2 decent songs were crushed by the rest of the stupid and extremely ordinary songs(.
Bests: Never Ever / I Know Where It's At
Delete: Lady Marmalade / Alone / Take The Key / Trapped
Never Ever. 92.
Bootie Call. 72.
I Know Where It's At. 85.
Under The Bridge. 74.
Heaven. 71.
Alone. 60.
If You Want To Party (I Found Lovin'). 72.
Trapped. 66.
Beg. 74.
Lady Marmalade. 61.
Take The Key. 72.
War Of Nerves. 76.
Never Ever (All Star Mix). 77.
Another lost electronic masterpiece from 90's, made by "Meat Meat Manifesto". A gorgeous blend of sound of the Prodigy and the weirds of Matmos and Autechre.
If you're too lazy to listen to their entire discography, this massive album is the best and most comprehensive way to understand what kind of band they are.
Despite the length album never fall into bore. Even the longest tracks on 2nd CD like "Electric People" sounds intriguing and adventurous.
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This is her best release. Better than any of her albums though i love the sonic of "Devotion" more.
1. I'm Not Dancing. 90.
2. Inside Out. 85
3. Ooh Never. 83.
4. Slow Jam. 86.
The more I listen to new casual Weyes Blood songs, the more random the beauty of the her melodies from the Titanic Rising album seems. It's a pretty standard 70s radio pop song with no pretensions to being a hit. Bland though melodious.
Unfortunately, Tori's voice has become even more aged and rough. She hasn't produced any new discoveries since the 2000s, only variable songs quality. And yes, "Native Invalders" remains her best album since "Beekeeper".
Nevertheless, her talent remains unfading—every new album has at least two or three good songs to choose from.
Bests: S'Magic Day / Knocking / Mermaid Muse Speaks
1 Knocking. 87.
2 Day And Night.73.
3 Building A Mountain. ... read more
If Autechre and Animal Collective had a baby with Yoko Ono as a nurse. This is how this weird bizzare album sounds.
Sometimes i think why late Autechre don't use some different new sounds like Black Dice does in this album? Atfer "Exai" they created nothing new in sonic experiments.
Seabird. 82 / 88.
Things Will Never Be The Same . 92.
The Dream Is Going Down . 73. / 82. / 89 (7:09-)
Endless Happiness. 94.
Big Drop. 81. / 89. (9:24-)
The surprisingly polarized opinions about this album, as well as her subsequent and final masterpiece, SW, continue to baffle. I personally explained this by saying that all 90s female singer songwriters were overshadowed by Björk's genius, and male reviewers don't consider that women, too, seem capable of experimenting and pushing the boundaries of pop music. It's now, these days, after metoo era we easily get overrated and "extremely gifted" singers like Self ... read more
Not every overly hyped DJs have at least one really worthwhile album. "In My Memory" got lost in his discography after further tons of commercial sets, but exactly in this album he sounded authentic - something between Underworld and Paul van Dyk. His epic Suburban Train and Magik Journey sound grandiose and gloomy, and in Lethal Industry and Flight 643 they are also brutal and sparse, just like in the best traditions of the "Second Toughest in the Infants" album.
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The influence of the main founder of the Notwist group, and the husband of Valerie Trebeljahr, is stronger than ever here. Although the quality of the songs did not fall, the band began to lose its inherent futuristic personality and turned into a standard indie band. And thank God that Valerie later rid of all these guitar cliches in the next and best album of her career 7 years later.
Bests; Faking The Books / Crawling By Numbers / Crawling By Numbers / Grin And Bear.
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The first and second albums are remarkably similar. And that's a good thing, cos there are very few bands like this one. "Don't Think"'s arrangements shifts Lali Puna to the IDM category.
Bests: Don't Think / Scary World Theory.
Nin-Com-Pop. 89.
Middle Curse. 73.
Bi-Pet. 90.
Contratempo. 72.
Scary World Theory. 100.
50 Faces Of. 74.
Lowdown. 78.
Don't Think . 100.
Come On Home. 74.
Satur•Nine. 70.
A band that's hard to confuse with anyone else is quite rare. Lali Ouna is one of them. They blend tiny electronica, lo-fi, indie, and fashion-channel music. They are considered one of the first trendsetters in the indietronica genre.
Bests: Everywhere & Allover / Fast Forward / Rapariga Da Banheira.
