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krispbunkbed t1_je8rq31 wrote

Reply to Tell me about the concept of an album that you think is brilliant. by akacoline

Stage Four by Touché Amore. It’s about the grief of the lead singer losing his mom to cancer, but sets itself apart by being disturbingly honest and open with the lyrics. It’s raw, ugly, and forces the listener to feel the things he’s singing about. He’s not trying to tell you how much losing his mom sucked - he’s trying to show you exactly how it felt, the only way he knows how.

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Justdoinanabide t1_je8rdis wrote

Reply to Noise cancelling headphones vs earbuds for $100 by moral_justice

I’ve got the Tunes, can’t really complain about jbl quality, I will say despite having these I’m more of an over ear guy, I seem to generate a lot of earwax. Additionally my ear canals are different shapes and when I’m building/moving things in a brewery setting, sometimes they fall out. But the quality do be good tho.

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AdventureSphere t1_je8r5qf wrote

Reply to Albums significantly improved by the removal of one or two songs. by AfroYoda

Abbey Road is pretty damn close to perfect if you cut Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

That album was otherwise Paul's high water mark for his entire career -- the medley on side two, Oh! Darling, and his stupendous basswork on the first two songs. But then there's Maxwell's fucking Hammer sitting in the middle of side one like a big steaming turd.

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RadAirDude t1_je8r3xc wrote

Reply to If they remade The Blues Brothers today, who would be starring in it? by ApesApesApes

TBH it would be a fucking hellscape

Blues brothers: Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes

Cameos would include: SZA & Doja Cat (Joint musical number as hairdressers), Lizzo & Cardi B flipping an Aretha joint, John Legend doing a Beyoncé cover (character is a piano salesman), Miley Cyrus doing a Tina Turner impression, Post Malone & Ed Sheeran as movie theater attendants covering Ray Charles, and Donald Glover channeling Chaka Khan. Meghan Trainor and Ariana grande singing Smokey Robinson.

There would also non-musical cameos from Dolly Parton, Snoop Dogg, Benny Blanco, Lil Yachty, and Kendall Jenner.

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kmill0202 t1_je8q611 wrote

Reply to comment by MDS1138 in Which one-hit wonders actually have great songs and deserved more credit? by Ok_World_8819

Their big hit, 'Popular', was a little before my time. But I picked up the album High/Low at a thrift shop on a whim sometime around 2008. I enjoyed the entire album and immediately checked out the rest of their discography. I'm a big fan. 'Popular' is fine, I like the sarcasm and progressively manic delivery of the lines. But they have better songs and a much bigger discography.

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night_dude t1_je8pol4 wrote

Reply to comment by ToxicAdamm in Albums significantly improved by the removal of one or two songs. by AfroYoda

Haha, I love that song! But only as a pallet cleanser, I would never listen to it outside of the album. I have a soft spot for weird interlude songs ever since I heard MR HAAAAAAAAHN on Hybrid Theory.

Either way, it's good to see some love for After Laughter. Such a great album. I never thought Paramore would be better genre chameleons than Fall Out Boy (whose newer stuff I find unlistenable) but they really nailed it.

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illegal_midget t1_je8pgda wrote

Reply to Tell me about the concept of an album that you think is brilliant. by akacoline

'Since I left you' by the avalanches. The album is almost entirely made up of samples (between 1000 to 3500 separate samples by various accounts) and it works waaaay better than it has any right to. Sounds like it would be a gimmick but it has incredible cohesion, little to no 'low points' (songs I might skip with company) and easily 5 or 6 incredible songs.. Whole album flows together so we'll. Best description I've heard is "a dance party in heaven"

Some highlights are:

Since I left you

Electricity

ETOH

Frontier psychiatry

Radio

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