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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (9 Viewers)

Raging weasel said:
Found the list. I'm familiar with a lot of these so going to try Spoon and Muse in the morning as I have heard they are well liked. Pick 2 others for me to try.
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Awesome. Here are my recommendations:

#1 - Free - Fire and Water

#2 will be based on your mood and how far out of your comfort zone you want to go (I remember your picks favor metal and hard rock)

Prog - Genesis (Selling ...), or Yes (Close to the Edge)

80s - The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry), or Erasure (Two Ring Circus)

Hip Hop - Tribe (Low End Theory), or OutKast (Aquemini), Run the Jewels 2

Rock/Alternative - Wolfmother, Sublime

Beware any randomizing since a number of my later picks have lots of holes in them. 
 

Enjoy!

 
Raging weasel said:
I'll give you 2 of my live albums to listen to- REO Speedwagon and Tedeschi Trucks
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:thumbup:  

I was a big REO fan back in the day but haven't really listened to them much over the last several years; and although I've heard of Tedeschi Trucks Band, I'm not super well versed so that makes me happy.

I'm going to listen to two other bands I've heard before but pretty much their greatest hits (or hit):

Tragically Hip - Road Apples     I'm pretty much familiar with their one hit song and not much else.  Looking forward to hearing this entire album.

Santana - Santana     I suspect I really only know their classic rock radio hits.  Looking over the tracklist I only recognize one song title on this album so I suspect I'm going to love this one.

 
wikkidpissah said:
 i would like @The Dreaded Marco to suggest 1 or 2, i will randomize 1 or 2, and pick 1 or 2 on my own. cool?

ETA: a rough check shows me that his island mostly has a lot of 21st C darlings that i dont like or dont know, so it should be fun
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I don't want to pick 2 albums for you that you already have heard and/or know you already hate (or like :)  ).

Please look at my list and let me know which albums you're not familiar with.

 
Steve Tasker said:
Please give me an idea of genres of music you like, don't like, and any artists/albums on the list that you are already familiar with (so I don't choose those).
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I am open to all types of music. 

Would avoid the following as being ones I'm already plenty familiar with:  Fleetwood Mac, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Toots and the Maytals, St. Vincent. 

Would also avoid the following as ones I have no desire to know better:  Fall Out Boy (due to that guy's hair), Dave Matthews (for dumping their #### in the Chicago River), Ariana Grande (because she makes Otis grande), and Sigur Ros (for no good reason).

All others welcome.

 
KarmaPolice said:
@Bonzai - I highlighted the ones that I had written down.  There is a varying degree of familiarity from just a passing knowledge, maybe heard a couple songs, to flat out having 0 clue what they are.   I was thinking about going 3 and 3 - so what 3 would you suggest?
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Let's go with..

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat

Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret

 
krista4 said:
I am open to all types of music. 

Would avoid the following as being ones I'm already plenty familiar with:  Fleetwood Mac, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Toots and the Maytals, St. Vincent. 

Would also avoid the following as ones I have no desire to know better:  Fall Out Boy (due to that guy's hair), Dave Matthews (for dumping their #### in the Chicago River), Ariana Grande (because she makes Otis grande), and Sigur Ros (for no good reason).

All others welcome.
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What's this now?

 
Yo Mama said:
Awesome. Here are my recommendations:

#1 - Free - Fire and Water

#2 will be based on your mood and how far out of your comfort zone you want to go (I remember your picks favor metal and hard rock)

Prog - Genesis (Selling ...), or Yes (Close to the Edge)

80s - The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry), or Erasure (Two Ring Circus)

Hip Hop - Tribe (Low End Theory), or OutKast (Aquemini), Run the Jewels 2

Rock/Alternative - Wolfmother, Sublime

Beware any randomizing since a number of my later picks have lots of holes in them. 
 

Enjoy!
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I know the 2 hits from the Free album but that's it. Paul Rogers is one of my fav vocalist s so should enjoy. I have and like a couple of the others you suggested and don't like rap so going with either Genesis or Yes as my 2nd.

