Since I Left You

Really interesting, sometimes a bit too much going on.

I liked nothing about this

Nope. Simply no. Sorry

This is an interesting one. Definitely not what I expected. I couldn't say, that I really liked it, but on the other hand it was quite a ride hearing al these samples in a completely new context. It's not going to be my new favourite, but I found it entertaining to listen to. Only it was a bit too long.

Ich verstehe schon, dass diese wilde Sampling-Orgie gut gemacht ist und man das toll finden kann... Für mich aber zu unentschlossen zwischen Pop/Hiphop/Dance/...

Mal nett, mal anstrengend, aber insgesamt schon irgendwie interessant

Hell yes.

Changed the Australian music topography

I didn’t finish. I’m sure it would be great background music for a chill day doing….something but I don’t know what that is really.

What a weird mix of songs I loved and songs I came this close to skipping

Been on my “to listen to” list since a friend played me Frontier Psychiatrist like 10 years ago lol. Banger album

Made Monday a lil more fun

masterpiece

pretty good overall

Alternated between annoying and boring. Did not enjoy.

No. This repetitive electronic music puts me in a bad mood. It goes no where and tells no story.

no me gusta

Yes. From the first song. Yes

Música rara del cambio de siglo.

Better in memory than playing

Reconozco el talento pero no me gustó mucho la verdad

I’ve always loved this album. I do think some songs are definitely standouts, so it’s not a straight 5 stars, but I still love it.

A perfectly pleasant album, but nothing to excite me.

I really wanted to like this, but the repetitive words and samples just got annoying. The beats were boring. The album just felt soulless and empty.

Really cool sampling and it’s so rare to find albums that flow together this well like it’s all one song. Very unique and expertly produced!

No

A strong 3 that Frontier Psychiatrist lifts up to a 4.

They have a great sound but they don't quite manage to keep it interesting for an entire album. Still an amazing group with some awesome bangers!

At times fun, but really not for me. Electronic gives me such a headache that it's hard to enjoy. Favorite: frontier psychiatrist Least favorite: live at dominoes

Wild electronic music. Crazy while high - very repetitive but in a good way.

Torn between 3 and 4 Solid electronic ambient hip hop music, some of the best of its kind I’ve heard. I don’t think I’d ever just sit down and listen to this album the way I can with some other music I love, but it’s especially great background. It feels too harsh to call it ONLY background music though I can appreciate there’s a thoughtful craftsmanship that goes into plunderphonics, even if it doesn’t involve many real musicians playing real instruments, which I usually prefer

I absolutely loved this, this kind of genre is just such a nice listen. It is such a lovely break from the standard type of song by song album and felt like a full experience. Although it isn't necessary I love when albums are made with the flow in mind. It is great having the best pop song ever sat next to the second best pop song ever, but if the context doesn't continue then it just makes the album feel plastic and completely made up. Stuff like this is great, I often got lost on what song I am listening too, I couldn't keep up, but I love that. I still can't give it 5 although it is close. I think it going to be really tough to give something 5 stars on a first listen, especially in a genre I don't know much about. Another grower for sure, a possible vinyl perhaps but a safe 4/5 for this rating. Stand out "songs": A Different Feeling Electricity Frontier Psychiatrist Side note: Portishead came on after the album finished so I decided to give their album a listen and now I realise I really love this genre. Brilliant stuff

Some bright spots but can't get into the album as a whole.

Not a fan of the disco music

Never heard of this album before and was pleasantly surprised.

Good stuff but the bonus remixes are better.

It's an amazing achievement in sampling stuff and assembling things into something else completely. Its very loop-based nature does get on my nerves quite a bit quite quickly, though. Frontier Psychiatrist will forever stand as an everlasting piece of genius.

It works best when it sounds like Daft Punk. The soul vibe is great, but it gets repetitive at times.

Lots and lots of fun. Great rhythm and beat. The audio tapestry style just makes it very interesting. There is some variable consistency across the album but when it's good it's very good.

Nej tack😘 Bästa låten på albumet var Frotier Psychiatrist.

2 of things songs remind me of my wife so much that this needs to be a 4.

There's really nothing quite like what they do, and I've always loved their ability to know their place in the general world of hip hop and they play into that. They're silly white dudes who lean into that aspect in their music at the same time as paying homage to the the genre as a whole. A perfect example of skill and self awareness meshing to create something wholly unique, so sick

Great album that defines the plunderphonics genre.

Very nice, immersive experience. 5/5

To some degree I understand the uniqueness of this album to be on this list - what seems like cobbling together samples of music around some motifs to create a new, unique composition. While reasonably nice to listen to for the most part, this seems like something better enjoyed in an altered state of consciousness. Some of the motifs in songs I like but nothing iterates out to liking a complete song. A lot of this kind of melds together as some motifs carry into other songs, but the standout that kept my attention throughout the song was Flight Tonight.

Pretty solid house-style album, just not really my taste.

Simply not for me!

3/1/24. Always loved this album and still love it to this day, the Avalanches are one of my favorite artists! Just an enjoyable, fun listen from front to back for any occasion.

This album is not for me. I haven't hit the clubs or have good memories of hitting the clubs. There's a lot going on here and I am indifferent to most of it. I like some forms of electronic music and perhaps this just isn't down my alley.

Fun, but one song was enough

Not for me

Not really impressed with the album.

Wow, amazing. Ahead of its time.

........ why?

Cool for certain settings but feels like get shit done music or fully concentrate. Nothing in between.

A bit repetitive but some funky beats up in here.

I liked this and am going to have to listen to it again.

I liked it but I am not sure what made me like it. Sounds a bit like fat boy slim but on the other hand completely different.

It's pretty mediocre in its genre

cool but forgettable

would i listen this often? probably not. did i enjoy the times i did listen to it? for sure.

