"The perfect crystallisation of their sound!"

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not sure if this (frequently used) intended compliment actually is a compliment. generally implies that liking this album is reliant on you being a fan of this band's "sound" rather than it just being a splendid piece of music in it's own right. possibly if it was followed by an explanation as to why a crystallisation of this particular sound is one worth checking out...

for instance, "origin of symmetry" is undoubtedly the perfect crystallisation of the Muse sound. believe me when i say that it provides everything you expect from muse and more. truly there will be nothing more muse-y released again. believe me also when i say that it is a big pile of poo.

so, what albums perfectly crystallise a band's sound for you? examples good and bad are welcome...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 24 March 2003 23:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Hate does it for The Delgados almost perfect. It's like how you feel they wanted the Great Eastern to sound, but it's all tight, it all clicks, every single component part in absolute harmony with every other, all pulling in the same direction and being utterly fucking amazing... Light Before We Land - best excessive use of strings evah.

I might have got it a bit better here. But not sure.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 24 March 2003 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

not sure it's an insult at all--the word "culmination" seems more appropriate here, if even more rock-criticky (ugh yeah I know).
faves: Luna's Penthouse, Prince, Sign 'O' the Times. also, the Moonshine comp Speed Limit 140 BPM Plus Three, which I've been playing a lot all of a sudden lately, sums up everything I like about the transition between breakbeat hardcore and full-on jungle

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 00:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Boo Radleys - C'Mon Kids
Autechre - LP5
Radiohead - OK Computer
etc. etc. etc.

it's always the most popular/best one that's the crystallisation/ the one that everyone thinks of.

sorry, tired and a bit pished.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 01:50 (twenty-three years ago)

The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Pulp - Different Class

Dog Latin, yr spot on...well, spottish onnish.

Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
Prince - Lovesexy
Adorable - Against Perfection *ducks*

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 06:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Good:
Metallica - Master of Puppets

Impossibly Bad:
Metallica - S&M

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 10:50 (twenty-three years ago)

i actually used this phrase about Low's "secret Name" on the "what's your fave 1999 rec" thread a while back. being a huge fan of low's sound, i obviously meant it as a compliment. but to someone with only a passing interest in low, they might read it merely as "this was the low fanclub's favourite album of the year!"

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 10:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Charlie, Giant Steps is far and away a better album but I reckon C'mon Kids was a happy medium between the experimentation of GS and the poppiness of Wake Up! so it's a good representation of the Boos.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:11 (twenty-three years ago)

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