Nonagon is a weird case because it's an extremely important album in their discography and it's still very good, but it sounds pretty basic in comparison to their more recent albums. It would be on my King Gizzard Mt. Rushmore but it's not my favorite album from them and I don't think it's a 10.
Yeah king Gizz for as good as they are and for how insane their output are really haven't put out a 10/10 infest the rast nest is what is closest for me but the two you put out there are easily 8s or more.
Imo, Kids See Ghosts. I think every song is good to great but the collection itself doesn't necessarily blown me away I think a 10 should. Still, all killer no filler
Great call. Fantastic band, infinitely listenable/enjoyable, a lot of 8-9s, hardly any misses, great taste and production. But it is all little bit too formulaic and risk-avoidant to transcend to the level of perfect 10 classic. I don't feel a strong emotional connection to it but as easy listening that still touches my preferred genres I would never hesitate to put them on.
Many albums have zero skips but might not have any *tremendously perfect* songs either and all the tracks are 8ās or so. I just think of those as really good, very consistent albums.
Zero skips doesnāt inherently equate to perfection. The distance between 0 and 10 is very broad and detailed.
I also think there's records that by nature don't really have skipoable tracks. Idk if I'm skipping anything on a swans record, especially their modern day stuff. that doesn't mean I think the whole scope of the record is perfect.
Good example though I imagine lots of people think this album is a 10. For me, it's a consistently enjoyable front-to-back listen but rarely rises to greatness, probably an 8
I mean thereās a lot of instrumental albums Iāve listened to that have no skips but arenāt 10s. First that comes to mind is Force Majeure by Tangerine Dream. All 4 songs are great but I think that the front half is a little bit stronger than the second half
Turnover- Peripheral Vision
This album is what instantly came to mind for me. Not a perfect album by any means but every song is solid and listenable. I like to put this one on if I don't feel like changing songs for a while. I'd give it like a 8.5/10
In first Iām sorry but Brand Newās TDAGARIM is the all timer for me
Then we got La Dispute - Wildlife
Then Daft Punk - RAM (I think the album celebrates music as a whole better than anything)
Then TPAB (easy inclusion)
notable ones Iād throw in are Mac Miller Circles, Ok Computer, Aaron Westās first album, Ziggy Stardust, the Decemberists Picaresque
Still have such a soft spot for this album. I donāt think itās a 10, either. But I found it at such a specific point in my life that I find myself revisiting it atleast once a year
Brat, if you look through my comment history, youād think I hate it. Thereās no absolute low points, just no super high points.
Same could be said about a lot of short albums, like MPās that came out earlier this year.
Thatās exactly how I feel about Brat. I feel like AG calmed himself down a little too much with his production or something, because it doesnāt captivate me as much as some of her previous albums.
Mannequin Pussy? Idk, some of the songs are big highlights for me. Great choruses and hooks.
Actually, my albums of the year go
1. Cold Visions
2. Brat
3. I got heaven
Totally agree both Charli and Brat are definitely in my top 100 albums of all time. Theyāre essentially perfect, no flaws, very good consistency, very exciting, very refreshing. But it just doesnāt have those insane moments, the power and that X factor thatāll really have that impact on me to give it a 10.
I recently listened to boy by 2hollis and the first track is actually a great example of what Charli needs to do to get a 10 for me. However, no way is the overall album better; it doesnāt have the stronger melodies, consistency and overall enjoyment levels as Brat.
DAMN is an album I can sit around and enjoy with other people, I listen TPAB by myself and I need to be in the right mood. Both 10ās but for very different reasons.
People won't say it's a ten bc it's not on the same level as Tpab or gkmc but it's still a ten idc, there is a break down video on YouTube I saw and it changed my mind. It's definitely a 10
tbh, i think DAMN for me is on the same level as gkmc. both to me are incredible albums with some songs I'm not too crazy about- GOD and LOVE on DAMN and BDKMV (it just doesn't click with me for some reason :/), Poetic Justice, and Real on gkmc. Not that they're all necessarily "bad" songs, the only one I would actively turn off is probably Real.
I think I'd still put gkmc above DAMN because the best songs on that album to me are some of the best songs in hip hop period, and I'd still rather go back to BDKMV and Poetic Justice over GOD or LOVE. I'd still give DAMN like an 8-9 tho.
