An Album A Day Keeps The Doctor Away | 365 Album Challenge

[Nick Skyline]

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Figure I'd just copy and paste my recommendations from noname's thread here.

* Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
* DJ SHARPNEL & V.A. - OTAKUSPEEDVIBE [SRPC-0030]
* GAME FREAK - Pokémon X & Pokémon Y Super Music Collection
* Igorrr - Hallelujah (because Cowboys From Hell has already been recommended)
* Tool - 10,000 Days
* Tool - Lateralus
* V.A. - Dark Side [DCRPS044]
* V.A. - Princess Ghibli - Imaginary Flying Machines
* V.A. - Princess Ghibli II - Imaginary Flying Machines
* Venetian Snares - The Chocolate Wheelchair Album

[Xayphon]

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yo dawg, do you mind sending me over some albums that are as good as the other ~you-know~ stuff, I barely check forums anymore

t.hanks

[rayword45]

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Your spreadsheet is missing Meat Puppets Deluxe by Meat Puppets

[omega_grunt666]

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Birthday request - LegitMusicProducer: Merry Chrismas (post/cloud)

I'll think of 9 more eventually, GL!

[EzExZeRo7497]

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Added up to this point.

* DJ SHARPNEL & V.A. - OTAKUSPEEDVIBE [SRPC-0030]
* V.A. - Princess Ghibli - Imaginary Flying Machines
* Igorrr - Hallelujah

OTAKUSPEEDVIBE - Very inconsistent as a whole, Over The Fullereneshift is probably my favourite Sharpnel track ever but there's a lot of other tracks that bog down my experience. It's better than most Sharpnel releases, but it suffers from the same problem that other Sharpnel albums do. They only have one or two standout tracks, and the others just seem boring in comparison. I gave that a 6/10 I think.

Hallelujah - I'm not really a fan of Igorrr's works. I do like some tracks in Tendon (Unpleasant Sonata), but as a whole they feel rather bland despite how insane the tracks are. Hallelujah shows the problem the most, I feel. Every track feels like the same with some small variations here and there - doesn't really help that none of the tracks really held my attention either. That's what I remembered anyway, maybe I have to give it another listen in the future. 4/10 was what I gave.

Princess Ghibli - I don't know, it just feels gimmicky as a whole. I don't think Studio Ghibli's works really fit with metal either - I thought the concept of it was hiarious at first. Some of the tracks do sound pretty good though, I had Tonari no Totoro stuck in my head for a while. I just can't enjoy it entirely because of how peculiar and flashy the concept is to me - a cover band is great and all, and with the lineup it would be fantastic with anything that's... not Studio Ghibli. 6/10.

yo dawg, do you mind sending me over some albums that are as good as the other ~you-know~ stuff, I barely check forums anymore

t.hanks

I don't really have any more recommendations, I've been trying to find more instrumental hip-hop too. Perhaps ask someone like Ji or Ohaider? They seem to listen to more music like that than I do.

Birthday request - LegitMusicProducer: Merry Chrismas (post/cloud)

I'll get to that later today, I'm in the mood to listen to more new content anyway.

May 3rd, 2014
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OFF Original Soundtrack by Alias Conrad Coldwood

It's hard to describe this soundtrack, some tracks remind me greatly of the Silent Hill 2 OST but there are some others that throw me off completely. Pepper Steak is a good example, a jazzy goofy track that's incredibly addictive. It doesn't remind me of anything remotely similar, maybe aside from some other tracks in the soundtrack like Flesh Maze Tango.

A good majority of the soundtrack is dark ambient, but they feel like they're just there the whole time. They barely create any effect on me - just there as background music. I get that the atmosphere is supposedly scary, but the textures are so thin I could barely feel it. I'm not sure if it's because of the incredibly low quality MP3s or the music itself though. There are some good ambient tracks in this though, I liked The Walls Are Listening and Empty Warehouse quite a bit - but they still don't accomplish much and are better suited as background music. That's really a big problem with ambient as a whole though, most ambient tracks can't evoke an effect well enough for the listener to be submerged into.

The non-ambient tracks are generally better as they're more prominent compared to dark ambient. Soft Breeze is very good and works very well in provoking a desolate environment. Other tracks like Window Licking and Fake Orchestra sound pretty good, but not as good as Soft Breeze.

