Favorite Lightning Bolt Album - Page 3

Derek · 07.24.2008, 05:50 AM

I listened to the self-titled album a few times last night for the first time. I have to say, it is pretty great, even though the sound is not that focused or far from perfected.

guess my favourite Lightning Bolt albums would go:
1. Wonderful Rainbow
2. Lightning Bolt
3. Ride The Skies
4. Hypermagic Mountain

jimbrim · 07.24.2008, 06:40 AM

i love a bit of hypermagic mountain

gmku · 07.24.2008, 06:45 AM

I like them okay. I only have WR and HM. HM is cool because the 4th side is artwork etched in a blank side of vinyl.

MellySingsDoom · 07.24.2008, 07:56 AM

I voted for "Ride The Skies". Lightning Bolt are one of my fave live acts, full stop. They're coming back to the UK in October - hooray.

demonrail666 · 07.24.2008, 08:46 AM

I have a CDR of there's that won't play.

therealglenstyler · 07.24.2008, 09:17 AM

ok i'd appreciate a little detail here on how hypermagic mountain and wonderful rainbow differ since they seem to polarise opinion so intriguingly.

atsonicpark · 07.24.2008, 10:11 AM

hypermagic is intense the whole way through and features lots of parts and more insane drumming/riffing. Also, the production is really.. um... acquired. Haha. Features a good stretch of just amazing songs; in fact I'd say almost every song on this album is a classic.

Wonderful Rainbow is a better sounding album that doesn't seem to hit you over the head as much, though the first few songs are all quite good, including "2 Towers" which is mostly one riff played for 7 minutes. Really awesome song and it definitely captures what makes Lightning Bolt so special. The last 4 or so songs on the album, however, feel really sluggish and mundane and don't hold the momentum, power, or intelligence of the rest of their work.. at least to me. If you ever hear someone pick their favorite song from the album, it's usually one of the first 5, so I think people agree to an extent.

fugazifan · 07.24.2008, 11:10 AM

hypermagic mountain has a bit more melodies and changes in the songs while wonderful rainbow is more repetitive.
dead cowboy is their best song IMO.

atsonicpark · 07.24.2008, 11:12 AM

yes.

dead cowboy.

drrrtyboots · 07.24.2008, 11:27 AM

Dead Cowboy is insane and the lyrics are hilarious for anyone who has bothered to look them up.

therealglenstyler · 07.25.2008, 03:26 AM

thanks folks, i think hypermagic mountain sounds the most like my cup of tea. Amazon go!

atsonicpark · 07.25.2008, 03:40 PM

Take George Bush to Afghanistan
He's gonna bathe in a river of blood
He wants to party till the wheels fall off
Six feet under ground

What the world needs
Is another dead cowboy

Take George Bush to Afghanistan
Throw him in an oil pit, six feet deep, six feet wide
We're gonna cook him till his ears fall off

What the world needs
Is another dead cowboy

.....

Pretty funny but intentionally dumb too.

View Poll Results: Favorite Album
Wonderful Rainbow	20	46.51%
Ride the Skies	8	18.60%
Hypermagic Mountain	12	27.91%
Lightning Bolt	3	6.98%
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07.24.2008, 05:50 AM	#41
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I listened to the self-titled album a few times last night for the first time. I have to say, it is pretty great, even though the sound is not that focused or far from perfected. guess my favourite Lightning Bolt albums would go: 1. Wonderful Rainbow 2. Lightning Bolt 3. Ride The Skies 4. Hypermagic Mountain
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07.24.2008, 06:40 AM	#42
jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	i love a bit of hypermagic mountain
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07.24.2008, 06:45 AM	#43
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I like them okay. I only have WR and HM. HM is cool because the 4th side is artwork etched in a blank side of vinyl. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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07.24.2008, 07:56 AM	#44
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	I voted for "Ride The Skies". Lightning Bolt are one of my fave live acts, full stop. They're coming back to the UK in October - hooray. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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07.24.2008, 08:46 AM	#45
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I have a CDR of there's that won't play.
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07.24.2008, 09:17 AM	#46
therealglenstyler stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 430	ok i'd appreciate a little detail here on how hypermagic mountain and wonderful rainbow differ since they seem to polarise opinion so intriguingly.
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07.24.2008, 10:11 AM	#47
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	hypermagic is intense the whole way through and features lots of parts and more insane drumming/riffing. Also, the production is really.. um... acquired. Haha. Features a good stretch of just amazing songs; in fact I'd say almost every song on this album is a classic. Wonderful Rainbow is a better sounding album that doesn't seem to hit you over the head as much, though the first few songs are all quite good, including "2 Towers" which is mostly one riff played for 7 minutes. Really awesome song and it definitely captures what makes Lightning Bolt so special. The last 4 or so songs on the album, however, feel really sluggish and mundane and don't hold the momentum, power, or intelligence of the rest of their work.. at least to me. If you ever hear someone pick their favorite song from the album, it's usually one of the first 5, so I think people agree to an extent. __________________
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07.24.2008, 11:10 AM	#48
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	hypermagic mountain has a bit more melodies and changes in the songs while wonderful rainbow is more repetitive. dead cowboy is their best song IMO. __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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07.24.2008, 11:12 AM	#49
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	yes. dead cowboy. __________________
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07.24.2008, 11:27 AM	#50
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	Dead Cowboy is insane and the lyrics are hilarious for anyone who has bothered to look them up. __________________
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07.25.2008, 03:26 AM	#51
therealglenstyler stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 430	thanks folks, i think hypermagic mountain sounds the most like my cup of tea. Amazon go!
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07.25.2008, 03:40 PM	#52
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Take George Bush to Afghanistan He's gonna bathe in a river of blood He wants to party till the wheels fall off Six feet under ground What the world needs Is another dead cowboy Take George Bush to Afghanistan Throw him in an oil pit, six feet deep, six feet wide We're gonna cook him till his ears fall off What the world needs Is another dead cowboy ..... Pretty funny but intentionally dumb too. __________________
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