6-0-3. 77.
Rapariga Da Banheira. 94.
Antena Trash. 78.
System On. 82.
Everywhere & Allover. 100.
Toca-Discos. 74.
Press My Tummy. 72.
Fast Forward. 100.
Superlotado. 73.
A very very very equal quality of tracks. No fillers no standouts no lows. Cute curvy guitars all over with bard vocals.
Only Lonely. 83.
Empty Bottles. 82.
Real Long Gone. 82.
Floating Out . 79.
Morning Light. 78.
Reno Shuffle. 79.
Wee Hours >. 82.
Wildflowers. 84.
People what afraid of the dark🌚, save their children to bed🥱. And stayed out all the night.💃🏼🕺🏼
The duo's last solid album, not counting the 2CD rarities compilation from 2013. It's their most danceable yet not vulgar or overtly commercial like Tirsto or Armin Van Buuren. The duo never loses their intellectual edge, even despite a single, terrible track like "Tired Of The Show."
Just delete it and you'll get another masterpiece from the group.
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Austra in every single album delivers at least 2 great songs. And this time she didn't disappoint again.
But sad side of story - now it takes 5 years.
Bests: Fallen Cloud / Amnesia.
Amnesia. 100.
Math Equation. 86.
Siren Song. 78.
Chin Up Buttercup. 79.
Fallen Cloud. 100.
Blindsided. 77.
Think Twice. 76. Cute couplets. Oops...
Look Me In The Eye. 76.
The Hopefulness Of Dawn. 91. / 75. (2:27-). Cut Copy vibes in 2nd part. I wish the first very beautiful part would be a separate ... read more
And again no any song here can be on pair with Mother from 2015 album. Bit overall this album much better than two previous. The more I listen it the more it blooms.
Bests: Music By Men / Sympathy Magic / And Love / You Can Have It All / One Of The Greats.
Worst: Drink Deep / Everybody Scream
Everybody Scream. 72. Compare this with Snake it Out opener.
One Of The Greats. 82.
Witch Dance. 79.
Sympathy Magic. 90.
Perfume And Milk. 73.
Buckle. 81.
Kraken. 75.
The Old Religion. 73.
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A promising start was ruined by pop trash like "It's Coming Soon" and "Arabebonics."
Bests: Spontaneously Combust. / Khàronm.
Delete: Arabebonics / It's Coming Soon (vocals)
Spontaneously Combust. 91.
P 1. 79.
Baraka. 75.
A Sacred Choice. 73.
Arabebonics. 70. Rap nooooOO.
It's Coming Soon. 77. / 50. for vocals.
Doll's House. 80
The Oort Cloud (Too Night). 84.
Under The Bed. 83.
Khàronm. 92
An important yet uneven Madonna's album. Alongside the great hits, there are blatant fillers, from "How High" to "Push." And its arrangements are far less interesting than those of "Music" and "ROL." "Hung Up," "Jump," and "Sorry" simply steal the show.
Bests: Hing Up / Jump. / Forbidden Love.
Delete: How High / Isaac / Push.
Hung Up. 100.
Get Together . 91.
Sorry. 84.
Future Lovers. 86. / 100 for live tour version
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The album is a bit weaker than the debut, but has two more striking tracks. The beginning was promising, but then that awkward middle section set in and ruined the whole mood. But it's commendable that the artist maintains his style and doesn't slide into commercial pop. The strings in the second half of "Of the Sorrows" are very beautiful.
Best: Of The Sorrows / I Came Back To See The Stone Had Moved / Carving The Stone.
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Chiastic Slide bridges the gap between early and late Autechre "islands", and you always have the choice of continuing on into LP5, where it reaches the point of madness in Confield, or returning to the familiar island with the beautiful Amber and Tri Repetae. Here, their signature roughness and love of almost full changes in compositions first emerges, as the opening track, "Cipater," immediately and bluntly points out
But the rather drawn-out and tedious middle section ... read more
While I love their later albums, I don't share the deliberately understated reviews of this album. I think it smacks of snobbery. Incunabula sounds much simpler and more boring, but Amber marks Autechre's first attempts at identity, and it's their most beautiful and methodical album in their discography, like Tidal is among 5 Fiona Apple's CDs.
This album sounds like an acceptable replacement for all those who are repelled by the excessive intricacies of the duo's ... read more
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