50 Incredibly Tough Albums For Extreme Listeners (1 Viewer)

[washingcattle]

I wasn't being entirely serious. Jeez you're all so literal.

I just thought it was interesting that the Cure and Johnny Cash are in the charts. You are right though I'd rather pull my face off than listen to most of those albums.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

But she sounds like a cat getting the ride of it's life.

That she makes good music behind the dreadful singing just makes her even worse - it's a tease as well as unlistenable. Astral Weeks is ruined in a similar sort of way although the music there is probably not nearly as interesting as JN and the singing is worse.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

That Venetian Snares is alright.

So, is there music that bands make purposely to be unlistenable or is there just stuff that ends up that way?

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Possibly.

 

[Diumraid]

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Possibly.

Was this some sort of contract-breaker; even with a high tolerance for Melvins indulgence this album is hard-going.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Don't think so,it was never on Atlantic,only Am Rep. Pretty sure I read somewhere an interview where Buzzo claimed Atlantic wanted to release it ? It was a long time ago though.

Colossus of Destiny is a tough one too.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Mojo's 50 Weirdest Albums

The 50 Weirdest Albums Ever | MOJO

 

[Squiggle]

Mojo's 50 Weirdest Albums

The 50 Weirdest Albums Ever | MOJO

I know at least three thumped (or ex thumped) folks who could produce with ease 50 much weirder albums out of their collection than the ones on that list.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I know at least three thumped (or ex thumped) folks who could produce with ease 50 much weirder albums out of their collection than the ones on that list.

They listened.

Even Weirder: MOJO Readers' 50 Weirdest Albums | MOJO

 

[MilanPan!c]

The weirdest album I've ever heard is also the rarest and one of the most addictive:

Darkside - She Is Dead

I'd pay at least €50 for a copy, but even if I offered €500 I'd never get another...

 

[hydromancer]

Heres an odd one...
(number 3 on that list playing here in oct)

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Terry Fox - The Labyrinth Scored For 11 Different Cats (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs

 

[nlgbbbblth]

They listened.

Even Weirder: MOJO Readers' 50 Weirdest Albums | MOJO

I highly recommend The Osmonds LP from that list. Easy to find cheap. Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Flaunt It has also held up well. The Marble Index leaves me cold however.

 

[MilanPan!c]

Digging that Vile Imbeciles record.

 

[billygannon]

I really like Bitches Brew. It's only difficult to listen to if you're a far-right Nazi.
This article was probably written by a Mr. A. Hitler of Berghof, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

 

[washingcattle]

I really like Bitches Brew. It's only difficult to listen to if you're a far-right Nazi.
This article was probably written by a Mr. A. Hitler of Berghof, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

Or if you were a jazz purist over the age of 30 at the time when the album was released. That or a nazi obviously.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I hate bitches brew and all the rest of the electric rubbish he did

 

[billygannon]

I hate bitches brew and all the rest of the electric rubbish he did

The 80's stuff is nonsense. Of course his 50's and 60's stuff is better but it's not that bad. The album cover is fantastic.

It's best to listen to while sitting on a balcony in just your pants drinking cartons of orange juice.

 

[Shirley Combs]

the thing about those music magazine lists is that they tend to lean toward things you can actually buy. They are more shopping list than aesthetic manifesto.

Dismissing Miles' electric period is like dismissing ... I don't even know what to compare it to... words fail

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Dismissing Miles' electric period is like dismissing ... I don't even know what to compare it to... words fail

I was probably being hysterical when I said I hated it but thinking it's rubbish is perfectly reasonable.

 

[washingcattle]

The 80's stuff is nonsense. Of course his 50's and 60's stuff is better but it's not that bad. The album cover is fantastic.

It's best to listen to while sitting on a balcony in just your pants drinking cartons of orange juice.

It's best listened to while walking through a storm of people at a tube station during rush hour in central london. It seems to make perfect sense then.

Ditto Yellow Swans to be fair.

Also if you've ever been to NYC On The Corner starts to make perfect sense there. The repetition, the bass lines all of it makes sense.

 

[shidheat]

70's miles is by a long shot my favourite miles. that's just like my opinion dude