"Everybody was rapping about selling drugs, I was rapping about taking drugs."
That makes a lot of sense, lol.
Fav track: Pneumonia, Golddust, White Lines, Really Doe, Downward Spiral, and Get Hi.
Least fav: Maybe Lost?
Perhaps my favorite metal / rock album. All four of the band members' styles shine on this album. You've got these killer post-hardcore riffs backed up with these beautiful shoegaze melodies. Abe Cunningham throws in these sick hip-hop grooves with this industrial set-up to the drums. Chi Cheng pluck these slow and pleasant basslines underneath this huge wall of sound. And of course, Chino Moreno's vocals really shine off this album; sometimes, singing in this very nasally, but soothing voice ... read more
Probably one of the best produced electronica albums I've ever listened to. Ik it's counter-intuitive to call an electronica album "timeless", but the production off this is crafted so flawlessly and gives you this totally cerebral experience that it could've came out in present day with all the modern technology and production techniques compared to what was limited in 1996. Not to mention at how catchy the songs off here are too! The album also carries a lot of personality, even if ... read more
A highly underrated album!
Masterfully blends the glitched out beats and textures of IDM and mixes it with hip-hop / downtempo. I feel like a lot of FlyLo fans would get into this album, as I feel like it kinda pre-dates his style off of stuff like Cosmogramma. A lot of the songs are super catchy and none of the beats seem to ever get repetitive. Because of how genre-blending this album is, each track seems have its own unique identity and stays lodged in your brain.
Fav tracks: Storm ... read more