 
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50.31 - Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (2011)

I've gone back and forth on #50, but I think this album encapsulates what has become very clearly my wheelhouse of the past decade or so, the synthy dream pop.  I'm wavering a bit on which album of theirs to take, but this one has what I consider their magnum opus track and one of my personal favorite songs of the decade in "We Have Everything".  A fitting capstone for the island.

"We Have Everything"

"Peripheral Visionaries"

 
Dr. Octopus said:
@Uruk-Hai I'm going to choose Black Joe & The Honey Bears for my first dive into your Island. I liked the song I heard on the shuffle and made a mental note about listening to the full record anyway. If you have suggestions for some, that would be great.

ETA: It says self-titled on spreadsheet but it seems those songs are on "Tell ‘em what your name is”. I only see a self titled EP on Spotify. I’m listening to this (“Tell ‘em”) album now and will base my review on that.
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The bolded is the correct title. I screwed up when I first took it and listed it as self-titled

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
I don't want to pick 2 albums for you that you already have heard and/or know you already hate (or like :)  ).

Please look at my list and let me know which albums you're not familiar with.
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The randomizer picked The Microphones, i picked the Built to Spill, now one or two 21st C picks from you and i'm ready to go

 
And finally, for posterity, home to the moai, playoff losses, and a failed bid for the hall of fame, here's my island.

  • Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1975) - 17.10
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) - 1.10
  • Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987) - 7.10
  • A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) - 48.31
  • Nas - Illmatic (1994) - 4.28
  • Bjork - Post (1995) - 11.11
  • Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off (1996) - 45.10
  • Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998) - 21.10
  • Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999) - 6.30
  • Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported (1999) - 31.10
  • Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought (2000) - 13.10
  • Daft Punk - Discovery (2001) - 3.10
  • Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002) - 5.10
  • Scarface - The Fix (2002) - 20.31
  • Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003) - 22.31
  • The Postal Service - Give Up (2003) - 42.31
  • The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005) - 12.31
  • Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die (2005) - 43.10
  • Sigur Ros - Takk... (2005) - 37.10
  • The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine (2006) - 8.30
  • Justice - Cross (2007) - 38.31
  • Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008) - 16.31
  • TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008) - 10.31
  • Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008) - 15.10
  • M83 - Saturdays = Youth (2008) - 35.10
  • Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (2008) - 32.31
  • Japandroids - Post-Nothing (2009) - 25.10
  • St. Vincent - Actor (2009) - 34.31
  • The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (2010) - 36.31
  • Beach House - Teen Dream (2010) - 23.10
  • Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) - 2.28
  • Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010) - 49.10
  • Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (2011) - 50.31
  • Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces (2011) - 29.10
  • Nujabes - Spiritual State (2011) - 30.31
  • Dessa - Castor, the Twin (2011) - 40.31
  • Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012) - 27.10
  • HAIM - Days Are Gone (2013) - 14.31
  • Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe (2013) - 18.31
  • Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time (2013) - 19.10
  • Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else (2014) - 26.31
  • FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014) - 41.10
  • Arkells - High Noon (2015) - 44.31
  • Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 9.10
  • Bully - Feels Like (2015) - 46.31
  • Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool (2015) - 33.10
  • White Lung - Paradise (2016) - 24.31
  • Hinds - I Don't Run (2018) - 28.31
  • Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (2019) - 47.10
  • Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud (2020) - 39.10
Vocals:

Male vocals - 24
Female vocals - 17
Split - 6
Instrumental/dance - 3

The country count:

United States - 25.5
Canada - 9
United Kingdom - 5.5
France - 3
Australia - 2
Iceland - 2
Jamaica - 1
Japan - 1
Spain - 1

 
Bonzai said:
Let's go with..

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat

Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
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Nice - thanks!   I am excited to tackle these.     Mingus was the jazz album I was leaning to as well, never heard of that middle one, and only a peripheral knowledge of the last one.   I THINK a BtS song came up on a shuffle at work and I liked it, but even that I am not sure if I am remembering right.  

I might end up with 7+, as I am having a hard time deciding.  The others I have:

The Band - The Band   = perfect opportunity to sit down with a full album after not being familiar with, but liking the couple songs that have come up on the playlist

Pavement - Brighten the Corners  = I have basically only heard S&E and like it, but have never dug farther for some reason.

Okkervil River = well, one of my draft doppelgangers said he liked a song, right?  I THINK have heard some, but probably not since it came out.  

