Rank Your Favorite Bands' Albums

[Segue Myles]

My muse rankings:

 

1. Black Holes

2. Absolution 

3. Origin

4. Showbiz

5. Resistance 

6. The 2nd Law

 

And then I'm done

[bluefox4000]

33 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

My muse rankings:

 

1. Black Holes

2. Absolution 

3. Origin

4. Showbiz

5. Resistance 

6. The 2nd Law

 

And then I'm done

 

 

i agree with being done EXCEPT drones.  but that's just me.  but yea Simulation Theory is meh.  and Will of the People is just awful.

 

Mick

[bluefox4000]

Can't Believe i didn't do this band.

 

Betweren The Buried and me.

 

(note i'll be grouping the Automatas and Parallax's together.   Essentially meant as one album anyway

 

1. Alaska

2. The Great Misdirect

3. Colors II

4.Colors

5. The Silent Circus

6. Parallax I & II

7.  Coma Ecliptica

8. Automata I and II

9. Between The Buried and Me.

 

Mick

 

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by bluefox4000

[Entre_Perpetuo]

On 10/14/2023 at 10:44 AM, Segue Myles said:

My muse rankings:

 

1. Black Holes

2. Absolution 

3. Origin

4. Showbiz

5. Resistance 

6. The 2nd Law

 

And then I'm done

I swear I’ve seen you claim T2L is like your favorite Muse album before.

[Segue Myles]

32 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

I swear I’ve seen you claim T2L is like your favorite Muse album before.

It was but it fell low last run through. Still think it's great, but other albums stood out more!

[treeduck]

On 10/14/2023 at 4:34 PM, bluefox4000 said:

Can't Believe i didn't do this band.

 

Betweren The Buried and me.

 

(note i'll be grouping the Automatas and Parallax's together.   Essentially meant as one album anyway

 

1. Alaska

2. The Great Misdirect

3. Colors II

4.Colors

5. The Silent Circus

6. Parallax I & II

7.  Coma Ecliptica

8. Automata I and II

9. Between The Buried and Me.

 

Mick

 

 

 

[The Analog Cub]

Riverside after giving their new album most of the year to bake

 

1. Love, Fear, and the Time Machine

2. Anno Domini High Definition

3. Second Life Syndrome

4. Shrine of New Generation Slaves

5. I.D.Entity

6. Out of Myself

7. Wasteland

8. Rapid Eye Movement

 

New album is okay but they've certainly done better. The new guitarist is perfectly capable.

 

[The Analog Cub]

Best shot at King Gizzard, excited to see where the new synth album lands. Like Devin Townsend, the discography is so wildly different I have to settle for buckets instead of true ranking.

 

I prefer their heavier or jammier stuff overall, and the microtonal albums are all good. If K.G and L.W would both chop off a small handful of songs and combine it would move to the top category.

 

Untouchably Perfect

Nonagon Infinity

PetroDragonic Apocalypse

Flying Microtonal Banana

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava

Polygondwanaland

 

Great

L.W.

I'm In Your Mind Fuzz

Omnium Gatherum

Infest the Rats Nest

Laminated Denim

 

On the cusp of greatness

K.G.

Changes

 

Mixed Bag

Murder of the Universe

Butterfly 3000

Gumboot Soup

 

Mostly not for me but a few goodies

Quarters

12 Bar Bruise

Fishing for Fishies

 

Maybe they can pull some stuff off live but not revisiting the studio material

Float Along - Fill Your Lungs

Oddments

Paper Mache Dream Balloon

Sketches of Brunswick East

 

Excuse me what the f**k

Eyes Like The Sky

Made in Timeland

Edited October 20, 2023 by The Analog Cub

[Union 5-3992]

9 hours ago, The Analog Cub said:

Riverside after giving their new album most of the year to bake

 

1. Love, Fear, and the Time Machine

2. Anno Domini High Definition

3. Second Life Syndrome

4. Shrine of New Generation Slaves

5. I.D.Entity

6. Out of Myself

7. Wasteland

8. Rapid Eye Movement

 

New album is okay but they've certainly done better. The new guitarist is perfectly capable.

 

 

I can't argue with your top 4. Exactly how I'd rank them too. 

[Segue Myles]

Call it recency bias, but here is my current ranking of Within Temptation, including their newest release. It may very likely change:

 

1. The Heart Of Everything

2. Bleed Out

3. Resist

4. The Silent Force

5. The Unforgiving

6. Mother Earth 

7. Enter/The Dance

8. Hydra

 

I am blown away by Bleed Out. For a band that at this point is so popular they could just churn out generic anthems, they are pushing their sound. They really achieved something special on the new album, I adore the darker sound and the emphasis on metal over symphonic. 

 

They remain one of my favourite bands. 