The soundtrack does what it does, I guess. It's used as background music and to enhance the experience given by the original game. I wouldn't know how much it'd enhance the experience as I haven't played the game yet, but I can imagine it working. By itself though, I don't think it's anything too special. It's not bad, there are some pretty nice tunes here and there.

Album Highlights: Pepper Steak, Soft Breeze, Panic in Ballville (Level 1)
Track Average Rating: 2.95/5
Overall Rating: 6/10
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Le volume du vent by Karkwa (recommended by Crazyjayde)
Karkwa is an indie rock band from Quebec, which gained popularity after winning three Felix awards with their second album Les Tremblements s'immobilisent. Le Volume du vent, or "Volume of the Wind", is their third album.

I really like the fact that every element of the band compliments each other very well - like one solid force. Even when the instrumentation is incredibly heavy (Le Temps Mort, for example), the vocals still fit perfectly. Though, just because the layers of instrumentation and vocals compliment each other doesn't mean that I'd like the songs in general. I felt that La Facade was a bit too poppy for me, but it's not overly bad.

Pretty diverse as a whole which does keep the album fresh. It does swing a little too frequently between upbeat and dreamy, but most of the compositions are good enough to make that problem almost non-existent. Dreamy atmospheres seem to be their specialty though, most of the songs with those kinds of environments feel incredibly ethereal and are simply fantastic.

What I don't like about the album overall is the song Dormir Le Jour in particular. It's pretty blatant that it's filler, not to mention those guitar riffs are incredibly trite - something you'd expect from hard rock from the 80s or something. Really didn't like that song, although there are some parts that sound pretty pleasant.

I wish I could talk more about this album - maybe if I was more into indie rock I would be able to. I'm pleasantly surprised, I didn't expect to like this album. Compelling listen, I could see myself listening to this more in the future. It could be better of course, but there's really not much room for improvement now.

Album Highlights: Echapper au sort, Oublie pas, Mieux respirer, Le Solstice
Track Average Rating: 3.35/5
Overall Rating: 7/10

[Zageron]

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Before I make any of my own suggestions I would like to second the following:
52 - Drink The Sea
68 - Glass Swords
91 - Psyvariar


"Top Ten": (Not really, just a good spread.)
Various Artists - A Childhood Remembered
Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop
Yasuharu Takanashi - FAIRY TAIL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOLUME 1
澤野弘之 - Ao no Exorcist 1
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3
soundTeMP - Ragnarok Online Complete Soundtrack
Norihiko Hibino - Live Music by Piano and Strings: 7th Dragon Super Arrange Version
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - In the Moment
Ott - Mir
(Extra single song) Tim Halbert - Do Not Listen - Excremental Intermission (Boomshine Mix)

The Rest: (Not sorted, all awesome.)
Paul Keeley - Sunset At Midnight
Seagaia - Anodyne
Sean Hogan - Anodyne Remix Album
Sachi Ozawa - The Epic of Zektbach -Piano Collection-
Kohei Tanaka - GRAVITY DAZE
梶浦由記 - Mai-HiME Volume 1: HiME
澤野弘之 - Ao no Exorcist 2
Various Artists - Video Games Live: Volume One
Michiru Oshima - Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 3
梶浦由記 - Tsubasa Chronicle - Future Soundscape I
Jonne Valtonen - Symphonic Fantasies (2010)
Taku Iwasaki - Witch Hunter Robin
Marasy - V.I.P (Marasy plays Vocaloid Instrumental on Piano)
Various Artists - Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous
SOLAR FIELDS - [ Blue Moon Station ]
Austin Wintory - Transfiguration
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. +
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 4
寺嶋民哉 - Tweeny Witches
A.M. - Arise
Robert Rich - Somnium
Norihiko Hibino - Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ I & II Super Arrange Version
Kumi Tanioka - NieR Gestalt & Replicant Piano Collections
KOKIA - Origin: Spirit of the Past
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away Relaxing Orgel Ghibli Collection
Tomáš Dvořák - Machinarium Bonus EP
Bruno Coulais - Coraline
Thomas Newman - Finding Nemo
ShibayanRecords - マジコカタストロフィ
Dana Immanuel - Character Assassination
Zabutom - Zeta Force
DJ Hidden - The Words Below
Dryft - Cell
Dryft - Ventricle
halc - Pixel Perfect Complete
Kutapira - Synergy
zircon - Fittest: Original Soundtrack
zircon - Identity Sequence
zircon - Mass Media Constant
zircon - Unearthed


Edit: I was going to suggest Off haha, edited out.
Edit2: Sorry, I like music a lot if no one had noticed.

