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Title: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 23, 2015, 03:46
Yeah we're all cool because we're into underground EDM and all... but stil we're vulnerable. I mean the albums you need to hide if you're driving with another person.
This year I bought;
Share away
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 23, 2015, 05:42
I wouldn't hide any of my Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Charlie XCX or Justin Timberlake CDs.
Perfect pop should be appreciated.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 23, 2015, 10:18
Woah, I've got that Jamie XX album. Whether it appears to be 'gay' or not, it's an interesting album.  With the exception of "I Know There's Gonna Be Good Times", I'm playing this a lot and would be happy to say so in any company.  I wish the album was longer.
Still waiting for the John Talabot Dub of Loud Places to get a proper release. It's coming soon (along with the Loud Synths reconstruction).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OduipBjKDzY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrnV47PalG8
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ThePumisher on Aug 23, 2015, 13:18
Hmmm. Haven't got any albums that are embarrising - at least bought in the past 15 years. But i got a couple of records which i first like a lot but after buying them i found out that they are overrated and/or i don't like them anymore (like the latest St. Vincent, except for Digital Whitness which is still a great track).
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 23, 2015, 18:44
Probably Astro Lounge by Smash Mouth. Fuck it, I am not embarrassed. The production quality is outstanding. Eric Valentine!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh recent ones...
I dunno, I don't buy too much music as I am happy with what I already have. Technically, BITE would be the most embarrassing recent purchase.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Stefan on Aug 23, 2015, 19:50
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, because it was just four bucks on Google Music. It is as boring as I remembered it. Contact is the only good track on it (and it is really, really good!).
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 23, 2015, 21:41
Quote from: Stefan on Aug 23, 2015, 19:50

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, because it was just four bucks on Google Music. It is as boring as I remembered it. Contact is the only good track on it (and it is really, really good!).

Really? With the exception of Get Lucky, I quite like this as a pop record. Totally different to the brilliance of Homework, much better than Human After All.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 23, 2015, 23:32
Quote from: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 23, 2015, 21:41

Really? With the exception of Get Lucky, I quite like this as a pop record. Totally different to the brilliance of Homework, much better than Human After All.

I have to disagree. I never thought I'd say it, but Human After All is NOT the worst Daft Punk album. (Especially when you hear the songs in the context of Alive 2007).
The production was heralded as being modern meets retro (as if that was something new in 2013) but it really wasn't. It was cleanly recorded, sure. And produced so that you could hear everything. So in that sense it was a modern take on classic recording techniques. But JT's 20/20 Experience is a FAR better example of a modern spin on older production styles.
I mean... Touch. What the actual f*ck is that 'song'? It's literally the most garbage thing I've ever heard.  "A room within a room. A door within a door. Touch, where do you lead?"... It's horrible and almost undid the solid work of the first two albums. Fortunately TRON exists to save their reputation for me. And I simply pretend R.A.M. never happened.
I'm with Stefan. Most embarrassing purchase in a LONG time.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Bosco on Aug 24, 2015, 00:26
have you guys taken it to the limit yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa4ogtBiv0
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 24, 2015, 01:26
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 23, 2015, 23:32

R.A.M. never happened.
Agreed.
I went to the 2007 tour and nothing compares to the greatness experienced there. I want to die with those Daft Punk memories.
I have the RAM LP but will never listen to it. There's only downside to that IMHO.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 24, 2015, 01:46
Daft Punk is like Prodigy to me. The first half of their career (Homework/Disc/HAA) was good and they peaked at HAA. Everything since has been not my style. TRON soundtrack was a 60 minute song to me. I have bad opinions, but they are my opinions.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 24, 2015, 02:29
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 23, 2015, 23:32

I have to disagree. I never thought I'd say it, but Human After All is NOT the worst Daft Punk album. (Especially when you hear the songs in the context of Alive 2007).

It's subjective to the individual which one is the worst, I agree however that Human After All is NOT 😋 the worst, the Tron stuff was poor. I agree that Human After All worked in the live context, I was fortunate enough to see them twice in that year/tour, it is a shame however that the album wasn't very broad and just 45 minutes long.

No one has seen Random Access Memories in the live context, but the likes of Doin' it right, Give life back to music and Giorgio by Moroder (stand out track featuring a synth legend) have potential to be great live. Don't get me wrong however, this album isn't vintage house and techno that would dropped in the Berghain or Fabric, nor is it a patch on Homework, but it's certainly very musical and good pop music.

