This album is basically a love letter to John Zorn
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Album Rating: 4.5
Then I must be making this album every night in the dark.
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Album Rating: 4.0
"Trevor Dunn's old man voice on the secret track makes this album."
They wouldn't tell meeeeee, but somehow I found out!
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Album Rating: 4.0
A bit of a problem with the review - Although it demands to be listened to as a whole, that's a problem. There’s a hidden track on the original LP, eschewing standard sequencing, one track that’s only on the CD as a “secret track,” one track that was part of a 7" single with the LP release, and 2 tracks by a differently named band altogether, Secret Chiefs Trio, that made up the second side of the 7". The CD resolves some of this with its track listing, "hiding" the "Secret Song" at the end of track 4, putting in Platypus as the penultimate track. But the Secret Chiefs Trio tracks are only on the 7". Although the CD gives a possible listening order, it's kind of a modular album. Good luck figuring out the definitive track order.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I mean it came out in 1995 and by that time CDs were more widely used than records so idk seems fine
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Album Rating: 4.7
@krongey: pretty sure the review won't be edited, considering its writer hasn't been around since 2020
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Album Rating: 4.0
the bends is a journey
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Album Rating: 3.0
This is so mid compared to their s/t
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Album Rating: 4.7
To me all of their albums are a solid 4.5 (with the exception of the new one, which I really don't count as a proper studio album), but the S/T would be their worst 4.5 imo
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Album Rating: 3.5
I think everything finally clicked for me on this.
You know you've lost your mind when everything on this makes sense to you.
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I’m sorry I can’t see how this is their best work
california is in a completely different league
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Album Rating: 4.0
Calling this mid compared to California is crazy cuz this is way more abstract and experimental. It is also worse but only very slightly.
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I don’t wanna hear vomiting and “stop tickling me” over formless genre-bending
california tread the fine line between indulgent and enjoyable with good songwriting expertly
what track here can you individually return to and be like, man this is good stuff
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Chemical Marriage, Carry Stress in the Jaw, Desert Search for Techno Allah, Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz, The Bends, Merry Go Bye Bye
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Album Rating: 4.7
"what track here can you individually return to and be like, man this is good stuff"
All of them imo
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Album Rating: 4.0
Weakling alert
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debut: hey guys we’re a new band and we’re really fuckin weird
this album: max potential when it comes to weirdness (decidedly). after the debut, it’s like, hey guys look what we can really do! No holds barred, just total unfiltered indulgence.
California: the masterpiece. All the creativity shown in the past two releases, refined for consumption (which is quite fitting really because ‘consumption’ is clearly one of the themes)
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alright ill try giving it another chance, perhaps i was in the wrong headspace
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Album Rating: 4.5
This one I'm digging more than the debut so far. This is so awesome
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's like I'm listening to a whole album of the weird parts of a CAN album, or yeah John Zorn worship. Could see myself 5ing this in the future
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