Kattelox's Album Roulette - Party Time! Excellent! v. FIN

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

unfortunately, you have bad taste in bent knee albums then 

Honestly I've only given Shiny Eyed Babies 1 listen, so it may end up my favorite....maybe.

[Crow]

it took a few listens to grow on me but then i ended up loving it. there's like, one or two tracks that are not "pretty dang good" and a few that are "holy cow awesome" and it's just such a colorful and consistent record overall, it's really cool

[ariich]

onviously ariich sent Jeff Buckley

Incorrect. But that was one of the other albums I'd been considering, so still a good guess!

[home]

Tomislav probably sent the Dredg album. Coincidentially I listened to it yesterday 

[ariich]

Catch Without Arms is good, though I would have sent (and was considering) TPTPTD as that's even better.

[Elite]

El Cielo is where it's at though

[Sacul]

El Cielo is where it's at though

[The Walrus]

Sacul nailed them all but I'm still adding an arm for Elite's wrong guess

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1. (Parama) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
3. (Lethean) DGM - Frame
4. (?) Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
5. (Puppies_On_Acid) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) Ólafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (Tomislav95) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II

Evermind, ariich, and Sacul remain 

[ariich]

El Cielo is where it's at though

meh

[Tomislav95]

Sacul - Mike Oldfield
Evermind - Karmakanic
ariich - Von Hertzen Brothers

[The Walrus]

Tomislav is winnar

(Parama) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
(Sacul) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
(Lethean) DGM - Frame
(Evermind) Karmakanic - Who's The Boss in the Factory?
(Puppies_On_Acid) Jeff Buckley - Grace
(home) Ólafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
(Tomislav95) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
(ariich) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
(jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature|Existence
(Stadler) Queen - Queen II

I told ya this round was a motley crew...

[Crow]

what are you talking about, i don't see motley crue on the album list

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I'm sending Motley Crue next round. 

[Stadler]

Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.

Indeed! I'm in it to win it now...

[Elite]

Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.   

Yup. Top 3 all time

[Lethean]

Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.   

Yup. Top 3 all time

I think I might be the only person in the world who doesn't like that album.

[Evermind]

I'm not a big fan of DGM to be honest. Heard a song here and there, and they just don't click with me.

Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.

[Crow]

i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally

[The Walrus]

The only artist on this list I'm familiar with at all is Queen. Lethean and I have discussed DGM before and I've heard their very early albums but that was MANY years ago.

I will say I am pleasantly surprised by one of these albums so far and I haven't heard anything I dislike yet, but I'm only halfway through the first round of listening

[Lethean]

i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally

Yeah but if you do hear it it'll probably be your favorite album of all time and I'll still be the only person who doesn't like it.

[Tomislav95]

i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally

Yeah but if you do hear it it'll probably be your favorite album of all time and I'll still be the only person who doesn't like it.

I couldn't even finish the first song.
-Parama

[Elite]

don’t want to weep for you, don’t want to know

[Stadler]

Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful.  I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done. 

It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.

[Elite]

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks Hallelujah is easily the worst song on the album.

[The Walrus]

Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful.  I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done. 

It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.

It can't possibly be more overrated than Stairway to Heaven or any number of other classic rock hits.

[Stadler]

Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful.  I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done. 

It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.

It can't possibly be more overrated than Stairway to Heaven or any number of other classic rock hits.

Oh, no, it is, trust me.  When you've got Kate McKinnon singing it on SNL as an elegy to the LOSING candidate in a Presidential election, and/or the outgoing Obama Administration, it's over-played.   

Even Cohen says it (all this is quoting from Wikipedia):  In an April 2009 CBC Radio interview, Cohen said he found the number of covers of his song "ironic and amusing", given that his record label refused to release it when he first wrote it; however, he then claimed the song could benefit from a break in exposure: "I was just reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it and the reviewer said – "Can we please have a moratorium on 'Hallelujah' in movies and television shows?" And I kind of feel the same way...I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it."   Conversely, in early 2012, while promoting his then-current album, Old Ideas, Cohen stated he wasn't tired of the song being covered: "There's been a couple of times when other people have said can we have a moratorium please on "Hallelujah"? Must we have it at the end of every single drama and every single Idol? And once or twice I've felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought no, I'm very happy that it's being sung."  But even that acknowledges it's pervasiveness.

[The Walrus]

I just played the album and I've never heard it before in my life. Not once.  Never even heard of it before this thread. Weird.

[jingle.boy]

Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.

I think it's diverse enough to tickle his pickle.

[Sacul]

Grace prob wouldn't enter my top 100 but it's still pretty good. Eternal Life is 

[The Walrus]

Holy cow I'm almost certain there's another 10/10 here.

[Crow]

Based on what got a 10 last round I'm guessing it's Jeff Buckley or maybe Olafur Arnalds? 

[Lethean]

I'm not a big fan of DGM to be honest. Heard a song here and there, and they just don't click with me.

They probably don't with a lot of people.  But I've played that album a lot and always enjoy coming back to it.  They're also a great live band, which I know isn't relevant to this, just my 2 cents.

I will say, FW, that when I met them, they all struggled with their English.  So, you're not going to listen to me, but I would suggest not reading along to the lyrics.  I don't think they're bad - they get the job done - but if you just sit there and read them... they word some things awkwardly.

[Stadler]

Based on what got a 10 last round I'm guessing it's Jeff Buckley or maybe Olafur Arnalds? 

Queen II

[TAC]

Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.

I don't think so. Based on the standings, I think K-lox is under the impression that J-Boy is someone important around here and is obviously favoring him.