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[QUOTE='Poesidan [GAG];32579343'] [B]Wilco - The Whole Love[/B] Band Summary: I don't think many of you know Wilco. They were never a popular band, nor are they still. They've had several LPs since their start in 1995. Fun fact: They wrote the song "Someone Else's Song" which was altered by Valve and put in Team Fortress 2 as "More Gun". 2002 was the year in which they released their best album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot". Partially why they never grew famous was because the lead singer got addicted to pain killers. And less then a week ago, they released their new album "The Whole Love" Review: There are 12 songs on this album. Each features its own sort of liveliness, quietness, or unique atmosphere. Out of the 12, I have to say 10 are more then favorable, and the other 2 are okay, not bad, just too quiet. My absolute favorite would have to be "I Might". My second choice is "Born Alone". Overall the album is a huge success compared to their past albums. This is not one of those albums that you get and only like 1 or 2 songs, its much more then those kinds of albums. Right now its between #4 and #6 on "Top Charts" for albums on iTunes. This is one of my favorite albums and its definitely one I'll continue to listen to and probably never forget. 9.5/10 Oh and this review is not bias :v: They are one of my favorite bands, but I do not like all of their songs they've released nor their albums.[/QUOTE] What do you mean? I'd consider them popular. I'd bet a lot of us know them, especially because of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. That's a great album.

[TABLE] [TR] [TD] [release][h2]Pink Floyd Ummagumma 1969[/h2] [B]CD1:[/B] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [B]CD2:[/B] [img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img] Studio disc? Uhh... I... I... I have no bloody idea. I guess I kind of like it maybe? Live disc is the best live album I've heard in a long long time. I especially love the Astronomy Domine cover. I should listen to this one more often, since its REALLY awesome. Highlights are [B]The Narrow Way[/B] and [B]CD1[/B] [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://www.gaudela.net/portugalprog/capas/Ummagumma-1a.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother 1970[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star2.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Now this... I'm not really sure what to rate it. Everytime I think about giving it a really high score, I think of the times that I didn't enjoy it. Whenever I think about giving it a low score, I think of the times that I really got into it. Anyways, this album was pretty much Pink Floyd looking for their sound, in my opinion. Album has some goodies (title song, Fat Old Sun) and some worse ones (If, Summer '68) Anyways, highlights are the before mentioned [B]Atom Heart Mother[/B] and [B]Fat Old Sun[/B] [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://lovephoenix.typepad.jp/photos/progressive_rock/pink_floydatom_heart_mother_2.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Meddle 1971[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] This is, in my opinion, the spot where Pink Floyd started their awesome-period. This album is really, really good, with mostly acoustic, chill music, with a kick ass song for a beginning and a 20-minute epic as and ending. So yeah, there are only a few minor things I don't really like about this album, such as the crowd ending in 'Fearless'. This album gets my seal of approval. Listing highlights are ofcourse [B]One Of These Days, San Tropez[/B] and [B]Echoes.[/B] [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4656806362_ca9e2d61d0.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Agree 100% with Meddle

[QUOTE=Hakita;32743710][TABLE] [TR] [TD] [release][h2]Pink Floyd Ummagumma 1969[/h2] [B]CD1:[/B] [img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img][img]http://users.rcn.com/bruhmuller/webquest/QuestionMark.gif[/img] [B]CD2:[/B] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img][/QUOTE] What dyou mean? CD 1 is the live side of Ummagumma.

[QUOTE=AK'z;32744520]What dyou mean? CD 1 is the live side of Ummagumma.[/QUOTE] Studio CD must've confused me so much that I don't even know which is which, and who is who.

