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ZaziGuado posted...

An idea for the new format could be to have a rotating theme each week and either come up with a list of albums that fit that theme or have people nominate albums that fit the theme and choose the top nomination. This would also allow people to plan ahead if they will want to participate in that week knowing what the theme will be ahead of time.

I like this idea a lot. I think the opportunity to listen to completely new albums through these topics is great, and themes would ensure we keep some variety while also hitting big albums and artists more frequently. Monthly votes would also presumably make hosting a lot easier, and I guess we have a few weeks where the albums are already decided so we can get onto shortlisting and voting for the following batch?

Making the change quickly is probably a good idea. Half a year is a long time, and if people are getting tired with what we're listening to, it's better to change sooner rather than later.

Deftones - Diamond Eyes > A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms > Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Okay but this is objectively hilarious. Possibly better value for money than the real thing. Those children (and parents) will remember going to the shit willy wonka warehouse for years to come.

ZaziGuado posted...

With the Everton point reduction reduction, it's a real bummer seeing the promoted teams all in the relegation zone. It's depressing to see how wide the gulf is getting between EPL and the Championship, especially as a fan of a yo-yo team currently in the Championship.

Don't think this is really the case, it just happens to be a particularly rough set of teams. Nobody expected Luton to stay up, Sheffield United didn't buy anyone at all, and Burnley bought terribly and either lost or sidelined most of their title winning squad.

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Donkey Kong Country 2

Thanks for the playlists! Will make going through them a lil easier.

Just been going through set 1, lots of classics in there (and a very rock-focused track list compared to what we're getting these days). I've listened to a lot of them before, but good kid, m. A. A. D. city is amazing and I'm glad to have beene exposed to it. Also equally glad I didn't ever feel obligated to listen to Hamilton in full, because I couldn't stand it.

This is a very interesting concept. Definitely (probably?) don't have the time but I'm curious to see how it plays out. Reminds me of Monster Seeking Monster from Jackbox (which I despise, primarily because I suck at it).

I'm also concerned about a BW remake and I feel like they're gonna have that in the works. Not sure how they're going to do it since BW2 is a very different game and the originals are a lot less marketable to casual fans, with way less recognisable Pokemon. Most likely gonna be low-budget ugly trash made in Unity, again.

Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressiible > Burial - Untrue > VNV Nation - Judgement

1. Din Don Dan Dan
2. Sara
3. Intro Theme
4. HODO
5. Swamper
6. Prontera Field
7. Play Chess in the Air
8. Your
9. Poem
10. Clap and Walk
11. Sailing
12. Everland
13. Kings Joy
14. Church
15. Red Wolf
16. Hold Your Life
17. The Force Midgarts
18. 5 Years War
19. Beginners
20. Pub Not sure about this one, chief. At least it's silly in a weird way rather than silly in an awful-sounding way.

Solid VGM album. Not totally sold on the choir, but the synths are gorgeous, lots of interesting instrument choices throughout, and it's long but not boring in the slightest.

I could complain about having multiple VGM albums in quick succession, but honestly, this is fire. Gonna do one more listen tonight, instrumental tracks are always tricky to order.

Fateful Findings
The Room
Cats
Morbius

foolm0r0n posted...

If they can replicate that with this movie then they will officially make Shitty Marvel a genre that they will pump out every year. It will be a challenge to get the lowest RT score. Fans will love it. They'll eventually make an Avengers movie that features all the characters.

I refuse to watch any of these on principle but if they do an Avengers with Squirrel Girl I'll at least pirate it.

Had a few shifts on relistens, there's multiple albums where I don't love the individual tracks but I appreciate them more, now that I'm thinking holistically. I feel a bit more fond of the group of albums altogether. I'm also heavily regretting not listening to Charlie Brown Christmas at the time. How do you judge a Christmas album without the context of the season? I'll submit my rankings once I solve that particular conundrum.

ctesjbuvf posted...

Infernape
Staraptor
Luxray
Floatzel
Lucario
Garchomp

This is the most basic Sinnoh Team, easily. Togekiss wasn't in DP before post game.

4/6 were exactly my team, with the last two replaced by Roserade and Hippowdon.

The Weeknd > Bring Me The Horizon > The Protomen

I think this is an interesting selection. There's less albums I just straight up didn't care about than in R5 and the bottom ten is a little better, but I think my top fifteen are far weaker overall in comparison. Plastic Beach and The Black Parade were two of my favourite albums full stop, and it's hard to compete with that, even having a nomination of my own. Even the albums I didn't love, I'm glad I got to listen to.

One more relisten of an album I just can't place, the Charlie Brown album and I think I might be done. A lot of albums were far enough apart in opinion on first ratings that they were simple to position. Last ranking I had huge difficulty with all of the 10-20 range (I think having more than six weeks to listen to them all has also done me a lot of favours).

1. Found Out About You
2. Until I Fall Away
3. Hey Jealousy
4. Allison Road
5. Hold Me Down
6. Cajun Song
7. Mrs Rita
8. Lost Horizons
9. Hands Are Tied
10. 29
11. Pieces of the Night
12. Cheatin

Didn't really do it for me. A few toe tappers but not super memorable nor a particularly unique sound. It taped off a little at the end for sure.

Sun/Moon were hated because they are so unbearably slow. Getting stopped around every single corner by one of your rivals makes the game a miserable experience to play through - they try and play up some of the cinematics, but it's on the 3DS, they didn't have much to work with. Not a bad generation by the new standards, they're better than X/Y and added good QoL features, plus the plot and story battles are way more interesting than anything else in the franchise since Gen 5 (some bits of Gen 9 might be exceptions, I've heard a few good things but generally refuse to buy the Switch games).

For my three albums, I wanted to pick three kinda sad artists which I've picked up from my younger classmates in grad school over the past few months. I think they're pretty different from what I've seen in this topic series and have only listened to the albums once through in full myself, but I wanted to put together a selection with a theme (that wasn't just "good rock artists yet to be covered"). I also put a sample for each (mostly not from the listed album but it was difficult for Trick, which sounds pretty different to his other stuff) - I think these capture what the albums I listed sound like, for those unfamiliar.

TV Girl - French Exit: Probably the most unique of them, self-described as hypnopop, they're very repetitive, reliant on a lot of sampling, and amazing to listen to with headphones. Super distinct, a little melancholy and nostalgic feeling, capturing the feeling of a very late night.

Sample song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6C9METNm0

Mitski - Be the Cowboy: I have heard her described as "femcel ballad singer" (she is actually cool as hell and doesn't deserve that label). Lots of very sad songs, beautiful voice, kinda folk rocky but the guitar tends to be a lot heavier than your usual in artists fitting that bill.

Sample song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHKTdlUyyko

Alex G - Trick: In my opinion not quite as unique as the other two, but still distinct as hell. Muddy, emo, slow indie bedroom pop is kinda how I'd describe it. Sounds a lil crusty, and it's one of the rare examples where I reckon that actually makes it better? Trick itself has a pretty unique sound, so I've taken a song from that album rather than a similar one from the rest of his discography.

Sample song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKe6gihtx0

Tv Girl > Mitski > Alex G

Thanks for running this again! I still haven't heard the Charlie Brown Christmas album, will be a bit odd to listen to it in mid-Feb. Hoping I'll be able to listen to all these by the end of the month.

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