky, sarky bum lately and am not blind to the intermittent grains of truth in *some* of those lovely posts. Being sardonic/cynical/ironic/whatever feels fun and natural to me on the whole, but it's not fun for it to be /too/ natural, as I'm sure many of you will relate to.
I guess I've been treading that line particularly finely of late - I don't think this is outright tox, but I'd like to keep it that way and reckon I owe Sput a good ol' candid before irony takes over again. Probably a little indulgent, but I'm already indulgent enough in other ways that a little transparency can't hurt for once. So, uh, frank personal milestone reflections: begin! |
| 44 |  | The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
[HOW/WHY I'M HERE]
Back when I signed up as a Contrib, I was (shock horror) mainly motivated to fill in gaps in the site’s Japanese archives and to spread a little more active interest - or at least awareness – in Japanese artists among the community. This coincided with much of my own discovery, which amounted to one long ditsy voyage of discovery, and it was a real joy to be able to (try to) give as much as I took with that music.
As I got stuck further into the site and realised what kind of music was being pedaled through the features queue (read: indie pop/folk, alt metal and latedays rock, all of which sounded insipid as all hell to my ears), I picked up a dubiously healthy chip on my shoulder and wanted to promote better badder kvlter sounds over constipated latte fodder, and you know how that goes. |
| 43 |  | The Ronettes
...Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
This was bitter and often silly, but I’d like to think I chandelled it down the right paths. The further I followed them, the more I started to fixate on how to write about music to begin with; writing kinda emerged as a motivation in and of itself at some point, and between those three strands you can triangulate why I wanted to challenge myself (and the site) and shoot for staff |
| 42 |  | Otay:onii
Ming Ming
I don’t relate to these motivations nearly as much now. I think Japanese music is much better represented here than it used to be, and I’m not invested in trying to monopolise that anymore (plus Japan’s had a slow year so far); on the other hand, I don’t have any major axes to grind with any frontline writers now. I’m proud of what I bring to the staff taste pool, and I’m proud of what everyone else contributes – being a Contrib was like having a ladder to climb, being a first-year staffer was like having a mark to make, but now tbqh I’m just happy being on the same team as everyone else. |
| 41 |  | Cornelius
Point
I’ll still inevitably dump on the oversaturation of metal in this year’s year-end list or the next time Sowing insta-5s the next 3-chord bedroom folk record that vaguely invokes the spirit of Covid, but I’ve made my peace with the former paying the site bills and, well, gotta concede that Sowing’s had more fire behind all that smoky, smoky hype than any other year I can remember. No beef with the way those wheels do be rollin’. |
| 40 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
However, this all has the side-effect that I don’t [think I] have any particular agenda now other than the whims of my taste, its corresponding dispositions for/against certain trends, and a continually gnawing need to keep myself entertained. Writing and music are both still super important to me, but this had made me much more mindful of how fine the balance can be between respecting/intuitively loving music in the broadest generalest heart-on-sleeveest sense, and consuming/critiquing it like a pissy dom over a dead horse. Shit's not all entertainment.
Contrary to a certain melodramatic, not to mention considerably fatigued, take I posted a month or so ago, I’m not burnt out, but I *am* more mindful that having a positive/enriching relationship with music is nothing to take for granted and it’s best to respect that if you take the time to tune into something with your own personal precious ears. |
| 39 |  | Japanese Breakfast
Jubilee
[CONTEXTUAL GENERAL LIFE UPDATE]
I’m a bored bored boi right now and have been for a few months. This is partly the work of a long pandemic summer holiday, but I think I might have spent long enough in Japan for now. I’ve got a comfortable life here, but there’s nothing much pushing or challenging me outside of my own Japanese language self-study.
This has turned into a slow patch: I don’t read enough, I don’t think enough when I’m not writing, I don’t practice the guitar or write music enough, and I don’t socalise enough in the short term (there’s a post-Olympic Covid hangover here and both restrictions and statistics alike are about as bad as they’ve ever been). |
| 38 |  | Marilyn Mazur
All the Birds: Reflecting / Adventurous
Most likely going to get my arse back to the UK and track down some more exciting work next year, but for the time being I’m just trying to stay vaguely motivated and un-malaise’d. So hooray for that. Dunno if anyone’s going to bother reading this far, but I do appreciate this site and its community a great deal even if I sarc over it beyond the borders of taste and wisdom – chalk that up alongside the Power of Music as something I don’t plan on taking for granted so much.