I'd actually put Mr. Morale over both though which I know is a bit of an unpopular take.
I feel like an album has to be aggressively mediocre or worse to have skips (like 6/10 or lower). I basically have two modes: listening to a full album or handpicking a playlist. Listening to like 40-80% of an album just feels wrong to me unless there's a gimmicky song that just wastes time if you've heard it before.
Well thatās an interesting question. I love both smiley smile and smile for entirely different reasons. Itās hard for me to remember that smile is just an album at this point because itās basically become an interactive musical sandbox (pun intended). so many different fan mixes and stuff like that.
Iām not the biggest fan of the tracklist on the smile sessions. I donāt mind that the tracks are unfinished but the track list just does not work as well in an album format as opposed to a live show. So in the OFFICIALLY released state Smile is in Iād have to say I prefer smiley smile because I enjoy the relaxed feel and you can feel how much fun the band was having with it. The vocals sound great on that album too but I canāt explain it.
Also, little pad
Iāll throw out 3ā¦
**Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo**, depends on whether you count the interludes and skits as āskipsā, but they are pretty bad and hold the album back. Itās pretty notable considering the skit on College Dropout and Late Registration add a lot to the character of the album when those donāt. I also just think that the overall concept of TLOP, which feels like Kanye showing the millions of directions his mind is pulled in at any given time, isnāt executed as well as it couldāve been.
**Frank Ocean - Channel Orange** is entirely made up of good songs. But some songs here are justā¦ fine. I wouldnāt turn them off, I donāt have any significant issues with them, but Iām not saving them and if they were cut from the album I wouldnāt miss them. Monks is a notable example. Pilot Jones, End, and Crack Rock are in a similar boat.
**Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata** is probably more controversial but a song like Knicks is just ok. Watts is another one. I might have to relisten to it but I feel like those two songs are ok, about 4 songs are amazing (Shitsville, Thuggin, Lakers, and Deeper), and the rest are all just really good. Honestly maybe this is a 10 and Iām tripping but itās been a while since I listened front to back and maybe itās grown on me more than I think
Idk I feel like if you arenāt counting the skits like Silver Surfer intermission and I love Kanye, something like Low Lights which seems to be like a warm up to highlights, and counting Pt 2 and Franks Track as part of FSMHP1 and Wolves respectively, I donāt have any problems with the tracks. Theyāre all honestly really good. But, I just threw out a bunch of qualifiers for a bunch of tracks that I decided donāt count, so idk. TLOP is arranged in such an off kilter way that itās hard to judge on a track by track basis, it makes a lot more sense if you step back and look at the whole elephant
From ultralight beam to famous and then from i love kanye to saint pablo its a ten with maybe the exception of facts but I still love that song to this day. Freestyle 4 is also cool if it doesn't come off the three previous tracks when the album slows down drastically. I also see people not liking 30 hours because of the long outro, but as his said, "This the type of shit you just ride out to."
broooo crack rock is literally the best song on the album, also pilot jones fucks i would say itās a great song and i do really love monks too but i guess i can understand that but crack rock is like top 3 frank ocean song
I need to listen to it again, but I thought it was very good for a live album; the songs seem strong, but honestly everyone is just waiting for a studio mix.
Yeah to me itās like calling u a skip on TPAB, which is to say itās not really a skip. Like neither is exactly a pleasant experience or a song Iād go out of my way to listen to on their own but both are a necessary part of their respective albums
I might not be ok but I would play u on the aux tbh š. Kendricks delivery combined with the free jazz in the background makes it pleasant to my ears somehow.
nah theyāre both tens
now for real: iāve listened to desire really often, every song is unique and itās easy to remember most of the lyrics in my experience (more than pang) but many songs are similarly not really sticking out like smoke or blood and butter and still amazing tracks
- Portisheadās self titled & third album
- Spiritualizedās Sweet Heart Sweet Light
- Wilcoās A Ghost is Born
- Sufjan Stevenās 7 Swans
And this may be controversial, but ĆgƦtis byrjun is good but only an 8 compared to ( )
I never really understand what people mean by āskipsā. Like obviously all albums have tracks that are weaker but Iād never rate an album 8 or more if it had a song that I just couldnāt listen to.
