tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7272724677647084112..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Albums that critics love, go unappreciated, but are actually goodagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-55430273610354589822010-08-21T23:29:13.674-04:002010-08-21T23:29:13.674-04:00U2's "Zooropa" is quite good, though...U2's "Zooropa" is quite good, though at the time of its release in 1993 still overshadowed by the great "Achtung Baby" album from two years earlier.<br /><br />I don't think any songs from it were hits, either.PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-56890096212680066532010-08-21T23:05:45.267-04:002010-08-21T23:05:45.267-04:00Back in Black unknown...only by ball-less hipsters...Back in Black unknown...only by ball-less hipsters.<br /><br />@ Anonymous: Citizen Kane suffers because of the hype and because it has become cliched thanks to its own success creating those cliches. <br /><br />- BreezeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25328623072540458492010-08-21T20:00:24.013-04:002010-08-21T20:00:24.013-04:00" we eliminate the ones that may be good but ..." we eliminate the ones that may be good but aren't out-of-this-world great -- that are there just because critics have to revere them or else lose their snob cred"<br /><br />Citizen Kane was a cinematic equivalent of this in my opinion. I loved "Touch of Evil" and "The Third Man", so I liked Welles, but I was really dissapointed with Citizen Kane. I just didn't get into it, despite heightened expectation and preparing to be impressed.<br /><br /><br /><br />I remember one little cassette I bought back in the 90's from a group called "Fleming and John" based on the strength of a very catchy single, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM5xYwSZZoY&feature=av2e<br />and being pleasantly suprised that there was some really accessible stuff on that little cassette. <br /><br />Radiohead's "The Bends" had some melodic music on it. <br /><br /><br />Ive been told the country album, "The Pilgrim" from Marty Stewart is revered as some sort of masterpiece on Music Row, but it didn't sell much. There was a singer named Shelby Lynne that the execs and critics liked, but the public didn't (her being a suspected lesbian might have hurt her in country circles---dont know if she really is or not myself).<br /><br /><br />There was an alternative rock CD put out in 1995 called "Life is Sweet" by Maria Mckee. I thought it was the best alterna-like album I'd heard, but it didn't sell. Some critics loved it, and it even had a minor hit, "Absolutely Barking Stars", but a few hated it, and it just dissapeared. <br /><br />Maybe its just me, but some acts that are "critical darlings" in music do play intelligently written-instrumentally-innovative stuff, but for some reason these higher-brow acts often are plagued by a lead singer whose voice isn't as good as the rest of the act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16041308702721264462010-08-21T17:12:14.458-04:002010-08-21T17:12:14.458-04:00You've mentioned Marlowe a few times. The case...You've mentioned Marlowe a few times. The case that he wrote the works of Shakespeare is pretty convincing. <br /><br />http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com/delbosconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-47092521712153192142010-08-21T17:01:34.414-04:002010-08-21T17:01:34.414-04:00I'm surprised that first two Violent Femmes al...I'm surprised that first two Violent Femmes albums haven't edged their way into the canon. Their eponymous release holds up particularly well. To me, it's still the most authentic 80s garage sound, and I don't know of another record that so perfectly captures the heartbreak and sexual frustration of youth.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411363107558366631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-44924733510701771162010-08-20T23:30:17.323-04:002010-08-20T23:30:17.323-04:00I admit it's a function of hearing it for the ...I admit it's a function of hearing it for the first time and being blown away by how different it was, given the time period, but I've long thought <em>Gish</em> deserves higher marks than <em>Siamese Dream</em>.Ulysseshttp://hiddenleaves.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com