Royal Headache - High = I have 0 clue what this is.   

 
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krista4 said:
I am open to all types of music. 

Would avoid the following as being ones I'm already plenty familiar with:  Fleetwood Mac, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Toots and the Maytals, St. Vincent. 

Would also avoid the following as ones I have no desire to know better:  Fall Out Boy (due to that guy's hair), Dave Matthews (for dumping their #### in the Chicago River), Ariana Grande (because she makes Otis grande), and Sigur Ros (for no good reason).

All others welcome.
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I'll mull it over and come up with something for ya

 
wikkidpissah said:
The randomizer picked The Microphones, i picked the Built to Spill, now one or two 21st C picks from you and i'm ready to go
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You absolutely hated the Microphones song you heard on shuffle so, if you want to write more vitriol, be my guest.  :lmao:   

Glad you chose the Built To Spill.  

My picks for you:

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000)

Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (1978)

 
I reckon I should post my album list, given that the spread sheet isn't sortable by drafter.

(And I still don't know how to hide stuff.)

1  -  Boston  -  Boston

2  -  Inuendo  -  Queen

3  -  Excitable Boy  -  Warren Zevon

4  -  Point of Know Return  -  Kansas

5  -  Graceland  -  Paul Simon

6  -  X  -  INXS

7  -  Dreamboat Annie  -  Heart

8  -  Full Moon Fever   -  Tom Petty

9  -  Shake Your Money Maker  -  Black Crows

10  -  Presidents of the USA  -  Presidents

11  -  Streets of Fire  -  Soundtrack

12  -  Bat Out of Hell II  -  Meat Loaf

13  -  Conan the Barbarian  -  Basil Poledouris (soundtrack)

14  -  Fire of Unknown Origin  -  Blue Öyster Cult

15  -  Zoot Suit Riot  -  Cherry Poppin' Daddies

16  -  Pump  -  Aerosmith

17  -  Be Yourself Tonight  -  Eurythmics

18  -  Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply  -  Slade

19  -  A Kind of Magic  -  Queen

20  -  The Works  -  Queen

21  -  Songs From the Wood  -  Jethro Tull

22  -  Out of the Blue  -  ELO

23  -  Don't Look Back  -  Boston

24  -  Candy-O  The Cars

25  -  Charmed Life  -  Billy Idol

26  -  Blue Moves  -  Elton John

27  -  Simple Dreams  -  Linda Ronstadt

28  -  Bill and Ted's Excellent Adveture  -  Soundtrack

29  -  My Ride's Here  -  Warren Zevon

30  -  Tuff Enuff  -  The Fabulous Thunderbirds

31  -  Crimes of Passion  -  Pat Benatar

32  -  Flash Gordon  -  Queen  (soundtrack)

33  -  Hot August Night  -  Neil Diamond

34  -  An Evening With John Denver  -  John Denver

35  -  Carry the Fire  -  Delta Rae

36  -  Bad Hair Day  -  Weird Al Yankovic

 
KP's island. Bolded the ones I already know well or am familiar enough with the band. Suggestions from the other ones, @KarmaPolice? Aiming for 4 albums, might keep going after that, but don't want to overcommit. Gonna try Queensryche for sure, I think. Groundhogs, Budgie and Gojira are prob the biggest mysteries out of the group.

PF – Animals
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Who – Quadrophenia
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts of the Great Highway
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Soundgarden – Superunknown
Tool – Lateralus
Pumpkins – Gish
Lord Huron – Strange Trails
Beck – Sea Change
Black Crowes – Southern Harmony
White Stripes – Elephant
Temple of the Dog – s/t
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Iron Maiden – 7th Son
Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps
Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
Depeche Mode – Violator
Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
RHCP – BSSM
Primus – Frizzle Fry
Black Keys – Rubber Factory
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
Opeth – Pale Communion
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand
Pearl Jam – s/t
Van Halen – 1984
Portishead – s/t
Massive Attack – s/t
NIN – Downward Spiral
Kendrick – TPAB
Outkast – ATLiens
Cypress Hill – s/t
Janelle – ArchAndroid
Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Groundhogs – Thank Christ for the Bomb
Budgie – s/t
CCR – Bayou Country
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
AC/DC – Let There Be Rock
RTJ – RTJ4
Radiohead – King of Limbs
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
Jimi Hendrix – Live at Woodstock
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Gojira - Magma

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
You absolutely hated the Microphones song you heard on shuffle so, if you want to write more vitriol, be my guest.  :lmao:   

Glad you chose the Built To Spill.  

