You Hate, I Like

tamijo wrote: Forgot about: The King Is Dead Road Salt 1 & 2

I'm mostly bound to like things that aren't discussed at all. It's not hated, but rather neglected, and dismissed as something, it could be "one of those albums belonging to their commercial period" or something.

Another one :

Edited by tamijo - January 28 2012 at 01:43

tamijo wrote: Another one : Allways loved "The League of gentlemen", the Fripp 80's poweralbum, and i must be very alone there, allmost impossible to get the album. Cant even bye as MP3 from DGM or anywhere else i guess.   David Sylvian in general

Yep, an unjustly neglected album that I used to own on vinyl but have been unable to unearth on CD. In places it sounds like the closest we will ever hear to the non sequitur Prog-Punk

tamijo wrote: Tool : 10.000 days , my favorite tool, many seems to dislike it, or at least not regard as high as the 2 albums before.

Yes - 90125 - great album really yet so despised here

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - January 28 2012 at 07:18

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Yes - 90125 - great album really yet so despised here Kayo Dot - Coyote - rave reviews on here but I cant stand it.  I wouldn't call them rave reviews- a lot of people, myself included, seem to like it a lot. But there are quite a few that I heard really dislike it. Captain Beefheart - a legend here but the music is terrible overall Beefheart is king!! OK flame away

ExittheLemming wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Yes - 90125 - great album really yet so despised here never heard Kayo Dot - Coyote - rave reviews on here but I cant stand it.  I rather enjoy this Genesis - Duke - its not as bad as people are saying. Very good pop/rock album Bjork - Medulla - so many praise this lame excuse for music. Yep, tantamount to Iceland's national debt (but I loved the Sugar Cubes) ELP - Love Beach.... no I really hate that one more than half is decent but uninspired Rush - Presto - their worst album ever without any question yet some hail it as a masterpiece.... never heard Tangerine Dream - Phaedra - I dont know why people like this so much as its their worst album. But I am not into that style. stoned german hippies was never a spectator sport (I saw them live/awake) Yes - Fly From Here - a very good return from the band. Not to be criticised so harshly. never heard Rush - Snakes and Arrows - so many love this but it was a real disappointment, hardly any prog on it at all. never heard songs Yes - Owner of a lonely heart - just an awesome song bringing their music to my ears for the first time would you buy Foxtrot after hearing You Can't Hurry Love? All Indo Raga - none of it appeals to me Yep, stoned Indian wannabes was never a spectator sport Captain Beefheart - a legend here but the music is terrible overall there are sections of Trout Mask Replica that are brilliant but otherwise yep, a charlatan OK flame away

Though we;re getting off-topic, since this is about albums "you" like that most dislike, Scott, re Medulla and Coyote, have you actually listened well to the studio albums? I seem to recall with Medulla that you listened to some youtube tracks, possibly out of order, possibly missing some of the music, and some of it was a live version, and with Coyote it was based ona streaming live version.  I think it's important to listen to a good quality recording (CD, or buy the mp3s etc.) on a decent system, listen in full and in order, and give it multiple spins, and give it time.  I might not like an album when I first play it, then return a  few months later and love it -- depends on my mood, and if there are distractions.... I like to "live" with albums, and I play albums I get many times.  There have been a few cases where I got an album and never played it again (Spock's Beard Snow for instance), but I wouldn't review those as I never gave it a chance to fully absorb the music and appreciate it.

As for Indo Prog/ Raga Rock, there's a quite a bit I like, but  I love Mixtus Orbis.  That is my favourite album that is top rated in its category.  If you can't appreciate it, dunno if you have heard the album (there's a poor quality youtube track up, but that doesn't do it) and what we like isn't a matter of what's good, but taste anyway.  There's high quality musicianship -- not stoned Indian wannabes, to use Iain's turn of phrase.

^ No need to apologise, I took your turn off phrase as glib and in good-humour.  The acid/ stoned hippy culture is important to psych laden music,but in Krautrock and Indo Prog/ Raga Rock there have been musicians composers who come from very respectable, serious musical backgrounds -- studied in music conservatories.  I have commonly found a higher degree of musicianship  in those categories than, say, [I won't say it for fear of insult] (but maybe that's my ears and is not a really worthwhile comment).

I have found albums that I like in every category at PA, though the albums may not be representative of the categories.

I think too many dismissive of a category, and albums, without properly exploring it or giving the material time to absorb and adjust to.  There's often a  learning curve when it comes to the appreciation of music, I think, and I think when some people review a lot, they don't give music the time that is necessary to have, or feel, deep insight when it comes to the music. 

Although youtube tracks are highly hardly [late edit for silly mistake] ideal for listening (and, incidentally, terrible for reviewing) -- I believe in listening to whole albums in good quality, and giving the music time to really sink in, some might enjoy these:






The first clip is in Indo Prog/ Raga Rock off the most popular album, and the second is in Krautrock and only has an average rating of 2.32 with six ratings, but I love it.




Edited by Logan - January 28 2012 at 12:59

wilmon91 wrote: I think Camel's "The Single Factor" is a great album, and I really like "You are the one".