Ariich's ALBUM Roulette; or, Is The Man Completely Mad? (completed)

[Elite]

Sent something that might make me lose

Seriously though, nobody is going to send an album they think is bad

[Crow]

sending merzbow if I make it to round 2

[Evermind]

I'm really curious about themes for the next rounds.

[Elite]

themed albums:

- instrumental
- male and female vocals
- something from the 80's
- a RnR HOF inductee
- growls
- wind instruments

doing this right?

[Crow]

There are no good albums from the 80s unfortunately but I have stuff for the rest of those

Hopefully I'll just be able to send all my favorite albums some way or another though, I feel like this is an especially weird roulette to have themed rounds in but whatever 

[Evermind]

There are no good albums from the 80s unfortunately

Now that's the most bullshit statement I've heard during this week.

[Crow]

pop during the 80s was too cheap sounding and sterile
metal in the 80s is plagued by bad production and bad singing styles
rock is about the only genre that had any decent chance and even then I can't really think about any bands in particular who were putting out good stuff

I don't like the 80s though

One theme I can think of that seems fairly obvious is concept albums

[jingle.boy]

lol... this is apparently going to be tough for Rich if 7 people say "no way I'm getting eliminated".

[Evermind]

I've sent concept album for this round.

[Crow]

I mean, Elite agrees with me re: my album

I thought so. If he likes that one as much as I do, we're doomed (well, not you, but me and the other participants)

[lonestar]

I've sent concept album for this round.

So did I...

[Elite]

I sent Light of Day, Day of Darkness

[Crow]

Elite this is an album roulette not a song roulette

[Nekov]

pop during the 80s was too cheap sounding and sterile
metal in the 80s is plagued by bad production and bad singing styles
rock is about the only genre that had any decent chance and even then I can't really think about any bands in particular who were putting out good stuff

I don't like the 80s though

One theme I can think of that seems fairly obvious is concept albums

King crimson released discipline in 81, rush had a couple of good albums, iron maiden released their best works in that decade as well

[Evermind]

I sent Light of Day, Day of Darkness

I wanted to send it, but I checked it and it was in hist RYM list, so no such luck.

[ariich]

lol... this is apparently going to be tough for Rich if 7 people say "no way I'm getting eliminated".

Sorry, but one of you will be GONE. But I'm glad people are feeling so confident - should mean I get introduced to some fine music.

Elite this is an album roulette not a song roulette

So, submissions are all in now. I got a little bit of listening in today, but tomorrow is a more normal day so should get plenty of listening in (hopefully every album at least once). So expect initial anonymous reflections tomorrow or at the weekend at the latest.

The only observation I can make so far is the wide variety in how much description accompanies the submissions. DTF loves rankings, so here is the league table of most to fewest words in each PM/email:

Evermind: 292 words
Elite: 287 words
Jingle: 213 words
Parama: 133 words
Lonestar: 40 words (though he also linked me to his review, 1,075 words )
Nekov: 30 words
Stadler: 2 words (literally the band name and album name, not even any punctuation. Not exactly the level of brevity I might have expected from Stads!)

[Nekov]

How about less counting words and more listening to music?

[ariich]

How about less counting words and more listening to music?

tomorrow is a more normal day so should get plenty of listening in (hopefully every album at least once).

But seriously it's like bedtime now and it only took a minute to count the words by pasting it all into MS Word.

[Nekov]

I know rich, I'm just messing with you   

[ariich]

I know rich, I'm just messing with you   

UNACCEPTABLE NO POINTS

[Crow]

ariich go check out my review 
should be easy to find, one of my very few 5* reviews 

[orcus116]

Rich, I just checked RYM and you gave Science Fiction a 3.5. Why you gotta be like that? 

[ariich]

Rich, I just checked RYM and you gave Science Fiction a 3.5. Why you gotta be like that? 

It's a good album and that's a good score. I just found it a bit... safe maybe? Didn't feel very exciting to me.

[Nekov]

I know rich, I'm just messing with you   

UNACCEPTABLE NO POINTS

Well, I guess my relaxation will be loner than I anticipated then 

[Stadler]

Sent something that might make me lose

Seriously though, nobody is going to send an album they think is bad

That would be a great round theme, though, no?   "Send me an album you think BLOWS". You could do it by saying "by a band you like" or "by a band where you own at least five of their records" or something like that. 

[Stadler]

lol... this is apparently going to be tough for Rich if 7 people say "no way I'm getting eliminated".

Sorry, but one of you will be GONE. But I'm glad people are feeling so confident - should mean I get introduced to some fine music.

Elite this is an album roulette not a song roulette

So, submissions are all in now. I got a little bit of listening in today, but tomorrow is a more normal day so should get plenty of listening in (hopefully every album at least once). So expect initial anonymous reflections tomorrow or at the weekend at the latest.

The only observation I can make so far is the wide variety in how much description accompanies the submissions. DTF loves rankings, so here is the league table of most to fewest words in each PM/email:

Evermind: 292 words
Elite: 287 words
Jingle: 213 words
Parama: 133 words
Lonestar: 40 words (though he also linked me to his review, 1,075 words )
Nekov: 30 words
Stadler: 2 words (literally the band name and album name, not even any punctuation. Not exactly the level of brevity I might have expected from Stads!)

My album - Rainbow Rising - speaks for itself.       

[lonestar]

Rainbow Rising? Nice choice... I used to have that on 8-track.

[Nekov]

[v_clortho]

Rainbow Rising? Nice choice... I used to have that on 8-track.

Couldn't find it on Reel to Reel?

[Crow]

back in my day the only way to listen to music was to have a parrot memorize it and screech it back at you at random

[Stadler]

back in my day the only way to listen to music was to have a parrot memorize it and screech it back at you at random

Hahaha.

[Anguyen92]

back in my day the only way to listen to music was to have a parrot memorize it and screech it back at you at random

I recall a cartoon that took place in the barbarian ages that did something like that.  Then, an evil talking pig decided to use subliminal messages so that when the parrot speaks, the listener has the urge to kill the royal family.

[ariich]

Sent something that might make me lose

Seriously though, nobody is going to send an album they think is bad

That would be a great round theme, though, no?   "Send me an album you think BLOWS". You could do it by saying "by a band you like" or "by a band where you own at least five of their records" or something like that. 

On the downside, I would be committed to at least two listens of multiple terrible albums. Not sure I want to put myself through that.

EDIT: On the subject of themes though (which someone mentioned before too), like when I did song roulettes before, my themes are mostly not very prescriptive and won't be genre-driven - there's usually an element of interpretation or flexibility. Haven't decided on all the themes yet, but I know a couple.

[jingle.boy]

Sent something that might make me lose

Seriously though, nobody is going to send an album they think is bad

That would be a great round theme, though, no?   "Send me an album you think BLOWS". You could do it by saying "by a band you like" or "by a band where you own at least five of their records" or something like that. 

On the downside, I would be committed to at least two listens of multiple terrible albums. Not sure I want to put myself through that.

Ya'll have to remember that Rich had a "bad song" round in his first roulette.  Like, the kind of songs that make your ears bleed.

[Elite]

Yeah, that was quite funny actually