Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

liebzz wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

tree_ wrote:I feel like a great song should be able to translate to piano, guitar, whatever, and still be great, because it's well-written. Otherwise we're talking about like an effects showcase, not a "song".

I think this is a reasonable thought experiment when you're evaluating a very specific set of criteria within a song, but it doesn't really work for a song like "Pulk/Pull" unless you're expecting it to be something it was never meant to be. I expect "Packt Like Sardines" would hold up to this kind of exercise better than you're assuming it would, though -- there's not a lot of harmonic variation in it, but it's got a natural rhythm and melody that I don't think is as dependent on production effects as you think.

Personally, I like Amnesiac better than Kid A, which is full of songs I like but always feels a bit heavy-handed for me as a front-to-back listen. I like the breeziness of Amnesiac -- where Kid A is a record of intense, laser-focused vision, Amnesiac feels like an album made up of things you accidentally see in your periphery, and I always have a weird soft spot for albums like that.

Great analysis. I am not sure if it is because of familiarity or straight preference but I would take Kid A based on the strength of its songs, and it’s more cohesive single listening experience.

liebzz wrote:Interesting take. Without insulting Amnesiac, it felt more meandering to me, and Kid A a single statement. Granted I often see apparently disparate albums as more cohesive on their whole at times. I stand by my preference for the songs on Kid A.

liebzz wrote:Hail to the Thief

This album is almost like a return to form. Rather than feeling like a distinct single package the way both Kid A and Amnesiac feel, this has the sense of being closer to a collection of excellent songs they put together without the pull to have to listen straight through. 2+2=5, Sit Down Stand Up, and Myxomatosis were songs I had loved 17 years ago or so when the album first came out and I had my moment with it and put it down for a long time. Picking it back up I similarly like this one much better, and appreciated Sail to the Moon in particular, along with Go To Sleep. Where I End and You Begin was also great on this listen, though what really drew me in was the run of the last four songs here: A Punch Up At the Wedding, Myxomatosis, Scatterbrain, and A Wolf at the Door which kind of run the gamut of the Radiohead experience thus far but drew me in more than the rest. I remembered this album seeming uneven but not on this listen. Consistently very good this time.

liebzz wrote:Hail to the Thief

This album is almost like a return to form. Rather than feeling like a distinct single package the way both Kid A and Amnesiac feel, this has the sense of being closer to a collection of excellent songs they put together without the pull to have to listen straight through. 2+2=5, Sit Down Stand Up, and Myxomatosis were songs I had loved 17 years ago or so when the album first came out and I had my moment with it and put it down for a long time. Picking it back up I similarly like this one much better, and appreciated Sail to the Moon in particular, along with Go To Sleep. Where I End and You Begin was also great on this listen, though what really drew me in was the run of the last four songs here: A Punch Up At the Wedding, Myxomatosis, Scatterbrain, and A Wolf at the Door which kind of run the gamut of the Radiohead experience thus far but drew me in more than the rest. I remembered this album seeming uneven but not on this listen. Consistently very good this time.