Certainly agree with androidgeoff reference the Prodigy, however live a they have never lost the edge.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 24, 2015, 02:34
I wasn't including Doin' It Right. That's an excellent tune.

It's Panda Bear featuring Daft Punk though. It has to be for me to be OK what went down.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Bendy1001 on Aug 24, 2015, 07:25
I've noticed that everybody on planet Earth seems to have a different opinion on which songs on RAM were good and which were shit. I think it's cause the album is such a clusterfuck, nobody knows what to make of it. Personally, I think Doin' it Right is the worst song they've ever done. It's just this really obnoxious beat that repeats constantly for 4 minutes with little change or interesting detail. I think the most overlooked song on the album is Motherboard. It doesn't have a lot of presence on the album cause it's just kinda quiet and uses a lot of basic sounds, but it's the only song on the album with any subtleties, and it stands out if you give it a chance.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Csar on Aug 24, 2015, 08:48
In my opinion R.A.M. is not per se a bad album but it is certainly something that confused a lot their fans, which it did on purpose, I reckon. If one leaves out the genre they were put in, or which they had adhered to since their inception, it seemed like a clever move to prove all the fans' expectations wrong that were involved with their then new new record. But it was also unsettling to hear how it actually went down. With all the marketing and teasing they did (remember that space ship clip?), the outcome then was just too mellow, too popy, too inflated, too unchallenging. However, in all fairness, it still has the Daft trademark sound that was established in their previous, more electronic oriented albums, so it wasn't a total deviation from their musical character.
Songs I liked are Game of Love, Gorgio by Moroder, Doin' It Right and Contact. The one I utterly hate is Fragments of Time and Lose Yourself to Dance.

Quote from: Bendy1001 on Aug 24, 2015, 07:25

I think Doin' it Right is the worst song they've ever done. It's just this really obnoxious beat that repeats constantly for 4 minutes with little change or interesting detail.
You see, that's the overall problem I have with Daft Punk as a whole - their repetitiveness. They often have nice ideas and come up with interesting loops which they then beat like dead horse with out adding much to it or shaking it up a little. Robot Rock is one of those tracks. Nice idea but it gets tedious after a while.

Quote from: Mob1 on Aug 23, 2015, 03:46

  • Taylor's Swift - 1989 deluxe edition(it includes tay tay pictures..). BTW, what do you Americans think about this girl? I think I love her.
Well, I'm not American, but I say this: I do not like her musical style, I'm afraid. In fact I view this kind of sound as highschool (hollywood movie) music for teens. Or in other words: music turned into a cash cow business scheme. But that seems en vogue at the moment (looking at the ridiculous amounts of YT views).

Quote from: Mob1 on Aug 23, 2015, 03:46

  • Jamie XX - In Colour. I thought it was neutrallish, till my girlfriend saw it and said "can you please change that fuckin gay cd please" and actually it's pretty gay, ever seen the cover guys? (NOTHINGS THAT'S WRONG WITH THAT). I like it a lot and still listen to it at night
I accidentally looked this guy up when I followed a bill board Dance/Electronic charts link here on the forums. I haven't listened to the album yet but "All Under One Roof" I found on YT (which apparently is a bonus track) sounded better than anything else I could find at the top of these charts, like Major Lazer (wtf?) or Odesza.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Ben_j on Aug 24, 2015, 09:41
There's nothing to be ashamed of with the Jamie XX album ! It's one of the best albums of the last 5 years
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 24, 2015, 09:49
Contact is another decent track, I can't say I'm big on Motherboard, in my view it's a nice piece of none offensive music. I do think that with both Daft and the Prod, due to fantastic albums early on everyone has very high expectations.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 24, 2015, 09:52
Quote from: Csar on Aug 24, 2015, 08:48

Well, I'm not American, but I say this: I do not like her musical style, I'm afraid. In fact I view this kind of sound as highschool (hollywood movie) music for teens. Or in other words: music turned into a cash cow business scheme. But that seems en vogue at the moment (looking at the ridiculous amounts of YT views).
I accidentally looked this guy up when I followed a bill board Dance/Electronic charts link here on the forums. I haven't listened to the album yet but "All Under One Roof" I found on YT (which apparently is a bonus track) sounded better than anything else I could find at the top of these charts, like Major Lazer (wtf?) or Odesza.
I wasn't talking about her music... You're right anyway. It's like the new Britney though a lot less trashy.  But one of the thing I admire most about her, her insane money making abilities. She's just 25 and I wouldn't be surprised she's worth around $250-350m.

