But you can't get into any of their other ones?

For me, Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible is one of the best albums ever made. A fully realized concept album about all the filth and disease in the modern world, with creatively distributed guitar parts and more anthemic choruses than I would expect from an album of said concept. I like this more every time I listen to it, and that's about 2 years of listens so far.

I just can't seem to get into anything else - I've heard a song here and there, and I've heard "Everything Must Go" and "Gold Against the Soul", which are the albums that sandwich the one I like.

It's reasonable, though, since the guitarist/main songwriter offed himself and/or disappeared after The Holy Bible. Really tragic stuff.

Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist

can't get into the vocal production on all their other releases

Metallica - St. Anger

What's with all the dumb solos and instrumentals?

The Killers - Hot Fuss

They got further away from post-punk and dance-punk on their subsequent albums going into a synth pop and Bruce Springsteen direction that I didn't really like.

Gorillaz - Self Titled

They abandoned the trip hop that made me fall in love with their first album in favor of dance-pop.

eps and albums aren't the same thing dude

Gotta admit though, the beat from Clint Eastwood is fucking excellent.

But you can't get into any of their other ones?

For me, Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible is one of the best albums ever made. A fully realized concept album about all the filth and disease in the modern world, with creatively distributed guitar parts and more anthemic choruses than I would expect from an album of said concept. I like this more every time I listen to it, and that's about 2 years of listens so far.

I just can't seem to get into anything else - I've heard a song here and there, and I've heard "Everything Must Go" and "Gold Against the Soul", which are the albums that sandwich the one I like.

It's reasonable, though, since the guitarist/main songwriter offed himself and/or disappeared after The Holy Bible. Really tragic stuff.

You should check out Journal For Plague Lovers. Its in the same vein and 100% of the lyrics are Richey's.

He wasn't the main songwriter, though, (he wrote the majority of lyrics for THB, none of the music) and didn't play a note of guitar on the album.

titus andronicus - idk. it just didn't work for me (the monitor).
hot hot heat - they had an ep and 2 7"s before that album with the new singer that sucked.

He didn't play any guitar? What?

Portishead - Dummy

Portishead - Dummy

This

Yeah, their self-titled was like nails on a chalkboard IMHO. Haven't heard Third...maybe I should give it a spin.

I like some of their self titled like All Mine, Western Eyes, Only You

I was going to say The La's debut but I suppose it doesn't really qualify for the thread being their only album.

At the Drive-In. I love Relationship of Command but except for some single songs I really can't get into any of their previous stuff

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
The La's - self titled
Buena Vista Social Club - self titled
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

titus andronicus - idk. it just didn't work for me (the monitor).

i think you misunderstood the question, he means like bands with one album you like and besides, Titus has two. So do you like the Airing of Grievances or the Monitor?

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Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been is awesome, fuck that other stuff.

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Yeah, if you like that album more than You're Living All Over Me, or Bug, then you're more fucking stupid than we thought.

Yeah, if you like that album more than You're Living All Over Me, or Bug, then you're more fucking stupid than we thought.

This.

Dinosaur Jr is legendary. Just went to the Bug tour on Sunday and it was incredible. Funny how many people like Where You Been/Without A Sound more than the original three records!!

Weird, I was at that show. It was good besides them probably not even playing an hour and some douche trying push over people drunk up front

Weird, I was at that show. It was good besides them probably not even playing an hour and some douche trying push over people drunk up front

They played for 1:05 according to my friend who is pretty notoriously anal about timing bands we see. I missed the pushing guy which is weird since I was maybe 3 people off the rail right in front of J.

Dino never plays a super long set, but that was particularly egregiously short. Always worth the price of admission.

EDIT: My mistake, I went Monday in Raleigh, not Sunday in... DC?

This past Sunday was in Atlanta

God dammit they played Forget the Swan two nights after I saw them...

God dammit they played Forget the Swan two nights after I saw them...

Yes, they did. It seemed very spur of the moment because Rollins spent so much time asking about what the very first songs they completed were for Dinosaur and they all commented on Forget The Swan repeatedly. One of the best off the first LP. ... But we probably shouldn't swing this thread too OT with too much Dino Jr chat.

