Hi everyone, welcome to your HGATR spin-off thread where we pass judgement on a classic (for want of a better word) album. Iāll do one album a week and leave the poll open until Sunday evening so people can give it a proper listen if theyāre not familiar with it or havenāt listened to it in while
This week is My Bloody Valentine - Loveless: It took two and half years to make and nearly bankrupted Creation but how good is it really?
In an attempt to get maximum engagement in these threads Iām going to let you choose the next album (although I do reserve the right to occasional pick one myself). Below are five albums randomly selected from the list of 150-odd I put together as possible candidates for these threads. YMMV on whether some of these are a āclassicā especially the more recent ones but Iāve tried to pick albums that will encourage a lively debate and hopefully some red hot takes.
So, which off these albums would you like to be the subject of nest weekās thread?
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Ofā¦
I gave it a 3. I never actually made it through the album I think and at that ATP I recall falling asleep in that dark upstairs room at Minehead while they played (earplugs in).
Donāt listen to the whole album that often now (though I first heard it when I was 15 when my mum told someone at the corner shop that I liked āalternative musicā and this bloke did a CD-R of Loveless and a Killing Joke album for me). Still absolutely love When You Sleep and Blown A Wish though.
Bought tickets to the m b v gigs during a lecture. My mate Chris asked what I was doing so I explained and I said āare you interested?ā and he said āyesā so I got him a ticket too. He thought I said āBullet for my Valentineā though and was disappointed when the tickets turned up in the post. I sold his for him and went my myself and had a really good time.
Loveless is really good. Tend to reach for the collection of EPs they put out in 2012 if I want an MBV fix. Picking a track from that list is a difficult exercise eh.
Iām 100% the right age and target audience for Loveless. Listened to it plenty of times and periodically returned and given it another go. Not only not for me but I actively dislike it.