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Old 27-04-2009, 13:46
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I'm probably going into old-fart mode here (at 28 as well), but I've been thinking recently that nowadays much less is made of 'the album', and if there will be modern (ie 00s) artists and albums in the 'top 100s' list.

I'm not saying that modern music is rubbish, but that less is made of 'the album', and more on indivdual songs by artists. Especially with MP3s which you can pick and choose.

Look at the 90s and theres many 'classic' albums there.

Oasis: Definitly Maybe/Whats the story? (Morning Glory)
Radiohead: The Bends/OK computer
The Verve: Urban Hymns
Manic Street Preachers:Everything must go
Fatboy Slim:You've come a long way baby
Prodigy: Fat of the land/Music for the jilted generation

+ Many more.

So, whats the 'classic' albums being released today, I'd be interested to know, ones you'll still be listening to in 15-20 years time.
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Old 27-04-2009, 15:58
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I would suggest

Kings of Leon - All 4, but Youth & Young Manhood / Only By The Night
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry / Black Holes & Revelations
The Strokes - Is This It
The Fratelli's - Costllo Music
Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Green Day - American Idiot
Foo Fighters - One By One
Snow Patrol - Final Straw

I'll still be listening to these when mp3's are so hold hat
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Old 27-04-2009, 16:33
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It's Not Me Its You by Lily Allen, I love EVERY track on it
I would've said Good Girl Gone Bad (reloaded) by Rihanna but I realised I only listen to most of the singles and 3 album tracks, which is less than half the album :S.
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Old 01-05-2009, 01:04
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I think the shift towards "singles", is because due to downloading (legal or illegal), the process of reading the cover sleeves, the lyrics, the artwork etc has gone. Personally, i do think that music before 2000 was more "memorable" for some reason. The "old school jam".

Obviously, it's not to everyone's tastes but I think Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" is great, eventhough I feel the wrong singles were released from it. It's a very focused album - all the tracks give it an indentity within that era. The same goes for Morning Glory by Oasis.
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Old 01-05-2009, 01:13
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Old 01-05-2009, 01:16
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prasanth I really don't understand why the majority of music listeners would want to pick and choose the way they do, there's more novelty factor in buying a single or liking at least half of the songs on an album. I love reading the lyrics, admiring the artwork and looking at the cover sleeves.

WTSMG's one of my favs as well
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:32
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I don't believe there has ever been a golden age. I just don't like the album format...never have....simply because the number of albums where I like more than one track in three is very small.

Consequently I would estimate that I never listen to probably three quarters of my pre-recorded music collection.
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Old 01-05-2009, 07:18
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I think the shift towards "singles", is because due to downloading (legal or illegal), the process of reading the cover sleeves, the lyrics, the artwork etc has gone. Personally, i do think that music before 2000 was more "memorable" for some reason. The "old school jam".

Obviously, it's not to everyone's tastes but I think Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" is great, eventhough I feel the wrong singles were released from it. It's a very focused album - all the tracks give it an indentity within that era. The same goes for Morning Glory by Oasis.
I think you're right. Why download the duffers when you can just buy the tracks you like?

But one of the things I miss about vinyl is the tactile aspect. Gently pulling the record out of the anti static sleeve..reading the lyrics on the cover and stuff like that. My fave most tactile album was War of the Worlds. You had the massive gatefold sleeve with the booklet of art work inside..GREAT stuff.

I did buy the Ladyhawke special edition from iTunes that came with a digital booklet but it's just not the same!
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Old 01-05-2009, 11:49
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I think you're right. Why download the duffers when you can just buy the tracks you like?
But without hearing the album, how do you know which tracks you like? I've got quite a few albums where my favourite tracks were never released as singles
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Old 01-05-2009, 12:27
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Apart from the 90s classics you mentioned, I think I'll be listening to these albums forever:

The Libertines - Up the Bracket
The Libertines - The Libertines
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

and soooo many more!
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Old 01-05-2009, 18:05
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The albums you quoted are mainly "brit pop" and that era is pretty much over, with a few dregs left and a large fan base to keep the likes of Oasis going.

I listen to more music from the early 2000s, but I agree that there is some classic albums from the 90s. Namely:

- Stoosh - Skunk Anansie
- Mezzanine - Massive Attack
- Homogenic - Björk
- Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morisette (shame the rest were crap )


However, at the moment I am mainly listening to:

- Bat For Lashes
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Björk
- Sigur Rós
- M.I.A.

All of which are mainly active in the 2000s (cept Björk who was in her prime in the 90s probably) and they would probably have a "classic" album in their own genres.

It's just about perception. People seem to link the words "classic" and "old" together, so popular albums which are of a certain age become "classic".

I much prefer albums to singles, too. Singles are good for the odd listen but I almost always listen to albums in full. That's how they're meant to be.

Another problem is "longlivity" (is that even a word?). I'm not sure of how it was in the past and there's always been trash in the charts, but it seems now more than ever record labels are not willing to allow an act to progress. If they fail at step 1 they get dropped.

People seem to be buying into the likes of Lady Gaga and American RnB. These types of artists will clearly not be around for as long as those who produce some of the "classic" albums. They're just a current fad and often take over, which is why it's hard to spot a proper classic album.
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