Albums you expected to be better (1 Viewer)

[Denny Oubidoux]

Trout Mask Replica is great

 

[Unicron]

I really like TRM but it wasn't as challenging as I'd have been led to believe. I think it was because I'd heard loads of stuff that it influenced.so it sounded familiar in a way,

It was still great, and I imagine it really freaked out the squares when it was released.

 

[EGE YURTUM]

Throwing Muses - the Real Ramona

... overly lauded, grossly underwhelming...

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I had a flatmate once who was very excited about buying this after all he heard about it. He was "very disappointed" when he played it. He was sitting there shaking his head in disbelieve wondering "what the fuck is this".

I copied it for a pal who was genuinely offended that I'd subject him to what he thought was noise bordering on the offensive.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

When I write my autobiography, I might include a chapter about Beefheart but I'm afraid Trout Mask Replica's too much for my memoir.

 

[dudley]

I had a nice gentle introduction to trout mask replica when John peel decided to play the entire lp in order, one track a night. Just enough to make me sit up and go wow, but in measured enough doses to not wear me out

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

TMR is a bit much in one go, like on a CD. I think it's probably more approachable as a double album. It took a little while for me to recognize all the genius little hooks and melodies all over the place on it. I've never warmed to anything else of his really. I must revisit. What other beefheart albums do you like?

 

[dudley]

Clear Spot is my all time fave, just the perfect 70s rock record, amazing playing, really incredible recording. Was newly remastered in a small box set called Sun Zoom Spark, along with the Spotlight kid, which is a far weaker LP and a third disc of outtakes, some of which are phenomenal.

Both versions of Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) rank up top for me too.

 

[dudley]

Get Clear Spot on now, that's my gift to you today, for an amazing Monday.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I've only ever listened to TMR, the only other Beefheart I've ever heard was his bit on Zappa's Hot Rats.

 

[Unicron]

I've only ever listened to TMR, the only other Beefheart I've ever heard was his bit on Zappa's Hot Rats.

I don't know the album that @dudley recommended (though will queue it up after I'm through my discover playlist) but I think Safe As Milk is also very good.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I don't like Safe As Milk. Wasn't mad about Icecream for Crow or Doc At The Radar Station either. I think that's as far as I went.

 

[pete]

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Picked this up on a record buying trip to London back in the day. I got into a lot of what i got into back then thanks to a tape i was given that contained a couple of Dag Nasty albums and 7 Seconds' Walk Together, Rock Together LP on it. Somewhere along the way (probably another trip to that London) I picked up 7 Seconds' older New Wind & The Crew LPs, so when I found another, newer LP in whatever that shop was down at the end of Notting Hill market that sold the not quite official hardcore hoodies, I was delighted. Then I brought it home and listened to it...Such a let down.

I mean it's not a bad album, taken on its own completely out of context of their previous output... but...

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I went back to Ourselves so many times hoping to find something in it to prove me wrong. Never did. Just can't take it on its own merits.

(I think that was the trip i found a copy of the Sepultura & Overdose Bestial Devastation / Século XX split EP for Ken Blackmore in that same shop, so it wasn't all bad)

 

[Jerry Twig]

cocaine-fuelled snooze

That makes no sense

 

[shidheat]

this should be called "the albums i don't get thread"

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

That makes no sense

Cocaine makes the musicians very busy and animated but completely destroys their critical faculties to the point where they think any old guff is great. This is boring music, fuelled by cocaine (they famously removed a big visible lump of cocaine from Neil Young's nostril in post-production).

 

[Jerry Twig]

Cocaine makes the musicians very busy and animated but completely destroys their critical faculties to the point where they think any old guff is great. This is boring music, fuelled by cocaine (they famously removed a big visible lump of cocaine from Neil Young's nostril in post-production).

I was referring to the two words you used one after the other. The music itself is dull shite, on that we agree.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Throwing Muses - the Real Ramona

... overly lauded, grossly underwhelming...

I feel that way about University. Very much so actually, I think No Way in Hell might be the only song on that album I ever really play.

Real Ramona is probably overpraised but it has got Hook in Her Head on it, which is one of their best ever songs. I find that "this is not a metaphor" line in it hilarious:

This woman literally
Felt she had a hook in her head

oh... literally eh? Interesting.

 

[Lili Marlene]

oh and Taylor Swift -1989

I expected it to be less laboured and scrabbling around looking for a chorus so often.

 

[Unicron]

oh and Taylor Swift -1989

I expected it to be less laboured and scrabbling around looking for a chorus so often.

I listened to that because I was curious about the Ryan Adams thing and couldn't in good concience listen to his without listening to hers. 3-4 good songs on it I thought.