The music (especially the orchestral elements), lyrics, and voice come together into a perfect earnest package of pain and hope. Love this. Favorite: Keep Me In The Open, Achilles Come Down, The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows -- lots of them really.
Really surprised to get an album from an artist we've already seen twice on this list. Someone must really love this specific album to feel the artist hadn't gotten fair representation. In the main list I gave one a 2 and one a 4 so let's see where this one falls. Gentle, engaging in places, bluesy and jazzy in good ways, a nice easy album to listen to. That said, I still don't get it.
I love the upbeat energy, sweet and kind. I can absolutely understand why someone might love this album enough to share it. This is an album for happy people who like things. I enjoyed listening.
Entirely new to me, super excited to get into is, the album cover alone would pull me in but I also happen to be a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. The Raven= my new favorite thing. The Tell-Tale heart goes all Deep Purple. Oh, hello there, orchestra. My goodness, what a trip! I have ascended to some kind of blissy nerd heaven. Congrats on an amazing choice, user 187. I absolutely needed to hear this before I die.
Completely new to me, quite fun.
A good choice for a spring day. If this album was a flower it would be a daffodil.
Lovely harmonies, a pretty candy shell around a more substantial ... actually no. It is pretty sweet the whole way through even given the "men please do better" theme.
Entirely new to me, super excited to get into is, the album cover alone would pull me in but I also happen to be a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. The Raven= my new favorite thing. The Tell-Tale heart goes all Deep Purple. Oh, hello there, orchestra. My goodness, what a trip! I have ascended to some kind of blissy nerd heaven. Congrats on an amazing choice, user 187. I absolutely needed to hear this before I die.
Evokes a very specific time and place. A fun party vibe and nice example of this kind of music. 3.5
The album art reflects the sonic experience quite well. There's some sparse structure but mostly the album is just amorphous texture floating around with just a touch of contrasting color. Happy to have had it shared with me but not in love with it for my own listening purposes. Four stars for being interesting.
I love the upbeat energy, sweet and kind. I can absolutely understand why someone might love this album enough to share it. This is an album for happy people who like things. I enjoyed listening.
Nice and heavy, lots going on musically to like, complex and layered. A great listen tbh. Initially my reaction was I'm not sure how much more anger we need in the world, even as grown up and polished as this is. At least that's how I'm feeling today as grievance torches my retirement. But while there's intensity here for sure, with a closer listen I realize it's more emotionally nuanced than I first thought and ultimately I'm a sucker for some horns. I wasn't previously aware of Karnivool so I appreciate the share.
This album matched my needs today to a t - trying to get things done but nothing so urgent or stressful that I can't stay mostly calm and in the zone. Saving this album to listen to again on future days like this one. Most poppy: Pop 4.
Completely new to me, quite fun.
I've never listened to any Phish but always sort of meant to so I'm not unhappy to have this shared with me. I suppose a compilation of live songs is a reasonable place to start. I enjoyed it more than I expected. However a running 3 star rating got ground down to a 2 during Tweezer. Sorry. But still, I appreciate the share. I feel like my Phish base has now been covered.
The music (especially the orchestral elements), lyrics, and voice come together into a perfect earnest package of pain and hope. Love this. Favorite: Keep Me In The Open, Achilles Come Down, The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows -- lots of them really.
Really surprised to get an album from an artist we've already seen twice on this list. Someone must really love this specific album to feel the artist hadn't gotten fair representation. In the main list I gave one a 2 and one a 4 so let's see where this one falls. Gentle, engaging in places, bluesy and jazzy in good ways, a nice easy album to listen to. That said, I still don't get it.
An absurdly charming romp. Great share, 161, I am absolutely entertained.
New to me but compares favorably to things of the same ilk that I already like. A little trippy lyrics-wise. A quality share.
Completely new to me. Starts incredibly strong and stays strong. Loved it! A good choice to share.
This stressed me the heck out, especialy Static, but really the whole thing. Full respect to people who find it brilliant, a good match to a Andrei Tarkovsky movie perhaps. But I think just the one listen will do me, thank you.
Constantly interesting to listen to, at points deeply beautiful, and the more aggressive passages felt like a coherent part of the experience; they were "earned", if you will. Totally new to me, I'm glad I've heard it.
When this came up I thought I wasn't familiar with it but somehow it was, so I guess it was in the air for a while? I can see how it was popular and how someone might love this album. Catchy and easy to listen to.
While I appreciate a good pink panther reference as much as the next girl, some of the random noodling is downright irritating (looking at you The Liquid). Might be fun live at Red Rocks with the right friends on a pretty night, not so much listening in my office answering emails on a Saturday morning hoping for something to give me energy and the will to live. I do appreciate the sax.
I absolutely remember when this album came out, it was *everything*. How was this not on the main list? Back to back hits that still sound so great. Wonderful share, finisher 150, you hit it out of the park with this suggestion. I had so much fun listening to this again today after I don't know how long; I'm a teenager again.
Going in I'm thinking maybe I've heard of these guys, I'm not sure. But then of course I know The Middle and Sweetness, both of which are so good and pretty darn foundational and thus this album should have been on the main list. Worthy share. I enjoyed the whole thing and am happy to have been exposed to more Jimmy Eat World. The A Praise Chorus's call out to "crimson and clover" is a nice reminder of how music exists as part of an ongoing continuum and a reminder why this project has been (mostly) a joy.
I have very fond memories of a specific concert at Red Rocks with De La Soul, Flaming Lips, and Cake. I was there to see Cake. The others are on the main list, this should have been too. Great suggestion and I'm enjoying revisiting Fashion Nugget this morning.
New to me and an enjoyable listen all the way through. I love all the Canadian and Australian artists that have been suggested in the user list. Another gem I'm happy to have been exposed to. Would have happily traded out many of the albums on the main list for this one.