From: Mark Allerton (mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 11:13:25 CET
I can imagine your shock... listening to an album by a stale formulaic
rock band, only to discover it's full of stale formulaic rock, buying a
compilation of old Verve tracks only to discover it's full of old Verve
tracks, or buying a five year old Fila Brazilia LP only to discover it
sounds a bit 90s. Damn those evil record companies!
So I will let your comments about "Cookie" slide - you are clearly
suffering from PTSD. Get well soon!
On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 08:44 PM, Stimp wrote:
> Ok, so here's my list for 2002. What I did is looked thru my
> collection and
> dug out everything I bought, within the last 12 months, with a 2002
> release
> date.
>
> Here's my best
> -Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (the best of the
> batch, imo)
> -Mr. Scruff: Trouser Jazz
> -Herbert: Secondhand Sounds
> -DJ Chebb i Sabbah: Krishna Lila (AMAZING!!!)
> -Antibalas: Talkatif
> -Melvins + Fantomas: Millenium Monsterwork
> -Below The Sea: Les Arbres Depayseront D'avantage (fans of Godspeed You
> Black Emperor! and Mogwai will love this)
> -Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis + Remixes (Persepolis is absolutely
> essential,
> while the remixes are merely lukewarm to bad)
> -Suba: Tributo
> -Sigur Ros: ( )
> -Polmo Polpo: The Science Of Breath (an ambient electronic must-have)
> -Manu Chao: Radio Bemba
> -Cinematic Orchestra: Every Day (This is some seriously fresh shit.
> Totally
> original and fresh. Already looking forward to their next one!)
> -Godspeed You Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O. (Very similar to their
> earlier
> stuff, but so damn grandiose in scale and GOOD!)
> -NIN: And All That Could Have Been
> -Blackalicious: Phrenology
> -Hank Williams III: Lovesick, Broke And Driftin' (WOW!!! Far better
> than
> his dad, and just as good as ol' granddad!)
> -Tom Waits: Alice
> -Merzbow: Amlux
>
>
> Now, for the worst:
> -Melvins: Hostile Ambient Takeover
> -Verve Remixed: (It's been done SO MANY BLOODY TIMES!!!!)
> -Rudy Ray Moore: 21st Century Dolemite (unfunny, for the most part,
> mixed in
> with bad songs and WAY too much use of the word Motherfucker)
> -John Zorn: IAO (Sounds like any one of ten albums he's already put
> out, and
> far from essential)
> -Pearl Jam: Riot Act (If you own any of their first 3 records, you
> already
> know what to expect. Stale formulaic rock)
> -John Zorn/Mike Patton/Ikue Mori: Hemophiliac (At fifty bucks a crack,
> this
> was a complete ripoff. It's autographed by all three and limited to
> 2500
> copies, but that's really the only thing worth mentioning here. It's
> not
> bad, but it ain't good either)
> -Me'Shell Ndge'Ocello: Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape (Sounds like
> crossover Missy Elliot-ish nonsense at times. Way too slick-sounding,
> not
> nearly as organic and gut-bucket funky as everything that came before
> it)
> -Thievery Corporation: Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi (They've added
> ABSOLUTELY
> NOTHING to these Verve tracks!! Owning alot of the original albums
> which
> are featured here, this cd was a complete waste of money for me. Have
> your
> buddy burn you a cd and you'll get exactly the same thing.)
> -Bugge Wesseltoft: Out Here In There
> -Nils Petter Molvaer: NP3 (VERY disappointed in this one. Lacks the
> haunting, dense production of his previous 2 releases, and his trumpet
> playing didn't grab me nearly as much this time around)
>
>
> Finally, the so-so, mostly because it's been done before:
>
> -Amon Tobin: Out From Out Where
> -Peace Orchestra: Reset
> -Herbaliser: Something Wicked This Way Comes
> -Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi
> -Fila Brazilia: Maim That Tune
> -Stanton Moore: Flying The Coop (not nearly as good as "All Kooked
> Out")
> -Tom Waits: Blood Money (I NEVER thought I'd find a Tom Waits album
> merely
> so-so. Surprise)
> -V/A: Afrotronic 2 (sounds like every other comp. Save your money)
>
>
> Your turn,
>
> Stimp
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