Impressive? Absolutely. Replay value? Little to none

Kinda cool

OOOooooh baby OOOH! On a hot streak right now of like four albums in a row from the mid-80’s or later. A lot of people with my listening habits give this one an instant 5 and point out the similarities to Daft Punk’s Discovery (which again, is better than this album and not on this list somehow). I think this album’s shining moments are the dreamy, blissful waves of samples that come together to create a sound collage. Extra points to this record for creating one of my favorite feelings you can get from music: sample-based ecstasy. Very much worth listening to their most recent album, We Will Always Love You. It tightens up the song structure, and has a handful of INCREDIBLE additive guest features on it. & specifically an 11/10 song built entirely around a Carpenters sample. This record is a little shy of a 5 for me, with the only detractor being sometimes it gets a little too lost in a fugue state with the sampling starting to all blend together a little toooo much. Everything else though? Beautiful.

Fun, dancy, a little weird too

I’m getting very tired of electronic music. Probably 2/3 of my generated albums have been dance/electronic and I do not vibe with it.

strange .. is this music, sounds like a lot of different kinds of sounds 2 stars

This was absolutely mental. I loved it.

Not my cup of tea. I found the repetition frustrating and claustrophobic. I was occasionally impressed when new samples seemed to emerge out of the conclusion of other samples. Basically, if you enjoy this sort of thing, here it is. (Paraphrasing the late great Don Thompson).

Ok. Didn't really give me good energy.

Loop after loop after loop after loop after… Whatever, I liked it for the most part except the wispy female vocals.

Kinda a slapper of an album

Music is kind of sick but no lyrics makes it hard to want to listen to the whole thing straight through

This album is absolutely magical. Perfect energy throughout. Incredible creativity in building a fun and interesting soundscape almost entirely through sampling. I've known frontier psychiatrist for years and had no idea how much I was missing in the other tracks. Will definitely return to this regularly.

Good background music at work.

Not my kind of music. I liked some songs, but those lasers where annoying

Dance, pop, sampledelia. Está bien.

Not my style of music, but a couple of songs got my attention, in particular, "Frontier Psychiatrist", as I had heard it somewhere before and it's quite catchy.

It felt like a collection of sounds / words more than an album

It’s unique … didn’t love it didn’t hate it

i’d give this like a 7 i like the concept of it flowing into itself song after song, making it seem like a really different experience, wasn’t expecting their style to be like how it is, very unusual listen, enjoyable though.

I enjoyed this. Nice background music/passive listening. Probably better it doesn't have singing

You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut! A certified 2000s indie classic! Listened many times before and it's a treat. Along with DJ Shadow's ...Endtroducing, it brought head-nodding plunderphonics to the headphones of many a listener of its era and beyond. Absolutely love this record. "Frontier Psychiatry" is the track I quote without hesitation when the mood strikes me. That boy needs therapy.

A bit DJ Shadow-y with more focus on samples and cuts than mixes. It’s sometimes groovy and sometimes mellow, and continuous. After a while I got bored of the aesthetic (unlike Shadow).

immaculate vibes

No Thanks.

Haven't listened to too much Avalanches previously. I knew Frontier Psychiatrist off this one, which is a funky and fun song. Title track is pretty good too, but the rest was average IMO. Personal nitpick - Album as a whole suffers from my big issue with a lot of EDM: short loops repeated. I don't need to hear the same single lyric or short 1-2 second clip repeated 20 times in a row. It's repetitive and boring. Okay, off my soap-box now.

8/10

still remember pretty well my first listen, it says a lot about how much i love this record

Quirky but interesting

My kind of indy.

A good jam. There's some genius here. Bit of a struggle to sit down and listen to. Works better as background music.

The avalanches are incredible. Their albums do not disappoint. Wish they had more lyrics to go over some of the production. Other than that very fun listen

This is missing some rap verses. Cool to hear sampling and beat making in other genres.

Patchy

Weird album, not into just the sounds Top tracks: Frontier Psychiatrist

The first song on this album "Since I Left You" is really nice! I added it to my liked song list! I ended up saving the entire album to my saved playlists in Spotify. This album is 10/10. This is one of my favorite genres of albums.

Good album, just not my style.

I love this, and am amazed it's never popped up on my radar before. Very rarely do I hear something and feel like it's actually proper original - I get that this album uses samples quite heavily, but despite that being a genre in-itself this feels super fresh, inspired and is just good fun. I can't bring myself to give it a 5, though it would be an easy 4.5 if it were possible!

helll ye, skating i Risør i 2018 vibes

This album is like listening to cool music in a really loud bar. Hard to hear the melodies, the lyrics, etc. Turned it off. Terrible.

Chill and interesting and meditative

Cool loungy music. Great to listen to when working.

"Since I Left You" is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches. Some interesting genres listed including dance, sampledelia, disco, plunderphonics and art rock. The album was recorded and produced by bandmembers Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann. They recorded separately at two different studios where they swap tapes and combined. There was extensively sampling from different musical genres. The duo estimated their number of samples at approximately 3500. Woah! The album was widely acclaimed and commercially hit #8 in the UK and #10 on the US Electronic Albums Chart. Noises from a large crowd opens "Since I Left You." Strings and do-wop give this an airy feel. Fantastic sampling of the Main Attractions "Everyday." A woman repeating "Since I left you, I found a world so new." The song turns more disco. This is a wonderful song. The fourth single "Radio" has a funky disco-dance beat. "Sending those signals" is excessively repeated throughout. The first single "Electricity" goes all over the place. A sample from Opera singers Sally Russell and Antoinette Halloren opens the song which goes disco with a great dance beat. Samples from Blowfish's "Rapp Dirty" are thrown in. It appropriately ends back with the opera singers. The song I've heard the most from this album is "Frontier Pyschiatrist." Samples from comedy duo Wayne and Shuster add to the chaos. There's an orchestral background from Enoch Light. Endless loops of horses neighing add to this psychotic and wild ride. You could write a whole page on each of the album's 18 songs with all that's going on.b But, at the same time there are no breaks between songs which makes it one long song. The music is dance, disco and ambient at times. Songs change styles within songs. Very creative sampling. This is a great album and one worth checking out.

