Vinyl Me Please Essentials

gaporter said:
I think @Teeeee mentioned that someone compared it to Rumours (though that may have been another ROTM), which isn't a comparison i'd make lightly
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I remember that comparison, and it was actually Tapestry 😂 (could have been Rumours, too, but I know it was Tapestry because I just I couldn't believe it). I'm still waiting for Tennis: the Musical to hit Broadway - haven't heard anything yet!

Either way, I still think it's a nice record for what it is.
 
D Jilla said:
it wasn't the right album to send out to 20,000 people. I think if it would have been on an exclusive run of like 500, it would be held in higher regard.
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EXACTLY!!!

So many new exclusives that only had a run of 300 - like Grace Lightman, Orquesta Akokan, Crumb, Stella Donnelly, Durand Jones & The Indications are much more impressive in my opinion.

Tennis really should have been a limited run to 300-500 copies!

But it doesn’t matter. I think VMP won’t ever have a new release as disappointing as Tennis ever again.
 
tonythegamer said:
What are these reasons? I'm curious because besides @duke86fan just saying "it sucks," I haven't really heard a reason why
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The biggest one that comes to mind, and I am probably going to fail at remembering the specifics, but it has something to do with Urban Outfitters being involved with their extensive sailing excursion which inspired the album? And people were fired up about some sort of controversy surrounding UO at the time? I may not have any of this right, so someone please correct me or more fully explain it and please don't take my failing to recall it all as an indication that I feel anyone's opinions weren't valid. I just straight up don't remember it all clearly! OLD AGE.
 
NathanRicaud said:
I think VMP won’t ever have a new release as disappointing as Tennis ever again.
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Unless they just did...

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sjaygray said:
True enough. And honestly, I am excited to hear it. I've liked the singles quite a bit thus far! I'm just not convinced it's an album that I NEED yet. I need to hear it. And then probably order that cream split variant because it's way cooler.
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I listened to them all again in anticipation, and honestly they're not that bad. Hurry on Home is pretty good, I kind of like the title track until it becomes freaking awesome in the last minute. The future is here is kind of meh though.
 
sjaygray said:
For a flip side opinion, it is one of my most spun VMP releases. It was a popular one to hate on for a variety of reasons, but I just love throwing it on this time of year. It's a nice, breezy, sunny summer morning album. Worth a listen if you've never heard it IMHO. It sells for peanuts on Discogs if it grabs you!
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This is the correct take on Tennis. I think I’ll play it tonight!
 
Bohnjaggs said:
I love Tennis ... I've been a fan since the beginning. That being said, I'd say that Conditionally Yours is their worst album... BUT on the flip side, like @sjaygray, that Tennis release is probably my most spun VMP exclusive and I'd consider it the best "new release" ROTM that they've done.
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i find that offensive to moses sumney, blessed feathers, and mitski (if we are only talking about the essentials)
 
gaporter said:
I think @Teeeee mentioned that someone compared it to Rumours (though that may have been another ROTM), which isn't a comparison i'd make lightly
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Absolutely correct. Cam told us Tennis was worthy of sitting in our collection alongside Fleetwood Mac, meaning he found the album analogous to Rumors or some such nonsense.

More hyperbolic FOMO crap from vmp definitely made me dig in deeper on my stubborn refusal to consider any new release they proclaim as an essential album.
 
Teeeee said:
Absolutely correct. Cam told us Tennis was worthy of sitting in our collection alongside Fleetwood Mac, meaning he found the album analogous to Rumors or some such nonsense.

More hyperbolic FOMO crap from vmp definitely made me dig in deeper on my stubborn refusal to consider any new release they proclaim as an essential album.
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Really, trying to sell any album by saying "it's just as good as ____" is setting it up to disappoint
 
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