Falsely accusing someone of something like this is one of the shittiest things it is possible to do IMO. It stains someone's character, possibly irreparably, at least for a long time afterwards, and just makes it even harder for people who have actually been sexually abused to get justice. It's sickening.
Such an underrated album, and one of the ones responsible for shaping my current tastes.
I think the main difference between Franz Ferdinand then and now is that they can still put out fantastic singles, but back then they used to fill entire albums with them
I'd have Vampire Weekend at no. 1, seriously already one of my favourite albums of all time, and I feel James Blake is a big omission here. Still, this list just reminded me how great a year it was for music.
The only hope I had for this list was that a certain influential but massively overrated album wouldn't come first... yeah.
Personal list for the lulz:
1. Revolver
2. Abbey Road
3. Rubber Soul
4. The Beatles
5. A Hard Day's Night
6. Help!
7. Please Please Me
8. Magical Mystery Tour
9. Sgt. Peppers
10. Beatles for Sale
11. With The Beatles
12. Let It Be
13. Yellow Submarine
I generally think "Help!" is unfairly overlooked and brushed off as a purely transitional album but that thing has a good handful of some of my absolute favourite Beatles songs ("You're Going to Lose That Girl" deserves a mention too) and, in my opinion, is one of the few Beatles albums not to contain a single weak track.
I really think The Strokes' output since Room On Fire would be a lot stronger if they let more of AHJ's writing on their albums. "Rude Customer" would have sounded great on Comedown Machine with Julian singing it.
That album frustrates me so much. I'll be enjoying some awesome, explosive instrumental intro, and then the guy just starts screeching and puts me off entirely. I don't know how anyone can enjoy that or not think that album would be so much better as an instrumental.
With you there KB. Also weirdly Pitchfork have both interviewed him and given him featured live performances but NO ALBUM REVIEW. Come on guys it's awesome.
Oh my god what an arsehole.
This may come as a surprise to you, but people can form emotional bonds to albums you might not really like, and I'd much rather read a passionate story about someone's love for an album than some dickhead shitting on them for no apparent reason and even without any attempt to write something interesting.
You hate this album? That's cool, tell us why, and if it's half as thoughtful as rj's story then it might be worth reading
Was listening to this album again recently and it really is great, and I remember being ready to hate it before it came out as I was already sick of the hype that seemed based on everything but the music, and it was an extremely pleasant surprise when it turned out the music actually lived up to it. If the rest of Ellery James Roberts' solo album is as good as "Kerou's Lament" that should be great too.
After a couple of listens my main thought (aside from the fact that it's one of the best albums of the year so far) is how it is almost the anti-College Dropout. Kanye's come a long way.
If anyone's interested, my favourites so far (in no order outside of VW being no. 1):
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
Disclosure - Settle
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (I know it got a limited release last year, but I only recently picked up on it)
Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
Autre Ne Vuet - Anxiety
Rhye - Woman
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Eperience
David Bowie - The Next Day
Wavves - Afraid of Heights
James Blake - Overgrown
Baths - Obsidian
The Men - New Moon
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
She & Him - Volume 3
EPs:
Chvrches - Recover
Sepalcure - Make You
Rustie - Triadzz/Slasherr
I've always found it a bit ridiculous when people claim that rich people shouldn't ever be angry or upset, as if how much money you have should be the only thing that matters in your life.
Love the new Strokes album, probably their first since Room on Fire that will be sitting comfortably in my personal year end list. 2013's just been brilliant, I would normally be delighted to get one album as good as mbv, Overgrown or MVOTC in a year, not to mention solid efforts from the likes of The Strokes, YYY's, Phoenix etc. and with the prospect of more to come!
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For those without iTunes.
Upvoted for the Clientele shout out.
After someone on here mentioned that this is their least favourite VW song I tried to think of what mine was, and realised I didn't have one, such a great band.
Your point about the pitched up vocals hits on something I live about them, which is their ability to do something really risky and pull it off, and not only that, but make it seem effortless and not risky at all.
My view on the squeaky vocals is that the near incomprehensibility fits in with the theme of the song. Musically, I think the effect elevates what could have been a standard Afrobeat-y chorus, of the kind you would have found all over the début, into something else by creating a real sense of space in the track by contrasting it against the loud, low pitched, echoed drums and bass, and makes the song feel like it's floating along untethered to the ground (which is, I now realise, why it reminds me of "The Only Living Boy in New York). It also then pays off by making the final chorus, where they really go for broke, sound even more huge after the quiet, unassuming nature the high pitch gives the hook.
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