Jamie XX is the shit, ever heard of The XX, his band? they were really popular a couple of years ago. Their first album was awesome I really recommend it. and the single he released alone in all those years was an instant classic it was called Far Nearer. 
But his album is pretty gay, check out the cover.
http://cdn.discogs.com/b79UL80zRUOZSj1EKceJhcNw5nY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-7063324-1432845220-5531.jpeg.jpg
NOT that there's anything wrong with that.

OK another embarrassing album i bought... Sunscreem -  Love U More.
it's kinda archetypal British cyberpunk girl band from the 90s, like Republicca and early Garbage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MPPOTarDM
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 24, 2015, 12:51
Most embarrassing album I've bought recently is Ballet School's The Dew Lasts An Hour. Debut album. And it's only embarrassing because it's just not quite as good as the stuff they put out before the album. They went from doing some really fantastic 80's nostalgia, almost Cocteau Twins style pop, to sleekly produced off-the-shelf Madonna style tracks.

For example here's Heartbeat Overdrive before the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjTue81Vk4

and after the album:

https://www.mediafire.com/?khst7vjde39337q

And I mean they're both good but I like the direction they were going in before a lot more... at least her voice didn't change. Sploosh.

My thoughts on RAM: I was in Wal-Mart once and thought I heard some of that generic elevator music musak being played over the speakers. It took two full minutes for me to realize I was listening to Bring Life Back To Music. Also Random Access Fhwdgads is a work of genius. I know the guy who sent the original Strong Bad Email that spawned fhwdgads. He went to my school.

I made an edit of RAM that cut all the really crappy tracks out the album. I was going to share it but now I realized no one would agree with what I kept and removed, and the whole thread would derail ;D. Enjoyed, Touch is fantastic. Once you get past the bizarre theatre-musical camp of the whole thing it's a work a genius. The 'love is the answer' coda at the end is one of the best things those French guys have written.

Taylor Swift? She was a breath of fresh air when I didn't have an mp3 player and had to listen to non-stop country music radio on the bus rides to school. She's a bit lacking on substance and I get the same impression as Csar, but it's good for pop music and she has a great voice. I'm not that familiar with her music because I have better stuff to listen to, I guess, and I'll never forgive Taylor for stringing Adam Young along like she did.

And if there's just one grudge I hold against the gays, it's that they stole the rainbow. Rainbows are gay now. The rest of us can't have them any more. That is all.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Aug 25, 2015, 00:37
Not embarrassed yet, but just raided the cheapie cd bin at the record store a block and a half from my house.  Apparently, I go there a lot, because I think they cut me a deal.  $5.97 got me:

Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists, Gold Against The Soul, and Know Your Enemy
Gomez - Bring It On and Liquid Skin
L7 - The Beauty Process
Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
Orbital - Back To Mine (great selection, so not mixed)
At Home With The Groovebox
Revolution (the two Norman Cook tracks are the highlights.  one is with Lateef)
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Aug 25, 2015, 00:56
record shopping was last week:

Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song w/ Why Does It End? 7" picture disc
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion  - Bellbottoms (UNKLE remix) w/ Flavor (Beck remix)
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (6:43 Orb version) w/ American Spring mix (Andrew Weatherall)
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up w/ Don't Fight It, Feel It (Whistling, Scat, and Graham Massey remixes)
Rabbit In The Moon - Phases Of An Out Of Body Experience
Sylk 130 (aka King Britt) remixes 2 x 12"
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 25, 2015, 01:00
Where the hell are you shopping that you can find all this and still go back the next week for more?

