Absolutely do not hate this album. I think a lot of Radiohead fans never truly gave this LP a chance. It is weirdly shoegaze-y at parts and some of the genius of a Radiohead can be seen here. In MOST songs I would argue!

Blow Out is an incredible track. One of my favorite Radiohead songs of all time.

People not liking Creep are contradicting themselves. Half of Ok Computer's songs sound like Creep.

Thinking About You is an easy to hate track since the vocals are a little awkward, but even ... read more

1. Randy Described Eternity // 5
(for 1/3 of the LP this is the greatest indie record of all time.)
2. I Would Hurt a Fly // 5
(truly astonishing guitar play. it is sometimes very shoegaze-y. that is the appeal of the album. it is also so wonderfully complex that you will miss details the first time listening to it.)
3. Stop The Show // 5
(Don’t know any songs that are structured the way this song. and then the pay-off is wonderful. maybe Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out.)

4. Made-Up ... read more

Hearing the reactions of Arcade Fire being a chore and all - they always have been.

Vol. 1
1.1 Reflektor // 4.5
(amazing track.)
1.2. We Exist // 4.5
1.3. Flashbulb Eyes // 4
1.4. Here Comes the Night Time // 3-3.5
1.5. Normal People // 3.5
1.6. You Already Know // 3
1.7. Joan of Arc // 3.5
(I do prefer dance-y repetitiveness over the...whatever arcade fire was doing on some mediocre tracks on the suburbs/neon bible - it sounds harsh - but arcade fire is a pretentious band.)

Vol. 2
2.1 ... read more

it has a lot of meat surrounding the opening, middle and ending part. it is an excellent album - but with a looot of these songs it feels like they beat me to death with the same structure. endlessly predictable.

except for the insanely good ones.

1. The Suburbs // 4.5
2. Ready to Start // 4
3. Modern Man // 3.5
4. Rococo // 3.5
5. Empty Room // 3.5-4
6. City With No Children // 3
(all the songs aren’t per say mediocre or anything, but a lot of them really fail to impress me - this ... read more

It is in some odd ways a step and step down over Funeral. Much prefer the atmosphere here. But none the songs (except My Body is a Cage) are as good as half of the songs on Funeral.

1. Black mirror // 4.5
2. Keep the Car Running // 3.5-4
3 Neon Bible // 3
4. Intervention // 4-4.5
5. Black Wave / Bad Vibration // 4-4.5
6. Ocean of Noise // 4.5-5
7. The Well and the Lighthouse // 4-4.5
(feels like a continuation of BW / BV and Ocean of Noise. I love it.)
8. (Antichrist Television Blues) // ... read more

This is easily one of the best debut records of the 2000s.

1. Neighborhood #1 Tunnels // 5
2. Neighborhood #2 Laika // 4
3. Une annèe sans lumière // 5
4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out // 3.5
5. Neighborhood #4 (7 kettles) // 3.5-4
6. Crown Love // 4.5-5
7. Wale Up // 4.5
8. Haiti // 3.5-4
9. Rebellion (Lies) // 5
10. In The Backseat // 5

1.1 Cloud of Forgetting // 3-3.5
1.2 Cloud of Unknowing // 3-3.5
1.3 The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black // 4
1.4 People Like Us // 3.5
(none of the tracks on the A-side grab me as much as the B-side.)
2.1 Frankie M // 5
(when you think Frankie M can't get any better, it gets better.)
2.2 When Will I Return? // 4.5-5
2.3 The Glowing Man // 5
2.4 Finally, Peace // 4.5-5

unforgettable second half.

this LP feels like the sun is finally rising above the dark surreal world.

and then you get sucked back right in.

A1. The Paradise // 4
A2. Paradise is Mine // 4
(the main grove is fantastic. missed potential to add Filth and To Be Kind rawness.)
A3. Los Angeles: City of Death // 3.5-4
A4. Michael is Done // 4-4.5
(beautiful subtle transitions.)
A5. Unforming // 3
(it doesn't work nearly as good as it thinks it does.)
A6. The Beggar // 4
A7. No More Of This // 4
A8. Ebbing // 4-4.5
A9. Why ... read more

a (partially) good debut after years of silence. the lukewarm response makes sense though.

1. No Words / No Thoughts // 5
2. Reeling the Liars In // 2
(not quite sure what they were thinking. this is swans at their most alt-country and I wish I never heard it.)
3. Jim // 3
(manages to set-up the ground work for the incredible tracks upcoming in their catalogue, but this feels even somewhat amateurish.)
4. My Birth // 3
5. You Fucking People Make Me Sick // 4-4.5
6. Inside Madelin // 4
7. Eden ... read more

truly lynchian.