[QUOTE=Hakita;32744986]Studio CD must've confused me so much that I don't even know which is which, and who is who.[/QUOTE] Ummagumma

[QUOTE=AK'z;32745047]Ummagumma[/QUOTE] Gummaumma

Dark Side of the Spoon

Here's my first review in a while: [img]http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/an-empty-bliss-beyond-this-world.jpg[/img] The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World - 2011 The way I found it, was random luck that I knew a guy called OctopusGuy here. I put headphones on, and let the album be absorbed. What I got was this immediate distance from the music. It's weird because I listen to a crapload of ambient, and I've never felt anything like what this album did. Now, call it pretentious because this album isn't your ordinary ambient album. It's [I]that[/I] haunted ballroom music from The Shining. But the difference here is that he somehow made it even more obvious and even more in tune with the times. The album is basically like a decaying vinyl record from the 20s. Some may say "it's just music nobody would listen to because it's 1920s Jazz" but by adding this HAUNTING texture to it. He's made something dramatic and beautiful. [B]A[/B]

[QUOTE=Reset Panda;32745079]Dark Side of the Spoon[/QUOTE] No its Moon of the Dark Side

Dark Side of the Force

Oh and I'm already at the end of Division Bell on my marathon, so I should probably write the rest of the reviews now. [editline]12th October 2011[/editline] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Obscured By Clouds 1972[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Pink Floyd's last soundtrack. A very good one at that, but just not as good as Meddle. It gets slightly dragging overtime, since the whole album is basically instrumental and simple songs, with a few ones with vocals in between. This album is a lot more moving and action-y than Meddle (well, atleast mostly) and has a few really badass songs. However, with badass songs, comes worse songs and very forgettable ones too. Highlights are [B]When You're In, Wots... Uh The Deal?[/B] and [B]Mudmen[/B]. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/364/cover_372011192009.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 1973[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star2.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Now, before you get mad over the fact that this isn't 5/5, listen to me for a second here. The album has AMAZING mixing, but some songs are musically just... eh. [sub][sub]i'm looking at you, on the run and the great gig in the sky[/sub][/sub] The whole experience as an album is fantastic and it has two of my favorite songs of all time (Time and Brain Damage/Eclipse) Well, theres nothing much to say here. Fantastic album, fantastic mixing and fantastic music. Fantastic highlights are [B]Time, Money[/B] and [B]Brain Damge/Eclipse[/B] [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://webpage.houlton.sad29.k12.me.us/images/DarkSideOfTheMoon.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Yes, you heard me. Wish You Were here gets 4/5. Its still a good album, but its not as good as the last few. There are only a few tracks, of which 2 are actually just a song cut into 2 parts. Shine On isn't really as good as everyone says in my opinion. I mean, its good but its not THAT good. Welcome To The Machine is also [I]just[/I] good. As an album, its a pretty enjoyable one, but not as good as the last few, like I said. Highlights this time are [B]Have A Cigar[/B] and [B]Wish You Were Here[/B] [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/364/cover_383971692009.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

[img]http://www.indieshuffle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/uploads/20090811_noid_the_antlers_hospice.jpg[/img] Depressing/10

Chickens needs to peep that album.

What?

Check out the album, it really is depressing :v:

Epilogue almost had me in tears. Amazing album.

[QUOTE=AK'z;32745225]Here's my first review in a while: [img]http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/an-empty-bliss-beyond-this-world.jpg[/img] The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World - 2011 The way I found it, was random luck that I knew a guy called OctopusGuy here. I put headphones on, and let the album be absorbed. What I got was this immediate distance from the music. It's weird because I listen to a crapload of ambient, and I've never felt anything like what this album did. Now, call it pretentious because this album isn't your ordinary ambient album. It's [I]that[/I] haunted ballroom music from The Shining. But the difference here is that he somehow made it even more obvious and even more in tune with the times. The album is basically like a decaying vinyl record from the 20s. Some may say "it's just music nobody would listen to because it's 1920s Jazz" but by adding this HAUNTING texture to it. He's made something dramatic and beautiful. [B]A[/B][/QUOTE] The album is up on soundcloud if anyone wants to give it a try. It is incredibly haunting. I like it. [url]http://soundcloud.com/alteredzones/sets/the-caretaker-an-empty-bliss[/url]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/ctAgM.jpg[/img] We Were Promised Jetpacks - [I]In the Pit of the Stomach[/I] - 2011 8/10 Hot album. Will need to listen to it and their earlier album [I]These Four Walls[/I] before I can really compare. I probably wont bother though. I get the feeling that this album is better though. It's definitely sticking more with me anyway. Not got much to say other than that. Giving it an 8. It wasn't really fantastic, but for three tracks to really stick after a single listen it pretty rare for me. Recommended tracks: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5UN_Yv4d2k][I]Circles and Squares[/I][/url] - Fantastic opener [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dALwBqy2M9A][I]Picture of Health[/I][/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkzmRt6eZ8I][I]Pear Tree[/I][/url] - Great build ups, very good album ender Really need to find out what song the end of [I]Pear Tree[/I] is reminding me of. I'll post it if I remember lol WAIT IT WAS [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IakDItZ7f7Q]VIOLET HILL[/url] BY COLDPLAY okay posting now

[img]http://toki-woki.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/2192251561_362cfa829b_o.jpg[/img] Why? - Alopecia (2008) 5/5 I really like these Why?'s style on this album. I read that their other albums don't have as much hip-hop influence in them so I don't know if I will like their other stuff as much unfortunately

Uhhh, Great Gig in the Sky is fucking Amazing....The vocalist is one of only two non-members to ever sing a song for Pink Floyd. Have a Cigar being the other one. But I understand your points, Pink Floyd doesn't do a constant rock fest, they tend to weave their music together into a story. And with any story there are highs and lows. Wish You Were Here for example is actually a massive jab at the music industry. Dark Side of the Moon is last Album with Syd Barrett and you can hear the remorse in every word.

[highlight]Meshuggah[/highlight] - [h2]Nothing[/h2] [img]http://www.sikworld.com/artofmetal/Meshuggah-Nothing.jpg[/img] An intriguing, unique as fuck sound is perfected here. Polyrhythms, excessively downtuned chruching guitars, bass lower than the bass range itself, and tuneless aggressive vocals that yell at you louder than your dad after getting caught smoking crack. Basically the whole sound of the album is very similar, but the actual songwriting is enough variety to give each song their own element. The sound of this album is just so fucking badass. It makes you feel like you could shoot 1,000 orphans with an AK47, makes you feel like you could nail everybody's wives and get away with it, make you feel like you're getting shot 50 times with a Barrett M82 without feeling a thing, and basically it's just a feeling undescribable. Refer to the front cover, that's my reaction to this album. If any album has removed my doubt of the quality of modern metal, it is this. If I had to give a 21st century metal record a 10/10 rating, it would be Meshuggah's Nothing. This album was NOT made by humans.

[QUOTE=Swilly;32755774]Uhhh, Great Gig in the Sky is fucking Amazing....The vocalist is one of only two non-members to ever sing a song for Pink Floyd. Have a Cigar being the other one.[/QUOTE] Ehh, I just don't really like Great Gig. I guess it never just clicked for me.

Still better than on the run...