1 trip to the only decent record store I know in London and I'm done for a year. It's never been the same experience I used to have going into Tower Records.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Aug 25, 2015, 01:05
Shake It Records, Cincinnati.  I actually got the Primal Scream and Lips at Black Plastic, which is two and a half blocks from the first record store.  There are six other independent record stores within a fifteen minute drive from my house.  Cincinnati sometimes makes me proud. 
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 25, 2015, 02:28
Quote from: Born In Planet Dust on Aug 25, 2015, 00:56

record shopping was last week:

Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song w/ Why Does It End? 7" picture disc
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion  - Bellbottoms (UNKLE remix) w/ Flavor (Beck remix)
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (6:43 Orb version) w/ American Spring mix (Andrew Weatherall)
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up w/ Don't Fight It, Feel It (Whistling, Scat, and Graham Massey remixes)
Rabbit In The Moon - Phases Of An Out Of Body Experience
Sylk 130 (aka King Britt) remixes 2 x 12"
Really cool records, some classics in there!
But this thread ain't about cool records. Put at least some Ricky Martin or Above & Beyond  on the list and get with the program.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 25, 2015, 02:43
Quote from: Mob1 on Aug 25, 2015, 02:28

Above & Beyond.
Ha! I find it so hard to accept that they have anything to do with Anjunadeep.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 25, 2015, 03:30
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 25, 2015, 02:43

Ha! I find it so hard to accept that they have anything to do with Anjunadeep.
didn't know they had some good stuff. jay lumen is there.. so maybe anjunadeep doesn't suck dick that much after all.

An album I bought and love privately:
Mac Miller ‎– K.I.D.S. (Kickin Incredibly Dope Shit)
Such a sick suburban whigger, he was 18 when he wrote it. I know it's geared towards 13 year old kids but fuck it's so much fun-
just listen to this track, it's sick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0mtgNN9cU
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Aug 25, 2015, 15:20
Quote from: Mob1 on Aug 25, 2015, 02:28

Really cool records, some classics in there!
But this thread ain't about cool records. Put at least some Ricky Martin or Above & Beyond  on the list and get with the program.

If I buy something god awful, it is actually with pride.  Such as this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ssh69fmMAY
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nekcore on Aug 25, 2015, 21:38
Don't know why, but there's too many people who are embarrassed of me because I got the Annie Lennox - Medusa album, and I don't care, I love that shit.

Anyway this album I got recently was Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy. Yes I know, how could I, and no... I wasn't on drugs when I bought this, just curious.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 12:24
This is why it is 100% not embarrassing to enjoy Taylor Swift...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvmaVDSBiw
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 13:57
The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 14:18
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 13:57

The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button

Come Inside... Hold Tight London... Surface to Air... The Boxer... Believe... Galvanize...
It's not like the whole album is Left Right.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Mob1 on Aug 26, 2015, 14:24
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 12:24

This is why it is 100% not embarrassing to enjoy Taylor Swift...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvmaVDSBiw
I think this tour confirms Swift IS the music industry. EVERYONE has showed up. I can only imagine how much these guys' managers are paying to get them to play with her thus exposure to Tay Tay's fan base.
Geez I'd like to be Taylor's manager or that white microphone for 10 minutes. 

Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 13:57

The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
That's really offensive. Reported to moderator.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:24
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 14:18

Come Inside... Hold Tight London... Surface to Air... The Boxer... Believe... Galvanize...
It's not like the whole album is Left Right.

It's their worst album for me. I only like Believe and Marvo Ging, because it reminds me of Lemon Jelly. The rest is crap. I waited with buying it until it was practically given away free, which was recently.

Quote from: Mob1 on Aug 26, 2015, 14:24

That's really offensive. Reported to moderator.

Boo hoo.

I reported your first post because I was embarassed by you writing it 'embarissing', which is wrong.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 14:29
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:24

It's their worst album for me. I only like Believe and Marvo Ging, because it reminds me of Lemon Jelly.

My least favourite too. But I could never be embarrassed about an album with the snare drum from Come Inside on it.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:32
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 14:29

My least favourite too. But I could never be embarrassed about an album with the snare drum from Come Inside on it.

Come Inside is a weak song compared to some similar tunes on DYOH. They also ruined it by adding the stupid horns halfway. The same goes for Surface to Air, which is an uninspired rip off of TPPR and TSU.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 26, 2015, 16:16
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:32

The same goes for Surface to Air, which is an uninspired rip off of TPPR and TSU.
This is the silliest thing I've ever heard.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 26, 2015, 20:23
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:32

Come Inside is a weak song compared to some similar tunes on DYOH. They also ruined it by adding the stupid horns halfway. The same goes for Surface to Air, which is an uninspired rip off of TPPR and TSU.


