Average Rating: 3.25 Rating Variance: 0.53 Objectivity Score: 84% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAmplifier The OctopusArcane 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, AlmaidaOceansize 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 AreOceansize 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 Frame4.5 superbGazpacho FireworkerGlass Ocean Glass OceanGrammatics GrammaticsOceansize Music for NursesVennart Forgiveness and The Grain4.0 excellentAgent Fresco A Long Time ListeningAmplifier AmplifierArcane Roots Blood and ChemistryArcane Roots Heaven and EarthBiffy 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 PostureBrothertiger BrothertigerCloakroom Dissolution WaveColdplay ParachutesColdplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsDenali DenaliDim Gray ShardsGazpacho NightGazpacho DemonGazpacho MolokHayley Williams Petals for ArmorJeniferever Choose a Bright MorningJeniferever Spring TidesJeniferever SilesiaKarnivool 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 DisappearsPorcupine Tree Fear of a Blank PlanetFavourite Track: Sleep TogetherrOther Highlights: Anesthetize, SentimentalPure Reason Revolution EupneaPure Reason Revolution Above CirrusReuben 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 SkySo Below Left BehindSteven Wilson To the BoneSucioperro Pain AgencyTalk Talk Laughing StockTalk Talk Spirit of EdenThe Reign of Kindo Play With FireVennart To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic SeaVennart In The Dead, Dead Wood3.5 greatAgent Fresco DestrierAmplifier The Astronaut Dismantles HALAnathema Distant SatellitesAnoraak ChronotropicAnoraak Wherever the Sun SetsAnoraak Nightdrive With YouAnoraak FigureAs Tall As Lions You Can't Take It With YouBiffy Clyro Blackened SkyBiffy Clyro Infinity LandBlueneck The OutpostChelsea Wolfe She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to SheDeftones Koi No YokanFrost* Experiments in Mass AppealFrost* Day and AgeGazpacho Missa AtroposGazpacho March of GhostsKarnivool AsymmetryKT Tunstall Eye To The TelescopeNorth Atlantic Oscillation Fog ElectricNorth Atlantic Oscillation Grind ShowOur Oceans Our OceansPure Reason Revolution Hammer & AnvilRaised By Swans Codes and Secret LongingSinew The Beauty of ContrastSteven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)Steven Wilson The Harmony CodexSucioperro FusedTesseracT SonderThe Cardigans First Band on the MoonThe Cardigans Gran TurismoThe Radicant We AscendThe 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 goodAereogramme A Story in WhiteAereogramme My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not GoAereogramme Sleep and ReleaseAmplifier InsiderAmplifier Echo StreetAmplifier SunridersAmplifier GargantuanAnathema The OptimistArcane Roots Left FireAs Tall As Lions As Tall As LionsBloc Party A Weekend in the CityCloakroom Last Leg of the Human TableClosure 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 White PonyDeftones Diamond EyesFar Tin Cans with Strings to YouFrost* MilliontownFrost* OthersGazpacho FirebirdGazpacho Tick TockGlass Ocean IIMassive Attack MezzanineMeer MeerMessage to Bears MapsMessage to Bears Folding LeavesNorth Atlantic Oscillation Grappling HooksNorth Atlantic Oscillation The Third DayPorcupine Tree DeadwingPorcupine Tree The IncidentPort Noir PulsPort Noir Any Way The Wind CarriesPort Noir The New RoutinePort Noir CutsPure Reason Revolution The Dark ThirdRaised By Swans No Ghostless PlaceRaised By Swans OxnadalurS. Carey All We GrowS. Carey Hundred AcresSt. Vincent All Born ScreamingSteven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.Sucioperro Random Acts of IntimacyTesseracT PolarisThe 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 This Is What HappensThe Reign of Kindo Happy However AfterTool 10,000 Days2.5 averageAereogramme SeclusionAmplifier MystoriaAmplifier Trippin' with Dr. FaustusAmplifier RecordAs 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 RevolutionsBiffy Clyro FutiqueSome of it's alright, but it feels a bit tired. Chorus in Hunting Season sums up how safe they often play things after a somewhat interesting startBloc Party Silent AlarmClosure in Moscow First TempleClosure in Moscow Pink LemonadeColdplay A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplay X&YColdplay Ghost StoriesDeftones AdrenalineFrost* Falling SatellitesGazpacho BravoGazpacho When Earth Lets GoGazpacho Get It While It's Cold (37ºC)Gazpacho 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 LateralusVOLA Witness2.0 poorAmplifier Residue (Part2)Amplifier HologramBiffy 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.Bloc Party IntimacyHayley 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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