[Crazyjayde]

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Welp, that's a pleasant surprise. You pretty much nailed Karkwa on the head and I feel you made it the listen it deserved. They seem to appeal a wide audience, with good reason, since they often evoke fantasizing atmospheres. The OFF soundtrack is a peculiar piece of music which I often feel doesn't belong well to the dark ambient tag. I suppose most of the time it's trying to be unsettling more than being sinister. But it's a melting-pot that you really only can get a hold of its nature when experiencing the game. I suppose it's weaker on its own as I haven't had the chance to listen to it beforehand.

[choof]

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Which albums in particular make you think I don't enjoy the music I listen to?

all of them

[T-Force]

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Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
Eluveitie - Slania
Sonic Syndicate - Love and Other Disasters
Theophany - Time's End
The Unguided - Hell Frost
Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

Those are the only 6 I can think of really.
If you like the Sonic Syndicate/The Unguided sound, check out Only Inhuman (SS) and Fragile Immortality (TU) as well.

[blindhollander]

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Break down of sanity -mirrors

Infant Annihilator - The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution

Thy Art Is Murder - Hate

Bloodbath - eaten <-- not an album just a song i like

[EzExZeRo7497]

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All albums added. I don't think I'll need to rely on my backlog much longer at this point, because...

"Top Ten": (Not really, just a good spread.)
Various Artists - A Childhood Remembered
Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop
Yasuharu Takanashi - FAIRY TAIL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOLUME 1
澤野弘之 - Ao no Exorcist 1
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3
soundTeMP - Ragnarok Online Complete Soundtrack
Norihiko Hibino - Live Music by Piano and Strings: 7th Dragon Super Arrange Version
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - In the Moment
Ott - Mir
(Extra single song) Tim Halbert - Do Not Listen - Excremental Intermission (Boomshine Mix)

The Rest: (Not sorted, all awesome.)
Paul Keeley - Sunset At Midnight
Seagaia - Anodyne
Sean Hogan - Anodyne Remix Album
Sachi Ozawa - The Epic of Zektbach -Piano Collection-
Kohei Tanaka - GRAVITY DAZE
梶浦由記 - Mai-HiME Volume 1: HiME
澤野弘之 - Ao no Exorcist 2
Various Artists - Video Games Live: Volume One
Michiru Oshima - Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 3
梶浦由記 - Tsubasa Chronicle - Future Soundscape I
Jonne Valtonen - Symphonic Fantasies (2010)
Taku Iwasaki - Witch Hunter Robin
Marasy - V.I.P (Marasy plays Vocaloid Instrumental on Piano)
Various Artists - Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous
SOLAR FIELDS - [ Blue Moon Station ]
Austin Wintory - Transfiguration
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. +
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 4
寺嶋民哉 - Tweeny Witches
A.M. - Arise
Robert Rich - Somnium
Norihiko Hibino - Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ I & II Super Arrange Version
Kumi Tanioka - NieR Gestalt & Replicant Piano Collections
KOKIA - Origin: Spirit of the Past
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away Relaxing Orgel Ghibli Collection
Tomáš Dvořák - Machinarium Bonus EP
Bruno Coulais - Coraline
Thomas Newman - Finding Nemo
ShibayanRecords - マジコカタストロフィ
Dana Immanuel - Character Assassination
Zabutom - Zeta Force
DJ Hidden - The Words Below
Dryft - Cell
Dryft - Ventricle
halc - Pixel Perfect Complete
Kutapira - Synergy
zircon - Fittest: Original Soundtrack
zircon - Identity Sequence
zircon - Mass Media Constant
zircon - Unearthed

Goddamn. I see that you're really into anime (and film) soundtracks - and there are some in that list that I've been planning to listen to for a while but I forgot about them. The ones I've bolded are ones I've already listened to.

Fairy Tail's first original soundtrack is pretty good. Filled with energy as a whole, though some tracks are weaker than the rest. I don't remember much from that soundtrack though, it's been a long time since I've listened to it. I do remember the main theme being amazing though, easily my favourite track in the entire OST. I gave it a 7/10, but it's probably more towards 7.5/10.

