I did a chronological discovery of Sleater-Kinney a few years ago (I think I ran a commentary in the S-K thread) and it was extremely rewarding, especially given how much they developed over time. It was also really hard because it was so tempting to skip to The Woods given its reputation and how much I loved the two singles from it I'd heard. I think I went an album every few days which was probably too quick - 'Hot Rock' and 'All Hands...' kind of blended into each other a bit.
Soon after I finished they announced the vinyl boxset so I snapped that up and did it all over again. And then they announced their reunion! I got on board just in time, happy days .
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 1:38 am
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Start with an album and listen for as long as you want. When you're ready to move on, move on.
Chronological or no?
Sometimes. Do you want to listen chronologically? Or would you rather start with something in the middle that stands out? There's no wrong answer here.
I think that before proper guidance can be offered, we need to know whose discography Leatherhead is checking out. For example, if it were Fugazi, I'd say start somewhere in the middle. If it were Bill Callahan, I'd say start somewhere around 2000. But if it were Sonic Youth, I'd say start at the beginning.
I went with REM chronologically and that worked great.
Yea, I think REM is another start-from-the-beginning band.
I'm going to try this simply because I've never been able to get into REM outside their more well-known songs
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 3:01 am
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 3:24 am
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Start with an album and listen for as long as you want. When you're ready to move on, move on.
Chronological or no?
Sometimes. Do you want to listen chronologically? Or would you rather start with something in the middle that stands out? There's no wrong answer here.
I think that before proper guidance can be offered, we need to know whose discography Leatherhead is checking out. For example, if it were Fugazi, I'd say start somewhere in the middle. If it were Bill Callahan, I'd say start somewhere around 2000. But if it were Sonic Youth, I'd say start at the beginning.
I went with REM chronologically and that worked great.
Yea, I think REM is another start-from-the-beginning band.
I'm going to try this simply because I've never been able to get into REM outside their more well-known songs
I agree that starting at the beginning is the best way to tackle REM, but have you ever heard Up? If their first few albums aren't grabbing you, Up is an outlier to their core sound and it's fantastic.
My roommate in college was into R.E.M. enough that he had all their albums, and I remember when Up came out, we sat in the dorm, drinking and listening to it. He hated it so much. I really had nothing to compare it to other than their previous hits and Monster. I know I really liked Lotus and Suspicion, I had those on a mix cd that I listened to while driving at night on dark empty roads. I don't recall much of the rest of the album though, other than Daysleeper.
All I know is in college I worked in a dinosaur themed fast food place that had a 4 song playlist, and End Of The World was on it, and I can't ever listen to that song again.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 3:54 am
by PHATJ
Two of my favorite R.E.M. albums are the last two, so there's that. And I think Hi-Fi is their absolute best.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 5:35 am
by chewm
I went all over the place with REM, but the first 2 albums I listened to are Reckoning and Life's Rich Pageant, which are some of the early ones.
Everybody should listen to Reckoning, what a perfect record.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 5:09 pm
by bune
My first REM album was:
Remember the long-form CD boxes? Those were so weird.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 5:46 pm
by guestT
I spent all of 2015 going through Bob Dylan's discography chronologically. Made a calendar for it and everything. That was SUPER rewarding, but I still felt like I barely scratched the surface.
In 2016 I tried to do the same with REM and was like through Out of Time then kinda got bored and quit.
This year I'm doing the Ramones and Tom Petty.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 6:57 pm
by bodysnatcher
bune wrote:My first REM album was:
Remember the long-form CD boxes? Those were so weird.
Yeah I do. I had PJ's "Ten" in that, but i threw it away
I never really understood the point of them
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:04 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:07 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
bune wrote:My first REM album was:
Remember the long-form CD boxes? Those were so weird.
Yeah I do. I had PJ's "Ten" in that, but i threw it away
I never really understood the point of them
I think the reasoning behind them was so CDs could be comfortably displayed in the same bins that held vinyl.
And harder to steal, presumably.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:08 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:10 pm
by bodysnatcher
Rock the Vote
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:16 pm
by bodysnatcher
So today I started the Chronological REM. I'm on Reckoning now. Not sure how long this will take, it's a lot of REM. At some point I'm gonna be like, "Michael Stipe? Michael STOP."
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:16 pm
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:17 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:It's Kurt Loder's fault that the US political system is broken.
Things I blame Kurt Loder for:
Killing Kurt Cobain
the VMAs
John Norris
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:22 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:22 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:It's Kurt Loder's fault that the US political system is broken.
Things I blame Kurt Loder for:
Killing Kurt Cobain
the VMAs
John Norris
Still not as bad as Carson Daly and TRL
Every so often I'm flipping channels late at night, and that guy STILL has that 1am talk show
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:23 pm
by washing machine
To chud's point in the second post of this thread, Last September I decided to dive into Four Tet's discography chronologically. It's now January and I'm still very much on Rounds for the foreseeable future.
Re: Discovering a Large Discography
Posted: Fri January 06, 2017 7:23 pm
by bodysnatcher
washing machine wrote:To chud's point in the second post of this thread, Last September I decided to dive into Four Tet's discography chronologically. It's now January and I'm still very much on Rounds for the foreseeable future.
Rounds is one of my all-time favorite records, and the climax of his discography for me.
I appreciate some of the directions he went afterward, but just not as easily digestible
.
through Out of Time then kinda got bored and quit.