It's my least favourite Chems album, having said that it's got some great tracks, including Come Inside. I really like BITE's but it does remind me of PTB in some ways. I have vague recollections of Ed once saying at Turnmills that Come With Us wasn't there best album.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Stefan on Aug 26, 2015, 20:35
Quote from: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 26, 2015, 20:23
I have vague recollections of Ed once saying at Turnmills that Come With Us wasn't there best album.
This is certainly true. Their best album is Further. All the other records are bloody brilliant, but none achieves this completely perfect arrangement of songs, without a single weak second on the whole record.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ThePumisher on Aug 26, 2015, 20:55
Quote from: Stefan on Aug 26, 2015, 20:35

completely perfect arrangement of songs, without a single weak second on the whole record.
Pourquoi?
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Stefan on Aug 26, 2015, 21:03
I'm speaking of the "standard" Further, Snow through Wonders Of The Deep.
Pourquoi is fun, but like Don't Think I see it as a stand-alone track.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: inchemwetrust on Aug 26, 2015, 21:14
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 13:57

The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
Quote from: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 26, 2015, 20:23

It's my least favourite Chems album, having said that it's got some great tracks, including Come Inside. I really like BITE's but it does remind me of PTB in some ways. I have vague recollections of Ed once saying at Turnmills that Come With Us wasn't there best album.
Quote from: Stefan on Aug 26, 2015, 20:35

This is certainly true. Their best album is Further. All the other records are bloody brilliant, but none achieves this completely perfect arrangement of songs, without a single weak second on the whole record.

Not another poll please
Not another poll please
Not another poll please

I have tons of embarrassing music, especially in Cd form. Lady Gaga was my last purchase.  I got it because at the time, I saw her on a morning show in NY and was blown away by her high vocals and piano skills. That gave me reason to get it.

I'm actually in the process of selling some of my embarrassing crap at the record stores to get new and better sounding crap!




Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Bosco on Aug 26, 2015, 21:28
Quote from: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 26, 2015, 20:23

I have vague recollections of Ed once saying at Turnmills that Come With Us wasn't there best album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyGqDLs-4YU
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Stefan on Aug 26, 2015, 21:29
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Aug 26, 2015, 21:14

Not another poll please
Not another poll please
Not another poll please
We should make a poll about whether to have another poll or not...
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 26, 2015, 21:29
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:32

Surface to Air, which is an uninspired rip off of TPPR and TSU.

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Aug 26, 2015, 16:16

This is the silliest thing I've ever heard.
Gotta agree with WN. For me Surface To Air is the most inspiring  track on the album.

And really none of the Chems albums should be on this thread. Not even Come With Us.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 26, 2015, 21:34
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Aug 26, 2015, 21:14

Lady Gaga was my last purchase.
Now this is proper embarrassing shit. Well done Inchem, that's the spirit!
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 21:41
Quote from: Skyscraper on Aug 26, 2015, 21:29

Not even Come With Us.

I've never understood the aversion for CWU. What is it that people don't like? The only thing I can think of is that it's too short.

Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Bosco on Aug 26, 2015, 21:44
Most of today's famous female singers deserve the attention they receive. It's what they do with their careers that leaves us disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joDNMW6pDl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYZuNTuww4
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 26, 2015, 21:47
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 21:41

I've never understood the aversion for CWU. What is it that people don't like? The only thing I can think of is that it's too short.
All four tracks culled for single/EP release were FAN.TAS.TIC. Well done to Virgin Records for picking exactly the right tunes to release. Sometimes the record companydoes get it right. The rest of it just never grabbed me. I think Ed suggested that they didn't take things far enough on the album, it was too restrained.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 21:55
Restrained? I guess with the exception of Come With Us it is largely less experimental in terms of sound design and structure but that album is all about the groove and the feel of each track. Galaxy Bounce remains one of my all time favourite Chems tracks. Hoops is beautiful. Denmark is funky as anything. Even The State Were In is like the perfect haunted chill out in the middle. I honestly love it all.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:00
This Fred has turned into something deeply wierd.

Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 14:32

Come Inside is a weak song compared to some similar tunes on DYOH. They also ruined it by adding the stupid horns halfway. The same goes for Surface to Air, which is an uninspired rip off of TPPR and TSU.
Don't try too hard, bad boy. It makes you look uninspired. We've had some originals on here that did better ;)
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 22:03
Yeah... Sorry.

