Old school 12k, before they started using stuff like musical instruments. Like having crickets trapped in your head while hanging out in a power station.
GP - Not two days after you questioned Pitchfork's use of tenths in their rating system, they post this:
Decimal Points
Seriously, how do you guys come up with an exact score for an album? I definitely understand how you come up with an estimation for your score, since you write a review to justify it. But c'mon! An example: M83's last album received a 9.1, but what exactly gave it that extra ".1?" --Kevin Teresi
The extra .1 on that M83 album was for the sax solo on "Midnight City"; Vol. 3 of the four-volume Pitchfork Ratings Guide-- a secret publication handed out to our contributors-- specifies that a sax break is always worth exactly one additional tenth. But really. While 101 gradients of quality can seem extreme, you could say the same about any rating system. We're saying, "All three-and-a-half-star albums are not created equal." So a 7.4 is better than a 7.2.
@craig, oh, well that's reassuring then. As long as a 7.4 is "better than" a 7.2 (presumably across genres) we're all good to go.
ETA, actually, seriously, I kind of get what they are saying, a way of symbolically representing the feeling that this album is just a little better than that one. But that varies so much with time of day, let alone genre, that I am not sure it saves it from silliness when used as a rating system. Its' like my kids' school doing GPAs to two decimal places - not a real difference (i.e. not a difference ascribable to anything more than random factors).
amclark, we seem to be tuned into the same channels or something. Last night I was listening to Kind of Blue and this morning I was listening to World Gone Wrong.
I have one of the Casals versions, too, but I think I like this better. Maybe it's just the better recording quality, but Casals feels nowadays like he's a little emotionally self-indulgent.
I've just been reading through a Miles Davis Discography. It is quite amazing the number of recording he was involved with some years and the people he played with. Just compare this with a modern artist who might record one new CD every two years or so. OK I know times, recording techniques etc have changed. But he was still laying down a lot of tracks.
I have been enjoying JS Bach Laboratory" by Takashi Matsuishi Spark all morning. "The flute ensemble Spark. This all-Bach album features original arrangements that seek to capture the spirit of Bach's original ideas. It was recorded in Hakodate City Art Hall in 27 November 2000 and was first released in 2000 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Bach's death." A February Magnatune release.
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Something with pep this afternoon.
Taylor Deupree - Occur
Old school 12k, before they started using stuff like musical instruments. Like having crickets trapped in your head while hanging out in a power station.
Taylor Deupree - Stil
The crickets go more minimalist.
Oh, and:
Craig
ETA, actually, seriously, I kind of get what they are saying, a way of symbolically representing the feeling that this album is just a little better than that one. But that varies so much with time of day, let alone genre, that I am not sure it saves it from silliness when used as a rating system. Its' like my kids' school doing GPAs to two decimal places - not a real difference (i.e. not a difference ascribable to anything more than random factors).
Kenneth kirschner and Taylor Deupree - May
Taylor Deupree - Weather & Worn
Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus
Learning to Crawl by Pretenders
Havana Sessions by Cacao
Now:
Dancing on a Volcano by Guy Klucevsek
(MOSZ - 2008)
Fantastic. And only $1.78 at amazon mp3.
I have one of the Casals versions, too, but I think I like this better. Maybe it's just the better recording quality, but Casals feels nowadays like he's a little emotionally self-indulgent.
I've just been reading through a Miles Davis Discography. It is quite amazing the number of recording he was involved with some years and the people he played with. Just compare this with a modern artist who might record one new CD every two years or so. OK I know times, recording techniques etc have changed. But he was still laying down a lot of tracks.
Downloaded last August and only played once - too much music!!
I'm streaming most of the tracks from Bruce Springsteen's new album Wrecking Ball. See Guardian Review for more hyperlinks to the album
- "The 2nd CD of the french French musician Pierre-Yves Mac
NP:
A bit uneven, but some glorious sounds here and there.
I have been enjoying JS Bach Laboratory" by Takashi Matsuishi Spark all morning. "The flute ensemble Spark. This all-Bach album features original arrangements that seek to capture the spirit of Bach's original ideas. It was recorded in Hakodate City Art Hall in 27 November 2000 and was first released in 2000 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Bach's death." A February Magnatune release.