Super chill electronica, easy to listen to and enjoy.

I've listened to this more than once to truly nail down how I feel about it. The reality is, I just don't want to listen to it anymore, and probably won't ever again. The sampling is neat, but that's about it. 2/5

I liked this album. It wasn’t my typical style but I did enjoy the beats and samples from literally everywhere. That being said, I did think the music was too crowded and that there were too many things going on. I couldn’t really concentrate whilst listening.

I knew the titular track, and liked it, but didn't realise how much the rest of the album bangs. It's great. Really like the way it's mixed almost like a DJ set as well.

I liked it very much

The only album you'll ever need.

Never heard of The Avalances before or what their music was about so quite excited to learn something new. Streamed the album through Roon which categorises music above the track list. One such category was “Funny Breaks” which I had not seen before and made me wonder if I was about to have a rib tickling hour ahead of me. Quite the opposite it turned out. It started bright enough and I thought I really had found a new musical delight but it quickly degenerated into turgid monotony. Others might complain about the overuse of samples but to me it was these that kept it half interesting, trying to spot something you had heard before and wondering where? It was the monotonous drone beneath the samples which hardly changed in tone or rhythm I disliked. Got half way and had to switch off. Will have to again concede as I often do whilst going through this list, that this music was not meant for me.

Generally not a big fan. Frontier psychiatrist is a banger though

This is nothing like anything I've heard from the late 90s / early 00s; I would have thought this was more recent. The sampling is really fun and really spans across all genres. The beats are also unique and entertaining. I am also a sucker for seamless track transition; it's like one big stream of consciousness. I will listen again. 4/5

Nice, “summertime BBQ” vibes.

Honestly, pretty cool stuff. Chill to listen to while working because I can't understand any of the lyrics.

Sounded like a soundtrack to 1080 or SSX Tricky

Loved this album. Dreamy but not samey. Musical and creative. On a good stereo it sounds incredible.

Fun music, bit too cheerful for me, but does have nice voices, samples and rhythms. Still more to listen to live I think, 3*

Weird techno

2,5 *

Surprised. Fantastic.

Loved this, an instant personal favourite. Wouldn't have thought of listening to this but very happy to get this recommendation.

Un disco muy entretenido. Completamente ambience. Crea distintos escenarios. Cada canción engancha con la siguiente. Por momentos te sentís en una fiesta lujosa, pero con la tranquilidad de estar en tu casa sin estar rodeado de gente 😄

Apple Music preferred

Eclectic. Generally, too-layered electronically for my taste. Good samples but feels like I need drugs other than caffeine to appreciate this sound. Lo-fi / nightcore is an interesting development and they do it well.

Never heard of this group and was blown away. So many good hooks and samples and so very much of the 2000s. I didn't think that decade had a "sound." Loved this album.

I wrote up a whole review but it didn't save. Long story short, i was surprised that *this* was the album that contains "Frontier Psychiatrist," a song that's been bouncing around in the periphery of my music knowledge for almost 25 years. I didn't recognize anything else off the album, and i was very surprised when it started and the horror movie chorus kicked in. I enjoyed it. It was intricately made of a million samples and moved through so many different vibes. Maybe too much of a good thing on one album? The ghostly chorus gives it a 4.

absolutely not. the whole idea bothers me in principle.

This wasn't awful. I liked how the whole album flowed together, but I definitely could not see myself listening to this again. Some of the samples definitely seem shoehorned in, but it was kind of cool to see so many come together like a puzzle. It just is not at all the kind of music I enjoy.

album make adhd brain go brrrrrr i did not enjoy it (too much horse????) but honestly, it seems like great workin' music. will probably listen again

I don't know if I could listen to this a lot, but I did really enjoy it as a whole

Apparently I'm the only person in the group who's never even encountered the singles off this album and frankly that was a blessing. I've dabbled in sample-based songmaking before and can respect how difficult it must have been to create this album, but I just don't understand why you would. No track seemed to reach a sustained melody that wasn't the one being sampled, and mostly it reminded me of the Pogo imitations of the late 00s where The Bit was that people were using wacky or nostalgic sample sources. Sample heavy hip-hop builds a new topline or a pocket for rapping over, and something like Front 242 tends to build a club beat while occasionally having a narrative. This album, by comparison, felt like an exercise in understanding what it's like to have ADHD, punctuated by the most piercing tsew-tsew-tsew sounds available. I'd be willing to believe that the music was the runoff effect of someone's hobby of filing tedious sample-clearing paperwork with record agencies, like how my yarn collecting sometimes results in a crochet project. Highlights, while still dim, were portions of songs like ETOH and Summer Crane where a sample was actually looped long enough to create a rhythm. Little Journey even approaches the feeling of a hazy summer afternoon but then heralds a tempo and style change with something jarring that sounds like a guitarist squealing up the neck. I've often thought I might be impervious to resistance-breaking via music because I would simply Enjoy listening to portions of Enter Sandman repeatedly, but the CIA would just have to play the first 3-5 songs off this album and I'd falsely confess to whatever they wanted to hear.

I didn't like this as much as I thought I would It was 100x easier to listen to when I played it in my car compared to playing it over my airpods The high whistling noises in close to you, and the popping noises in Two Hearts were a lot, even when I played them out loud. The crackling and popping were far too asmr for my liking Frontier Psychiatrist was the only song I kindof knew and the whole time it played I just thought it would make a great tiktok sound "that boy needs therapy"

Never listened to this kind of stuff, and I found I liked it. Such an interesting mash-up of sounds. I'm not a convert, but I now appreciate it more than I did. I would even go so far as to call this music. I don't apply that to a lot of rap/techno stuff.

