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While some songs stumble at times and there’s a little padding, they’re not fatal errors by any means.
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FLOPPY DISK OVERDRIVE is an album by MASTER BOOT RECORD that I really enjoy a lot. I've been a fan of this guy for a long time, and I've been trying to my best to force my ADHD self to listen to his entire discography. I enjoy a lot of the moments on this album, even the really REALLY long songs. I think ANSI.SYS is a very strong album opener which sets the mood for the rest of the album, immediately followed by EDIT.COM which is 8 minutes of chaos. I really like how EDIT.COM has so ... read more
WOW. I am speechless. Every single song on this album is literally so perfect, it's electronic, but it's one of the hardest rock albums I've ever listened to. Some of these songs have post-rock elements to them as well, which I hugely enjoy as well.
Edit: it's a 100. This is one of the hardest albums I've ever listened to.
Favorite song: all of them
Least favorite: none of them
First time listening to MBR's discography which is this album specifically. It'd say this is the most interesting concept and project I've heard so far. I like the fusion between metal and chiptune, making the experience feel spectacular in general. This is such a fucking nerdy metal album, and I want to say the implementation of 8bit and a heavy djent breakdown is a nice addition for sure.
My rating:
1. ANSI.SYS --> 80
2. EDIT.COM --> 90
3. FDISK.EXE --> 93
4. ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | ANSI.SYS 3:45 | 100 |
| 2 | EDIT.COM 8:39 | 100 |
| 3 | FDISK.EXE 4:25 | 100 |
| 4 | DISPLAY.SYS 5:33 | 100 |
| 5 | CHKDSK.EXE 5:30 | 100 |
| 6 | DEFRAG.EXE 5:00 | 100 |
| 7 | RAMDRIVE.SYS 8:04 | 100 |
| 8 | DBLSPACE.EXE 4:33 | 100 |
| 9 | SMARTDRV.EXE 4:16 | 100 |
| 10 | DISKCOPY.COM 3:20 | 100 |
| 11 | EMM386.EXE 5:36 | 100 |
| 12 | HIMEM.SYS 9:43 | 100 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 8 minutes