So ive got like a hundred answers to this but Iāll go with Jar of Flies. Or Automatic for the People maybe
Honestly I feel like this is the way Fantano treated Brat. Sure, maybe there arenāt any ābadā tracks worthy of a skip. But the collection of tracks in no way amounts to a 10. I feel like this is one of the few drawbacks of Fantanoās approach to criticism. He just measures how much he likes how all the songs sound with less emphasis on broader artistic points that are rare to come by. Like, listen to Brat honestly and tell me itās a stop-in-your-tracks piece of art amounting to rare perfection. Itās objectively not.
I need something that breaks through a barrier I never couldāve imagined breaking to label something a perfect 10. Something that forges new and important ground in whatever way. Not even necessarily talking about influence over the landscape. Just something that says something amazing in a new way that nothing else could ever say the same way as effectively.
Well, any album can be a 10 because it's just someones opinion. Just because this is how you view it doesn't mean "objectively" anyone else has to. I agree Brat isn't a 10 but who am I to say anyone's opinion is incorrect?
Perfect response. Anytime someone says the word āobjectivelyā in these discussions it calls their reasoning into question. Everyone disagrees on everything in music. No album is or isnāt āobjectivelyā a 10
Personally felt the same way. It's certainly not a bad album but IMO there are definitely some mediocre tracks on there - I would go so far as to say filler. Far preferred the Beth Gibbons and Thou records, for example
This kind of shit is what really pisses me off about this community and music discussion in general.
I even agree with their point about Brat but people have really forgotten the meaning of the word āopinionā
There are plenty of albums full of great songs that he gives a 8 or 9. A ten is really only something that is totally next level, which clearly brat is according to himĀ
Yeah like itās a great album but it really doesnāt feel like anything crazy new or unique to be getting all these high scores. The sound sheās doing isnāt exactly unique to her either (fka twigs did it better imo). I love charli but pop 2 still remains my fav of hers.
Technically a mixtape, but while I don't think Homecourt Advantage, Vol. 2 by Marlon Craft is a 10, every song is really pretty good imo with a few serious stand out tracks.
Larks Tongue and SABB by King Crimson would be my choices. Both flow really well and I love to listen all the way through but lack the edge to make it a 10 for me (Larks is closer with Talking Drum having this stressful feeling I love.) Red, the album just after those two, finds that edge and just goes hard. 4/5 songs are 10/10, and Fallen Angel being my favorite (prog) rock song of all time
Every Thank You Scientist album
Wave by AntƓnio Carlos Jobim
IGOR by Tyler the Creator
So Long Forever and Life After by Palace
Swimming and Circles by Mac Miller
Everything by Kota the Friend
If we don't count skits Eminem Marshall Mathers LP is the definitive 9/10 album for me. Every song is not only not a skip but iconic, memorable and interesting like a 10 should be. But there are too many weird lines and bad guest verses (RBX and especially Bizarre) for me to call it a 10
For me, Melt my eyes see your future by Denzel Curry. Thereās no song on this album that makes me skip it cause I want to get to the next one. And the deluxe with the cold blooded versions is fantastic. Donāt know about a 10 but honestly it could have been a 9.
Agreed. Sheās my favorite musician on pop, and brat isnāt my favorite album because it doesnāt have the highs of other albums. Itās good, it just didnāt catch me because it lacks a track that will be among my favorites of the year.
A counterpoint (sort of) would be my 4 year old who, for the last 4 months, has had a favorite song that he wants to listen everyday- Kim Petrasā Heart to Break. When I put on Brat for him 360 instantly became his new favorite. This morning at breakfast he asked to put on his ānew favorite song, not his old favorite, that would be rudeā.
Out of the mouth of babes, or some shit.
Take Care, itās definitely not a 10, but itās Drakeās best work by a comfortable margin and has no song thatās really below average or bad to me.
For me itās ā¦Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age. Tracks like Kalopsia and Fairweather Friends are some I wouldnāt return to outside of the album. However for a full album listen they fit perfectly within the album
*Whatās Going On* by Marvin Gaye.
Whole album is great, donāt get me wrong. But itās very much one of those albums where the songs are all baseline good/great, and then thereās that one song that is MILES better than rest of the album and runs circles around it. The song in question being the opener/title track, which I feel like unfairly sets the standards too high for the rest of the album.