⭐️this was a hodgepodge of sounds- I didn’t like it at all

A ok album if you enjoy disco.

This is actually quite nice and really well made. I like the groove and the seamless flow between the tracks, However, for a fan of hard rock and punk, it becomes quite repetitive and boring after a while, as I’m not at a party nor doing drugs. Why such long??? Also, quite underwhelming end to the album

A mess of cool-sounding but meaningless repetitive vocal licks, coupled with basic synth/percussive rhythms. It’s actually really interesting, bordering on soundscape-esque during some moments, and the music isn’t so repetitive that it gets boring. And it sounds, well, cool. However, even though the music is sometimes catchy, it’s disorganised and nonsensical to the point of (often) going in one ear and out the other. Maybe I don’t understand The Avalanches’ true genius. Highlights: Since I Left You, Close To You, Live At Dominoes

Hell yes, this album is still on my playlist. Good memories of my then young son as many times I thought " that boy needs therapy "

Cool album art, especially for this kind of music. I want to enjoy this, but it's a bit messy on the first take. I suppose I've come to prefer Daft Punk's cleaner, less cluttered sound. May enjoy more on another listen. Frontier Psychiatrist is a hell of a tune though.

Brilliant dance album. Super enjoyable. Amazing dance tracks and how it was produced is nothing short of incredible. It does drag on a while after but some funky tracks. F.song: Since I left you

Could not listen to one track till the end. Booring repetitions.

one of my favvvvvs from high school. listening to this album so loud with my over ear headphones at all hours of the day. gave myself tinnitus lol. some tracks hit super new and different now that its been like ten years of listening and loving electronic and sample based music, etoh in particular. just truly an incredible record

Electronic music that plays calmly in the background.

Electronic music is such a chore for me to sit down and listen to. I get why is recognized as good and why other people like, but I just cannot stand it in large doses.

Alternative/electronic from 2000. Enjoying off the bat. Decent backing vibes, not quite library worthy. A high 3.

Frank Zappa con más bit de Los 2000…

Masterpiece

I think nothing of it

Good, homogenous album

I appreciate the fact that their spund is unique among electronic bands-soulful, funky with touches of electronic beats and bent notes. Pleasant enough but not a candidate for me for heavy rotation.

Great listen. Sample based music with each track blending into the next. Best song: Frontier psychiatrist

Interesting and unique.

Some parts were a bit weird and that one piano dissonant, but most of it was really cool

I believe my kids would like me to say, "Slappin bops, all bangers." Me, I'm enveloped by the craftsmanship of the album. The fusion of electronic sequencing, cuts, breaks, samples, and melodies are a real work of devotion to an artform. You can get up and dance to it, or you can vibe with it while you're focusing. I'd heard 'Frontier Psychiatrist' and I'm glad this list brought me to the album and the album that it came from.

Repetitive and tinny

Didnt know them. I liked It a lot. For special moments

An interesting soundscape but not my thing. Too much sampling. I did enjoy Frontier Psychiatrist.

I have always bene a fan of Frontier Psychiatrist and it has featured on many playlist. but because I discovered the video on MTV back in the day I never did a deep dive on them so this is the first time I get to hear the entire album and i really enjoyed it a lot

Great sound. Unique album. Will be listening again.

This passed me by at the time. It's clever and groovy but I'm getting a bit frustrated by lots of albums that feel vaguely trippy and just wash over me. Not bad though. A true 6 out of 10.

Bought it on release and still love it today.

Nice to listen to this again

Not a fan, but I’m also not very into electronic music. I didn’t find any songs memorable

Blah, I’m not a fan of the loop/sample-based stuff. While it can be be done well, this did nothing for me at all.

Pretty ground breaking but the sound got rather monotonous.

Не плохо

Right craic altogether! Not sure where their place in the golden age of electronic music scene was between Groove Armada and Daft Punk, but this is deffo an album worth listening to between the diversity of samples and how many told a story, coherent or otherwise. Strongest song: Frontier Psychiatry, Live at Dominoes Weakest song: Flight Tonight

Interesting, but not one of my favorites

Sample heavy and uptempo electronic music - I never really get what this kind of music is for, its not exactly danceable club music and is too busy to work as background music and too stupid to be worth paying attention to. It's what they play in a heist movie during a quick cut montage, or what you have to shout over to have a conversation because someone thought it'd be a good idea to have an annoying DJ at a reception but it's too loud in an echoey venue.

Fun ingenious sample heavy musical travelog.

DJs de musica de ambiente, me gusta. Un poco menos que el de ayer de Black Stones, pero esta muy bien para trabajar.

Great songs for studying / working

This has heavy background-music-in-a-Manchester-Northern-Quarter-Cafe-in-the-mid-2000s vibe. It is repettitive, light on the ears and, for the most part, relatively uninteresting to me. I prefer the IDM, John Hopkins end of the dance/electronic spectrum so this is feeling quite mild and middle of the road (not that I'm that edgy, I just like my electronic music either more frantic, more complex, or more transulcently-layered rather than a mish mash of samples). Life is too short - having read how the best songs are ETOH and Fantasy Psychiatrist, I am bailing before the end of the album (a rare move). These songs were not all that great and this relentless sample based mish-mash is getting really boring.

Love this album.

