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I feel like I should listen to albums more, so I'm glad you mention it, it's a reminder to me that I should do that. among other things I'm definitely guilty sometimes (more often these days) of not going deep into the work of artists I like, and thinking back it's often the deep tracks that stay with me the most. |
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I mean, how can you claim to really know the spin doctors, how can you claim to be a true fan, if you're not familiar with some of their lesser-known songs? |
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May 13, 2017 17:05
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I would be down for recommendations for unconventional/lesser known/more contemporary music that people think works particularly well as an album, where the whole is more than the sum of its parts not knocking the well-known/famous/deliberately structured "concept" albums, it's just fun to discover stuff that would otherwise get overlooked I'm not sure I'm the best person to give examples, but OK I'll give it a whirl in the spirit of reciprocity. I saw a piece recently on the 20th anniversary of that dog.'s "Retreat from the Sun" and it reminded me how much I like that album as an album. it is full of what are pretty recognizable elements of the band's sound (lush vocal harmonies juxtaposed with distorted guitar and dissonance, prominent string parts), and they help tie the album together musically, but there's also a sort of thematic . . . earnestness? wistfulness? playful melancholy? . . . it's like reading the diary of a smart, sardonic bipolar teenager, in a good way. and it's just loaded with crunchy pop hooks, and that makes it highly listenable imo. I think it's even smartly structured, from the slightly sardonic optimism of the opener, "i'm gonna see you" (which was purportedly the main singer/writer's "love letter to the band") to the cheery mock-defeat of the closer, "until the day I die." and there's a definite . . . uh, centerpiece . . . in the middle, the grandiose "annie," probably my favorite track. apparently that dog. is coming out with a new album this year! I'm excited, but for most people that's probably an occasion to say, "uh, who?"
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