"What? I love that album" albums

[aquaphase]

It dawned on me a few years back (ok, so it was really like 10) that there are certain albums (and bands for that matter) that nobody likes, but says they do to appear "elite" and "hip." (this isn't a jab at Mr. J, I promise)

This really hit home when amongst the NINnies, you were seen as a bigtime poseur if you didn't proclaim Fixed as your favorite Nine Inch Nails album of all time. Now, I kinda like several songs on Fixed, but it is far less accessible to almost everyone. This became a big joke for a long time, but I have really really seen it coming strong in the past few years once again. Take the Locust for example. Nobody in their right mind can say they like the music the Locust makes, yet they make craploads of money and people continue to perpetuate their being by selling out shows.

What albums do you think fall into the "Fixed" category?

[monet2u]

this seems to be requiring far too many brain cells and since it's friday and most of mine have the day off, I'm gonna have to take a pass.

[aquaphase]

I'll also go out on a very dangerous limb and say any Flaming Lips record after Wayne let his hair go back to its natural color.

That's right... I said it.

[zenmomma]

I'll also go out on a very dangerous limb and say any Flaming Lips record after Wayne let his hair go back to its natural color.

That's right... I said it.

I will step forward and say that In a Priest Driven Ambulance still reigns supreme in my book.

[mr_j]

heh

how can anyone really claim to love ...

you know you want me to say it...

wesley willis.

i mean, his music is cute and all that, but its absolutely no insult to say that the man's talent was based on his mental illness, and that it crossed the line between laughing WITH him and laughing AT him.

and i went to see his show and it was entertaining! he head-butted me. and he told me 'if i didn't loves ya i wouldn't butts ya.' he also never made change! if you wanted a CD and you only had twenty to buy one, you wound up with two CDs lol

[eebs]

http://eyebrowy.com/html/LWT/lookwhostakking.htm

[James]

OK, I had to read this thread about four times to get what you were on about. I still don't know if I'm sure, but I'll throw some out there.

1) Stereolab. Now, I love them, and I own just about everything they put out, cried when Mary Hansen died, and consider them re-mixing a song I played on to be an honur. Musically, they've got it all for me.

It's not the band I hate, it's their fans. Every time I've seen them, every elitist, self-important euro wanna be crawls out from their imported copy of Uncut to go to the show and stand around and pretend they know every song. Picking the albums, I would have to say Dots and Loops...a lot of people I know went gaga over that one, even though it was re-hashed stuff off the previous record. Also Cobra and Phases, becuase it pretty much sounded like that same record (Emperor Tomato Ketchup). And the ep that followed (First of the Microbe Hunters). But when Stereolab genuinely made something interesting (Sound-Dust), they didn't get it.

2)Spiritualized - Fucked Up Inside. Back in the late 90s when "Ladies and Gentlemen" came out, it was a mad dash to collect all the rare Spritualized stuff available. Everyone went and bought the two previous studio records, and rightfully so. But the cream of the crop was the rare imported vinyl version of "Fucked Up Inside". I managed to find on for $50. What a piece of shit that record is. But it was such an icon for a few years; it impressed the hell out of anyone that it was in my record collection.

But it sucked. So I sold it for $120. I don't hold anything against that album.

I suppose the same could be said about Radiohead's Drill EP (which I actually bought as a wedding present for someone), the original Jeepster recording of Belle and Sebastian's Tigermilk, and that first Hum record.