Wow, I wasn't sure how to take this album at first. Was it serious? Was it joyful? Was it fun? Was it a groove? Did I want to dance to it? Well after listening to a few tracks I figured it was all of the above! Unbelievable how the Avalanches could fit all of these seemingly unrelated samples into not just one song but seamlessly throughout the whole album and make it all fit! Great album. Super fun to listen to! Favorite Songs: Since I Left You, Frontier Psychiatrist, Radio, Stay Another Season, Extra Kings. Rating: 4

Love that this "plunderphonics" album came up so quickly after DJ Shadow's Endtroducing in our list, they're almost companion pieces (at least for someone coming from outside the genre). The Avalanches create a truly unique sonic atmosphere here, one that I could see working equally well for a study session as well as a house party. The looping is groovy and the samples sometimes feel like they're pulled out of nowhere, but fit together like puzzle pieces. Even though I know this album was constructed very deliberately, the flow and feel is so joyful and spontaneously. Loved it from start to finish. 4.5/5 Fav tracks: Frontier Psychiatrist, Since I Left You, Electricity, Stay Another Season

Avalanches + Stephen Merrit = early Jens Lekman. Prove me wrong! This is a classic, especially the opening track, which never fails to put me in a good mood. Some really stylish and adept sampling work on this record that is truly a joy to listen to. This sounds like a party I want a standing invitation to. Favourite tracks: Since I Left You, Stay Another Season, Radio, Frontier Psychiatrist

molto bella la melodia e gli strumenti usati nella prima canzone. Ha ancora un sapore anni 90. A tratti sembra un album instrumentale, poi nella canzone "flight tonight" ci sono delle persone che rappano stile hiphop. Album molto interessante, molti suoni diversi, mi piace ma non saprei a che genere associarlo. Album che so già di riascoltare. - Electricity mi piace molto - "today may have..." mi ha colpito molto un pezzo col piano - frontier psy mi ha lasciato la bocca aperta - summer crane è veramente bella con le voci (strumenti?) in sottofondo

The best start of the album with the first song, vibey, weird noises and instruments. Love itt, also his(?) Voice is fun to listen to, but also not nice. Arcade fire vibes. I feel the 7 samples in this, too many I'd say. Second song low key continues the first song, but not the violin came, and back into the first song vibes. Little burning noises in my ears. Also a "club med" sample. LOVING THIS for now. So much chaos( in a good way). PERFECT TRANSITION INTO THE 3RD SONG. There is weird horse-like sound in the background constantly I like it low-key. Amazing beat. The sounds change each minute I feel like. This couldn't be any better. AAA AGAIN A TRANSITION THESE BITCHES DO THEIR WORK RIGHT. 4th song, This is so funny, in a such a good way, samples I think at the start. I will definitely check all those samples(I hope) so that I can actually see their origin. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST INTERESTING ALBUM, for now. Oh, the end is getting louder and better, love iiit. Again a fucking transition, I'm not even alive at this point, 5th song and I'm more entertained than I've ever been. Oops it was not a song just a 22 second thing, but I loved it still. Omg 6th song is also a transition. Such weird voice, I adore it. I'm so vibing with this, every second is so worth it, made me day. FRENCH RAP?! CHEF'S KISS. Is it "Jamaica" or "she wicked" hmm. 7th song: Whole album is a one big song I swear. It got loud and fast, not it's opposite, beat stayed though. Progressive I think. It's so catchy, everything about it. 8th song started with woman's talk, now it's some man going right and left in my headphones. Also weird beat instrument giving off tropical vibe. OHH sound changed fully, another sample I guess. Wtff song changed and I didn't realise for 1 minute, 9th song and they keep up the magnificent work. A little classical violin at the end such an adventure this album is, the beat came in so smoothly. Burning sound is back, aaand gone, and back. 10th song starts operatic, than beat comes in and whohoo. "Rap dirty" "black man" or "Macbeth" hmm again. Ended with an opera woman voice as the start. 11th and apparently 12th songs has an asmr like sound, it continued with a piano, wooow vibe fully changed to jazzy woman voice. Love the piano and the voice, plus the way they switch eachother unexpectedly. Claps at the start and end, and some weird burning noise. 13th song, continued with the last part. Circus voices, batman theme-like sound, motorbike(?), horse, old film playing, beat came in with film playing, horse made a sound and the song started. I feel like this is a good mashup of weird sounds. This song is plunderphonics, because it's fully other songs or films. And it is soo good to hear idk why. The epic instrumental chorus is so great. 14th song starts quite differently, slow and steady. Beats coming in, guitar in the background. Song is about either their past drummer of alcohol aka ethanol (song name basically). This is the most boring song, as it's permanent wave with the same vibe, like exactly same in an annoying way. But I get it in my fashion. I'm still not bored of the song because I know it will transition into the next song. 15th is also too permanent wave, but it has a french woman voice, so better than the last one. Fireworks?! These two last songs really bored me, they're tooo long. Violin at the end, gone sadly. I missed an interlude "Pablo's cruise" so it's messed up numbering after 12, imma fix it. 16th song was slow but it changed quickly so Arca like sound, now it has rock and roll in the background. Monkey sound, or a parrot. Best opened, glitched, changed, got back. Fun to listen to. And instantly into the 17th song starting upbeat, then daft punk vibes, BONEY M SAMPLE I LOVE THEM. It changed from boney to something else sample. It got quiet real slow, still same everything though. Oh, now it changed fully to another strut beat. This is a long song but I didn't even notice it. Same violin at the and with the beat. Going right into the last 18th song, it starts slow, with some french. "and they left us for 16 years" WHY WOULD THEY, I DON'T GET IT. Song is not as interesting as I thought the last one would be. Beat change, feels like new song started. I'd cry if I could, this was PERFECT. I'm gonna rate this 5 stars, it's my first 5 star album, I would definitely listen to this again, so chaotic, weird and catchy. Despite some floppy songs it was wonderful, didn't expect it to go this hard.

Piercing noise that is not music.

Album flows really well but I really can't shake the feeling that it's just a background album. Like I wouldn't necessarily sit down to listen to it, but I would absolutely have it on in the background at a party/gathering and it would compliment that situation perfectly. It doesn't really have any stand-out highlights but also no boring parts. Sampling work is very impressive.