Silver
1.1 Red Velvet Corridor // 5
1.2 I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull // 4
(no idea how it was even possible to create these sounds in the 90s.)
1.3 Helpless Child // 5
(the first time Swans went above and beyond in vastness. it is impossible to describe how giant this track is.)
1.4 Live Through Me // 4-4.5
1.5 Yum-Yab Killers // 4
1.6 The Beautiful Days // 4
1.7 Volcano // 4.5
(one of the strongest first 7 tracks of any LP ever.)
1.8 Mellothumb // 3.5
1.9 All Lined Up // ... read more

Swans being the first time Swans-like. (whatever that may mean to you.).

this LP may miss the vastness of a Soundtracks for the Blind but it makes up for it for being consistently blood-rushing.

1. In // 4
(the change of atmosphere from White Light to this flashes me every time.)
2. I Am the Sun // 5
3. She Lives // 5
(what a monster.)
4. Celebrity Lifestyle // 4
(not a fan of the refrain - but love the post-punk influence)
5. Mother_Father // 3.5-4
6. Blood Promise // 3.5-4
7. Mind / Body ... read more

It gets gothic. Disintegration by Swans.

1. Better Than You // 4.5-5
(astonishing how progressive Swans now sounds like)
2. Power and Sacrifice // 5
(the best Swans song since their debut)
3. You Know Nothing // 4
4. Song For Dead Time // 3-3.5
5. Will We Survive // 4
6. Love Will Save You // 4.5
7. Failure // 3-3.5
8. Song For The Sun // 3-3.5
9. Miracle of Love // 4-4.5
(fails to get one step more interesting towards the end, but that switch is amazing.)
10. Blind // 4-4.5
11. When She ... read more

the first heavily melodic Swans album. you could hear the first attempts in greed and holy money, but they were nowhere this versatile.

also the first Swans LP that I have once learned to love.

A1. New Mind // 4.5
(reminds me so much of their newer LPs)
A2. In my Garden // 5
A3. Our Love Lies // 4-4.5
B1. Sex, God, Sex // 3.5
B2. Blood and Honey // 3
B3. Like A Drug (Sha La La La) // 4
(heavy track, love the background additions. feels like swans starts to understand how to master ... read more

To Be Kind is what Filth began to do. Raw, Gritty and exceptional sounds. Filth is a great debut album that is not even close of being amateurish. Just maybe repetitive.

1. Stay Here // 3.5-4
2. Big Strong Boss // 4.5
(post-punk headbanger)
3. Blackout // 4-4.5
4. Power for Power // 3-3.5
5. Freak // 3.5-4
6. Right Wrong // 4
7. Thank You // 3-3.5
8. Weakling // 3-3.5
9. Gang // 3

My pick for the best album of last decade.

A1. Screen Shot // 5
A2. Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett // 4.5-5
A3. A Little God in My Hands // 5
(might be their best track.)
A4. Bring the Sun / Toussant L'Ouverture // 5
A5. Some Things We Do // 4-4.5

B1. She Loves Us // 4
B2. Kirsten Supine // 5
B3. Oxygen // 5
B4. Nathalie Neal // 4-4.5
B5. To Be Kind // 4-4.5

feels like the album has been around for decades now.

1. IGOR'S THEME // 5
2. EARFQUAKE // 4.5-5
3. I THINK // 5
4. EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM // -
5. RUNNING OUT OF TIME // 4.5-5
6. NEW MAGIC WAND // 4-4.5
7. A BOY IS A GUN // 4-4.5
8. PUPPET // 3.5
9. WHAT'S GOOD // 3-3.5
10. GONE, GONE / THANK YOU // 4.5
11. I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE // 3-3.5
12. ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? // 5
(a perfect soul track)

Unexpectedly an all-timer in the strokes catalogue

1. The Adults Are Talking // 5
2. Selfless // 4
3. Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus // 3.5-4
4. Bad Decisions // 4.5-5
(starts off way too familiar, even nostalgic and then builds up to something so much bigger. one of their best in my opinion)
5. Eternal Summer // 4
6. At the Door // 4.5-5
(I don't know how they did it, but this LP sounds so modern but so 2000s at the same time)
7. Why Are Sundays so depressing // 4.5-5
8. Not the same anymore // ... read more

1. March Into the Sea // 4
(Sets up the album perfectly and the journey on a sea vibes so well. Almost wish the album would’ve gone to that direction more often)
2. Dashboard // 5
3. Fire it Up // 3.5-4
4. Florida // 3
5. Parting of the Sensory // 4-4.5
6. Missed the Boat // 4
7. We’ve got Everything // 3.5-4
8. Fly Trapped in a Jar // 2
(The equivalent of that one BB episode)
9. Education // 2.5
10. Little Motel // 4-5
11. Steam Engenius // 3
12. Spitting Venom // 3.5-4.5
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There are two Nevermind listeners. One prefers In Utero and it is not even close for them. They don't really like Nevermind that much and think it is overrated.

The others think Nevermind is not only the best Nirvana album by a long shot, but it is also easily one of the best albums of all time.

It is, of course, a generalisation and not entirely true but I have been in both factions. I symphatize with both of them. After ignoring the praise, the talk, the critics, the audience - it ... read more