 

[Segue Myles]

Taylor Swift

 

I will be ranking the four Taylor Versions vs the originals:

 

Original versions:

 

1. Red

2. Speak Now

3. 1989

4. Fearless

 

The original Red has an energy and sense of excitement that I feel Taylor tried to replicate on the newer recording, and nearly managed, but didn't quite. The original album may just be her best work. The singles don't represent the album as well as non-fans might think. State Of Grace, All Too Well, Begin Again and Treacherous are brilliant, intimate tracks. I have always loved Speak Now. However, I never loved her teenage voice, which is why Fearless is also. As for 1989, I've always loved the album, but oddly I don't have a soft spot for it the way many fans do. It's brilliant, but not her best. I found the album over produced and at times it's too clinical in its sound. Songs deserved better.

 

Taylor's Version (re-recorded, previously released songs only):

 

1. Speak Now

2. Fearless

3. 1989

4. Red

 

Speak Now's new version i found a richer, fuller and more exciting album than the original. Loved the fuller band imput, it sounds closer to rock, and her voice i find more emotional now. Downside is i don't enjoy the newer version of Mean, which is a personal favourite. Fearless also sounds vastly improved from the original, and so does 1989, but it still remains a "lesser" Swift album for me. Red scored super highly for me on the original version list, but I personally feel the original remains the best, and I normally play the original album now with the bonus material after.

 

Taylor's Version (From The Vault tracks only):

 

1. Speak Now

2. Red

3. 1989

4. Fearless 

 

I ummed and ahh'd here. I really, truly, absolutely LOVE the Red bonus material, and I see it as the second half of an exquisite double album. But I can't deny it, the FTV bonus material on Speak Now might just be my favourite Taylor Swift collection of songs start to finish. 

 

1989 has killer songs that feel overall more like a compliment to the album than a major event, but I feel hey add a lot of depth to the entire album.

 

I won't lie, I rarely play Fearless, and the bonus material didn't stick with me.

[Segue Myles]

Dream Theater:

 

1. Awake

2. Distance Over Time

3. A View From The Top Of The World 

4. Images And Words

5. Dream Theater

6. Scenes

7. A Dramatic Turn

8. Falling Into Infinity

9. Train Of Thought 

10. Six Degrees

11. Black Clouds

12. Octavarium

13. When Day...

14. Systematic Chaos

15. The Astonishing 

[The Analog Cub]

18 hours ago, Segue Myles said:

Dream Theater:

 

1. Awake

2. Distance Over Time

3. A View From The Top Of The World 

4. Images And Words

5. Dream Theater

6. Scenes

7. A Dramatic Turn

8. Falling Into Infinity

9. Train Of Thought 

10. Six Degrees

11. Black Clouds

12. Octavarium

13. When Day...

14. Systematic Chaos

15. The Astonishing 

 

 

+1000 points for putting Distance over Time and A View towards the top

 

-10000 for the Six Degrees slander!

[The Analog Cub]

DT

 

1. Six Degrees

2. Scenes

3. Black Clouds

4. Distance Over Time

5. Awake

6. A View

7. Images

8. ADToE

9. Train of Thought

10. Octavarium

11. Dream Theater

12. Systematic Chaos

13. Falling Into Infinity

14. The Astonishing

15. WDADU

[bluefox4000]

i'll play

 

DT

 

1. Scenes From A Memory

2. Six Degrees

3. Dream Theater

4. Images and Words

5. A View From The Top of the World

6. A Dramatic Turn of Events

7. Train of Thought

8. Awake

9. Falling Into Infinit

10. Octavarium

11.  Distance Over Time

12. Systematic Chaos

13. Black Clouds

14. The Astonishing

15. When Dream and Day Unite

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

8 hours ago, The Analog Cub said:

 

 

+1000 points for putting Distance over Time and A View towards the top

 

-10000 for the Six Degrees slander!

Would you like to know my reason?

 

Well okay, its simple: it really triggers my low moods. 

 

Material: intense and powerful.

 

My reaction: its too intense and powerful.

 

Normally I can handle music that deals with heavy themes like a champ, but this album alongside The Cure's Disintegration just push me too far. 

[The Analog Cub]

43 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

Would you like to know my reason?

 

Well okay, its simple: it really triggers my low moods. 

 

Material: intense and powerful.

 

My reaction: its too intense and powerful.

 

Normally I can handle music that deals with heavy themes like a champ, but this album alongside The Cure's Disintegration just push me too far. 

 

 

That's totally fair. I suppose lyrically it's not exactly a walk in the park.

[Segue Myles]

1 hour ago, The Analog Cub said:

 

 

That's totally fair. I suppose lyrically it's not exactly a walk in the park.

It's not the musicians fault their work is so effective it takes a toll.

 

Odd really, I listen yo a lot of intense music across many genres, but those two albums without fail put me in a downer. 

 

And they aren't even close to the most depressing albums or bands in my collection!

 

Oh, and Black Clouds was for a while my absolute fave DT album. Still love it, I just hear it as lower tier these days for simply being...a bit basic for them.

