The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project

TenderLovingKiller® said:
The first 3 are all timers The Love Movement and Thank You 4 Your Service are just a step below those 3 and the Beats is a step or two below those.

Even Beats is still better than most.
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It might be because I spent so much time with Thank You 4 Your Service when it came out a few years ago, but I really think it's their best album.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
It might be because I spent so much time with Thank You 4 Your Service when it came out a few years ago, but I really think it's their best album.
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That a fair opinion. I disagree but I will say, after not releasing any music as a group for 18 years; the album is way better than I was expecting. It was one of my faves of 2016 for sure.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
It might be because I spent so much time with Thank You 4 Your Service when it came out a few years ago, but I really think it's their best album.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
That a fair opinion. I disagree but I will say, after not releasing any music as a group for 18 years; the album is way better than I was expecting. It was one of my faves of 2016 for sure.
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Their best album since the first 3, by a country mile! And a far more satisfying close-out to their career than The Love Movement (which isn't to say The Love Movement is awful - it's not AMAZING, but also gets much more hate than it deserves.)

Rest In Power, Phife Dawg, Forever 💜
 
Lee Newman said:
8/21/23
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Massive Attack - Blue Line



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Massive Attack - Blue Lines Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic

Discover Blue Lines by Massive Attack released in 1991. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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A cornerstone of trip hop/electronica. "Unfinished Sympathy" might have a vote for me as a top100 song of all time. As for the album getting a perfect score? Not. So. Fast.

The UK hip hop bars are hit and miss, a commonality throughout the existence of the subgenre. "Hymn of the Big Wheel" is somewhat cringe with the line:

🎵 The world turns on its axis 🎵
🎵 One man works while the other relaxes 🎵

Other than that gripe, every song nails it from production to shimmering vocal performances from Shara Nelson. DJ staple. Certainly worthy of an entry on the list of 1001 bucket list listens.

Rating: 4.5/5 [Outstanding]
 
I gave Tribe 4 stars. Giving Massive Attack 4 stars. I might say more about them later. Tribe is almost there, like @TenderLovingKiller® said, Phife isn't quite up to snuff and QTip would blow everything he does here out of the water with Low End. Massive Attack, Like @Rip_City , remove the raps and its a 5 but those raps keep it from the score.
 
4/5. While an important and genre-defining album, it still feels like a bit of hodge podge. Lots of people came and went during the creation and recording phase and it show with the record pulling in several directions. Once they became a defined and cohesive unit they became Massive. I highly recommend the 33.3 book on Blue Lines.
 
8/22/23
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Iggy Pop - The Idiot



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The Idiot by Iggy Pop released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Sort of like the following must have been a weird thing to see in the Dead thread:

Did Trent Reznor sample Nightclubbing? Cause I’ll be damned if that doesn’t sound like Closer until the pianos kick in.

Lol
 
This is outstanding, it’s like the glam link to Heroes and Low. Iggy’s voice and cadence gives it all a very Velvet Underground/Lou Reed feel.

I’ve liked most of what I have heard by Pop, which before this year was the occasional whatever song on radio or MTV. I have Lust for Life but don’t feel like I’ve ever given it the attention it needed. I grabbed a copy of Post Pop Depression because cheap and Homme. I’ve been digging through the Stooges because I’ve been reading Bangs.

This is the thing I have liked the most on first listen. It’s just out there and very Bowie but different. Even China Girl, the melody is the same but played by a band somewhere between the glam of Alladin and the first side of Heroes. There’s a harder edge to it and the entire album.

Mass Production is just stunning.

I love this.
 
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