If you had to listen to an album everyday for the rest of your life what album and why

[katanaeyegaming]

This has been a discussion I've seen pop up a lot recently and i'm genuinely curious as to what peoples tastes are that would have them make that choice.

Honestly it's either Horror show by Iced Earth or The Unraveling by Rise Against

But for me picking between either of those would be like picking between monster hunter and rhythm games I can't do it.

Hard question for sure but I'm curious as to what people think

[ositzxz369]

:vs:' Detrimentalist, b/c it has 2 of the most catchiest songs in the entire :vs: discography (Gentleman and Sajtban).

[Pizza69]

Zorya by Floex. It has some songs for every mood and yet all flows cohesively, and nearly every song in the album is a certified banger

[-paexaea-]

Soundtrack to a Vacant Life by the flashbulb.

[FlynnMac]

Either it's Voyage by Refuzion or Clarity by Wasted Penguinz, I don't know which one is better but they are both amazing

[Wiosna]

Birth of A New Day by 2814.

Actually probably October Language by Belong or Konoyo by Tim Hecker. Birth of A New Day fits my mood just as well as the other two though...

[radioamor]

Surprisingly, my answer to this question is not the album after which I named myself! But it's still by the same guy, so I'm actually not nearly as spontaneous as I think I am.
If I had to choose any one album, it would be Tim Hecker's Ravedeath, 1972. The stunning, relentless soundscapes alone are enough to keep me constantly enthralled, but the album has considerable sonic variation as well -- from the forceful, speaker-annihilating opening track to its subdued, elegiac closer, the record curves around in several directions while maintaining the pretense of continuity. I also just really like the idea of auditory detritus and the refreshingly unpolished nature of the album. Save for a minute or two of some bland shoegazey antics towards the ending suite, there isn't a dull moment throughout this entire thing. No matter how many listens I go through, I still make new discoveries because the album is so intricate and rewarding.

Sorry, April, no surprises here. Konoyo and October Language are excellent choices.

[Travis_Flesher]

The Flash Flash Revolution Album
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Atomic Spliff - Robomuffin
Woodstock '69
Tool - Fear Inoculum

A few from the short list of albums that wouldn't get annoying.

[ElectricZap9]

~~everywhere at the end of time by caretaker~~
now to not be a doofus, I'd go for The Glow pt2 (The Microphones), You Will Never Know Why (sweet trip) or Exmilitary (Death Grips)

But I've only started being into music beyond pop ever since late 2018 (when I still played geometry dash on my iPad and just started listening to Exmilitary and partially The Money Store), and I could only express my reason why for these albums so much before conflicting with my vocabulary size and methods of bringing out my ideas in a concise way (If you have seen my discord presence, then you'll understand).

also April, You suggested me to listen to October Language, I'll go listen to it again



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[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by ElectricZap9

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The question in the OP is different than it seems. If I had to listen to the same album every day for the rest of my life, I would not pick an album that I enjoy since it would definitely spoil those songs for me. No matter how into something you are now, repeating it again and again and again and again for several years will make it go stale and the songs you once loved will transform into songs you hate and bordering on torture (which let's be honest is the premise of the question).

For this reason I'd pick Dormant (Movement 1 Through 7) by The Flashbulb because of its short length and easy-going style.

[Satella_]

Everywhere at the End of Time

[ElectricZap9]

Originally Posted by rushyrulz

No matter how into something you are now, repeating it again and again and again and again for several years will make it go stale and the songs you once loved will transform into songs you hate and bordering on torture (which let's be honest is the premise of the question).

I was thinking of this too, but if I choose some album with 4 discs, each containing 25 tracks (assuming these discs are audio cds which can hold up to 80 minutes of audio) with each song being 3 minutes, it would technically be cheating, but hey it's still an album (or compilation at this point) even if it has 100 tracks in it, but I'm certain even this will still inevitably become stale unless you have an illness or method of forgetting things to make the music fresh for longer (or possibly forever, but that doesn't seem possible)


edit: with calculations, 100 tracks with 5 hours of listening, but that would still get stale anyways
and I think picking an album you like is a bad choice imo, since it would've taken you time to first, dislike it, then listen more closely, then finally enjoy the album, and this would definitely get stale, and since most albums have songs that are intertwined together, you'll start getting repetition from one sound sounding like another, and once you recognise a melody, it can become predictable, and the genre also matters, if it's something like pop or anything that has a very vague meaning in the deeper art world, you would truely be tortured, with sounds that mean nothing to you, so I suggest picking an album/collection/movements that has music that feel extremely different from each other, so much that you'll won't get insane from repetition too quickly, and melodies that you'll never truely understand nor remember nor predict, pick a genre that truely means something in the deeper world of art, something that means something to you, and pick and album/collection/movements that you'll definitely dislike at first, but soon love and appreciate, all to distance yourself from the inevitable

but alas, I have questions:

Also what is the point in playing ffr anymore?
for aaa's? for fcs? for arrows? for the music?
why do we play it and how long will we play it for?

and about this thread:

what rules are there to this?
what are your intentions?
is there a reason for all of this?
Katanaeyegaming, pls tell me
the longer I think about this, the less self-esteem I have

[mellon_collie]

Probably something really chill and low key, maybe black sands by Bonobo

if we are going by VIBIN THE WHOLE TIME I think I will pick LEVEL3 - Perfume

[Shadow_God_10]

Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Venetian Snares is a great one

Scenes From A Memory Pt.2 by Dream Theater

The Divine Wings of Tragedy by Symphony X

Powerslave by Iron Maiden

Moving Pictures by Rush

Give me these five albums, and I will die a happy man. I do not care if you said one. I will smuggle the other four somehow

[ElectricZap9]

Originally Posted by Satella_

Everywhere at the End of Time

Good choice,because You'll forget your previous listening session everytime

also is

[ElectricZap9]

Originally Posted by Wiosna

Birth of A New Day by 2814.

Actually probably October Language by Belong or Konoyo by Tim Hecker. Birth of A New Day fits my mood just as well as the other two though...

You know what, I don't need listen to October Language everyday, I need to become October Language!

It is a perfect album (according to homo-sapient standards), it doesn't focus on any topics, themes, narratives, even Everywhere at the end of time's theme was focused on a human, on earth, material theme despite how ethernal and overwhelming it sounds.
October Language just exists there, with no meaning or anything past the album cover or sound, But we humans foolishly perceived it as if it had meaning or if it actually existed on this earth before!

No wonder why you're so obsessed with October Language, It's literally the holy grail of the concept of sound!

ps: And one more message, if you decide to listen to Breakcore for the rest of your life, you're not a clown, you're the entire circus.

[mi40]

Endtroducing.....

[ElectricZap9]

Originally Posted by mi40

Endtroducing.....

Transmission 3 is my favourite track in that album*, Idk about my favourite non-transmission/skit track though.
Also, you're technically listening to a bunch of albums instead of just one album since literally everything is sampled.

*Transmission 3 sounds like a good interlude into Tekka (Velocity : Design : Comfort's opener) or even.....
Everywhere at the end of time October Language.
It goes it goes it goes it goes.....

[Rivaloo]

Id prob listen to transylvania railroad lmao that or some thing by dream theater

[Bolth mannn]

Vulfpeck - Sleepify

Cause you know whatever album you listen to everyday you're gonna hate