Thanks for...being there, I guess? Won't do individual acknowledgements because I don't like omitting people and I hope the folks I consider friends here are already well aware of that, but if you're someone I don't dislike and have been curt or dismissive to at some point, then I apologise and will do my best to present a friendlier and more forthcoming face in future. I'm still a cynical piece of shit, but I don't think I'm a nihilist or a misanthrope, and it's no fun for anyone to bring too much of that energy. |
| 37 |  | Lamp
For Lovers / 恋人へ
Candidpost over. Peace
For those not partial to that genre, here’s a copypasta of my final correspondence with Aiwaz, unedited minus one img file, as deposited over the course of one 12 minute take into my discord inbox. Enjoy with caution: |
| 36 |  | Naftule Brandwein
Kallarash / Rumeinishe doina
exacttly
no comment
look i know whats going on man
im not retarded
art invited you
you never talk
all my friends are leaving
just come clean
you never once messaged me "sup" or "what album you listening to?"
i get it dude
just go lol
if you want to know more come in micsd
or just leave
dude i don't even know your middle na,e
you say i troll?
lmaaaaaaao
if i did you know it man
im old dude i dont got time for that shit
2 sentences
not even
just one sntence and a "huh?"
jac hates me man
he is jealous of my discord or was, he ruined it
he brainwahsed my friends
i dont go on that site anymore dude
i had fun with the joe rogan thing but after that i havent even logged in
i deleted it from my bookmarks
good site, shit people
the best thng i ever posted as a joke and its serious
no comment?
btw you need a lowercase "j" for your name to be large, as of now its medium
ask Jom he'll do it
tell your faggot friends to stop pretending to be me thanks
especially Faguibim
the worst person ever on the internet, dude needs to take some buckshot to the head
piece of shit
anyways
toodle
s
you arent talking i dont trust you anymore, bye |
| 35 |  | The Cure
Seventeen Seconds
What does that leave us with? Hmm.
Here is a deeply embarrassing post I made in 2012: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=538903&listid=100966 |
| 34 |  | Citrus
Pits Are the Pits (25 Gold = Rare = Debris...
Here is a BOP the vice-principal at my school got me into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQ_nKYZrsk |
| 33 |  | Faye Wong
Fable
And here is a deeply hilarious combinations of links pertaining to the band Trophy Scars that you have heard of (do em in order, ctrl+F "myspace" on both)
http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/trophy-scars/
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/7550/Trophy-Scars-Alphabet-Alphabets/ |
| 32 |  | The Cure
The Head on the Door
mort. please come back |
| 31 |  | BUCK-TICK
Kyokutou I Love You
Out of ideas so let's play the genre game to see off the rest of this fuckin LIST! What a list hot damn, feast and plunder hear ye! |
| 30 |  | Today Is The Day
Sadness Will Prevail
noise rock/sludge/experimental tragedy mess mesh |
| 29 |  | Blanck Mass
World Eater
electronic/industrial/drone |
| 28 |  | Iosonouncane
IRA
post-industrial/electronic/alternative/ambient |
| 27 |  | moreru
itsunohini...
death fucking emo lofi noisecore |
| 26 |  | Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid
noise fking punk rock |
| 25 |  | xanopticon
Liminal Space
breakcore meltphace idm |
| 24 |  | Wolves in the Throne Room
Two Hunters
atmoblack |
| 23 |  | Duster
Stratosphere
slowcore/space rock |
| 22 |  | Low
Things We Lost in the Fire
s l o w c o r e |
| 21 |  | Wipers
Youth of America
post punk |
| 20 |  | The Prodigy
Music for the Jilted Generation
DANCE/big beat/breaks |
| 19 |  | Trophy Scars
Darkness, Oh Hell
evil tom waits growls |
| 18 |  | The Wrens
The Meadowlands
emo/indie/alt/sadboi |
| 17 |  | Piana
Muse
glitch pop/ambient pop |
| 16 |  | Joni Mitchell
Blue
mumcore |
| 15 |  | Xploding Plastix
Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents
trip-hop/big beat/breaks |
| 14 |  | The Flashbulb
Kirlian Selections
idm/ambient/breakcore/classical/gaming music |
| 13 |  | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Carnage
postmodern singersongwritercomposer stress vent |
| 12 |  | Flipper's Guitar
Doctor Head's World Tower
shibuya kei/psychedelic pop |
| 11 |  | Paik
Satin Black
shoegaze/drone/post rock |
| 10 |  | Burial
Kindred
garage |
| 9 |  | Belvedere
Fast Forward Eats the Tape
post hardcore/tech skate punk |
| 8 |  | Cynic
Focus
prog/tech death |
| 7 |  | Fushitsusha
Live I
noise rock/psych/blues |
| 6 |  | Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
heavy m- metal |
| 5 |  | Arab Strap
As Days Get Dark
slowcore/synth pop/indie pop |
| 4 |  | The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
psych pop/rock |
| 3 |  | Seiko Oomori
Kintsugi
alt j-pop |
| 2 |  | Les Rallizes Denudes
'77 Live
noise rock/psych |
| 1 |  | Oxbow
An Evil Heat
noise rock |
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