Honestly, this is some really cool stuff. But I would be lying if I said I even made it all the way through disc 1. Two and a half hours of this is a lot.

I love this album.

I liked this album much more than I expected to. The sampled and recut vibe works here. Not something I’d throw on to listen to intently, but excellent background vibes.

Dance, pop, sampledelia. Está bien.

favorite song - electricity flight tonight was painful to listen to. felt like my skin was crawling. two hearts wasn't as bad. others were just not memorable. couldn’t finish it

album three since i left you: 4/5 stay another season: 3/5 radio: 3/5 two hearts in 3/4 time: 3/5 avalanche rock: 2/5 flight tonight: 4/5 close to you: 4/5 diners only: 2/5 a different feeling: 2.5/5 electricity: 3.5/5 tonight may have to last me all my life: 3/5 pablo’s cruise: 2/5 frontier psychiatrist: 5/5 etoh: 1.5/5 summer crane: 2/5 little journey: 3/5 live at dominoes: 4/5 extra kings: 3/5 favorite: frontier psychiatrist i liked this album, however towards the end it started to feel really long and boring. i think it would have been better if it were shorter tbh. i liked the sampling, it felt very fresh but on some songs it was a little too much. overall this album is great and id recommend it 👍

Bring most of the time, I was trying my best to find something I might like but it was pointless. I didn't like it

It’s mindless EDM, not too harsh or deviating in any particular direction so as to be an annoying, contrived mess. It actually blends some solid rhythm with interesting instrumentation and the bass and drums assemble some adequate hip swaying beats. This really isn’t anything more than background music to accompany a hangout sesh with the boys or the girls, similarly it is not a casual listening experience for anyone that has left this phase behind them. Perhaps a revisit one day.

Great album, flows from one song to another.

nice

A lot of horse noises.

Lively and fresh! Nothing quite like this!

There are a few possibilities: 1. This album has been sampled to death. 2. This album samples many hits. 3. I have unknowingly heard songs from this album on the radio, thus they all sound familiar. In any case, it sounds like the type of music that comes on the radio on Saturdays when we clean the house :)

Very good. Own it

Un excelente disco de electrónica. Bastante divertido y pop, con algunos tintes de indie rock. A pesar de ser bastante largo se siente corto, con las canciones del LP fluyendo eficientemente. PD: Debería odiar los ruidos de caballo, pero calzan bastante bien con el espíritu del trabajo.

So so. It's not completely of my taste, but on the other hand it's not a bad album

Good work music - fun, but not too distracting. Definitely would listen to multiple times and search out other music by this group.

- Frontier Psychiatrist

no esta mal, pero no me guusto mucho, es musica muy repetitiva

I love the start of this but I find it trails off at the end.

There's some gems on this album, which is one of the better albums of its genre. Worth a relisten. I'm both super high on the tracks I like and pretty meh on the rest of the album. Absolutely worth inclusion as an album to listen to.

Did not care for this album

Amazing! Never would have guessed that I would like it!

Actually iconic wow

3.75

All songs sounded basically alike. Uninspiring even though some songs dance beat was ok. Not my thing

Rätt intressant loopigt.

At first I thought this album would be much more to my taste, since I love this style... But I end disappointing me.

Initial thoughts on the first song are very positive, love the vibe and the samples! Kind of busy with all the different samples, but still pleasant 2 songs in. Not LOVING it so far, but it's chill. Lots of repetitive samples, gets a little old. 6/33 songs in and I'm not sure it's worth finishing the album, but I will power through for the sake of listening to see if the experience changes. 10 songs in and the vibe changed a bit, little more chill, but still pretty repetitive. I like the song "Electricity." 21 songs in - Frontier Psychiatrist (Mario Caldato Jr's 85% Remix) is a good song, very catchy and fun. 26 songs in, not very enthused about the album as a whole. Riding it through to the end. Getting stranger at the end here. Overall I need to be in a very specific mood to listen to this kind of music. It is certainly not horrible, but wouldn't be my goto.

Very pleasant and listenable, but some of the songs got a bit repetitive.

Not so impressed

Reichlich experimentell, nur teilweise eingängig.

A sort of 'wall of sound' but using samples. So much going on, would like to hear how it was constructed (like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEZiMyfSYI ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epr8xDE3Kgk). The song breaks were a little jarring on YT - I'd like to hear it as one uninteruppted track. Really good. 4.0

Not my taste.

Easy listening, not too exciting. I came away pretty neutral on this album. Hard to distinguish between the songs.

I've never heard of this band or album before, but since I enjoy electronica music, I figured there was a high chance I'd like this album. After listening to it though, this album was pretty middle of the road for me. The album was pretty long, and even though only two of the songs were over five minutes, a lot of the songs felt much longer than their actual run times. I liked the way that The Avalanches used samples to build their arrangements, but some of the songs just got repetitive and uninteresting really quickly, and a few of them were just downright grating after about a minute. I think The Avalanches have a unique way of approaching electronica music, but the end result just wasn't that great to listen to.

