#56

I was actually thinking about starting a thread about this topic (what makes an album of b-sides an album or not). For example, Pisces Iscariot by the Pumpkins and Building Nothing out of Something by Modest Mouse are 100% proper albums to me, whereas Judas O by the Pumpkins and Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam aren’t, and New Moon by Elliott Smith is somewhere in between.

#57

I think it has something to do with how retrospective it is and how widely available the material is otherwise.

For instance I think Hatful of Hollow has a right to be considered as an album even though it wasn’t recorded as one - all the songs were recorded over a period of about 15 months and a lot of the songs and almost all of the recordings are unique to it. It was released shortly after the songs were recorded. It’s clearly different from an end of career ‘greatest hits’ type record.

Lots of ‘albums’ are recorded over a long period of time and include lots of tracks that have been previously released but we still think of them as albums.

In the end a lot of it comes down to how they are titled and presented. Phases is definitely presented as an album to my eyes.

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#58

Iv’e just heard about Mr. Thundder from a blog and I really enjoy his music. This is REAL music that speaks real sound, authenticity, originality and creativity. When you listen to the music you definitely get that sense of togetherness, respect and love in the community. Like his song Joyful that says quote “Study love you’ll pass the test of life” . He is the realist artist out. Very, very charming and handsome.

http://www.mrthundder.com/release/joyful/

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#59

Those are really good points and pretty much explain the albums I mentioned. The songs on Pisces Iscariot and Building Something out of Nothing all came from or seem like they could have come from the same time period, whereas Judas O covered a very busy six year period and included material that had been key components of prior releases. New Moon is pretty much an actual album too, I think the only hangup I may have is that he didn’t sequence it himself.

#60

check out the new Machine Translations album

he’s an Australian guy, hasn’t put anything out for awhile I think - i think this is in the ballpark of Beck / Badly Drawn Boy et al - check him out, good album!

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#62

I’ve already said similar but now on spin number 4 or 5 of the Quicksand album. Love it even more. It’s an absolute gem

#63

Will check out that Charlotte Gainsborough one. Really liked the last two.

#64

How many’s she done since IRM?

#65

None I think

#66

Take it to the 17/11 new release thread :wink: Sorry I’ve confused things by replying to last week’s thread

And also massively failed at quoting your post

#67

Oh right. Big fan of that one but haven’t heard anything else she’s done, aside from that RSD single with Conor O’Brien

#68

Didn’t even notice!

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#69

Fieldy from Korn has a new solo album out called Bassically, so I think we’ve pretty much hit peak music

I’m obviously devastated it doesn’t appear to be on Spotify

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#70

It certainly is on spotify, and it certainly is a thing of glory.

#71

Cheerfully retracted. It turns out I just can’t use Spotify!

#72

Take it to the nu-metal thread pal

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#73

Good luck, I didn’t even take it to the right week’s release thread!

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#74

Squarepusher did a great bass album.

#75

finally got around to listening to this, and forgot they were on the mix cd you gave me last time. Am in love with it by the point of being midway through the second song, so will download now, thanks!

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