Album Rating: 5.0

Oh man Blue bell knoll doesn’t have a review so I can’t discuss “Athol-brose” (this album is way better tho)

Athol-brose ain't exactly their finest hour though - discuss

Album Rating: 3.0

Bumped down, bye to one of my longest-standing 3.5s

Iceblink Luck stuck out more this time around though

Album Rating: 5.0

“athol-brose” could be imported here in exchange for “road river rail” or “wolf in the breast” or maybe “I wear your ring” and the album would be better because it’s that good a song, easily the best on BBK. That’s what I say

Album Rating: 4.5

If I've heard this, Treasure, and Blue Bell Knoll, where do I go next?

Album Rating: 5.0

Head Over Heels. Victorialand if you want something more ambient

Album Rating: 4.5

This album gains points for unintelligible lyrics*



lyrics are overrated

Album Rating: 3.0

Not to be a repeater, but

Head Over Heels!

Hold it right there, Wolf In The Breast and I Wear Your Ring are two of the best tracks here

Album Rating: 5.0

Wolf in the Breast is fab, I Wear Your Ring and Road River and Rail are the 2 weakest for me but I do love all of this thing

Album Rating: 4.5

closers the best imo

Album Rating: 4.0

Lyrics are, were and always will be secondary to the music. Yes even in hip hop.

Album Rating: 4.5

broad generalizations are almost always false



theres plenty of lyric-centered hip hop

Just read poetry. Music is special as an art form because it doesnt have to rely on other art form. Most lyricist dont have anything insightful to say

Album Rating: 4.0

that's on the way it is constructed, i meant more in the enjoyment one gets out of it.



a decent beat+mediocre lyrics will always trump a mediocre beat+decent lyrics on the enjoyment rating.



At least, that's how i feel on the matter.

Personally, i absolutely don't understand people who listen to mediocre/downright BAD music for the 'lyrical content'. Why subject yourself to that, aren't you better off just reading poetry? I dunno.

^this

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Music becomes more lyric-centered the more perceptible the lyrics are. So if a song is minimalistic, the vocals in the center and the lyrics distinguishable (like, for example, Springsteen's Nebraska most of the time), it's obvious that the song wants you to pay attention to the lyrics. Even if you don't speak the language, the signals remain clear that the song wants to tell you something lyrically. So it's wrong to ignore the lyrics in those cases, because the song makes it clear that they matter.



In most of the cases, the musical aspect of the song is too much in front for the lyrics to matter as much. And I don't know how anyone could insist that this album would have gained anything by having distinguishable lyrics.



Well. How could it ever gain anything anymore anyway? It's got all that it needs.



Edit: Reading the comments that were added while I wrote this, yes: There's no point to listen to a shitty song because it has good lyrics, I completely agree.

Album Rating: 3.0

Y'all obviously haven't heard my old home-recorded tapes with me talking over a drum machine and playing out of tune sax. Tell me lyrics don't matter then 😎

Album Rating: 4.5

Lyrics are almost completely worthless to me, occasionally I will get some enjoyment out of them, but the vast majority of music I listen to would be the same either way. They can add something meaningful to consider, or are otherwise so terrible that it can ruin a perfectly decent song, it does happen but rarely. 99% of music is firmly in the middle for me personally.

Album Rating: 4.0

Also, me personaly could never get any serious enjoyment out of poetry and stuff... I kinda identify the subjects i should be paying attention to (word-play, structure, symbolic/semantic subtleties, proper conveying of complex emotion, word textures, etc.) i just don't get any sort of profound enjoyment or relate to that stuff in any deep way.



I get much more of an emotional response out of 'HEY JUDE' than any poetry i've ever read in my life, and i'm not even a huge fan of that song particulary.