Thu September 28, 2017 10:17 am
Thu September 28, 2017 1:26 pm
Thu September 28, 2017 1:33 pm
Thu September 28, 2017 1:47 pm
bada wrote:It's 2017 guys. Time to stop worrying if you have enough room on a CD to fit all the songs you like.
Thu September 28, 2017 1:49 pm
stip wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:"Facelift" definitely starts off strong and then takes a nosedive. It's pretty indisputably their weakest album, a kind of grotesque grunge-glam Frankenstein's monster that never really finds its sweet spot.
"Dirt" is pretty much AIC 101 -- I won't say I love every track, but this record is their essence, imitated by dozens, and probably contains more immediately satisfying songs than any other record they made.
The self-titled album is a dense, complex work that repays attentive listening -- the harmonies in particular, both between Staley and Cantrell and between the vocal melodies and chords, are among the most innovative and unusual I've ever heard, a high watermark for music theory within the grunge niche.
Both EP's are essential, not a bad song on either one.
All that said, I don't necessarily disagree that a good 20 song or so comp would pretty much serve my AIC needs from here on out. Definitely not a hits-only comp, though.
I'm going to walk back my classification of "Sap" as "essential" and reclassify it as "pretty okay" but I'm sticking by this. I could reduce AIC to a single disc compilation with minimal heartburn over what to cut; I don't think I could fill a second disc without crossing over into excess.
Probably a disc and a half for me, but I agree. They are an essential songs band, but the essentials are great
Thu September 28, 2017 2:04 pm
bada wrote:It's 2017 guys. Time to stop worrying if you have enough room on a CD to fit all the songs you like.
Thu September 28, 2017 4:03 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:bada wrote:It's 2017 guys. Time to stop worrying if you have enough room on a CD to fit all the songs you like.
Who's worried? This is just a theoretical exercise. I'm well aware that the ideal arrangement is having all the songs I like dispersed across five CD's amongst a handful of other songs that I don't like as well.
Sun October 22, 2017 7:44 am
Fri March 09, 2018 4:36 am
Fri March 09, 2018 4:40 am
Fri March 09, 2018 5:18 am
knee tunes wrote:I've written my own part !
Fri March 09, 2018 1:39 pm
PHATJ wrote:I’ve decided that Rotten Apple is the perfect song.
Fri March 09, 2018 1:58 pm
PHATJ wrote:knee tunes wrote:I've written my own part !
Fri March 09, 2018 3:55 pm
knee tunes wrote:PHATJ wrote:knee tunes wrote:I've written my own part !
Or maybe it's "I've rotten my own part"?
Fri March 09, 2018 3:56 pm
wease wrote:PHATJ wrote:I’ve decided that Rotten Apple is the perfect song.
Hmmm. I could get behind that maybe.
Fri March 09, 2018 4:43 pm
PHATJ wrote:wease wrote:PHATJ wrote:I’ve decided that Rotten Apple is the perfect song.
Hmmm. I could get behind that maybe.
It’s pretty great
Fri March 09, 2018 9:25 pm
wease wrote:PHATJ wrote:wease wrote:PHATJ wrote:I’ve decided that Rotten Apple is the perfect song.
Hmmm. I could get behind that maybe.
It’s pretty great
Oh, it's awesomely great.
Fri March 09, 2018 9:54 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:Who's worried? This is just a theoretical exercise. I'm well aware that the ideal arrangement is having all the songs I like dispersed across five CD's amongst a handful of other songs that I don't like as well.
Sun March 11, 2018 2:05 am
Sun March 11, 2018 4:24 am
liebzz wrote:I always liked AIC but can honestly say I preferred Mad Season in terms of Staley’s work.