Everything is a remix - even as instrumentation evolves in the digital age, most of the melodies, choruses, and overall tracks we hear are interpolating that which came before. Why not, then, simply take the past (3500 pieces of it) and make a pastiche that becomes completely new? While The Avalanches themselves have moved on from plunderphonics in their later releases, the impact of the genre (and mainly this one album if we’re being honest) is still felt today as sampling becomes a larger and larger part of popular music. This LP is at once accessible and a bit incomprehensible – it’s hard to find footing at first when it comes to genre, rhythm, and feel as the title track builds itself out of the ether. Once you’re locked into the album’s granular logic, though, everything makes sense. Entire rhythm sections appear out of countless constituent pieces, soul samples combine to form a makeshift vocal feature, melodic flourishes repurposed out of random vocal and instrumental bits pop in and out in perfect placement. While each individual track creates its own little world, the album is best experienced as a cohesive musical sea, waves of creatively used samples coming in and out at regular rhythms. While the overarching concept seems a bit loose (tropical heartbreak? Therapy vacation?) compared to The Avalanches' later opus 'Wildflower', it’s still a logically and organically defined world all its own. I’ve only handed out one 5-star rating for every 100 albums on this project which, by my own admission, is a bit low and harsh on some great musical statements that have been included here. However, a perfect album is a rare thing, much less an LP that redefines what music itself can be. It may seem an odd comparison, but this album reminds me of ‘Loveless’ in how it opened an entirely new frontier in instrumentation. Just like the hazy, extreme guitar on that album redefined what an entire instrument could do, so too did 'Since I Left You’ open the door to building entire worlds out of seemingly disparate pieces, a promise that is only now being made good on with more experimental electronic production. No other album, though, has reached the level the fullness and purely organic wonder this LP set at the turn of the millennium, and I’m simply thankful to live in a world where even one artistic statement of this level exists.

Not sure why I like this album so much. Not at all like anything else I listen to.

Songs blend together as if one long set - meant to be heard as an album? Short samples bound by music. “Tonight” is my least favorite, although I didn’t really enjoy any all too much.

I quite enjoyed it

Gear: DCA ÆON 2 Noire Mische: jedes Knacken am rechten Fleck und mit jedem bewussten Durchlauf unendliche neue Detailinformationen zu finden Mugge: zeitloser und richtungsweisender Kult-Meilenstein Wertung: 5/5

Far too electronica-y for my taste. There are vocals, which helps, but not enough.

This one is fun. Like, lil fruity drink on the beach fun.

I like sampling in music, but when I read that this single album contains over 900 samples - that’s next level. It’s not my ‘go-to’ music but it’s very easy to listen to whilst chipping away at work. This album reminded me of a cross between moon-safari (Air) and play (Moby) but not quite as good as either of them. Another album that played 3 times because one track just merges into the other.

Good memories - this is another album which transports me to another time and place! I remember this album being huge in 2000/01 in Australia - and I love some home grown talent! I knew I was going to enjoy this one, yes it's a bit repetitive and there are more samples than you can poke a stick at, but it's pretty fun and its great chill background music. It was the perfect thing get me back into the workflow of 2024! I'm feeling generous, 5 stars Fave track: ETOH

Cool. Liked the songs with samples and dj sounds the most

I have an unfortunate relationship with this album, as I've re-listened and tried to like it all the way through a bunch over the past few years. There are some bangers and really nice tracks on here (title track, Stay Another Season, Frontier Psychiatrist obv, ETOH, Electricity, some others that I've warmed up to recently) but there are so many more misses than hits and the misses are, dare I say it, annoying sometimes. Ahh, had to- to book a flight tonight, ahh, had to- to book a flight tonight, ahh over and over is a bit grating, and there are some loops in other songs that are just as unpleasant to me. It's super unfortunate because of how cool and dense the construction of the album is, but there are some songs that remind me of being stuck on a dance floor just waiting for the DJ to move on from the current song. 5.75/10

Not gonna lie I just don't get this album as much as I feel like I should. It's got some potential and cool grooves but at the end of the day the songs themselves aren't very good imo

Think this was on the other list but i don’t remember it at all and i think i know why. Was pretty excited after the first song (and most of the second song since it basically was still song 1) then nothing else really ripped for me. Was honestly a battle to get thru most of it bc i was not enjoying the sounds of any track. Electricity pierced my god damn ears. Having said ALL of that. Mac miller definitely sampled tonight on aliens fighting robots which was pretty dope to see

Naja, ist schon eine Leistung alles so zu mischen sodass man es am Ende noch etwas anhören kann, aber gut finde ich es nicht

Pretty listenable early sample jams with a few solid hits (mostly the opening title track and Frontier Psychiatrist)

Aside from a couple tracks, pretty forgettable. But it was a fun album, very chill.

A decent beat tape, but I felt like they tried to cram in too much into a song for it's own good. It made it feel like the beats had so much going on that they were trying to achieve the "wall of sound" aesthetic, but couldn't quite get there where it sounds all harmonious. Instead it just sounds like "too much" at the same time

I’ve had this since it came out. Still love it.

Messy. Didnt find the full album

Sounds like 2000.

Album 267 of 1001 The Avalanches - Since I Left You Rating : 3 / 5 Favorite Track : Frontier Psychiatrist Interesting album. Though I was getting into a more electronica album but it had more going on. Some fun tracks. Couple of them good for the 'Liked' list.

Great album, recognised a couple of songs, great example of modern sampling and probably influenced a lot of hip hop that followed, just got a little repetitive so not one I’ll add to my rotation, but an album you should listen to.

Obviously a well crafted album. Little too electronic for my usual tastes, but still liked it. Fun and boppy.

I found this mostly boring

At first playthrough I was not sold at all for some reason, even though it feels like this should fit me like a hand in a glove. Not sure how that idiom translates from swedish to english, but you get my point. I gave it a second try and turned up the volume a bit, and then it was better received. I think I missed out on some of the grooves when listening at lower volume, and perhaps didn't pay much attention. Their sampling skills are very impressive, but I feel that it sometimes becomes a bit too much. The funny thing with this album is that it doesn't have any single song that stands out as a clear hit for me, and in fact my least favourite one is the one with some of the most plays; 'Frontier Psychiatrist'. But all songs just keep a very high bar, which still makes this a 4 for me, albeit a slightly weak one.

