Albums are a valueless medium. They always have been

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thirdform

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droid said:
Nah. The only thing that he released on 12" prior to BST was Finley's rainbow, and they were different mixes IIRC.
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what the hell are you talking about? this was so laughably wrong that i didn't want to challenge u on it at the time lmao.



https://www.discogs.com/A-Guy-Called-Gerald-Digital-Bad-Boy/master/333671

and of course the ultimate:

https://www.discogs.com/A-Guy-Called-Gerald-Nazinji-Zaka-Hot-Foot/master/980527

and of course one of the est uk deep house trax:

 
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mvuent

Void Dweller
luka said:
I keep having this urge to make a thread called corpsey about corpsey. What he's come to represent to different people. The way his passivity causes huge currents of turbulent energy to whirl and eddy about him. The central figure of the forum really. Why and how this has happened is worth investigating.
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luka said:
The psychological mechanisms, the projections, the suck and push, the subterranean dynamics of it all.
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luka said:
The only reason I haven't done it cos cos he might not like it. But it IS inherently fascinating and worth studying. We're all corpsey, in one way or another, but our relation to that aspect of our characters differs.
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a year later this still seems like a fascinating and worth studying idea to me
 
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most albums arent that good (most compilations are prob better, its just that people prefer the idea of artist curation over A&R/producer/music expert curation on the whole). the only thing preventing people from realising this is the notion, the myth, the worship of album as a sacred format, the need to believe in the album as revealing something of an artist. but most albums are not 'statements', they arent cohesive in mood, they arent consistent and fat free, and most albums that are wholly cohesive, or kept a certain mood would prob be kind of boring (unless its ambient maybe). they are just collections of songs mostly. if you are lucky, you will get an album where all the songs are good. expecting anything more than that though is a tall order. most artists would be better off with EPs but the industry just isnt built around that format. maybe the ramones are perfect album artists.
 
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Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
luka said:
Hilarious how yet another thread becomes all about autechre
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This thread is quintessential 2019 dissensus.

I don't agree with Barty's thesis here, obviously, but listening to albums is something I hardly ever do. Albums are given a once-over, strip-mined for standout songs that are assimilated into huge playlists that will never be listened to, and then tossed in the pile. That was obviously my approach with the Prince album.

I dunno maybe this is a music nerd 'problem', the need to have heard X and Y, even if you've not properly engaged with it.
 
Leo

Leo

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Many albums are worth a full listen, and many more of them are not. Blanket statements are stupid.

Songs that don't click on first listen sometimes grow on you and become favorites, and/or serve a purpose of being part of a whole. Not on most albums, but on plenty of them.

No one is asking you to like all albums. But lots of them are a great experience as a whole. To each his own, cherrypick to your heart's content. Your loss.
 
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woops

woops

is not like other people
Leo said:
Many albums are worth a full listen, and many more of them are not. Blanket statements are stupid.

Songs that don't clink on first listen sometimes grow on you and become favorites, and/or serve a purpose of being part of a whole. Not on most albums, but on plenty of them.

No one is asking you to like all albums. But lots of them are a great experience as a whole. To each his own, cherrypick to your heart's content. Your loss.
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so bloody reasonable
 
shakahislop

shakahislop

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albums were a great format for a while. but they don't make much sense anymore because the means of distribution have changed and we all have different habits. even as recently as the burial albums or memories of the future they were serving the tunes well i think. obviously a whole load of artists suffered from the form when they felt compelled to stick one together because that was the commercial avenue (i'm thinking of any d&b for example). but like the first two tricky albums wouldn't have nearly the same effect if they were individual tunes on a playlist.
 
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rubberdingyrapids

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i mean it goes without saying that there are some great albums that cant be denied (to cite some from the classics canon: pet sounds, rubber soul, revolver, bitches brew, whats going on, innervisions, the first three hendrix albums), and the idea that no album is worth its album-ness is a bit silly and post-mp3, but the problem is just when one listening format becomes so dominant, that everyone has to fit into it. i find it hard to listen to albums in their entirety now, but thats prob just cos i no longer have as much free time to indulge.
 
luka

luka

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theyre absolutely gruelling, specially if you turn up at the cinma steaming and have to go for about 12 pissbreaks, barging past the same people each time
 
Leo

Leo

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luka said:
theyre absolutely gruelling, specially if you turn up at the cinma steaming and have to go for about 12 pissbreaks, barging past the same people each time
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maybe you should stay home and listen to albums instead. drink and pee all you want.
 
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