Average Rating: 3.29 Rating Variance: 0.58 Objectivity Score: 84% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicArcane Roots Melancholia HymnsThe way Arcane Roots re-invented themselves seems to be polarising but I think this is by far their best work. First time I heard Curtains as a single blew my mind. And the production is insane! Almost perfect if not for a couple of slight fillers (Solemn, Fireflies), though the rest of the album is worthy of a 5 rating. Favourite Track: Curtains Other Highlights: Matter, Indigo, Arp, Everything (All At Once)Glass Ocean The Remnants of Losing Yourself in Someone ElseOne of the best albums I've ever heard. This is how you mix pop, prog & R&B. And the vocals are on another level. Soul Slumber & Burn comfortably fit within my top 10 of all time. Favourite Track: Soul Slumber Other Highlights: A Dream From Which I May Not Wake, Burn, Pride, AlmaidaGrammatics GrammaticsOceansize Everyone Into PositionMy 3rd favourite Oceansize album and yet still a 5/5. Absolutely tectonic, and Meredith shows just how versatile they were. Favourite Track: Meredith Other Highlights: The Charm Offensive, Heaven Alive, No TomorrowOceansize FramesA masterpiece. Favourite Track: Unfamiliar Other Highlights: Trail Of Fire, Savant, The FrameOceansize EffloresceMy favourite album ever (followed closely by Frames)rFavourite Track: Massive Bereavement Other Highlights: Catalyst, One Day All This Could Be Yours, You Wish, Remember Where You Are4.5 superbGazpacho DemonGazpacho MolokGazpacho FireworkerGlass Ocean Glass OceanOceansize Music for Nurses4.0 excellentAgent Fresco A Long Time ListeningArcane Roots Heaven and EarthArcane Roots Blood and ChemistryBiffy Clyro The Vertigo of BlissBy far the best album they've made. Raw and inventive. Favourite Track: A Day Of... Other Highlights: Liberate The Illiterate, Diary Of Always, Eradicate The Doubt, A Man Of His Appalling PostureColdplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsColdplay ParachutesGazpacho NightJeniferever Choose a Bright MorningJeniferever SilesiaJeniferever Spring TidesKarnivool Sound AwakeMeer Playing HouseWhat an absolute breath of fresh air. Uplifting, creative poppy chamber prog with some insane musicianship and absolute bangers.rFavourite Track: You Were A DrumrOther Highlights: Picking Up The Pieces, Beehive, ChildOceansize Home & MinorOceansize Self Preserved While The Bodies Float UpBy far their weakest album imo, yet still flipping good. Rare you can say that about a band. Favourite Track: Part Cardiac Other Highlights: Build Us A Rocket Then, Oscar Acceptance Speech, PineOur Oceans While Time DisappearsOur Oceans Our OceansPure Reason Revolution Above CirrusPure Reason Revolution EupneaReuben Racecar Is Racecar BackwardsBy far their best work with perhaps one of the greatest openers of all time. Favourite Track: No-One Wins The War Other Highlights: Stuck In My Throat, Oh The Shame, Eating Only Apples, Song For Saturday, Moving To BlackwaterS. Carey Range Of LightSinew Pilots of a New SkySteven Wilson To the BoneSucioperro Pain AgencyTalk Talk Laughing StockTalk Talk Spirit of EdenThe Reign of Kindo Play With FireVennart In The Dead, Dead WoodVennart To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic Sea3.5 greatAgent Fresco DestrierAnathema Distant SatellitesAnoraak FigureAnoraak ChronotropicAnoraak Nightdrive With YouAnoraak Wherever the Sun SetsAs Tall As Lions You Can't Take It With YouBiffy Clyro Blackened SkyBiffy Clyro Infinity LandBlueneck The OutpostFrost* Experiments in Mass AppealFrost* Day and AgeGazpacho Missa AtroposGazpacho March of GhostsHayley Williams Petals for ArmorKarnivool AsymmetryKT Tunstall Eye To The TelescopeNorth Atlantic Oscillation Grind ShowNorth Atlantic Oscillation Fog ElectricPorcupine Tree Fear of a Blank PlanetFavourite Track: Sleep TogetherrOther Highlights: Anesthetize, SentimentalPure Reason Revolution Hammer & AnvilRaised By Swans Codes and Secret LongingSteven Wilson The Harmony CodexSteven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)Sucioperro FusedThe Reign of Kindo Rhythm, Chord & MelodyVennart The Demon JokeVessels White Fields and Open DevicesVOLA InmazesVOLA Applause of a Distant CrowdZero 7 When It Falls3.0 goodAnathema The OptimistArcane Roots Left FireAs Tall As Lions As Tall As LionsClosure in Moscow Soft HellHadn't listened to Closure In Moscow for a while as their music never hits the same with me anymore.rHowever, listened to this out of curiosity and I think it's their best work to date. They've taken the best aspects out of both previous albums here.rOnly listened all the way through once, but have come back to Lock & Key multiple times. Best track they've put out to date by far. More of that please!Coldplay Everyday LifeDeftones Koi No YokanFrost* MilliontownFrost* OthersGazpacho FirebirdGazpacho Tick TockGlass Ocean IIMassive Attack MezzanineMeer MeerMessage to Bears Folding LeavesMessage to Bears MapsNorth Atlantic Oscillation The Third DayNorth Atlantic Oscillation Grappling HooksPorcupine Tree DeadwingPorcupine Tree The IncidentPort Noir CutsPort Noir Any Way The Wind CarriesPort Noir The New RoutinePort Noir PulsPure Reason Revolution The Dark ThirdRaised By Swans OxnadalurRaised By Swans No Ghostless PlaceS. Carey Hundred AcresS. Carey All We GrowSteven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.Sucioperro Random Acts of IntimacyThe Pineapple Thief All the WarsThe Pineapple Thief Your WildernessThe best thing they did and I had a glimmer of hope for them moving forwards. Shame they didn't deliver.rStill some generic filler on here but some definitely highlight tracks for sure, with The Final Thing On My Mind probably being the best thing they've done.rFavourite Track: The Final Thing On My MindrOther Highlights: In Exile, No Man's Land, Fend For YourselfThe Reign of Kindo Happy However AfterThe Reign of Kindo This Is What Happens2.5 averageAs Tall As Lions LafcadioBiffy Clyro PuzzleThe crossroads. I look back on Puzzle fondly, it has some great moments on it (Now I'm Everyone, The Conversation Is..., 9/15ths) that's unfortunately bogged down by some forgettable duds in the "too safe" category (Saturday Superhouse, A Whole Child Ago, Love Has A Diameter)Biffy Clyro Only RevolutionsClosure in Moscow First TempleClosure in Moscow Pink LemonadeColdplay X&YColdplay A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplay Ghost StoriesFrost* Falling SatellitesGazpacho BravoGazpacho Get It While It's Cold (37ºC)Gazpacho When Earth Lets GoGazpacho SoyuzPorcupine Tree In AbsentiaPortishead DummyPure Reason Revolution Amor Vincit OmniaRaised By Swans raised by swans is the name of a man, volume 1Reuben Very Fast Very DangerousPerhaps this one stings more due to how highly I rate Racecar, but gone are many of the things that made that album so special for me. Gone (for the most part) are the soaring moments found in the likes of No-One Wins The War, Stuck In My Throat & Moving To Blackwater, and they've instead adopted a more hardcore approach. Which isn't bad, just doesn't work for me. Everytime A Teenager Listens To Drum & Bass A Rockstar Dies is still a banger though and among the best they produced. It has all those moments that made Reuben special.Steven Wilson InsurgentesSteven Wilson Grace for DrowningSucioperro The Heart String And How To Pull ItThe Pineapple Thief DissolutionTool 10,000 DaysVOLA Witness2.0 poorBiffy Clyro OppositesQuantity over quality much? I know Biffy churn out tracks with tons of b-sides. I don't think a double album was ever necessary though.Hayley Williams FLOWERS for VASES / descansosKarnivool ThemataSteven Wilson The Future BitesThe Pineapple Thief MagnoliaI really think these guys need to focus on quality over quantity. They churn out multiple albums that all sound the same, bland and uninspired for the most part, with the odd highlight. This is one of the weakest out of all the ones I've listened to. Less proggy which was maybe the only thing going for them. Only song that stands out for me is Alone At Sea.The Pineapple Thief Versions of the TruthOne of the blandest offerings from a very bland band. Don't really understand the hype around them in the prog community, they're like a watered down Porcupine Tree (which is ironic with the addition of Gavin Harrison). Demons is just E minor song. Even with Gavin Harrison, these guys don't seem to ever want to explore new territory, which isn't always necessary, though sorely needed here. Though maybe it's just me...1.5 very poorBiffy Clyro EllipsisOne to wedge the door open with... On the bright side, Wolves Of Winter is perhaps the biggest steaming pile of garbage they've done, so the only way is up from there.Empire State Bastard Rivers Of Heresy1.0 awfulYou Me At Six Take Off Your ColoursMusic is uninspired at best, but it's the lyrics that are dreadful Just some bloke whining about how he's the ultimate catch and that women are whores
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