Author Topic: 1995: The Bends, Mellon Collie or Morning Glory? (Read 2258 times)

WildRanger · « **on:** April 28, 2018, 01:32:38 PM »

Your fave between these 3?

I'm going with Oasis.

TAC · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2018, 01:41:33 PM »

Polarbear · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2018, 01:55:13 PM »

Smashing Pumpkins for me..

krands85 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2018, 02:12:09 PM »

All good albums, but The Bends would be my pick.

Elite · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2018, 03:04:12 PM »

The Bends by far

Zantera · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2018, 03:51:51 PM »

3 great albums, I'm going with:

1. Morning Glory
2. Mellon Collie
3. The Bends

Zook · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2018, 05:15:03 PM »

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2018, 09:57:05 PM »

lonestar · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2018, 11:59:28 PM »

What are three albums I don't give a fuck about?

Mladen · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2018, 03:59:08 AM »

I'm very intrigued by the poll results, being that I've always wanted to check out Morning Glory and Mellon Collie. The Bends is obviously an album I adore, but I can't vote since I haven't heard the other ones. Maybe someone can let me know the results in about a week?

Zantera · « **Reply #10 on:** April 29, 2018, 04:03:30 AM »

Quote from: Mladen on April 29, 2018, 03:59:08 AM

I'm very intrigued by the poll results, being that I've always wanted to check out Morning Glory and Mellon Collie. The Bends is obviously an album I adore, but I can't vote since I haven't heard the other ones. Maybe someone can let me know the results in about a week?

Being a big fan of all three bands I feel like what gives Morning Glory and Mellon Collie a slight edge for me is that they are both (IMO) the best albums those two bands put out, whereas The Bends - as great as it is, is not one of the best Radiohead albums.

Lowdz · « **Reply #11 on:** April 29, 2018, 04:58:46 AM »

As I’ve only heard Morning Glory I went for that. It’s a good album. Not my thing but a good album. I have it in my collection because an ex left it behind. Haven’t played it in years.

bosk1 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2018, 09:09:48 AM »

Quote from: lonestar on April 28, 2018, 11:59:28 PM

What are three albums I don't give a fuck about?

This. @thread: Thanks for the reminder of what a terribly abysmal year in music 1995 was. Looking back at a list of album releases for 1995, it makes me almost angry that there was so much absolute garbage and so little of interest that year. But we did get a few nuggets of goodness at least. Megadeth put out Hidden Treasures, which was a nice little gem (no pun intended) while waiting for the next album. We got a pretty good live release from Scorpions. And Y&T would thoroughly confuse their fanbase with Musically Incorrect. Of course, I would later discovery A Change of Seasons. But, man, so much music released, and yet such a bleak and desolate time for music fans.

Zantera · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:50:49 AM »

Yeah terrible music year, the three albums mentioned in this thread alone is miles above anything DT has made in their career but the 90s sure was the dark times

RoeDent · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:52:20 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on April 30, 2018, 10:50:49 AM

Yeah terrible music year, the three albums mentioned in this thread alone is miles above anything DT has made in their career but the 90s sure was the dark times

...he posted, on DreamTheaterForums.

Zantera · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:58:55 AM »

Quote from: RoeDent on April 30, 2018, 10:52:20 AM

Quote from: Zantera on April 30, 2018, 10:50:49 AM
Yeah terrible music year, the three albums mentioned in this thread alone is miles above anything DT has made in their career but the 90s sure was the dark times

...he posted, on DreamTheaterForums.

DT mas made some good albums though (even if it's been a few decades) but to call all time classics garbage just seem's a bit much.

bosk1 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2018, 11:02:27 AM »

I completely agree. Thankfully, there weren't any all-time classics released in 1995.

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2018, 11:23:43 AM »

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https://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-year-1995-albums-calendar-and.html

My top 10 includes many all-time favorites include 2 5-star records.

1. Kevin Gilbert - Thud
2. Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight
3. Spock's Beard - The Light
4. The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight
5. Echolyn - As the World
6. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons [EP]
7. Faith No More - King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime
8. Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
9. Saigon Kick - Devil in the Details
10. Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone

bosk1 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 30, 2018, 11:31:36 AM »

Quote from: SoundscapeMN on April 30, 2018, 11:23:43 AM

My top 10 includes many all-time favorites include 2 5-star records.

Would you mind listing those instead of the sleep-fest you actually listed in your joke top 10?

Mladen · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2018, 11:52:42 AM »

I'm very curious, Bosk, why don't you like the alternative scene? What did you make of such influences in Dream Theater music, e.g. Radiohead homages and stuff.

Can I add some of my favorite albums of 1995? Warning: this will really be an odd mixture.

Iron Maiden - The X Factor
Spock's Beard - The Light
Alice In Chains - Alice in chains
Blur - The Great escape
David Bowie - 1. Outside
Death - Symbolic
Faith No More - King for a day... fool for a lifetime
The Apples In Stereo - Fun trick noisemaker

The Walrus · « **Reply #20 on:** April 30, 2018, 11:54:40 AM »

Whoa hold the fuck up, two of the best metal albums of all time were released in 1995 thank you very much. Gamma Ray's Land of the Free and Blind Guardian's Imaginations From The Other Side. Plus A Change of Seasons. GTFO with this '1995 was a terrible year for music' nonsense my droogs

RoeDent · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2018, 12:16:22 PM »

Every year is the best year for music. You just need to know where to look.

DTA · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2018, 02:45:10 PM »

Mellon Collie is so far beyond those albums it's just not even close. Add in the b-sides from Aeroplane Flies High and you have the best collection of music from the entire 90's.

