sometimes i have coherent and understandable thoughts about an album and sometimes i don't. most of the time i don't
starting with my current favorites and working down
genres/influences come from Rate Your Music except for when i think Rate Your Music is wrong
obligatory lobster or whatever the hell that thing with the albums is called
Negativland - Dispepsi
year: 1997
genres: plunderphonics, sound collage, satire
influences: jingles, comedy rock (? what), spoken word, alternative rock (??), pop rock (???)
average rating: 3.49
personal rating: 5/5
after listening to this album approximately 34 times a month for the last 2 months and sometimes multiple times a day i can confidently say that it's alright. there are probably tons of albums about ads but i guarantee none of them hit like Dispepsi. i don't even drink Pepsi
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
year: 2000
genres: plunderphonics, dance, electronic (YEAH I SAID IT. put SILY back on the electronic charts you cowards)
influences: instrumental hip-hop, nu-disco, exotica, neo-psychedelia
average rating: 4.08
personal rating: 5/5
unironically this album changed my life. i made so many friends and discovered so many albums (see above) that i never would have otherwise without listening to this. it has a perfect vibe, i love the vague idea of a plot, i love the aesthetics, it's SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!! oh and the promo version, gotta love the promo version. formerly my favorite album
The Avalanches - Wildflower
year: 2016
genres: plunderphonics, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop
influences: hip hop, nu-disco, sunshine pop, alt dance
average rating: 3.60
personal rating: 5/5
if you thought Since I Left You got its vibe down CHECK THIS OUT!!!!! absolutely zonked out of their gourd. this album is totally about The Character. except Frankie Sinatra FUCK THAT SONG!!!!!!
Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort
year: 2003
genres: glitch pop, IDM
influences: dream pop, glitch, shoegaze, ambient pop, noise pop, indietronica
average rating: 4.08
personal rating: 5/5
see i don't ONLY listen to plunderphonics!!! i listen to electronic sometimes too!!!! this album is so good!!! very fun to sing
Negativland - Escape From Noise
year: 1987
genres: plunderphonics, sound collage, satire
influences: spoken word, field recordings, experimental rock, minimal synth, industrial
average rating: 3.52
personal rating: 5/5
NOISE!!!!! is ruining everything all the time and destroying our ability to think, yay! literally the most quotable album ever!! also the cover is really funny, imagine making up a guy who thinks you suck (or at least thought you sucked until you made sort of normal music)
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
year: 2007
genres: neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop
influences: electronic, noise pop, indietronica
average rating: 3.83
personal rating: 5/5
this album had all my top descriptors on RYM at some point and honestly?? i can see why!!!!!
3776 - The Birth And Death Of The Universe Through Mount Fuji
year: 2024
genres: art pop, j-pop, progressive pop
influences: indietronica, spoken word, neo-psychedelia, educational music, indie rock
average rating: 3.74
personal rating: 5/5
the newest album that i love to an insane degree!!! i don't speak Japanese so idk what the hell she's saying but i have read lyric translations and this thing is full of puns
Negativland - True False/The World Will Decide
years: 2019, 2020
genres: plunderphonics, sound collage, satire, electronic
influences: spoken word, IDM, experimental rock, minimal synth, minimal wave
average ratings: 3.64, 3.61
personal ratings: 5/5
did you know there's a legally binding agreement that says i need to talk about these albums together or else Negativland sends 400 atomic bombs to my house? humanity destroying itself from the inside out never sounded so good
idk what's going on and nothing makes sense and everything and everyone is going crazy and the liar paradox is pretty cool and this sentence is false
hey guys quit bullying my wiretap, siri is part of my family!!! the advertisers are reading my mind!!! the next Nintendo console will make me live forever!!!!!!!!!!
The Evolution Control Committee - All Rights Reserved
year: 2011
genres: mashup, plunderphonics
influences: breakbeat, glitch
average rating: 3.27
personal rating: 5/5
everyone get silly RIGHT NOW❗❗❗ goofiest mashup album ever, it sucks that you immediately get sued for listening to it
The Collapsible Mammals (self-titled)
year: 2007
genres: instrumental hip-hop, downtempo, plunderphonics
influences: glitch hop, hypnagogic pop, IDM, folktronica
average rating: 3.77
personal rating: 5/5
friend recommended me this album a while ago and i was obsessed instantly. gets compared to Since I Left You a lot (well it gets compared to SILY by the 4 people who listen to it) and i can see why but it has its own distinct summery/desert energy. if someone asks for a plunderphonics rec i always mention this, everyone should listen to it
Emergency Broadcast Network - Telecommunication Breakdown
year: 2011
genres: plunderphonics, big beat
influences: turntablism, instrumental hip-hop
average rating: 3.65
personal rating: 5/5
if you're down here already you saw me talk about Escape From Noise. and maybe you listened to it (if you haven't, you should). and maybe you thought "this album is cool and all but what if it could do 20 backflips on a skateboard at the arcade under a blacklight while wearing shutter shades". this is that album
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
year: 1998
genres: IDM, downtempo
influences: ambient, trip hop, hauntology
average rating: 4.02
personal rating: 5/5
this album is so awesome. really good IDM. very chill. it deserves to have the recognition that it does. also check out this photo
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
year: 1992
genres: geek rock, indie rock, indie pop
influences: power pop, new wave, pop rock, art pop
average rating: 3.74
personal rating: 4.5/5
an album that isn't even remotely electronic, no way?!?!?!? yeah i listen to rock sometimes. and by rock i mean TMBG. anyway i listen to this at least 4 times a week
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
year: 1997
genres: art pop, indietronica, ambient pop, neo-psychedelia
influences: space age pop, lounge, krautrock, exotica, post-rock
average rating: 4.03
personal rating: 4.5/5
this album is so peak and has an amazing cover, sucks that it's in Fr*nch
Negativland - Helter Stupid
year: 1989
genres: plunderphonics, sound collage, satire
influences: spoken word, radio broadcast recordings, satire, interview, jingles, radio drama, prank calls
average rating: 3.67
personal rating: 4.5/5
i heavily recommend looking into the backstory of this album, but if you're too lazy, basically: they were gonna tour to support Escape From Noise (if i had a nickel...) but realized "shit we're gonna lose money". instead of just saying "hey we need to cancel the tour" like a normal band, they made a fake press release saying "hey so Christianity Is Stupid caused a murder and the FBI has us on house arrest. tour canceled whoops" and it spread like wildfire even though the source is that they made it the fuck up. pretty cool statement about how the news doesn't check their facts. funniest shit they've ever done except for getting sued by U2