Domingo 18 Mar 2007, 19:59
Again with a relatively long gap, I need to start making these closer together so I can actually gather my thoughts on what I thought of each album. The primary purpose of this whole venture was to help me figure out what music I have that I could do without, the dead weight in my library, since my ipod is again filling up. Only a couple gigs left of the 80 total.
After the Elfen Lied goodness came the amazing Encore: Live and Direct by Scooter. What can I say? Scooter is such a feel good guilty pleasure of catchy hooks and silliness that I can't speak ill of them. Them live is even more amazing. I recently acquired some DJ Shadow from a friend and listened through Endtroducing… and Diminishing Returns to catch up on his albums alphabetically. I really understand now how I had heard his name so much in passing, but I just hadn't looked into it. DJ Shadow has such a solid and polished feel to his songs that it is such a treat and a delight to listen to.
Next came Blink-182's Enema of the State, now they aren't the most profound group out there, I'm pretty sure they never claimed to be, but I'll be damned if their stuff doesn't bring back some good memories for me. Back in the day I used to listen so much to it, that's come to an end and I rarely go out of my way to listen to it, but I don't think I can part with the tracks. Next came some Aphex Twin EPs as well as other guises he is known by, Power-pill and Polygon Window. I really enjoyed the EP On Remixes in particular, I'm a sucker for the percussion and delayed piano used in some of the tracks.
Thom Yorke's Eraser came next, it really does sound like Radiohead minus the band. It still has his signature wailing and melancholy feel to it, perfect for the right times. The soundtrack to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great, quirky, cd that is a good listen through and brings back some great images from such a beautiful movie. This was followed by the hilarious Eiffel 65 Europop cd. I'm hesitant to say I do in fact own it, it was one of the first cds I bought. Isn't that what you kinda do in elementary school? No one in my family was particularly invested in music as much as I am now, so I didn't have any specific tastes rub off on me as a child. Whatever, I am certainly glad where my current taste for music lies now anyways. BTW europop is awesome cheese!!!!
Every Breath You Take: The Classics! The Police are awesome. His name is STING for crying out loud AND he was in David Lynch's amazing rendition of Dune. They also do Roxanne, yeah those 3 are enough reason for me. Next was Everything You Need by Slightly Stoopid, I really did like the random covers of songs such as Perfect Gentleman. Nothing stuck out at me in particular though.
311's Evolver was slightly more palatable of an album to me on the first listen through. Some of their material may yet escape the purge that is to come after my venture. Chemical Brother's Exit Planet Dust, I've come to the conclusion that among all of the Chemical Brother's material there must be at least be one song for every different person, well not counting those that might be against awesome music. Fable's original soundtrack has some reminiscent tracks, but nothing that screams "Listen to me non-stop for the rest of your life" like some other game soundtracks have for me(Shoji Meguro I'm lookin at your amazing work!). Sondre Lerche's Faces Down was a relaxing ride through some smooth tracks. This was followed by The Cure's Faith, I think I need to give this some repeated listens. It didn't catch me the first time I went through, it came highly recommended so I wanna give it another go.
The Lostprophet's Fake Sound of Progress was an amazing album. Their initial single with Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja that I recieved for free took time, but it grew on me so much. I don't necessarily appreciate the direction they went after this album, but then again I haven't heard much past that one single "Last Train Home" or whatever. All I can say is Kobrakai, The Fake Sound of Progress (longer version from the single), and For Sure are fucking money.
Dream Theater's Falling into Infinity is another album that I need more time with. I get the feeling this is not something that can be decided on after merely 1 listen through. Extortion Labs Fallout, I was directed to this by a friend and I can honestly say I have no idea how they aren't moving up faster cause their sound and feel is great. FSOL's Far Out Son of Lung and the Ra as well as Prodigy's Fat of the Land are money, 'nuff said. Squarepusher's Feed me Wierd Things, I have to say I am down with the whole IDM stuff, Aphex and Squarepusher, but I need some more exposure to their works as a whole so I understand more of their body of their work. For a slight skimming of his stuff it's all good imho. Kylie Minogue's Fever, umm cool catchy dance pop music that I ain't ashamed of having ;p. FFIX Piano Collections, oh schnap about to hit the FF chunk. Vamo' alla Flamenco is godly, FF9 had an amazing soundtrack and Vamo' alla Flamenco rocks the fuck out. THE FIFTH ELEMENT SOUNDTRACK, the quirkyness that is the movie by Luc Besson in music form. Yes it holds up and brings back the best of memories and is an awesome arrangement of musical genius.
Fight Club Soundtrack Dust Brothers bless you for just being awesome. I'm actually just a huge sucker for soundtracks period, but Fight Club's is a great one with quirky bubbly pieces like Ikea man, as well as brooding tracks like Fight At Bar…the opening theme is just mindblowing as well. Now Enters the deluge that is final fantasy tagged tracks, beginning with Final Fantasy The Black Mages. Lets face it, battle themes + guitars = pure winning tunes. This is followed by various remixes done by artists that were just tagged to the source material, Haroon Piracha your Falling Stars is so awesome. Another random track that I don't have a whole album for in the previous clutter was Face to Face's I Won't Lie Down, I learned of it from the amazing MK: Annihilation Soundtrack(amazing OST I know). The actual track prior to slight remixing is just as good for the great chorus hooks and guitar. Now not only will I try to have the next entry sooner, but It will begin with the opinions of the FF8 OST which I am currently giving a whirl…