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd Animals 1977[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Ehh... This album is just far from bad, but it has a lot of downsides, which is why it deserves only 4 stars. The main downside, in my opinion, is Dogs. I just can't get into this song. It has some cool parts but overall it just feels really uninteresting and unmemorable. However, all the other songs are good. Pigs and Sheep especially, with Pigs On The Wing, parts 1 and 2 being good a good intro and ending. So yeah, its definitely not a bad album, but Dogs really pulls it down from a 5 star for me. The best animals of the farm are [B]Pigs On The Wing, Pigs[/B] and [B]Sheep[/B]. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2odavLlI61qc2j4eo1_500.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd The Wall 1979[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star2.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Hell yeah, The Wall! Its a nice change from the usual Pink Floyd and it is REALLY good. The first half has a lot of good songs with a few bad ones in between and the second album has the same problem. Especially Bring The Boys Back Home, which just feels unfitting and odd. However, it also contains one of my favorite songs of all time, Comfortably Numb. Although the live versions of Comfortably Numb are even better, the album version is very, very enjoyable too. The Highlighted bricks are: [B]Another Brick In The Wall (Pts. 1-3), Comfortably Numb[/B] and [B]The Trial[/B]. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://www.mp3boo.com/cover-album/Pink_FloydWall-front.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][h2]Pink Floyd The Final Cut 1983[/h2] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star1.png[/img][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Star3.png[/img] [h2] [/h2] Now this is just basically a Roger Waters album, with minimal input from other Floyd members. If you can get past that, its still an amazing album with lots of memorable songs. Yes, I think that The Final Cut is underrated. I suppose most people might just not like Waters' style, but I love it. The album overall is very emotional in my opinion. Also, did you know that The Final Cut was originally supposed to be a soundtrack for the The Wall movie? Songs that made the final cut are: [B]Your Possible Pasts, The Fletcher Memorial Home[/B] and [B]Not Now, John[/B]. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img]http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Pink-Floyd-The-Final-Cut.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

[QUOTE=rokknroll4;32707821][img]http://music.is-amazing.com/sites/music.is-amazing.com/files/covers/les_discrets_-_septembre_et_ses_derni__res_pens__es_artwork.jpg[/img] [B]Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées[/B] (8.5/10) Amazing shoegaze/post-metal album. It took a few listens for me to be able to differentiate the songs (titles in French, singing also in French, I think its all French, don't hate me if I'm wrong) but once I gave everything a good listen I loved it. With this album they manage to create an amazing atmosphere as well as some beautiful music spanning multiple genres of post-rock. My only issue is the vocals, they are nice for a while but they just get so annoying after long periods of listening, but they are sparse as is so this is hardly a major issue. Still recommend this to anyone who likes post-rock, post-metal, or shoegaze. [editline]9th October 2011[/editline] If you like the album artwork give this a try, the music = the album artwork, not even kidding.[/QUOTE] shoegaze and post metal sounds cool [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] Also pink floyd PINK FLOYD FUCKING EVERYWHERE [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] [img]http://mittnyavapen.com/sa/sffs.jpg[/img] [B]Blazing fires and helicopters on the front page of the newspaper. There's a war going on and I'm marching in heavy boots[/B] by [I]Suffocate for fucks sake[/I] 8/10 Interesting as fuck post rock/whatever album. Album is predominantly broken up by samples of a girl talking in swedish about her life and escape from a mental institution. There's some screamed and sung vocal sections and it's full of cool stuff. Liked it a lot [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] also I may not be able to understand what she's saying, but I can feel the despair in her words. I can feel what she's trying to say. It's moving.

post-rockcore I think I have a translated lyric sheet for one of the tracks somewhere on my computer. I'll see if I can get it. [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] For [I]They Try To Cheer Me Up By Saying I Did Once Live A Functioning Life[/I] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/xmtBh.jpg[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;32733290][img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqeurxiRW71qbe502o1_500.jpg[/img] [b]"Wildlife" by La Dispute (2011)[/QUOTE] I got this album today and listened to all of it. could you recommend me some more music like this?

[QUOTE=T-Bag-T;32749705]The album is up on soundcloud if anyone wants to give it a try. It is incredibly haunting. I like it. [url]http://soundcloud.com/alteredzones/sets/the-caretaker-an-empty-bliss[/url][/QUOTE] Well I wouldn't call it "frightening", it's very soothing. [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Hakita;32756985] [TD][release][img]http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Pink-Floyd-The-Final-Cut.jpg[/img] [/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/QUOTE] Not sure I understand when you put Final Cut up with Animals and Wish You Were Here. But that's your opinion, if you love Roger Waters that much, then I can't blame you. :>

[QUOTE=ThatCrazyGmanV2;32759781]I got this album today and listened to all of it. could you recommend me some more music like this?[/QUOTE] Though the whole album isn't like this, get the whole album anyways, this is a nice climax to an anthemic post punk work. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5a1xuO4LaY[/media]