I own every Girls' Generation album. Again though, not at all embarrassed by it.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 22:22
Quote from: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:00

This Fred has turned into something deeply wierd.
Don't try too hard, bad boy. It makes you look uninspired. We've had some originals on here that did better ;)

Originals? Whatchu talkin''bout boy?

I like Cum With Us a lot better than Push My Button.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:24
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 22:22

Originals? Whatchu talkin''bout boy?

I like Cum With Us a lot better than Push My Button.
You'll have to fill big shoes if you wanna play the bad boy on here ;). Big shoes, I tell ya!
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 22:28
Quote from: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:24

You'll have to fill big shoes if you wanna play the bad boy on here ;). Big shoes, I tell ya!

Stop talking in riddles.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:29
Quote from: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 22:28

Stop talking in riddles.
Yes. I'll stop talking, right there.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Nils VIP on Aug 26, 2015, 22:30
Quote from: Csar on Aug 26, 2015, 22:29

Yes. I'll stop talking, right there.

Thanks, it's the best for everyone.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: inchemwetrust on Aug 26, 2015, 23:59
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 22:03


I own every Girls' Generation album. Again though, not at all embarrassed by it.

I think we have a winner.

Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 26, 2015, 21:41

I've never understood the aversion for CWU. What is it that people don't like? The only thing I can think of is that it's too short.


I think because people loved Surrender so much, they thought they get a similar sounding album on the next one.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Aug 27, 2015, 01:45
At the time Ed did however mention that a plus side of the album was that it included Star Guitar.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Bendy1001 on Sep 02, 2015, 08:13
So are we all agreed now that this is just the 'Come With Us' thread?
I like it. My arguament is: Hoops, Pioneer Skies, The Test. I could list more, but that's all it needs for me to like it.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: sandelic on Sep 02, 2015, 12:02
You folks are mad if you consider any Chems album embarrassing   :P
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Ford on Sep 03, 2015, 15:13
I love Come With Us - never skip any tracks when I put it on. Finishes on an amazing track too.

Surprised to hear Ed said that about it once.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Chops on Sep 03, 2015, 17:25
i have found that having kids has made me feel less about hating stuff or being embarrassed about liking tunes anymore.  my filter for shite tunes has lowered a lot!

am struggling to think of anything i'm embarrased about. seeing the kids enjoy music cheers me up cos it was what i was really into when i was little. 7"'s and record players was what i got into first and even if my daughter is listening to shite pop but enjoying it then thats all cool with me

and as for cwu. some bands take a while to produce a good album and some produce some greats first up and keep going until they cant maintain that momentum.  After the first three, its understandable that cwu wasnt as good but its still quality.  Maybe also the momentum thing. fairly sure it was the longest gap inbetween albums up till that point.  Also, after releasing afrika as an EBW then it getting hammered on radio 1 turned it into an unexpected single and come with us being so huge and star guitar being mind blowing, maybe the rest was a bit of an anti climax.

but yes, all the albums are good, some better than others but I'm proud of their output and the fact they are still going and making tunes with the attitude they do.  They are ambassadors for their artform and i have lost count of the acts they have inspired.  There's loads of acts out there who definitely owe something to the brothers.  I've wittered on again.

Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: androidgeoff on Sep 04, 2015, 00:47
Come With Us is a great album. CWU -> IBIA -> Galaxy Bounce is a great 13 or so minutes of constant movement. My only issue with the album is that The State We're In should have been half the length. This way, they could have put the full EBW version of IBIA in. The BAOWWWWWWWWWWWW part is my favorite part and it isn't even on the album release.
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Enjoyed on Sep 04, 2015, 00:52
Quote from: androidgeoff on Sep 04, 2015, 00:47

CWU -> IBIA -> Galaxy Bounce is a great 13 or so minutes of constant movement.

Erm, you forgot about how Galaxy Bounce unexpectedly winds down and melts into Star Guitar, which is 6:27 of heaven on earth...
Title: Re: Embarrising albums you've bought recently
Post by: Csar on Sep 04, 2015, 08:42
I seriously don't know what's wrong with CWU. But it's probably the ol' humdrum fanboy-since-the-first-day complaint it ain't being like [put in any of the first 3 albums].