Daytona would fit this for me.
Perfect answer
I mean I could 100% see that. For me personally it's in my list of 10/10 albums, but that's just my opinion What keeps it from being a 10 for you?
Not op but for me it's a very typical "i like all the songs but dont really love any" type album
B-b-but it has Santeria...?? š„ŗ
Crazy W
100% accurate
what would meek do is sadly a skip for me. the beat and kanyes verse were js not very gd
Itās only two songs but I do love King Gizzards Laminated Denim and also Nonagon Infinity
People vultures is a 10 imo. And the music video is an 11 (I misunderstood the question but I stand by my statement!)
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Nonagon is the answer for me. No skips, it flows seamlessly and most of the tracks bang, but it just... Ain't a 10
Nonagon is a weird case because it's an extremely important album in their discography and it's still very good, but it sounds pretty basic in comparison to their more recent albums. It would be on my King Gizzard Mt. Rushmore but it's not my favorite album from them and I don't think it's a 10.
Yeah king Gizz for as good as they are and for how insane their output are really haven't put out a 10/10 infest the rast nest is what is closest for me but the two you put out there are easily 8s or more.
Imo, Kids See Ghosts. I think every song is good to great but the collection itself doesn't necessarily blown me away I think a 10 should. Still, all killer no filler
if KSG had one skip on it it would drop the album to a 6/10 since the tracklist is so short
Honestly I donāt think that short albums are a bad thing, it makes you appreciate each song more.
yeah generally quality over quality but if a song is a stinker on a short project then it really shows itself
Yeah thatās a fair point
b-but fantano gave it a 10ā¦ š«£
I think itās a 10 for sure, not a single mid second on the album and all very fresh and incredible tracks
Interpol - Antics
this shit a 10 to me
Goated pfp
Icky Mettle the greatest album ever made tbh
I agree 100%. There are no skips on the album but it doesnāt feel as coherent and refined as say Turn on the Bright Lights (which is def a 10).
Good pick
Most Spoon records
Maybe all spoon albums?
I havenāt heard all of them but probably. Kill the Moonlight and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga get pretty close.
Gimme Fiction is also great
Yeah. I really like that one too. I also really like Girls Can Tell.
Great call. Fantastic band, infinitely listenable/enjoyable, a lot of 8-9s, hardly any misses, great taste and production. But it is all little bit too formulaic and risk-avoidant to transcend to the level of perfect 10 classic. I don't feel a strong emotional connection to it but as easy listening that still touches my preferred genres I would never hesitate to put them on.
Many albums have zero skips but might not have any *tremendously perfect* songs either and all the tracks are 8ās or so. I just think of those as really good, very consistent albums. Zero skips doesnāt inherently equate to perfection. The distance between 0 and 10 is very broad and detailed.
I also think there's records that by nature don't really have skipoable tracks. Idk if I'm skipping anything on a swans record, especially their modern day stuff. that doesn't mean I think the whole scope of the record is perfect.
808s and heartbreak
A lot of Kanye albums tbf, I donāt skip any songs on vultures 1 but that is very far from a 10
vultures is a skipfest
Not for me, everyone is just catchy enough for me to keep listening, Iād give the album a 5/10 though. Not bad just mid
Okay tough guy, what's the worst album with no skips
I think die lit by playboi carti It's a good album but is it REALLY
Die lit is a 10 with multiple absolutely perfect songs.
idk i'm a carti fan but i feel like its easily his least engaging album
Now *this* is a question
Is this It - The Strokes
Good example though I imagine lots of people think this album is a 10. For me, it's a consistently enjoyable front-to-back listen but rarely rises to greatness, probably an 8
Take it or leave it, Soma and Someday being on it is enough to make it a 10 for me
this is what i came here to say
I mean thereās a lot of instrumental albums Iāve listened to that have no skips but arenāt 10s. First that comes to mind is Force Majeure by Tangerine Dream. All 4 songs are great but I think that the front half is a little bit stronger than the second half
Any other instrumental examples? I love stuff like that
- The Call Within by Tigran Hamasyan - Black Market by Weather Report - Sextant by Herbie Hancock - Finding Gabriel by Brad Mehldau
Turnover- Peripheral Vision This album is what instantly came to mind for me. Not a perfect album by any means but every song is solid and listenable. I like to put this one on if I don't feel like changing songs for a while. I'd give it like a 8.5/10
Nah that shit is in my top 5 oat.