Tsubasa Chronicle's first soundtrack is decent, but I feel that it's pretty expected of Yuki Kajiura. The only track that stood out to me is A Song of Storm and Fire, but the rest feels rather unmemorable. I do prefer the third soundtrack more than the rest of the soundtracks, but overall I don't think the anime's overall soundtrack is lackluster as a whole. Madoka's soundtrack is better, I feel. 6/10 is what I rated Tsubasa Chronicle's first OST.

Somnium... is an album that I can't really rate accurately. It is indeed beautiful, but it's absurdly long. As much as I don't mind long tracks (Most of Basinski's loops come to mind), 7 hours worth of ambient is just too much for me to fully enjoy. I know that it's supposed to be used for sleep, but there are many other albums that induce a far better sleep than Somnium does. Maybe if the album was split into 3 different albums, I'd give 8/10 or higher for each part. As it is, 7.5/10 sounds fine.

You can pick one of the albums in the "rest" section and I can put that in the shortlist instead.

[L.B.D.D]

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Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3
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[L.B.D.D]

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is good

[Zageron]

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8) hehe
I can see what you mean with Somnium.

I'll push Seagaia - Anodyne up into the list, because it's unique and really really cool.

[EzExZeRo7497]

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Legit Christmas by LegitMusicProducer (recommended by omega_grunt666)
I'm not creative enough to write some post-ironic review and I think it'd too be cliche to say that it's a 10/10 review with pompous vocabulary.

Sike.

i remember this one time my mom and dad told me that i'm going to be a grate musician one day although all i sang was lincoln park - i found a drum set and did constant gravity blasts and cymbal crashes. i could see my parents cringing but at the same time giving me a thumbs up to signify that i'm doing great. so i took my recordings with my dad's mobile phone and put it up on the internet, i'd imagine that they will get a 5.00 average rating because they should know what real music is instead of hannah montana XDDDDD

...

I think that's why no one likes me anymore. This album reminds me of what I did years ago. And it's more beautiful than I ever remembered.

I cry every time.

We at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

~フレッドYOLO~

This obviously isn't a serious album, so I can't rate this album seriously. I tried really hard to think of a review for this but that's the best I could conjure. So how about this - I didn't like it.

Oh and uh, happy birthday omega_grunt.

Album Highlights: That horn sample at the ending of RazorDubstep, Sandstorm
Track Average Rating: -
Overall Rating: 2/10

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The Nothings of the North by Ametsub

The Nothings of the North is a glitch/IDM album from Ametsub, with some elements of jazz embedded into some of the tracks, such as Lichen with Piano.

Interesting album, very reminiscent of Kashiwa Daisuke - particularly Write Once, Run Melos from Program Music I. The main difference between Daisuke and Ametsub however, is their secondary elements. While Daisuke's melodies have very clear post-rock and modern classical elements, Ametsub takes a more minimal approach in his music. Ametsub also reminds me of a warmer Autechre and The Flashbulb at some points, especially in tracks like Snowy Lava; a track with generally minimal elements layering on top of another as it progresses.

The album is filled with generally minimal compositions and they're very relaxing. The melodies are short and they repeat themselves pretty often, but they don't seem to die down. In fact, the melodies are very lively, perhaps playful as well. Tracks do feel rather repetitive at points, but they're still okay for what they are so it's not too much of an issue. 66 is incredibly droney with its subtle yet intense feedback in the latter half, probably my favourite part of the album.

While the combination of relaxation and playfulness is nice, it does feel very aimless. It's too subtle for its own good - as much as I find it incredibly pleasant. Its light rises in energy do very little to enhance the experience, if anything at all. It does suck me into a different environment, but it's pretty similar to watching paint dry. It gets interesting for the first few minutes, and then it gets boring after some time. Subtlety is great and all, but something more mobile would be fantastic.

I really don't think this is a bad album by any means, in fact I found this album to be incredibly pretty. I'm just not enjoying it as much as I should be. I really like subtlety if used right - and there's no denying that it is used well here. I think it's because the tracks, to me anyway, feel like stationary pictures rather than animations. I could imagine someone who's into Autechre (other than Confield or Gantz Graf) or ambient techno to really enjoy this album. Unfortunately I don't fall in either of those categories, so maybe I'll revisit this in the future once I venture more into minimal electronic music. As it is, it's decent.

Album Highlights: Solitude, 66
Track Average Rating: 3.04/5
Overall Rating: 6.5/10