My picks for you:

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000)

Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (1978)
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i'm three songs in to The Glow and i'm genuinely angry that they hold someone else's spot in public attention, but the rest should be interesting

 
Buffaloes said:
island contents for whatever poor FBG shipwrecks here...


  Reveal hidden contents
  • LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
  • Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
  • Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
  • D'Angelo - Voodoo
  • Bill Withers - Still Bill
  • The Offspring - Ignition
  • The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
  • David gray - White Ladder
  • Beck - Morning Phase
  • Atoms for Peace - Amok
  • Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
  • N.E.R.D. - In Search of...
  • Glass Animals - Zaba
  • Blur - 13
  • Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life
  • Augustus Pablo - East of the Nile
  • Manu Chao - Clandestino
  • The Strokes - The New Abnormal
  • The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
  • Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
  • Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • Sarah McClachlan - Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
  • Marcy Playground - Shapeshifter
  • Sasha & Digweed - Northern Exposure
  • Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
  • EOB - Earth
  • Sigur Ros - ()
  • Slightly Stoopid - The Longest Barrel Ride
  • Aaliyah - One in a Million
  • Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer - Bach Trios
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@Mrs. Rannous

hope you find something you like.

 
Desert Island Take IX (Or here come the 90's!)

Pick 25:  Various Artists, Wayne's World Soundtrack (1992).  Tia Carrere's version of Ballroom Blitz is almost as rockin' as the red dress she wears while playing it in the movie :excited: .  And hey, look, it also sneaks a copy of Bohemian Rhapsody along with it, score!  Lots of good stuff here.

Pick 26:  **** Dale, Tribal Thunder (1993).  The King of Surf Guitar returns!  His ability to absolutely shred is legendary, especially when you consider he's not only playing that guitar backwards for lefties like Jimi Hendrix, but also he never restrung it for lefties so the strings are upside down!

Pick 27:  Eric Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Great Fantasy Adventure Album (1994).  OK, I'm not going to ANY island without this album.  Kunzel and Telarc put out a lot of awesome collections of great movie themes, but this one is also a lot of my favorite movies all in one place!  And I had to sneak at least one classical album of grandiose music in!

 
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Mrs. Rannous said:
@Buffaloes it's your island.  I'll have a Brandy Alexander and some album suggestion, please!  Or however you want to do this.

@Long Ball Larry you are welcome here to my Crater Lake home.  Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served at six.  Dinner to follow.  Dress is ever so casual.
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I would suggest EOB - Earth

and I looked at your island picks to see what might align with it.

If you are not super familiar with Beck - Morning Phase I'd say that one as well.

 
I got @shuke, which should be fun. I probably won't get to listen until tomorrow.

I'm gonna start with the Jayhawks' Mockingbird Time. I've heard maybe a dozen songs by these guys over the years and liked every one of them - don't know why I haven't gone deeper into their catalog. 

Shuke, if you have any recommendations, throw 'em out there. I know most of the classic rockers you chose pretty well, so maybe one of the others?

 
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Buffaloes said:
Rolled a 13 on the randomizer and got this, which looks completely amazing tbh and right up my alley. Can't wait to dig in

@Eephus Please give me another suggestion from your island. no rules...whatever you are feeling at the moment

Eta: I think the only one that I would say I'm thoroughly knowledgeable of is new order substance
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@eephus did you have theses virgin ambient comps back in the day?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJjXNiaPF6g

reminds me of your toop selection.  I was pretty deep into this stuff in college. were you into the asphodel somnium comps swarm of drones,  throne of drones etc?

 
Dr. Octopus said:
@Uruk-Hai I'm going to choose Black Joe & The Honey Bears for my first dive into your Island. I liked the song I heard on the shuffle and made a mental note about listening to the full record anyway. If you have suggestions for some, that would be great.