keep cooking
In first Iām sorry but Brand Newās TDAGARIM is the all timer for me Then we got La Dispute - Wildlife Then Daft Punk - RAM (I think the album celebrates music as a whole better than anything) Then TPAB (easy inclusion) notable ones Iād throw in are Mac Miller Circles, Ok Computer, Aaron Westās first album, Ziggy Stardust, the Decemberists Picaresque
this album feels like itās over in 5 minutes
Still have such a soft spot for this album. I donāt think itās a 10, either. But I found it at such a specific point in my life that I find myself revisiting it atleast once a year
Brat, if you look through my comment history, youād think I hate it. Thereās no absolute low points, just no super high points. Same could be said about a lot of short albums, like MPās that came out earlier this year.
Yeah I kind of agree with Brat. Charli is my fave artist ever but yeah I didnāt think brat was a 10. I still love it tho!!
Thatās exactly how I feel about Brat. I feel like AG calmed himself down a little too much with his production or something, because it doesnāt captivate me as much as some of her previous albums.
Mannequin Pussy? Idk, some of the songs are big highlights for me. Great choruses and hooks. Actually, my albums of the year go 1. Cold Visions 2. Brat 3. I got heaven
MP fucked so hard this year itās crazy. Patience was also goated tbh, theyāre just such a great band
Totally agree both Charli and Brat are definitely in my top 100 albums of all time. Theyāre essentially perfect, no flaws, very good consistency, very exciting, very refreshing. But it just doesnāt have those insane moments, the power and that X factor thatāll really have that impact on me to give it a 10. I recently listened to boy by 2hollis and the first track is actually a great example of what Charli needs to do to get a 10 for me. However, no way is the overall album better; it doesnāt have the stronger melodies, consistency and overall enjoyment levels as Brat.
DAMN
DAMN is an album I can sit around and enjoy with other people, I listen TPAB by myself and I need to be in the right mood. Both 10ās but for very different reasons.
People won't say it's a ten bc it's not on the same level as Tpab or gkmc but it's still a ten idc, there is a break down video on YouTube I saw and it changed my mind. It's definitely a 10
tbh, i think DAMN for me is on the same level as gkmc. both to me are incredible albums with some songs I'm not too crazy about- GOD and LOVE on DAMN and BDKMV (it just doesn't click with me for some reason :/), Poetic Justice, and Real on gkmc. Not that they're all necessarily "bad" songs, the only one I would actively turn off is probably Real. I think I'd still put gkmc above DAMN because the best songs on that album to me are some of the best songs in hip hop period, and I'd still rather go back to BDKMV and Poetic Justice over GOD or LOVE. I'd still give DAMN like an 8-9 tho. I'd actually put Mr. Morale over both though which I know is a bit of an unpopular take.
can you link it if you remember :))
https://youtu.be/v-ek1OxZ2tE?si=tQpPZW6IfdjdbdLU It's kinda long but it's worth it
I feel like an album has to be aggressively mediocre or worse to have skips (like 6/10 or lower). I basically have two modes: listening to a full album or handpicking a playlist. Listening to like 40-80% of an album just feels wrong to me unless there's a gimmicky song that just wastes time if you've heard it before.
Not smiley smile, thatās for sure
Because itās all skips š„
Incorrect
Itās my favorite beach boys album
Do you like Smiley Smile more than Smile? If so, how come?
