Originally posted by subrock: hahaha, I'm going to make a new number rating system based on radians. Two pi radians is a perfect score, and I'm only reviewing math rock records.
I hate radians with a passion. I hate sinusoidal curves, circles, parametric equations, and calculus. I love math rock records. But I don't think I've ever actually heard one.
One of my friends recommended this shortly after it was released. Then managed to totally put me off buying it by describing it as 'Christian Rock'. It was another 5 years or so before I picked a cheap copy out of a bargain bin and found out what all the fuss was about.
I'm glad I finally picked up a copy. In my opinion it's easily one of the top ten best albums of the 90s, maybe even one of the top 10 albums of all time. It's one 'indie classic' that isn't horribly overrated by the likes of Pitchfork, it really does deserve top marks.
Just about every track grabs me and amazes me, the lyrics may be nonsense but they conjure up interesting images more effectively than almost anything else I've listened to. There are other albums I've played more often, but I can't think of anything else that's left such a lasting impression. Just thinking about it while writing this brings back the sense of wonder it invokes.
Sorry for gushing like this in my first post on the forum, but there aren't many albums that I care about as much as this.
This is a yes for me. I remember stumbling across this at a listening booth in some random music store on a vacation to San Francisco in 1999. All it took was a few seconds of "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1" for me to know the album would be leaving with me. All these years later, it's still something I pass along to just about anyone and everyone I meet who isn't familiar with it.
Originally posted by Dave_K123: Sorry for gushing like this in my first post on the forum, but there aren't many albums that I care about as much as this.
You're not alone with that sentiment. I believe it is a rite of passage.
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I heard the title track and thought it was definitely a very interesting, pretty song. Finally one day I broke down and bought it and good lord, it blew me away.
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This is one of those albums where the sum is really greater than its individual parts. You're not getting the whole story until you reach those last couple tracks and hear how he brings all the instruments and sounds from the various songs crashing together.
It's definitely one my favorite albums, and one of the few I liked from the first time I heard it. It might not deserve a 10.0 on Pitchfork (9.5 or so is pretty damn good too), it still gets a 10.0 in my heart. By the way, radians are useful - especially in the complex plane.
For me, absolutely yes. This album brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to it. Absolutely my favorite album ever.
I first heard this seven years ago, when I was 16--having sort of grown up with it, it amazes me that I've never gotten sick of it. I just grow to love it more and more. It's my favorite album to sing along with, my favorite album to listen to when I'm happy, when I'm depressed. I've also loved getting to play this for so many friends. I've probably helped sell about 100 copies of this album. Everyone for whom I play this album falls in love with it.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a work of art, a work of genius, a masterpiece.
As much as I now love this album, 10.0 scores should be reserved for something that is truly a groundbreaking masterpiece. 'In the Aeroplane...' was very special and subversive for its time, but just doesn't compare to the likes of 'KID A' or 'Source Tags and Codes'.