This is such a fun album. Finding all the samples must have taken an insane amount of time, since they had to manually find a sample and copy it (no good internet search). Top songs are easily "Frontier Psychiatrist" follower by "Since I Left You". Too bad they took so long to release their follow up, this genre really was going in the 00s early 10s. The album is a bit long and feels a bit all over the place but for sheer difference and freshness it deserves a four. Many of the songs make also great hip-hop beats, the remix with MF DOOM while not on this album is stellar.

chocante.. o melhor ate agora 3/5

Didn't know what to expect when I started this and my initial thoughts were this was a bit jumbled, but then once embraced that I started to enjoy the ride. This is an incredible beat and sample album. I especially got hype when the Raekwon Glaciers of Ice sample came on.

Reminded me slightly of the Roni Size album, enjoyed this more though. Some songs definitely gave off a Fatboy slim feel. Solid 3

I’ve listened to a couple of these songs so it was nice to listen to the full album.

An album I listen to often. The sampling is so cool.

Since I Left You - 10/10 Stay Another Season - 8.5/10 Radio - 8/10 Two Hearts in 3/4 Time - 8/10 Avalanche Rock - 8/10 Flight Tonight - 8/10 Close to You - 8/10 Diners Only - 8/10 A Different Feeling - 9/10 Electricity - 10/10 Tonight - 8/10 Pablo's Cruise - 8/10 Frontier Psychiatrist - 10/10 ETOH - 8.5/10 Summer Crane - 8/10 Little Journey - 8/10 Live at Dominoe - 9/10 Extra Kings - 8/10 TOTAL - 153/180

Really liked this. Even though I've never heard anything like it

I would equate this to a 9 year old with a synthesizer.

Ahead of its time. Brilliant.

Truly felt like an album you have to listen to before you die.

Great sampling record

Awesome expertimental album.

Er ikke så fan af det der med bare at gentage en sætning 100 gange med effekter som Daft Punk. Men det var egentlig chilleren og fungerede melodisk meget godt - lidt baggrundsmusik men fint

It’s not bad. It’s just not interesting.

can't stand this.

Loved it

Got A Different Feeling when I listened to this. Could feel the Electricity almost as if I was plugged right into the Radio on a Little Journey through the airwaves.

i love anyone who mixes a hundred samples into a single track in a nice sounding way, and the avalanches do a great job at it. their other album has the bangers on it tho!

Better than I expected

Frontier Psychiatrist is fantastic. The rest is ok.

Was interesting didn't entirely dislike it so I'll give it 4 stars because it was kinda unique I'm a really bad critic

A+++++++++++++

Good Jazz

Man let me start by saying I absolutely LOVED this album.. In no way shape or form was I ready or expecting THIS! These DJs have these funky mashes that just remind me of something like Pogo.. I have been listening to this on repeat since I started it! My favorite tracks on this thing are 'Since I Left You', 'Two Hearts In 3/4 Time', and 'Close To You' to just name a few.. I had some songs I didn't love on this thing, like 'Flight Tonight' but overall I loved this thing. Overall 4.1/5

Purely psychosomatic

banger, but obviously gets a little repetitive, i wish they had more of the talking stuff like the animals talk w parrots or the thing about the kid being expelled

Pretty good, feels good to have as background music. Has a lowfi feel to it, the electronic bits blend quite well. Some of the rap parts might've been slightly out of place.

Bordered on a 4 or 5 with this one. I really enjoyed it and it was an amazing discovery. Tilted it forward.

Give me more

8.5/10 Highlights: Since I left You Frontier Psychiatrist

Easy lazy basement music. Not for me.

Old man hates shit electronic music

Pretty good, but also very repetitive and too long

Notable songs: Since I left you, Frontier's Psychiatrist

I didn't hate all of it, but I hated a lot of it

Dit was niks

Moments of excellence but too meandering.

56/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 Hmm, electronic music again? I'm going to continue to try to like it. Y'know what? This has interesting bits. Two Hearts in 3/4 Time had me grinning. Frontier Psychiatrist is fun too.

I dug it, should listen again closer

Amazing album. One of the highs for plunderphonics. The grooves were strange but funky and the samples always keep you listening for more. Lots of fun to listen to.

I recognize the craft but it seems like it’s stuck in a loop. 2 stars

In a nutshell: A work of pure genius. Sampling and sampledelia is nothing new. But the boys from The Avalanches put a new spin on it. Every song is a collage. The sounds are lifted from obscure vinyls found in thrift shops and pasted together to create a sonic journey. It is an engineering feat to create an (18 track!) dance album in the late 90s with minimal studio interference. And it doesn't sound messy. Robbie and Darren didn't keep track of how many samples were used. Numbers range between 200 and 3500. Based on the website WhoSampled, I'd say over 800 samples sounds about right. This number includes a handful of samples used throughout the album to tie it all together. It's a nice foreshadowing tool. Example - the horse neighs from Frontier Psychiatrist (Track 13) make an appearance in Stay Another Season (Track 2). It may not be to everyone's taste but The Avalanches deserve credit for creating a complex DIY album. Brace yourself for a long ride, but a fun one. Overall: 8/10

not for me

Avalanches- so many samples. Idk 1.5-2

Nope

I hate this album. I hate this list.

A miscellany of sounds, that passed like a blur of background noise

I don't get it.

A winding road of samples, it can be abrupt at times, but the album is best if you just let it flow and don’t question it. Since I Left You is a classic

Unique band, not many that do ‘sounds’ remixing or whatever you’d call it.

Wonderful.

4.5/5. My best mate reckons it’s one of Australia’s finest records and I’m inclined to agree. To think that these two cunts took 16 years to make another album after this one.

Let’s let them leave me.

Would I listen to this album again? Definitely. Were there any songs I skipped? No. Comments? I enjoy an album created to listen from front to back. Favourite Songs? Close to you / Frontier Psychiatrist

Enjoy as background music but isn’t the greatest album I’ve ever heard.

Catchy, fun listen, but I don't think it's something I will come back to. Seems to be very "lo-fi beats" which is not really my cup of tea.