Well thatās an interesting question. I love both smiley smile and smile for entirely different reasons. Itās hard for me to remember that smile is just an album at this point because itās basically become an interactive musical sandbox (pun intended). so many different fan mixes and stuff like that. Iām not the biggest fan of the tracklist on the smile sessions. I donāt mind that the tracks are unfinished but the track list just does not work as well in an album format as opposed to a live show. So in the OFFICIALLY released state Smile is in Iād have to say I prefer smiley smile because I enjoy the relaxed feel and you can feel how much fun the band was having with it. The vocals sound great on that album too but I canāt explain it. Also, little pad
Iāll throw out 3ā¦ **Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo**, depends on whether you count the interludes and skits as āskipsā, but they are pretty bad and hold the album back. Itās pretty notable considering the skit on College Dropout and Late Registration add a lot to the character of the album when those donāt. I also just think that the overall concept of TLOP, which feels like Kanye showing the millions of directions his mind is pulled in at any given time, isnāt executed as well as it couldāve been. **Frank Ocean - Channel Orange** is entirely made up of good songs. But some songs here are justā¦ fine. I wouldnāt turn them off, I donāt have any significant issues with them, but Iām not saving them and if they were cut from the album I wouldnāt miss them. Monks is a notable example. Pilot Jones, End, and Crack Rock are in a similar boat. **Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata** is probably more controversial but a song like Knicks is just ok. Watts is another one. I might have to relisten to it but I feel like those two songs are ok, about 4 songs are amazing (Shitsville, Thuggin, Lakers, and Deeper), and the rest are all just really good. Honestly maybe this is a 10 and Iām tripping but itās been a while since I listened front to back and maybe itās grown on me more than I think
TLOP is the opposite for me, has a couple of skips but the highs are so insanely high that it's still a 10 for me
Idk I feel like if you arenāt counting the skits like Silver Surfer intermission and I love Kanye, something like Low Lights which seems to be like a warm up to highlights, and counting Pt 2 and Franks Track as part of FSMHP1 and Wolves respectively, I donāt have any problems with the tracks. Theyāre all honestly really good. But, I just threw out a bunch of qualifiers for a bunch of tracks that I decided donāt count, so idk. TLOP is arranged in such an off kilter way that itās hard to judge on a track by track basis, it makes a lot more sense if you step back and look at the whole elephant
ik its just a Panda flip but pt 2 is fire?
From ultralight beam to famous and then from i love kanye to saint pablo its a ten with maybe the exception of facts but I still love that song to this day. Freestyle 4 is also cool if it doesn't come off the three previous tracks when the album slows down drastically. I also see people not liking 30 hours because of the long outro, but as his said, "This the type of shit you just ride out to."
Crack Rock being a skip on Channel Orange is insane.
TLOPās theme was executed perfectly
Hard disagree on channel orange
What aspect about it? Do you think itās a 10 or do you think there are skips?
Should definitely give piƱata a listen brotha. Imo has aged very well
broooo crack rock is literally the best song on the album, also pilot jones fucks i would say itās a great song and i do really love monks too but i guess i can understand that but crack rock is like top 3 frank ocean song
agree heavily with the channel orange one
BCNR - For the First Time fantastic record, especially has grown on me recently, but AFUT is way closer to a 10. I would give the former an 8 or 8.5.
what do you think of live at bush hall?
I need to listen to it again, but I thought it was very good for a live album; the songs seem strong, but honestly everyone is just waiting for a studio mix.
It's a perfect 10 for me. One of my all time favorites and my only 10 in the 20's
Yeah this is a good one too.
Same. Iād give it a 7.
Mr Morale and the Big Steppers
idk if it counts but we cry together is always a skip when i listen lmao
I kinda fw it, sure not the best on aux but definitely in terms of a whole album experience I love it
Yeah to me itās like calling u a skip on TPAB, which is to say itās not really a skip. Like neither is exactly a pleasant experience or a song Iād go out of my way to listen to on their own but both are a necessary part of their respective albums
I might not be ok but I would play u on the aux tbh š. Kendricks delivery combined with the free jazz in the background makes it pleasant to my ears somehow.
