April 2021 Challenge Thread
- Thread starter Wicked Dreamer
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Turbo
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Yeah, that original review was absurd. I think it has since been scrubbed from the site and replaced with one of their glowing Sunday reviews in an attempt to rewrite history.
EDIT: Yup...
Belle and Sebastian: The Boy With the Arab Strap
The Scottish band’s excellent third album features some of their darkest and most detailed songs. Wholly beautiful and delicate, it was Stuart Murdoch’s first reluctant step into the spotlight.pitchfork.com
DOUBLE EDIT: Thankfully the internet never forgets...
Belle And Sebastian: The Boy With The Arab Strap: Pitchfork Review
[Matador] Rating: 0.8 - Review by: Jason Josephesweb.archive.org
They always meant 8.0 and not 0.8. Obviously a typo.
sahomerrocks
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Day 5: 404_ALBUM_NOT_FOUND
play a record that’s hard to find online (as in YT, Spotify, iTunes, etc)
Slim Harpo - The Original King Bee
play a record that’s hard to find online (as in YT, Spotify, iTunes, etc)
Slim Harpo - The Original King Bee
LeSamourai
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Day 6: Tartan Day
play something Scottish
First off, here's my family's tartan, to go with the theme:
The Twilight Sad - IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
I'm going for the most audibly Scottish singer in my vinyl collection.
play something Scottish
First off, here's my family's tartan, to go with the theme:
The Twilight Sad - IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
I'm going for the most audibly Scottish singer in my vinyl collection.
sahomerrocks
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Day 6: Tartan Day
play something Scottish
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Recently got a "...On This Day" reminder from when I saw them touring this album how ever many years ago.
play something Scottish
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Recently got a "...On This Day" reminder from when I saw them touring this album how ever many years ago.
Bleep boop
Member
ooo this photo is so moody
Fleetwood-Matt
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Ok I literally have nothing for this 
I remembered one of album has a song that mentions Scotland Yard but that's apparently in London so I cant even go with that lol
I remembered one of album has a song that mentions Scotland Yard but that's apparently in London so I cant even go with that lol
LeSamourai
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Ok I literally have nothing for this
Bleep boop
Member
It's OK I kinda cheated too. At least I got to listen to a good albumOk I literally have nothing for this
Tough one today!
gafacaode
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Cloudy day here and I took the picture late in the afternoon, accidentally matching the album cover.
Fun fact, my wife says Moody is my middle name!
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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DAY 6: TARTAN DAY: Play something Scottish
Some beautiful noise from the Reid boys...
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Some beautiful noise from the Reid boys...
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Fleetwood-Matt
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Day 6 - Tartan Day
Fugees - The Score
Totally cheating but it's the best I got
"Searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard"
Fugees - The Score
Totally cheating but it's the best I got
"Searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard"
Wicked Dreamer
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Day 7: “...they’ll hang it in the Louvre”
Down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre.
Show us your favourite album cover!
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle
I just love this artwork so much!
Down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre.
Show us your favourite album cover!
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle
I just love this artwork so much!
Day 7: “...they’ll hang it in the Louvre”
Down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre.
Show us your favourite album cover!
A. Top flight lyric choice, one of the great little couplets of pop music.
B. The Melodrama album cover as in my final 5 or so on this one, so I'd love if someone chose this too.
C. The remainder of my rough Top 5 were Neko Case's "Middle Cyclone", Mikel's "Zelda & Chill", Bruce Springsteen's "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." (that fold out post card cover is still one of the most clever design elements I've seen) and my choice. (hidden in case people are embarking on this and don't want my opinions on the other items)
I went with this one mostly because it's what struck me at 9 AM in the morning, but it's also one of those covers that looks fantastic artistically and that appropriately fits the theme/mood of the music : a singular, naked individual (I am guessing lead singer Kelly Zutrau) from the back, in a closed off, vulnerable position with the shadow of an arm enclosed over her. The music embraces, very much, this kind of mood - an album highlighted by its pre-breakup tracks, where a relationship is on its downturn but neither party is ready to pull the plug, a shadow looming over two people. Some really beautiful work. The photographer Milan Zrnic has worked with the band before in several spots but the work is worth a look over, there's a great use of negative space and contrast in so many of his photos that also works here.
Wet - Don't You
Down the back, but who cares? Still the Louvre.
Show us your favourite album cover!
A. Top flight lyric choice, one of the great little couplets of pop music.
B. The Melodrama album cover as in my final 5 or so on this one, so I'd love if someone chose this too.
C. The remainder of my rough Top 5 were Neko Case's "Middle Cyclone", Mikel's "Zelda & Chill", Bruce Springsteen's "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." (that fold out post card cover is still one of the most clever design elements I've seen) and my choice. (hidden in case people are embarking on this and don't want my opinions on the other items)
I went with this one mostly because it's what struck me at 9 AM in the morning, but it's also one of those covers that looks fantastic artistically and that appropriately fits the theme/mood of the music : a singular, naked individual (I am guessing lead singer Kelly Zutrau) from the back, in a closed off, vulnerable position with the shadow of an arm enclosed over her. The music embraces, very much, this kind of mood - an album highlighted by its pre-breakup tracks, where a relationship is on its downturn but neither party is ready to pull the plug, a shadow looming over two people. Some really beautiful work. The photographer Milan Zrnic has worked with the band before in several spots but the work is worth a look over, there's a great use of negative space and contrast in so many of his photos that also works here.
Wet - Don't You
dhodo
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Day 5 - Hard to Find
Quelle Chris - Guns
This is a hard one. A few years ago would be easier with King Crimson or De La, but I guess they resolved whatever was making them take everything off youtube. Don't know who else is crazy about dmca takedowns, but it seems like otherwise there is at least an unofficial rip on there. Still the case with this one, but if you look at official sources, you won't find the original version of Box of Wheaties, which is on the LP. I much prefer it to the beat on the official streaming versions.
Quelle Chris - Guns
This is a hard one. A few years ago would be easier with King Crimson or De La, but I guess they resolved whatever was making them take everything off youtube. Don't know who else is crazy about dmca takedowns, but it seems like otherwise there is at least an unofficial rip on there. Still the case with this one, but if you look at official sources, you won't find the original version of Box of Wheaties, which is on the LP. I much prefer it to the beat on the official streaming versions.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I figured The Scottish challenge would have been easier. Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit, Teenage Fanclub, Travis, Franz Ferdinand, Aztec Camera, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Bay City Rollers. etc... etc... etc...
dhodo
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All holes in my collection, haha. Also not the easiest to search for. RYM just files it as U.K. I got one that might be my only band I know is from there I'm surprised I wasn't scooped on yet.