#61

It’s funny you should mention the Beatles because that’s basically all I hear when I listen to OK Computer or Amnesiac.

#62

Maybe your MP3s are mistagged? :wink:

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#63

listening to Kid A. just loads better isn’t it.

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#64

I wouldn’t disagree. Some very good singles on it. Just felt that the Bends was on a different level.

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#65

Let Down is certainly great, but I’ve always been surprised at how popular it is considering I almost never hear anyone talk about it.

#66

Best radiohead by a mile I reckon, then KOL.

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#67

this is a fairly standard post-punk album tbqh. kid a followed two decades of rock-band-goes-electronic albums. what makes it stand out is merging rock with types of electronic music which were under-explored in the genre and most importantly, nailing the sound completely (KoL tried a similar trick but couldn’t pull it off).

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#68
#69

A review of a review! #pitchfork

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#70

…how old are you Theo?!

#71

Well I am old enough to remember all the TV shows they did for Sgt. Peppers’ 20th anniversary. I just don’t recall them also claiming it was the best album of 1967 or whatever.

I’m talking about looking back on OKC now and being all bullish about how it’s the best album of 1997.

#72

Why? If lots of people have this down as their favourite album of all time (or top 5, top 10, whatever) then it’s not like they’re wrong? It’s intrinsically subjective.

For sure, if someone told me they thought, I dunno, Royksopp’s Melody AM was their favourite album of all time, I’d maybe ask if they’d explored more (gulp) experimental forms of electronic music because they might find things they like even more. But if a bunch of folk on here or Pitchfork, who are presumably actively engaged in discovering lots of music, want to fawn over an album, then why does that come across as sickly or forced?

Of course, anointing it the greatest is a different matter, but I don’t think most of the folk fawning over it here are doing that.

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#73

Because as you might feel about Melody AM, it’s not really notable for me or could be indicative (except for maybe nostalgia’s sake) of not knowing more interesting records? As Theo said it reached a large amount of people, myself included when I started to get into alt rock and the like but to hail it as some massive masterpiece and not just a nice 90s rock - come trip hop album seems a bit forced to me (from my perspective [imho])
I guess what I’m saying is the opinion pieces lauding it don’t really persuade me at all so I suppose it seems a bit unreal.

#74

Thanks for the serious answer pal :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I think it’s probably because '67 was a hugely important year for albums as a medium, whereas 97 kinda saw the beginning of the end of that lineage… or something

#75

all music is just for a time in your life.

#76

But that’s the thing, so many amazing different albums in 97…

#77

None had as wide of a cultural significance though?

#78

I’m not ‘forcing’ it - I doubt many (any) in this thread are. When I hail it as a masterpiece, it’s because it’s legit my favourite album of all time. I’ve listened to it well upwards of 100 times and I still love it as much as when I first discovered it.
It’s certainly not alone in getting the 10/20 years old treatment - I’ve started more DiS 10-reply-wonderthreads on significant anniversaries than I care to remember (most recently Autechre’s Chiastic Slide)… I suppose it’s pretty unique in terms of its popularity (among people with similar tastes to all of us) which means there’s a particular swell for this particular anniversary.
Not sure where this is going tbh. Looking forward to catching up on Friday!

#79

Best (my favourite) year for music, but that’s a different topic for a different time!

#80

Yeah I mean that’s sort of why I feel it’s forced, these sites always need #content and the constant anniversary of an album thing is an easy way to get there. Then when I read the pieces and don’t really find anything engaging in them I’m just left with my usual sense of cynicism. That was more my point than the actual posters itt, anyway.
I’m sure I’ll bring it up :wink: