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Topic	Rank the Tracks Week 29: Billy Joel's The Stranger (+ Silent Shout results)
CasanovaZelos 09/19/21 10:56:56 AM #2:	The Knife's Silent Shout results The participants sorted by deviation from final results: CasanovaZelos (24) Seanchan (24) VeryInsane (24) HBJDubs (24) Raetsel_Lapin (26) SpikeSetsFire (28) Johnbobb (32) MetalmindStats (36) General Album Comments CasanovaZelos: My 19th favorite album of all time and probably the most obscure of my favorites. This is synthpop as it has rarely been seen before or since, though its influence feels obvious - CHVRCHES, Purity Ring, and even Grimes probably owe a lot to this Swedish duo. Karin Dreijer's vocals here are a journey through everything modern production will allow, while the synthlines are pure ecstasy. This is not an entirely pleasant journey, but that is by design - Silent Shout (and followup Shaking the Habitual even moreso) is something I would classify as horror in music form. Songs like "Na Na Na" and "Like a Pen" are about as abrasive as music comes, so you have to approach this album more as an insight into what music can be rather than simple entertainment. The lyrics are also disarming, a tour of various forms of oppression and inner turmoil. Seanchan: Did a first listen to this...it's a weird one! I was enjoying it for the most part, though there are easily some songs (like Marble House) that are more accessible than others. CasanovaZelos: This is an odd album, but not a completely niche choice. It came out of nowhere in 2006 and ended up being listed as Pitchfork's album of the year. It's one of the prime examples of the Internet's ability to spread music that would have likely gone overlooked in an earlier era. Seanchan: Ended up liking this quite a bit. I went back and forth on my top 3, which is a good sign. MetalmindStats: Silent Shout was far from a lock for me to enjoy or even appreciate, and ultimately, I don't think enjoyment is a term that fits it very well anyways. That being said, for as singular as the album is, I really do appreciate it - in an unambiguously positive sense, not just because I'm glad it broadened my musical horizons. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ <cite>CasanovaZelos posted [p:958199021] in Rank the T... [t:79668853]...</cite> <quote>The Knife's Silent Shout results The participants sorted by deviation from final results: CasanovaZelos (24) Seanchan (24) VeryInsane (24) HBJDubs (24) Raetsel_Lapin (26) SpikeSetsFire (28) Johnbobb (32) MetalmindStats (36) General Album Comments CasanovaZelos: My 19th favorite album of all time and probably the most obscure of my favorites. This is synthpop as it has rarely been seen before or since, though its influence feels obvious - CHVRCHES, Purity Ring, and even Grimes probably owe a lot to this Swedish duo. Karin Dreijer's vocals here are a journey through everything modern production will allow, while the synthlines are pure ecstasy. This is not an entirely pleasant journey, but that is by design - Silent Shout (and followup Shaking the Habitual even moreso) is something I would classify as horror in music form. Songs like "Na Na Na" and "Like a Pen" are about as abrasive as music comes, so you have to approach this album more as an insight into what music can be rather than simple entertainment. The lyrics are also disarming, a tour of various forms of oppression and inner turmoil. Seanchan: Did a first listen to this...it's a weird one! I was enjoying it for the most part, though there are easily some songs (like Marble House) that are more accessible than others. CasanovaZelos: This is an odd album, but not a completely niche choice. It came out of nowhere in 2006 and ended up being listed as Pitchfork's album of the year. It's one of the prime examples of the Internet's ability to spread music that would have likely gone overlooked in an earlier era. Seanchan: Ended up liking this quite a bit. I went back and forth on my top 3, which is a good sign. MetalmindStats: Silent Shout was far from a lock for me to enjoy or even appreciate, and ultimately, I don't think enjoyment is a term that fits it very well anyways. That being said, for as singular as the album is, I really do appreciate it - in an unambiguously positive sense, not just because I'm glad it broadened my musical horizons. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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