Stadler · « **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2018, 10:07:22 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on April 29, 2018, 04:03:30 AM

Quote from: Mladen on April 29, 2018, 03:59:08 AM
I'm very intrigued by the poll results, being that I've always wanted to check out Morning Glory and Mellon Collie. The Bends is obviously an album I adore, but I can't vote since I haven't heard the other ones. Maybe someone can let me know the results in about a week?

Being a big fan of all three bands I feel like what gives Morning Glory and Mellon Collie a slight edge for me is that they are both (IMO) the best albums those two bands put out, whereas The Bends - as great as it is, is not one of the best Radiohead albums.

"The best Radiohead album", sort of an oxymoron, no? Like "jumbo shrimp"?

I like Mellie, but this is Oasis all the way. Radiohead is not even in the discussion. This is like comparing "Freddie Mercury", "Paul Rodgers" and "Barney Greenway" (or "William Hung" if you're of the stripe that says that growls are a skill and a talent).

Elite · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2018, 10:18:14 AM »

I love how people are so quick to respond with such negativity to bands they have never really actively listened to, yet have a pretty narrow interest in music themselves.

Train of Naught · « **Reply #25 on:** May 01, 2018, 11:11:33 AM »

mfw Y&T and Scorpions are the pinnacle of the music world

Stadler · « **Reply #26 on:** May 01, 2018, 12:23:45 PM »

Quote from: Elite on May 01, 2018, 10:18:14 AM

I love how people are so quick to respond with such negativity to bands they have never really actively listened to, yet have a pretty narrow interest in music themselves.

If you're commenting on me - one of the more vocal anti-Radiohead voices here - you're seriously jumping to conclusions. Don't let my "schtick" on the roulettes fool you; my interest in music is hardly "narrow" and given that I OWN The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A (and have heard everything through Hail To The Thief, plus one of Yorke's solo albums) I would hardly say I've never "actively listened to them". But you can only beat a dead horse so much, and for me, with almost 2,000 CDs, there is only so much time in the day. I'd rather listen to stuff that moves me, and that's not Radiohead.

I fully recognize that it is my opinion only, and if someone connects to them, well, god bless and I'm glad. I'm more responding to the more specious claims that they are "revolutionary" (not necessarily made here). I'm not seeing that at all. It's certainly undeniable that they are a hipster- and critic-darling kind of band.

bosk1 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 01, 2018, 12:25:55 PM »

Speaking only for me, I can say that I have never listened to them much. But I have heard enough to know that I don't want or need to "actively listen to" them, so there you go.

Stadler · « **Reply #28 on:** May 01, 2018, 12:31:52 PM »

Quote from: SoundscapeMN on April 30, 2018, 11:23:43 AM

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lol, 1995 was a great year for albums.

https://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-year-1995-albums-calendar-and.html

My top 10 includes many all-time favorites include 2 5-star records.

1. Kevin Gilbert - Thud
2. Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight
3. Spock's Beard - The Light
4. The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight
5. Echolyn - As the World
6. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons [EP]
7. Faith No More - King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime
8. Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
9. Saigon Kick - Devil in the Details
10. Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone

Dude, that's legendary. Cool!

cramx3 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 01, 2018, 12:35:56 PM »

311 self titled in 95. Best album of the bunch

anyway, voted Smashing Pumpkins, their best album and only album of theirs I like. The rest are of no interest to me.

Stadler · « **Reply #30 on:** May 01, 2018, 01:51:23 PM »

Quote from: DTA on April 30, 2018, 02:45:10 PM

Mellon Collie is so far beyond those albums it's just not even close. Add in the b-sides from Aeroplane Flies High and you have the best collection of music from the entire 90's.

Is there a source with ALL the b-sides? Last I checked you had to get a bunch of singles, and there was a box with a handle (like the old 45's holders) but I think it was vinyl. I really like that album, and would love to have all the b-sides in one place.

Zook · « **Reply #31 on:** May 01, 2018, 02:08:19 PM »

I tried listening to the first song off The Bends. I failed.

DTA · « **Reply #32 on:** May 01, 2018, 03:11:10 PM »

Quote from: Stadler on May 01, 2018, 01:51:23 PM

Quote from: DTA on April 30, 2018, 02:45:10 PM
Mellon Collie is so far beyond those albums it's just not even close. Add in the b-sides from Aeroplane Flies High and you have the best collection of music from the entire 90's.

Is there a source with ALL the b-sides? Last I checked you had to get a bunch of singles, and there was a box with a handle (like the old 45's holders) but I think it was vinyl. I really like that album, and would love to have all the b-sides in one place.

I'm not sure a physical version exists beyond the one you mentioned, but Amazon has the entire mp3 set for 15 dollars. I'm still amazed by how many high quality songs were left off the album, and that's not including all the demo riffs and song parts that didn't make it to the b-side stage.

Evermind · « **Reply #33 on:** May 01, 2018, 03:42:09 PM »

Quote from: Kattoelox on April 30, 2018, 11:54:40 AM

Whoa hold the fuck up, two of the best metal albums of all time were released in 1995 thank you very much. Gamma Ray's Land of the Free and Blind Guardian's Imaginations From The Other Side.

I approve of this post, these both made my Top 50 a few years ago.

Can't vote in the poll as I've never heard any of these three.

Elite · « **Reply #34 on:** May 01, 2018, 04:22:34 PM »

well, you know, Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante came out in 1995 as well, as did Porcupine Tree's The Sky Moves Sideways.

News: The Gift of Music official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae4FQ4McSY

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1995: The Bends, Mellon Collie or Morning Glory?

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