I think ilikeplanets is just listening to shit without any concept of context or even any respect for it at all.

I really respect the guitar work in Where You Been, more so than in any other album by Dino Jr. You'll all be fine.

I really respect the guitar work in Where You Been, more so than in any other album by Dino Jr. You'll all be fine.

I think you need to go listen to sludgefeast like 10 times.

The Lung

Kracked... every song on the god damn album

I really enjoy the first album's songs live as seen on the live at the Middle East dvd... Gargoyle, Forget the Swan, Mountain Man... etc oh and Bulbs of Passion that one is killer

I think you need to go listen to sludgefeast like 10 times.

why, she won't get it

i think she needs to stick to whatever shitty metal she's going to like anyway and give up trying to figure out alt rock fans

Actually, my mind is currently being blown by this song. :D

FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!

That better be a lyric........:rolleyes:

anyone who wants to say Dummy without listening to Third can go get fucked (or listen to Third because it's really good and will change his mind).

The United States of America - self titled

He didn't play any guitar? What?

Yeah, James Dean Bradfield is the musical talent in that band...chief songwriter and a mean guitarist. Richey was the tortured poet/lyrical genius pinup in eyeliner who just had to come to a tragic and mysterious end (there are as many conspiracy theories as there are for Kurt), but he couldn't really play.

THB is the most satisfying (and unsettling) of their albums, but I love the pop side of Everything Must Go and Send Away The Tigers. I even enjoyed This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, which seems to be the album most people hate on. Know Your Enemy was shite, though.

public image ltd. - second issue

not that i hate their other stuff, but when i want to listen to them i always put on that record almost exclusively.

some Dino Jr records are better than others, but I for one enjoy most of them on a pretty consistent level. Shit, I even still spin Farm on a semi-regular basis.

some Dino Jr records are better than others, but I for one enjoy most of them on a pretty consistent level. Shit, I even still spin Farm on a semi-regular basis.

both Beyond and Farm are rather good, never got the hate some people have towards their last albums

Beyond is pretty freaking great, but Farm is kinda mediocre. The only truly bad Dino Jr record is Hand It Over, the 1997 No-Lou-or-Murph record. Its been out of print for a bit, and no one even seems to care. I don't think J has played any track from it with either the Fog or the reunited Dino Jr. Pretty ugh.

i'm gonna predict wu lyf

like that band health or crystal castles

which crystal castles album do you like? I like parts of the 2nd one but haven't heard the first

radiohead

everything went downhill after the bends

you're terrible.

radiohead

everything went downhill after the bends

Shocked it took 45 posts before someone dropped the OMG-Scandalous-Radiohead bomb.

a perfect circle comes to mind [the first one of course]
speaking of rhcp, while they do have some nice songs on other albums, nothing is in the same realm of cool as blood sugar

which crystal castles album do you like? I like parts of the 2nd one but haven't heard the first

idk maybe their first couple/few singles? bands like that aren't meant to make albums.

i mean - they can but it's usually not as good as only having one or two songs.

1 amazing single > 1 so-so LP

the guy who said At the drive in makes me sad. Every album is good and In/Casino/Out and Vaya Ep are masterpieces as well as Relationship of Command. I think some people just are shocked by the lower production values on the earlier releases and don't give them a chance.

I would have to say:

The Cure. Disintegration is pretty good but the rest of the albums that I have checked out are too hit and miss for me. lots of good singles though.

Beach Boys: Pet Sounds is the only full album I can enjoy.

The Cure.

I just lost faith in humanity.

The following albums are classics in my opinion:

Faith
Seventeen Seconds
Pornography
Japanese Whispers
Disintegration
Bloodflowers

Then The Head On The Door and Wish are pretty excellent as well. YOU make me sad.

wow that's a pretty far out and unique personal opinion you've got

I wouldn't expect it to be, captain dickhead, but no universal truth is safe these days apparently.

I mean, Sgt Pepper is the only good Beatles album right?

