True but equally that’s pretty much, with a couple of exceptions, a list of albums that are critically regarded as GOATs.
There is no GOAT
A lot of their subscribers will have them, just because.
It’s delicate balancing act, unfortunately this year they fell off the high wire...
@Goatfish , we must prove the non-believers wrong!
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Am I missing something or how does this qualify as the VMP definition of "psychedelic"? Not bad at all, I dig it, but it just sounds like folk to me. Donovan sounds like the 13th Floor Elevators compared to this guy.
Loretta I got the pick, not my thing so avoid but no quibbles on the pick
Experience is too esoteric to be claimed to be an album needed in every collection, ideal for the long rumored crate diggers stream
Jorge likewise
Phoenix shit and wholly unnecessary. There needs to be the odd indie pick but they need to do better.
S/K not my thing but again I get the pick
This months seems again to be like Jorge and experience, too obscure for a headline stream, a crate digger pick.
I get pushing new things on people but this year has been ridiculous, 3 and we’re only 9 months in and all this in a stream that’s about giving people things they want and need in their collection rather than obscure shit they’ll listen to once and leave aside. I wasn’t records I’ll wear out, not ones that make me look clued in.
It may not be your thing, but Jorge is widely considered to be a proper classic.
Despite swapping way more than I've kept over the past couple of years I've long maintained arguing over what is essential is completely pointless. The ROTM is deemed essential by VMP, that's all that matters. It's completely subjective, what they love will be different to what I love which will be different to what you love. There is no magic formula they should be using, for example you don't like the Experience and say it's too obscure yet that was one of the the most popular ROTMs at the old forum.
They're never going to please everyone all the time. It's a record, you might love it, you might not. UFO is hard pass for me.
It’s the level of misses for me and the profile of records and the end of repressing leading to no worthwhile swaps that has left me feeling I’ve left a record club where I was previously happy with the misses because I could swap for something good and sure they have to mix it up to thinking I’ve left a record club and joined a posing hipster club. That’s fine if that’s where they want to go but they’ve left me behind and I won’t be alone, such obscure picks, and sorry they are obscure whether you like them or not, will alienate more that they will attract. Call it essentials, call it VMP picks, call it our favourites it’s their headline track, it needs to maintain a certain profile as it’s their biggest advertising and retention tool.
If I run out of swap options then I'll quit too.
Again, it might not reflect what you think is essential, but that not necessarily reflect what other people think. I refer back to your criticism of their recent funk album by Experience. The old forum was overwhelmingly in support of that pick and I'd say your reaction was very much in the minority.
I think UFO is shit, I've no interest in owning it whatsoever, but if VMP think it's essential then... **shrug**
Obviously, If the majority of record buying public think their picks are rubbish then they'll go bust. They'll live and die by their selections.
But the essential tag is really subjective and if they think something deserves to be on their essentials list then it does, but that doesn't mean I have to like it or even agree with them.
My issue is that all 3 are pretty obscure.
Here's a list of exclusives that are releasing in september you can swap to if that at all helps you make a decisionI listened to all 3 tracks last night. UFO is not really a terrible album, It's a short, laid back pleasant listen. I never heard of it and can see myself putting it on for a long car drive maybe. It's not something I want to spend 25+ dollars for a record of though and certainly not Essential to my collection . If I can get it in a Bespoke box for 10 bucks I might grab it. The Roots album is my favorite of the 3 tracks, but Its 12 bucks on Amazon I can't imagine what they'll do to make me shell out another 18 bucks for it. I liked Art Blakey. It seems like a very good Jazz album, but my ear palate really isn't sophisticated enough to tell good jazz apart from bad jazz. So after those 3 I started listening to potential swaps. I never heard of Sleater Kinney so I gave that a shot, the album sounded like every song could be in Orange is the New Black, Wasn't bad, but I don't really want to buy it either . This is the 1st month where I'm struggling a bit to get one pick, I usually get 3, but I'm running low on swap options. Might be time to grab that Rico Nasty or Little Simz album.
That said, I guess this is why they have swaps and the ability to move tracks. And their Classics have been consistently killer.