SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

Padraic wrote: Epignosis wrote: I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever. I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors. I can only think of three right now for myself.  But yes, that criterion works well.  Albums so terrible you're tempted to throw them away, so they don't foul up your collection with their stinkiness.

Here's mine, although to be fair, I like Kate Bush's album as a pop record (which is saying a lot, since I hate most 80s pop and as soon as I heard the first track a severe wave of buyer's remorse fell over me).

STEVEN WILSON Insurgentes | review
GENESIS Genesis | review
YES Union | review
VARIOUS ARTISTS (LABEL SAMPLERS) Anderson, Wakeman, Howe (Original Members of Yes) | review
KATE BUSH Hounds of Love | review
COVEN Blood on the Snow | review
COVEN Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls | review
ADRIAN BELEW Young Lions | review


Edited by Epignosis - July 06 2009 at 16:01

moreitsythanyou wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me... Now THAT'S RICH

It makes me want to lower my ratings of other DT albums.

James wrote: Padraic wrote: Epignosis wrote: I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever. I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors. I can only think of three right now for myself.  But yes, that criterion works well.  Albums so terrible you're tempted to throw them away, so they don't foul up your collection with their stinkiness. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Raise My Fatty Toes Like Fishing Rods to Hell That's three.

Bump

Oh and maybe Tool's 10,000 Days as well.  It's not bad I just don't have any plan to ever hear it again.

Epignosis wrote: STEVEN WILSON Insurgentes | review KATE BUSH Hounds of Love | review

This is unforgivable

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Edited by The Quiet One - July 06 2009 at 16:03

And with a name like Coven and with those album titles, did you expect to like them? 

I think maybe we should rephrase things somewhat, as I believe we're getting confused.

Heavy does not always acquaint to noisy.  That's what Rob's saying.

I agree with him there too.

A lot of metal I hear I don't find that heavy, which I find rather amusing.

I find Black Oni much heavier (and noisier) than most power metal albums.

The Quiet One wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: The Quiet One wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: The Quiet One wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me... Perhaps because it has it's pretty heavy moments? I find it good, specially 6:00, Innocence Faded and Lifting Shadows.., while Scarred, Voices, The Silent Man, Space Dye-Vest and Erotomania have there really good moments. Hm... oersonally, I wouldn't consider anything off it remotely as heavy as Speed King or the opening solo off Facelift or something like that. It's pretty metallic, I'll give you, but I don't really mind any musical styles enough to complain if they seem well-written and memorable to me (I mean, my main problem with metal is when it's done very blandly, which is a bit... the songs off Awake don't strike me as that). Come on, compare Speed King to The Mirror or Caught in a Web. Speed King is heavy, though more raw sounding IMO, it doesn't create a wall of sound like those from DT do. I did. Speed King seems heavier to me... loud, fast, intense, great riff, thick sound, that great, twisty solo at the start... suppose it's just differing opinions on what constitute heaviness. The typical 'metal' sound has never struck me as particularly heavy. You are right. Speed King is heavier. What I wanted say was that "Perhaps because it has it's pretty heavy metal moments?" There, I think that suits better, doesn't it?

Pretty fair

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