Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[dimejinky99]

Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.

[Mine]

Dear 10C,

[Norah]

A few crackles hear and there but that's what makes vinyl so enjoyable.

That's not true at all.

...for me

hipster

[Lament]

Everyone knows the best thing about vinyl is how cool it looks in the milkcrates you store it in.

Sheesh...

[hopethatuchoke]

due to the high quality and delicate nature of the special packaging

I didn't get mine yet but is the packaging any more special than any other vinyl? What does this have to do with scratching and popping finger prints? It's always someone else's fault with them. Was this also sabotage?

[nomorecrackpipes]

The saboteurs strike again!

[Lament]

That's right! It was sabotage, not a conspiracy. How could I forget?

I'm surprised RM doesn't get blamed for these things.

[dimejinky99]

Not sure if you guys saw this
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201310 ... teful-dead

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Everyone knows the best thing about vinyl is how cool it looks in the milkcrates you store it in.

Sheesh...

Damn straight, brother. Especially when you sit them next to the cinder block shelves you keep your HIFI stereo on.

[Birds in Hell]

Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.

This seems fraught with danger to me...

[Norah]

Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.

This seems fraught with danger to me...

I googled it and there was a thread on audiokarma about it. Seems legit.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.

This seems fraught with danger to me...

This had to have been discovered by accident, right dime?

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Speaking of record storage, dime do you think you could build a couple of shelves to hold my records? I'm struggling a little at the moment with my current setup:

[dimejinky99]

Jesus Christ you need a serious amount of shelves.
I could do it. Too bad I'm so far away.

[E.H. Ruddock]

After ten or so listens all the way through, this is how I listen to LB now:

Always listen: Getaway, Sirens, Infallible, Pendulum, Yellow Moon

Sometimes listen: LB, MYM, Swallowed Whole, MFS

Never listen: FD, SBM, LTRP

So 5,4,3. Not bad. Compared to the other albums for me:

Ten: 9,2,0
Vs.: 5,5,2
Vitalogy: 10,2,2
No Code: 9,3,1
Yield: 11,3,0
Binaural: 10,2,1
Riot Act: 10,3,2
Pearl Jam: 5,6,2
Backspacer: 1,7,3

[Tj]

I'd love to know who else is in the 7% for Sirens.

[Lament]

Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.

This seems fraught with danger to me...

This had to have been discovered by accident, right dime?

You should see the list of things wood glue doesn't clean off, as learned through dime's experiments...

[evenslow]

Got my delicious vinyl today and ftr, it sounds good. Thanks for all you do 10c!

I purposely stopped playing this thing for a week b/c I was listening too much and I heard the 4 song sampler with shitty sound a ton and then Sirens ad nauseum and my full album experience was essentially ruined (ruined, I tell ya). I envy the No Leak Club (for a few different reasons). So anyway, with a week off and returning like the prodigal son with an affinity for vinyl, the songs that stood out were:

Getaway - I've probably played this more than any other song and it just doesn't get old. Love Jeff's bass melody and Ed's lyrics/delivery especially.
My Father's Son - it's all about that bass (again) and it really helped to read the lyrics along with Ed singing. Menacing and Binaural-ish.
Lightning Bolt - this song has gotten 5% better every time I listen to it. When I heard it at Wrigley I was profoundly unsettled. Unsettled. Profundity. Now it's scratching my Empty Glass with Who guitars itch.
Swallowed Whole - this might be the best song on the album. Fantastic energy and tasteful bridge. Ed might sound better here than he has in years. Drown, drown, drown, drown.
Sleeping by Myself - I can't believe it either. I was loud in my complaints about this being on the record at all, but I didn't expect the subtle curve ball (not 12 to 6) they threw us here with the arrangement. In short, it makes me happy. Nothing else needs to be said. "Now I believe in nothing / Not today as I pull myself out of your sight." There's been a trillion songs on heartbreak, but I've never quite heard it like this.

The only stuff I find myself skipping are LTRP and FD. But I think LTRP is fun where FD is superfluous.

I need another 6 months or so before truly placing it in the catalogue, but I think I'm giving it a 7 out of 10, riding semi-high amongst the waves alongside Backspacer and S/T and Riot Act.

[Lament]

Swallowed Whole - this might be the best song on the album. Fantastic energy and tasteful bridge. Ed might sound better here than he has in years. Drown, drown, drown, drown.

You are a wise man.

[Rangi Guy]

You had me at "Thanks for all you do 10c!"