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i love that you said "colloquial abandon"

mad repped

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

If by classic album we mean a record that stands the test of time and goes on to hop-over times, trends, changes in taste etc, I believe that there are few records that deserve that title from start to finish.

Giving a record classic status is more often an award that has linguistic value, rather than a factual one. An erroneous modern practice it is too.

A record is a record, it has all too often limited scope of influence on human activity as a whole, therefore its universal appeal is limited, no matter how good it might be. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, music is a thing that gives joy and alleviates the malaise of the soul, therefore its job is done without continuously having to be allocated a specific position in history unremarkably, unless the critical approach assests its importance in the most accurate and thourough of ways and takes the social context it came from as a starting point.

i actuallly think thats a really good analysis. but i dont think classic neccesarily has to have universal appeal, music is a relative thing, one person's classic can be another's garbage.

This is merely a place for me to list albums I think that are amazing that rarely get mentioned when people talk about the best albums of all time. I try not to use newer albums for this stuff unless I honestly think the albums are gonig to hold up well in years to come. The word "classic" can be debated all day, but it's certainly not as unwieldy as "atsonicpark's list of albums he thinks are really great! # infinity: fuck - fuck fuck". There is no meaning behind these threads other than to get people to talk about great albums. No biggy.

cool man. No biggie.

does dischord sell this album for $10.00?

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

cool man. No biggie.

does dischord sell this album for $10.00?

the cd is 10 dollars. i don't know if the lp is still in print.

www.dischord.com

Rob, I'll send you this record for free, if you want it.

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Rob, I'll send you this record for free, if you want it.

trade ya for Blank generation 180 g vinyl and some 4-leaf clovers! PM me

i just have a burned copy from my buddy, ive never been a big fan of this band so i never saw the need to buy it. i love this record though, i just think all their records thereafter were mediocre to shitty.