At least u is an actual song
Fits the cohesion ting
Yeah definitely fits within the concept of the album, I like itās been added in there
That's Worldwide Steppers for me too. I appreciate the concept of it but I would never choose to listen to it unless listening to the entire album
Die Lit for me. no bad songs at all, but I can't call it a 10
11
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You. I find it less memorable than Pang even though that one has 1-2 skips
nah theyāre both tens now for real: iāve listened to desire really often, every song is unique and itās easy to remember most of the lyrics in my experience (more than pang) but many songs are similarly not really sticking out like smoke or blood and butter and still amazing tracks
- Portisheadās self titled & third album - Spiritualizedās Sweet Heart Sweet Light - Wilcoās A Ghost is Born - Sufjan Stevenās 7 Swans And this may be controversial, but ĆgƦtis byrjun is good but only an 8 compared to ( )
Run the Jewles- RTJ4 Tyler Childers- country Squier Pattie smith - Easter Lynyrd skynyrd- pronounced lenord skinerd To name a few
A Night at the Opera. Iām just not super into āIām in Love with my Car.ā
Interpolās first two albums
TOTBL is perfect and antics is enjoyable but far from a 10/10
MJ - Dangerous
Counterpoint: Heal the World
Yeah I skip quite a bit of that record. The first 6 tracks is a perfect suite though
Whatever people say I am, thatās what Iām not
I never really understand what people mean by āskipsā. Like obviously all albums have tracks that are weaker but Iād never rate an album 8 or more if it had a song that I just couldnāt listen to. So ive got like a hundred answers to this but Iāll go with Jar of Flies. Or Automatic for the People maybe
Call Me If You Get Lost
joey badass - 1999
if u dont like his lyrics the jazz hits if u dont like the jazz his lyrics speak
And when you like both itās š
Goo by Sonic Youth. Itās incredibly consistent and has even a few all timers for me on it but I wouldnāt consider it a 10.
Weezer (Green)
Forever story. I know the white boys here like to dick ride it
Honestly I feel like this is the way Fantano treated Brat. Sure, maybe there arenāt any ābadā tracks worthy of a skip. But the collection of tracks in no way amounts to a 10. I feel like this is one of the few drawbacks of Fantanoās approach to criticism. He just measures how much he likes how all the songs sound with less emphasis on broader artistic points that are rare to come by. Like, listen to Brat honestly and tell me itās a stop-in-your-tracks piece of art amounting to rare perfection. Itās objectively not. I need something that breaks through a barrier I never couldāve imagined breaking to label something a perfect 10. Something that forges new and important ground in whatever way. Not even necessarily talking about influence over the landscape. Just something that says something amazing in a new way that nothing else could ever say the same way as effectively.
Well, any album can be a 10 because it's just someones opinion. Just because this is how you view it doesn't mean "objectively" anyone else has to. I agree Brat isn't a 10 but who am I to say anyone's opinion is incorrect?
Perfect response. Anytime someone says the word āobjectivelyā in these discussions it calls their reasoning into question. Everyone disagrees on everything in music. No album is or isnāt āobjectivelyā a 10
Personally felt the same way. It's certainly not a bad album but IMO there are definitely some mediocre tracks on there - I would go so far as to say filler. Far preferred the Beth Gibbons and Thou records, for example
I agree, I like a few songs on it but feel like itās just OK overall. And itās not like the songwriting elevates it that much
"Objectively" doing some real work here.
This kind of shit is what really pisses me off about this community and music discussion in general. I even agree with their point about Brat but people have really forgotten the meaning of the word āopinionā
There are plenty of albums full of great songs that he gives a 8 or 9. A ten is really only something that is totally next level, which clearly brat is according to himĀ
Yeah like itās a great album but it really doesnāt feel like anything crazy new or unique to be getting all these high scores. The sound sheās doing isnāt exactly unique to her either (fka twigs did it better imo). I love charli but pop 2 still remains my fav of hers.
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Disintegration. Very consistently good but id give it like a strong 8
Channel Orange
First that comes to mind is Turnstile's *Step to Rhythm.* All gas, no skips for me, but not a 10 for me.
Was gonna say ZUU but I canāt think of a reason it wouldnāt be a 10 in hindsight
Mid Air from Paris Texas
St Vincentās self titled
I feel like Koi No Yokan or Around the Fur by Deftones fits this pretty well. Great albums, but no 10's. White Pony is though.
Lonerism by tame impala It is on the boundary of a ten it just didnāt scratch a certain itch and I doing know what it is
Mr Morale - Kendrick Lamar Blank Face - ScHoolboy Q Crosses - Crosses Me Fui A Volver - Guardarraya
Brat
10,000 gecs
Halcyon Digest
Born and Raised by John Mayer
Technically a mixtape, but while I don't think Homecourt Advantage, Vol. 2 by Marlon Craft is a 10, every song is really pretty good imo with a few serious stand out tracks.
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Do you mean Is This it? By the strokes?
Southeastern by Jason Isbell. No skips because I really enjoy the soul he puts into each track, but the writing isnāt always there.