Edited October 30, 2023 by Segue Myles

[Segue Myles]

8 hours ago, bluefox4000 said:

i'll play

 

DT

 

1. Scenes From A Memory

2. Six Degrees

3. Dream Theater

4. Images and Words

5. A View From The Top of the World

6. A Dramatic Turn of Events

7. Train of Thought

8. Awake

9. Falling Into Infinit

10. Octavarium

11.  Distance Over Time

12. Systematic Chaos

13. Black Clouds

14. The Astonishing

15. When Dream and Day Unite

 

Mick

I honestly really like the debut, but it doesn't feel like DT without Labrie. He may be far from my favourite singer, but he IS part of what makes them what they are.

[bluefox4000]

1 hour ago, Segue Myles said:

I honestly really like the debut, but it doesn't feel like DT without Labrie. He may be far from my favourite singer, but he IS part of what makes them what they are.

 

I think of WDADU as like a pilot episode of a great TV show.  the pieces are there but they need to re-cast their lead, lol

 

and James ain't my fav singer either but for DT.....I can see no one else.

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

2 hours ago, bluefox4000 said:

 

I think of WDADU as like a pilot episode of a great TV show.  the pieces are there but they need to re-cast their lead, lol

 

and James ain't my fav singer either but for DT.....I can see no one else.

 

Mick

Nailed it

[bluefox4000]

Gordon Lightfoot

 

1. Summertime Dream

2. Sundown

3. Summer Side of Life

4. Don Quixote

5. Cold on the Shoulder

6. If You Could Read My Mind

7.  Lightfoot!

8.  The Way I Feel

9. Back Here On Earth

10. Old Dan's Records

11. Shadows

12. Endless Wire

13.  East Of Midnight

14.  Dream Street Rose

15. Salute

 

that's a ton but those are all from 1966-1986

 

he did more but i stop with most singer/songwriters after the 80's (exept oddly james taylor and Jackson Browne ) but gord never had a bad record. just ones i prefer over others.

 

He's my very fav of the singer/songwriters

 

actually top 5

 

1. Gord

2. James Taylor

3. Jackson Browne

4. Joni Mitchell

5.  Bob Dylan

 

yes i forgot dylan, lol.  i edited it. So Fogelberg got bumped to six.  Segue will yell but Dan's kinda not my fav fav, lol.  he's great but he's kinda....and this'll sound like an insult......the fast food version of a Singer/songwriter.  That' sounds so snobby but i LOVE him, lol

 

And Tom Waits is his own thing so yea.

 

 

 

Mick

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by bluefox4000

[Segue Myles]

1 hour ago, bluefox4000 said:

Gordon Lightfoot

 

1. Summertime Dream

2. Sundown

3. Summer Side of Life

4. Don Quixote

5. Cold on the Shoulder

6. If You Could Read My Mind

7.  Lightfoot!

8.  The Way I Feel

9. Back Here On Earth

10. Old Dan's Records

11. Shadows

12. Endless Wire

13.  East Of Midnight

14.  Dream Street Rose

15. Salute

 

that's a ton but those are all from 1966-1986

 

he did more but i stop with most singer/songwriters after the 80's (exept oddly james taylor and Jackson Browne ) but gord never had a bad record. just ones i prefer over others.

 

He's my very fav of the singer/songwriters

 

actually top 5

 

1. Gord

2. James Taylor

3. Jackson Browne

4. Joni Mitchell

5.  Bob Dylan

 

yes i forgot dylan, lol.  i edited it. So Fogelberg got bumped to six.  Segue will yell but Dan's kinda not my fav fav, lol.  he's great but he's kinda....and this'll sound like an insult......the fast food version of a Singer/songwriter.  That' sounds so snobby but i LOVE him, lol

 

And Tom Waits is his own thing so yea.

 

 

 

Mick

 

Dan Fogelberg is great but his music lacks a depth I recognise in those other artists.

 

He is easy listening 

[Segue Myles]

I have been listening a lot to Paradise Lost lately. I've said before that they are my favourite metal band, which to be honest is hard to deny in the grand scheme of things (those these days In Flames hold that title). I've found myself having a slight shift in taste with PL. I've really fallen for their current Doom metal direction.

 

So here is my current ranking:

 

1. Paradise Lost

2. Medusa

3. Icon

4. Obsidian

5. Draconian Times 

6. Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us

7. Tragic Idol

8. The Plague Within 

9. Shades Of God

10. In Requiem 

11. Gothic 

12. Lost Paradise 

13. Believe In Nothing

14. One Second

15. Symbol Of Life

16. Host

 

And the crazy thing is, they have 16 of my favourite metal albums, and a few months ago you could basically reverse this list and it would have then been accurate.

[Segue Myles]

Now for In Flames, who I have been loving intensely lately (well, as usual).

 

1. Whoracle

2. Colony

3. The Jester Race

4. Reroute To Remain

5. Come Clarity

6. Siren Charms

7. Foregone

8. Soundtrack To Your Escape 

9. Clayman 

10. The Lunar Strain

11. A Sense Of Purpose 

12. Sounds Of A Playground Fading

13. Battles

14. I, The Mask 

 

And just like Paradise Lost, this is a list of 14 albums I love intensely.