The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Nee Lewman said:
I should probably do like a track by track listen some day and see how it stands up to that conceit.
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It’s one of those things that every critic has written about since the albums release. It only holds up in the loosest sense possible. If the album wasn’t called “Exile In Guyville” no one would have likely put two and two together.

It’s a great album because her songs felt real and honest and a bit confessional. I think the stuff about The Rolling Stones was probably the hook that made the music media take notice but ultimately I think it hinders the album overall because it’s pretty fucking great even without all the noise.

I don’t think there has ever been been a write up of this album that didn’t refer the Stones within the opening paragraph.
 
Nee Lewman said:
I vaguely remember liking Whip-Smart and her self titled album a lot more than this one.
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Whip-Smart is excellent too but was dinged by many at the time for not being Exile. It’s still a bit underrated but I think it’s reputation has grown over the preceding years.

whitechocolatespaceegg and her self titled album were fine but grew poppier and more polished as she progressed which for me isn’t nearly as interesting as her more indie/lo-fi stuff.
 
Nee Lewman said:
Confession time, despite Q-Tip being one of my favorite MCs, in the top ten for sure, possibly top five. I have never listened to any of his albums after Amplified. This will probably especially shock @NewsFedora as a copy of VMP Kamaal I got from him lives in my backlog.
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I dunno about Tip being in my top 5 or 10, and I haven't received a VMP copy of Kamaal from @NewsFedora but, otherwis, Same here!
 
Q-Tip was fine. In many ways a continuation of Amplified. And similarly, a merely slightly above competent album feels like a let down. Tribe is magic, I think there’s something in the combination of the core trio that transcends their individual skills.
 
dbarila said:
This is another one of those artists that i know of, but can't say for sure if I've ever heard a single song from her.
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If you’ve seen a made movie in the last 30 years, you’ve more than likely heard her music.

She falls in that ever growing category of artists I would like to spend more time with.

Initial listen last night was pleasant, will see if I can get a more critical listen in today.
 
Nee Lewman said:
If you’ve seen a made movie in the last 30 years, you’ve more than likely heard her music.

She falls in that ever growing category of artists I would like to spend more time with.

Initial listen last night was pleasant, will see if I can get a more critical listen in today.
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I agree the album was pleasant. I didn't recognize any songs off this one. Maybe I'll spend some time digging around Apple Music later.
 
dbarila said:
Come on now. Hello doesn't even have a single green screen effect in it! Do you want a video with no green screen effects or a video with ALL of the green screen effects???
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But it does have a blind sculptor sculpting his head and that magnificent jumper and a random pause for a phone to ring and then him to answer it with the chorus before tossing it to one side nonchalantly, like what must the person on the other end have thought?????

It inspired me and my friend in our 20s to always answer the phone to each other by singing “Hello! Is it me you’re looking for?”

It is also objectively awful which makes it even better again!
 
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