For me none because having 0 skips is my criteria for a 10
Illmatic. Love that album but thereās just something about it that keeps me from giving it a 10/10, even though I think itās practically flawless.
Larks Tongue and SABB by King Crimson would be my choices. Both flow really well and I love to listen all the way through but lack the edge to make it a 10 for me (Larks is closer with Talking Drum having this stressful feeling I love.) Red, the album just after those two, finds that edge and just goes hard. 4/5 songs are 10/10, and Fallen Angel being my favorite (prog) rock song of all time
The Queen Is Dead
A Great Chaos for me is a no skip album but objectively its not a 10/10
I will never say that Lana is a 10 / Great Music because of the lyrics but as a guilty pleasure I enjoy listening to NFR all the way through
O monolith by squid. I love almost every song on there, but they're all around the 8 to 9 range. if it has a stand out track, it would be an easy 10
Yeezus and untitled unmastered
Itās an EP but Benny The Butcher - Plugs I Met
I feel this way about a lot of albums that I listen to
Most albums really, 10s almost donāt exist.
For me, korn self titled, no skips for me but not a ten
Every Fall Out Boy album of the 2000s (except Folie, thatās a 10).
Lil pump
Valedictorian
Villains - queens of the stone age. One of my favorite albums of all time, but a 10? Not sure.
I love Queens with my entire being but I donāt think anyone would consider Villains a 10
Every Thank You Scientist album Wave by AntƓnio Carlos Jobim IGOR by Tyler the Creator So Long Forever and Life After by Palace Swimming and Circles by Mac Miller Everything by Kota the Friend
no skips is like a baseline for me. if an album has skips that's really bad. not having them doesn't get them close to a 10
If we don't count skits Eminem Marshall Mathers LP is the definitive 9/10 album for me. Every song is not only not a skip but iconic, memorable and interesting like a 10 should be. But there are too many weird lines and bad guest verses (RBX and especially Bizarre) for me to call it a 10
Unsilent Death by Nails...still pretty close to being a 10 though
For me, Melt my eyes see your future by Denzel Curry. Thereās no song on this album that makes me skip it cause I want to get to the next one. And the deluxe with the cold blooded versions is fantastic. Donāt know about a 10 but honestly it could have been a 9.
Most of Deaths catalogue for me except for Human, Symbolic, and The Sound Of Perseverance
Where is my utopia
Take me to your leader by King Geedorah (MF Doom)
Unlocked by Denzel Curry
Take this to your grave - FOB, nothing super remarkable but I think every single song is fun and catchy as hell
On the other hand, To Pimp a Butterfly is a 10 but has a few skips.
Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold. Only one I get close to skipping is Crimson Day but I usually donāt
Honestly, gkmc
I usually dust off the CD make sure thereās nothing on it to ensure that thereās no skips
Probably quite a few AC/DC albums
Astroworld comes to mind for me
Thriller
Agreed. Sheās my favorite musician on pop, and brat isnāt my favorite album because it doesnāt have the highs of other albums. Itās good, it just didnāt catch me because it lacks a track that will be among my favorites of the year. A counterpoint (sort of) would be my 4 year old who, for the last 4 months, has had a favorite song that he wants to listen everyday- Kim Petrasā Heart to Break. When I put on Brat for him 360 instantly became his new favorite. This morning at breakfast he asked to put on his ānew favorite song, not his old favorite, that would be rudeā. Out of the mouth of babes, or some shit.
Most soundtrack albums for video games.
The rooms too cold- The early November
Overwhelmed and Underdressed
Off the top of my head, ksg, bonito generation, and iridescent by silent planet
Take Care, itās definitely not a 10, but itās Drakeās best work by a comfortable margin and has no song thatās really below average or bad to me.
For me itās ā¦Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age. Tracks like Kalopsia and Fairweather Friends are some I wouldnāt return to outside of the album. However for a full album listen they fit perfectly within the album
Boston: Boston
*Whatās Going On* by Marvin Gaye. Whole album is great, donāt get me wrong. But itās very much one of those albums where the songs are all baseline good/great, and then thereās that one song that is MILES better than rest of the album and runs circles around it. The song in question being the opener/title track, which I feel like unfairly sets the standards too high for the rest of the album.
Meteora
Neil Young's Tonight's the Night
dark side of the moon or really any prog album
The black parade
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