Discosis

I've been a Bran Van Stan for nearly 2 decades, man! I'm much more familiar with "Glee", but this is great too. I'll give it a bit of a ding for being over an hour, but this is still a piping hot platter. So far I think the User Albums are waaayyy better than like 500+ of the actual albums!

I was not expecting to like this at all, but I really did. Very diverse array of musical styles and the production was just impeccable. 4 stars.

Vraiment bon. Il y avait beaucoup d'effervescence a Montréal dans ces années là et ça parait dans l'album !. 5

Something new to me and definitely worthy. Something of a mixed bag - start out with Curtis Mayfield and you've set an awfully high bar - but all interesting, all worth hearing.

I was vibing with this early-aughts mix of electrofunk for a while, but 70 minutes of club music is a tall order for any artist to pull off – as the LP went on, even the curveball instrumentation between tracks wasn't enough to sustain interest for the whole runtime, and the bargain-bin songwriting in the lyrics certainly didn't help.

Great selection, a real surprise banger. Just a tad too long.

Dancey tunes that actually cover a lot of ground and keeps you interested

Weird but way better than expected.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Astounded, Loaded, Dare I say

Some parts were fun and some were kind of stupid. But some of the lesser parts were also endearing in a way. I also loved the genre fusions. I think there should be more weird stuff on the list. I'd rather listen to something like this than the same ol' that fills over half of the original list.

I swear to God if you had asked me about Bran Van 3000 before today I would've told you they were a White Zombie side project. Why did I think that? Anyway I think the stuff on this album that's an eclectic mix of hip hop, club music, funk, soul and psychedelia is great, it reminds me of fun stuff like Dee-Lite, De La Soul, Gorillaz, Pizzicato 5, Cibo Mato and maybe late period Beastie Boys. The last third of the album veers into more conventional pop music; I don't hate it but it's a little jarring. I think if they left out the more pop stuff this would be a five star album but the pop stuff is pretty good so I'll still give it four.

This is by far one of the most eclectic albums I’ve gotten on this list. It felt like every genre from the 70s to 00s was showcased at some point. Loop me in was my fav.

I had their debut "Glee" on CD back in the day, but didn't realize they continued to make more albums. Always thought of them more as a sort of one hit wonder/novelty act. It sounds like an excuse to get all your friends together to record a bunch of stuff, slap an picture of some tits on the cover, and call it an album. A sprawling incoherent mess.

Didn't really quite know what to make of this. This was some kind of mixture of all kinds of styles with various artists. The first song I recognized from the radio. The rest was not that memorable I'm afraid.

This also had me. The first song with Curtis mayfield was actually pretty decent. I thought it was going to be a funky pop album. And then every other song proved me wrong. This was something that really confused me. Not sure what most of these songs were but to me they were bad. This is a never revisit album for me. 2.4/10

7/10. I liked a decent number of these songs, and there was a fun range of moods. That said, it got old after 45 minutes or so. Wouldn't listen through it again, but definitely worth listening to

This is an interesting choice for sure, I'm not entirely sure why it was submitted but I enjoyed it. Had a bit of bloat though.

Alternative rock, electronica. Me ha gustado. Un 4, venga.

When listening to the first song I thought, wow I really like those Curtis Mayfield vibes! But upon closer inspection, I discovered that it really was Curtis Mayfield! Kudos to DiSalvio for assembling such a notable bunch of legends for this album, but its almost too much of a good thing as it clocks in at over an hour and there's quite a bit of filler. But the good moments do shine.

Opening with Curtis Mayfield was too bold a move, the rest of the album really just couldn't reach that bar again.

Discosis sure is a Canadian album, in the globe connection sense as much as in the way it makes you guess about its seriousness. The topping's been smoothed to a mirror sheen. Below, though, is some kind of avant-dance piece. Feels like daring a probably-square audience to throw you out of the theater.

Was better than I expected from the album cover, but it's still just kinda just okay for me. Kinda cheesy, but I did recognize Curtis Mayfield here.

The first song striked some sparks of recognition. The rest of the album was a little bit of hit and miss. At some points I lost my attention

Nice and upbeat album.

Interesting 2000's disco-like record. Much variety of sounds too.

Strong start, some nice tunes, however a bit too inconsistent

Interesting listen. Just jammed out and got some shit done. Rest of the album couldn't compare to the first track

It was different sound. Mixing some music and adding more beats to them. It was there. Too long though. It is better than a 2, but not really a 3. I will generously round up.

This was pretty enjoyable. Bran Van 3000 clearly know their music history and are keen to bring in as much as possible. The breadth of the electronica was impressive and the quieter moments spoke to their ability to scale back when necessary. Though this album was about an hour long, it didn’t feel like it overstayed its welcome.

Catchy!

seems very mid 90's Eurodance, I guess by this point North America was just catching up, ok fun album.

Another album of very eclectic styles. I knew the good Astounded through my love of Curtis Mayfield and I knew the previous hit Drinking in LA, but was not expecting rap, indie, pop, folk and a song totally inspired by Springsteen. Great fun and better than it ought to have been! 3.5

I'm not sure I "liked" this, or if it's "good", but I certainly enjoyed it as an hour of well produced, eclectic, early 2000s electronic pop. Rating: 3.5 Playlist track: Astounded Date listened: 20/08/24

Absolutely loved the first track.

To say this is multi-faceted is selling it short. I don't really think I heard one repeat of vocalist, let alone genre throughout. It's impressive, but very all-over-the-place, and my mood for it could change depending on what the song was. That being said, the songs flow into one another in such an impressive way that it feels like it took a lot of planning. Feels like a well-curated DJ mix more than a band. Favorite tracks: "Discosis", "Go Shopping"

This was just too drawn out. I thought the first song was cool but it dropped off shortly after that and over an hour was a chore. 2/5.

I quite liked the first song and then it was all downhill from there. French Canadians are so weird. Bonus points to the person that submitted this because you have very unique taste. 3/10

Stylistically a bit scattershot and confusing. Vocals are pretty flat and the use of sampled/guest parts don't always feel organic to the music. Fave Songs: Astounded, Loop Me, Discosis, Predictable

Not for me, but it's a beautiful cover

Hasn't aged well at all

No thanks. I'm already on record for hating electronic music. And this album cover looks like a rendering of some gross basement dwelling incel's dream woman.

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