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Topic	Recommend two albums. I'll rate, rank and review them.
thundersheep 09/14/17 11:55:06 PM #37:	Gorillaz - Humanz Man… I was not expecting to like this album nearly as much as I do right now. I’ve always been a casual fan Gorillaz. Loved their big singles like everyone else in the world, but could never get into Demon Days or Plastic Beach when they were released. It was actually just a few days ago I was listening to “Girls & Boys” by Blur and thinking about what a genius Damon Albarn is and, it inspired me to give Plastic Beach another shot. I liked pieces of it much more than I remembered, but still… I found it underwhelming. My experience with Humanz seems to be the complete opposite. I’m not sure if it technically qualifies as a concept album, but I love idea behind the album and how loosely the tracks relate to the theme. Even when I’m in full agreement with the viewpoint, it’s hard for me to enjoy albums that are overtly political, so I’m happy that the music here doesn’t get into specifics about what’s going on in the world right now, but rather talks about the feeling of existing in current times. For me, this album really starts to pick up when it slows down, musically speaking. The first two tracks are quite energetic and they do nothing for me. But beginning with “Saturnz Barz” I am locked in for the rest of the journey. It features such a great mix of genres and grooves to keep things interesting and the features are consistently great throughout. A couple early favourites of mine are Kelala on “Submission” and Pusha T on “Let Me Out”. It’s a tough task to not let the features overshadow the project itself when putting together an album with so many collaborators, but everything fits so nicely here. The production matches each of their vocal styles and everyone brings their own unique angle to the concept. I realize I’m gushing here, but I really do love this album. I’m actually pretty sad that I won’t get to listen more since I’ve gotta work on the next two tomorrow… *Final Rating: Definitely confused Mavis Beacon for Mavis Staples and then realized I wasn’t too far off/10* Rankings Gorillaz - Humanz The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis Depeche Mode - Delta Machine Soen - Lykaia I'll likely add tiers sometime in the future when I have enough albums ranked for at least 5 tiers. So far I still like everything. --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares <cite>thundersheep posted [p:886629066] in Recommend ... [t:75771327]...</cite> <quote>Gorillaz - Humanz Man… I was not expecting to like this album nearly as much as I do right now. I’ve always been a casual fan Gorillaz. Loved their big singles like everyone else in the world, but could never get into Demon Days or Plastic Beach when they were released. It was actually just a few days ago I was listening to “Girls & Boys” by Blur and thinking about what a genius Damon Albarn is and, it inspired me to give Plastic Beach another shot. I liked pieces of it much more than I remembered, but still… I found it underwhelming. My experience with Humanz seems to be the complete opposite. I’m not sure if it technically qualifies as a concept album, but I love idea behind the album and how loosely the tracks relate to the theme. Even when I’m in full agreement with the viewpoint, it’s hard for me to enjoy albums that are overtly political, so I’m happy that the music here doesn’t get into specifics about what’s going on in the world right now, but rather talks about the feeling of existing in current times. For me, this album really starts to pick up when it slows down, musically speaking. The first two tracks are quite energetic and they do nothing for me. But beginning with “Saturnz Barz” I am locked in for the rest of the journey. It features such a great mix of genres and grooves to keep things interesting and the features are consistently great throughout. A couple early favourites of mine are Kelala on “Submission” and Pusha T on “Let Me Out”. It’s a tough task to not let the features overshadow the project itself when putting together an album with so many collaborators, but everything fits so nicely here. The production matches each of their vocal styles and everyone brings their own unique angle to the concept. I realize I’m gushing here, but I really do love this album. I’m actually pretty sad that I won’t get to listen more since I’ve gotta work on the next two tomorrow… Final Rating: Definitely confused Mavis Beacon for Mavis Staples and then realized I wasn’t too far off/10 Rankings Gorillaz - Humanz The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis Depeche Mode - Delta Machine Soen - Lykaia I'll likely add tiers sometime in the future when I have enough albums ranked for at least 5 tiers. So far I still like everything. --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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