i think you guys are overthinking this album. really, i do, and i wouldn't say that about pretty
much anything

here's my thesis statement: the music contained within this album is not good. it is loops, none
of which are particularly interesting, looped for really long times. it is very boring

this could be a matter of opinion or whatever, but i feel like even those who praise this album
agree with me (i can't imagine someone listening to this album and actually thinking, "this
music right here deserves a 5"), but they find some sort of extramusical merit to give it a classic
status. the way in which basinski derived the music or the story behind it or anything else doesn't
matter. the end result is not good music!!

I guess you're just not reading what I'm saying, because you keep going off on the same tangent.

i guess i just have an irreconcilable problem with giving high ratings to music for reasons other than
"i enjoy it/i like it"

I understand what Gyromania is saying, but he said it really wrong.

I said it wrong? How so?

gyro i don't get it do you not enjoy the album then? to enjoy its effect on your studying or sleeping patterns is still enjoying it some sense is it not?

I don't know i mean i really like to fall asleep to "god only knows" but i also enjoy it in a lucid state and if i can't appreciate music in the most basic listening format, then it's not of much value to me.

i dont enjoy this even on the level most people claim they do; i think there's much better, sonically more beautiful/"full"/etc. calm and placid music out there for sleeping and studying and whatever

to enjoy its effect on your studying or sleeping patterns is still enjoying it some sense is it not?

sup sup crowe

Eno: fair question. I enjoy the benefits I reap from listening to it. As a piece of music I don't find it very engaging, but I appreciate its value in helping me think deeply and focus on whatever it is I'm doing. I choose to not rate the album because a rating would indicate that I find the music enjoyable, but I use it for purely academic purposes and to help align myself.

sup sup crowe

i guess i see what you're saying.

i know this will sound really facetious and obnoxious, but noise machines are great for that kind of thing as well.

@crowe: of course dude you were a user when being on sputnik was fun

Still waiting for you to tell me how I could have conveyed my point better, Crowe.

you could have looped it for two hours

robertsona, gyro, crowe, and chambered arguing in a thread its like all my dreams come true

Album Rating: 4.0

Still waiting for you to tell me how I could have conveyed my point better, Crowe.



you could have looped it for two hours

Album Rating: 3.5

melancholia instead plz

more like the disinterested loops

Album Rating: 3.5

actually never heard that one before

















congrats

Album Rating: 4.0

pos'd, great review



I'm really really liking this a lot. You said it pretty much perfectly; it's alarmingly "simple" but it just feels so, i dont know, grand or something. The concept or whatever is actually pretty cool too. I like when art makes an interesting point in a subtle but striking way. ugh i dunno i dated a visual arts major for four years so I kind of eat that shit up haha.