Most eagerly anticipated Album of your lifetime?
Remember waiting months for Guns N' Roses Use your Illusion I and II to hit the shelves. It's a bit sad that nowadays the internet has taken the anticipation away from new album releases through leaks and all that.
By God I remember the hype surrounding these albums. Have to say for the most part they did deliver as well.
What was the most anticipated album of the good folks of KMC?
I agree, the internet has taken away some of the mystery and anticipation that used to come with, new albums. I can't say that it bothers me though. I'm actually thankful for it in most cases. Thankfully, for the internet, i didn't have to anticipate, Chinese Democracy for to long. I was able to sample half the album a few months before it released and DAMN am i thankful for that. What a pile of piss.
I still steel myself from sampling tracks from upcoming albums from certain bands. I bought the last, Dropkick murphys album with virgin ears.
I think my most anticipated album ever was, Led Zeppelins BBC sessions. That was something truly special. How the West was won was also highly anticipated and even though it's a better album, i still held greater anticipation for, BBC sessions.
Outkasts, Stankonia was also a highly anticipated album. Coming off of, Atliens and Aquemini, i was expecting gold but instead received garbage. I wish someone had told me that, Outkast was going to go mainstream with that album lol
a few others...
Street Dogs---Not without a purpose.
Dropkick Murphys--Blackout
Rancid--Let the dominos fall
Sublime---Sublime
Greenday---Warning.
3 doors down--Away from the sun.
Tom Petty--Highway companion.
I don't think I'll ever await another album like I awaited 10,000 Days by Tool.
Besides my obvious emotional, nostalgic and intellectual connection to the band and the music they make, i.e: being a huge fan, there were others on here that were fans too.
I didn't pay much mind, but it was at a time of great releases and this forum was kind of good back then. It created just enough additional buzz to add to it. I had waited years, I felt like I hadn't waited that long for anything.
Then, the day it came out I was standing outside HMV before it opened. I could see it on the shelf and it didn't quite seem real. Then the album blew me away.
I don't like the idea that CDs are going away, and whilst I'll always maintain why I don't like it, I don't find it easy to come up with any good reason why it's productive to keep making them, and that's sad to me. There's a good decade left, maybe less, but I think they're on their last legs.
It seems that music really has suffered a bit. It may be coincidence, but I've become so severely disillusioned with music. I rarely buy a CD now (No, I don't download) because nothing that's coming out is really blowing my mind. Just good to very good albums by bands I like. Joanna Newsom was the last one to drop an album that floored me, it was this year, but even then I just...don't feel that excitement.
I think this may be because people are focusing more on distributing music and trying to adjust to technology, than making it.
I dunno.
Anyway, yes. 10,000 Days by Tool.
-AC
Don't understand the hype or people's anticipation of a Dr.Dre album. His production is usually solid, granted, but lyrically he's below average. His content is always repetitive, rapping about the same things: bitches, smoking, California, cars, etc. Hell, the man doesn't even write his own lyrics.
Besides, this particular album Detox has been awaited on by fans a decade, being pushed back year after year for whatever ludicrous reason put out there.
The Chronic, to me, is vastly overrated. As well as Doggystyle. 2001 is cool for banging in the automobile but as far as lyrics......he isn't touching alot of the other classic albums of the genre.
Originally posted by Alpha CentauriIt seems that music really has suffered a bit. It may be coincidence, but I've become so severely disillusioned with music. I rarely buy a CD now (No, I don't download) because nothing that's coming out is really blowing my mind. Just good to very good albums by bands I like. Joanna Newsom was the last one to drop an album that floored me, it was this year, but even then I just...don't feel that excitement.
I feel the same way you do about new music. Hell, even music in general I've been bored with lately. I feel it has peaked and there's no more room for originality. Even what could become the next trend I don't know at all.
As far as anticipated albums go for me, it was just Finger Eleven's self-titled album and Korn's Take a Look in the Mirror when I only liked hard rock and nu metal. After that, never had the same feeling for any other.
Originally posted by Darth Martin
Don't understand the hype or people's anticipation of a Dr.Dre album. His production is usually solid, granted, but lyrically he's below average. His content is always repetitive, rapping about the same things: bitches, smoking, California, cars, etc. Hell, the man doesn't even write his own lyrics.Besides, this particular album Detox has been awaited on by fans a decade, being pushed back year after year for whatever ludicrous reason put out there.
The Chronic, to me, is vastly overrated. As well as Doggystyle. 2001 is cool for banging in the automobile but as far as lyrics......he isn't touching alot of the other classic albums of the genre.
Dr. Dre barely writes any of his own lyrics.
Like Crooked I said: "You're waiting on Detox to save the West. Even if that shit's dope, it ain't giving you n****s hope, unless you get a cheque that's signed by Interscope.", or something.
-AC