A lot of people hate on Bloodflowers though. I love it.

oh man the beatles AND the cure?

Yeah nvm they both suck ur rite

Fugees - The Score
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Matt & Kim - Grand
Matisyahu - Youth

speaking of rhcp, while they do have some nice songs on other albums, nothing is in the same realm of cool as blood sugar

Mothers Milk >>>>>>> Blood Sugar

idk maybe their first couple/few singles? bands like that aren't meant to make albums.

yeah true, i like cuts.

I'll stick up for "Bloodflowers". As a whole I think it resonates better than their last two albums. There are times I'd rather listen to it than Disintegration.

you're terrible.

I thought that, and cried a little inside, when I saw you chose St. Anger. :cry:

yeah st. anger rules

Actually, my mind is currently being blown by this song. :D

yeah, you're living all over me = best dino jr album

I just lost faith in humanity.

The following albums are classics in my opinion:

Faith
Seventeen Seconds
Pornography
Japanese Whispers
Disintegration
Bloodflowers

Then The Head On The Door and Wish are pretty excellent as well. YOU make me sad.

kmkmkm, the top, and boys don't cry/three imaginary boys are also great. and some of the 80s bsides were fucking killer as well.
everything they did up to wish and a few songs on wms is great. never really liked BF or anything after that
japanese whispers is like the perfect mini-album

I like those three albums too, but a shade less than the others I listed.

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ilikeplanets is a retard

freak scene you can't believe us

Yeah, ilp, you fuckin' crazy.

!!! (Myth Takes)
Asobi Seksu (Citrus)
Bloc Party (Silent Alarm)
Franz Ferdinand (s/t)
Stars (Set Yourself on Fire)
Broken Social Scene (You Forgot It In People)
Snoop Dogg (Doggy Style)

+guilty pleasures
Guster (Keep It Together)
Evanescence (Fallen)
System of a Down (Toxicity)
Everclear (Sparke & Fade)

these barely count based on their limited discographies, but:

MGMT
Neutral Milk Hotel
White Lies
Zwan hurhur

soad's first album is their best. but i wouldn't call it awesomely great

everclear, eh...sparkle is definitely their best and it's a shame they went ultra-pop after that but i really like 'world of noise' too

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I agree with Franz Ferdinand and Asobi Seksu.

I would probably also say New Order: Power Corruption and Lies

and Kill Hannah: Wake Up the Sleepers

I've heard World of Noise once or twice but not enough to remember any of it. SOAD to me is just a few very memorable singles and that made the album. I was never a huge fan of that style but it was sorta semi groundbreaking at the time (to me - a smaller wave version of RATM when they released their debut album).

I would probably also say New Order: Power Corruption and Lies

I would probably also say you're an iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidiot! :D

no that's catherine wheel being right for probably the only time

new order is a singles band with one full good album

get ready is my fav new order album
but yeah the singles are where it's at

Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist

can't get into the vocal production on all their other releases
I lol'd.



Gorillaz - Self Titled

They abandoned the trip hop that made me fall in love with their first album in favor of dance-pop.
WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN-
It's like you never even listened to any other Gorillaz album. I'm so confused.

tori amos- little earthquakes

get ready is my fav new order album


:erm:

Unknown Pleasures is my fav

kmkmkm, the top, and boys don't cry/three imaginary boys are also great. and some of the 80s bsides were fucking killer as well.
everything they did up to wish and a few songs on wms is great. never really liked BF or anything after that
japanese whispers is like the perfect mini-album


Three Imaginary Boys (and pretty much every single song they recorded around that time) is fucking great.

I love The Cure, but Disintegration is, imo, one of their weaker pre-Wish albums. I've never really understood why most people hailed it as their best.

I'm a big supporter of Bloodflowers and their self-titled album (such a great album opener). 4:13 I didn't really care for.

Pornography is hands down the best Cure album, and really the only one I still listen to.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute

The only album the band doesn't like is one of my favorite albums of all time.

nailed it with manic street preachers. i dig some of their other records, bits and pieces, but it kind of begins and ends with the holy bible for me. tremendous record.