ETA: It says self-titled on spreadsheet but it seems those songs are on "Tell ‘em what your name is”. I only see a self titled EP on Spotify. I’m listening to this (“Tell ‘em”) album now and will base my review on that.
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I know you're pretty well-rounded, but looking at the list of what you chose - maybe one of:

Rosanne Cash - The List

Trombone Shorty - Parking Lot Symphony

Marcus King - El Dorado

 
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Eephus said:
I'm going to listen to one of @PIK95's albums next.  I rolled a 33 which gives us.

Tesla    -    The Great Radio Controversy    (1989)

I'm pretty sure I own a copy of this on vinyl.  1989 was a dark year for promotional copies on vinyl as most labels had switched to CD or even cassettes by then.  I must have found this in a cheap bin of promo LPs.  I'm certain I haven't listened to it since at least 1992 when most of my vinyl went into storage.
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I picked up the cd of this from Craigslist yesterday fwiw.  I played it most of the way through as I was driving.

 
I have two in mind from Tasker's list, but I'm waiting for his choices first, because if he chooses one of them, then I get a shot at another choice.  :excited:  

 
@Eephus please give me 2 suggestions. whatever works. I am going to take 2 after that and then rando for at least one more beyond that. I did see the one I picked earlier is a double album :excited:

gonna give CD1 and CD2 a spin on that one

 
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I didn't forget about the rest of your albums, @MAC_32

FUN. - SOME NIGHTS (2012)

COVER -  still didn't give me a clue to what I was getting into.  had a bit of old school 50s vibe to it, or the start of a porno, I couldn't decide which.  

ALBUM -  Is this where I be polite and say "it's not for me"?  ;)     Don't get me wrong, it was a fun. ride (get it?? !), but I think the big road block for me was his voice.   There were a couple that I could see growing on me because of the music - the highlights for me were Some Nights and It Gets Better.  Those were decent, but for me it was a bit downhill from there.  Nothing outright making wanting to skip or anything, more just his voice holding me back I think.    The KP rating would be 4/10 for me - which is basically a tad below average for me, but there was a couple songs and enough there that I think I would recommend to others I think would like it.   

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - THE RIVER (1980)

COVER -  Bruce looking 1/2 pouty, 1/2 badass here.   I still usually question album covers with just a pic on it.  

ALBUM -   This was long, but damn good.   I will be honest - I thought was in a little trouble as I didn't love the opener.  Something about the chorus on The Ties That Bind that grated on me a tad, but after that the trip was great.   Seems like I am drawn a little bit more to the slower/sad side of Bruce so a lot of the stand outs for me are on that spectrum - The River, Point Blank, Drive All Night, Wreck on the Highway, and a couple others I forgot to write down.    Always impresses me with these songs how he is able to transport me and basically paint that story in my head as I listen.  Remember again, I am not one to pay too much to the lyrics right away, but Bruce is able to transport me right away.    Easy 8/10 here.  

STURGILL SIMPSON - SOUND & FURY (2019)

COVER - Another bad ### cover from Sturgill.  Explosions and cars and #### !! 

ALBUM -  Yeah, this was a surprise.   What an interesting step up (probably not the right phrasing) of music.   I will be honest - I was expecting a little more rockin', but not quite the mix of genres as he threw out there on this album.   I mean #### - that sounds like a Daft Punk song at the start of Make Art Not Friends.  I don't know about him - how was this album received by fans??    I think the country-ish song on there was maybe All Said and Done?   I guess Mercury in Retrograde has "twangy" vocals, but then it's backed by synths so it's still interesting.   Anyway - really dug this journey and will for sure try out anything new he throws out there.  mac made this anti-country guy a bit of a convert.   I really liked the openers and closer and Best Clockmaker on Mars.   Again, probably around an 8/10 for me.  I haven't kept up on newer stuff, so just assuming this is one of the better albums I listened to last year.  

 
krista4 said:
I poked my head over there today and saw you, NV, and 80s.  I do think if you all keep at it just a little longer, you'll get stealthy to see the error of his ways.  Just a few more posts.

(That guy should be at the top of every ignore list, no matter your perspective.)
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I'm curious but not curious enough to dip my toe in those waters and find out.

 
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