Bipolar core

Albums that go from one extreme to another. From extremely happy to extremely depressing

Mellon Collie desu, particularly disc two.

I love this album. Emotional rollercoaster

Oddly enough most psychedelic pop albums fit into this category

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>WELL IF I FOUND GOD ANYWHERE IT WOULD BE BY THE TRACKS

damn forgot about this album

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>WHEN I FIND GOD THERE I'LL WATCH HIM PASS OUT THROWING UP
>BECAUSE HE'S DRANK HIMSELF TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT SINCE THE ONE THAT HE MADE US

good choice

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I GUESS THIS IS WHY MY FRIENDS WARNED ME AGAINST HOPELESSNESS

BUT THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING LAID

AND I'M THE ONE WAKING UP LONELY EVERY SINGLE DAY

AND I REMEMBER THAT
AS I LISTEN TO THEIR CRAP

TELL THEM TO FUCK OFF

THEN HUG THEM AFTER THAT

Amnesiac has this weird twisted sense of humor that I can't figure out

Like the way Thom pairs totally innocuous and silly lyrics with super dark and non-fitting music ("I'm a reasonable man get off my case") or alternates styles and emotions so rapidly (the jazzy vocal harmonies that open You And Whose Army right after Pulk/Pull, or sandwiching Pyramid Song in between two of the most ridiculous songs on the album) makes the whole thing feel kind of "off" and sinister.

So fucking good though

I think it's bipolar because of how unfinished some of the tracks are, some sound like Kid A b-sides that were thrown together in 5 mins.

Like what the fuck is Hunting Bears seriously

Hunting Bears is almost my favorite song on the album though, the loneliness of the guitar and the way it calls back to I Might Be Wrong kills me

Idk if any of them really sound unfinished to me, what others don't you like?

Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors and Like Spinning Plates are my other least favorites, I think I'd only find them engaging if I was really mellow sat in a dark field. or something. I'm not adverse to ambient music or low fi stuff but these tracks do pretty much nothing for me most listens.

>Kid A b-sides
will this meme ever end?

Amnesiac itself has 7 b-sides to it.

The band has said they didn't feel like all the tracks they made would blend into one cohesive double LP so they split them up into two.

I say Kid A b-sides because while I also don't enjoy Kid A as much as most, it stands out as being more cohesive or at least being more consistent in theme. The tracks also blend together well in Kid A, but I don't feel this is the case of Amnesiac. The songs themselves feel emptier and less engaging too, kind of what I said here

I cringe to death every time some faggot calls something a mental illness anywhere art is involved. Worst part is it happens so much

Pulk/Pull grew on me a lot when I started to appreciate it for the atmosphere it builds. Like Spinning Plates is one of my favorites on the album mostly because of how sad and desperate the vocals sound. I can see how you wouldn't like them though, Pulk/Pull is still probably near the bottom of the list for me.

Kid A and Amnesiac actually have the same number of songs and Kid A only outlasts Amnesiac by like three or four minutes. I see them as two different interpretations of the band during this sort of transitionary period - Kid A is elegant and grandiose and melancholy, while Amnesiac is a little more emotionally complex and sinister but way more disjointed.

"The Big Ship" is the most soulcrushing song I've ever heard and right after it we get songs like "I'll Come Running" and then later "Golden Hours"

>Forgetting Becalmed
what hte fuck

I totally get what you mean about both albums. Gonna give them another listen with all that in mind, thanks man

Anytime! I definitely didn't appreciate Amnesiac a lot at first and thought people just called it their best for hipster cred but over time it kinda came together. Listen to it and once you've found a song or two that you really enjoy enough to come back to the rest will fall into place.

I don't know if that song is happy or sad. It's very beautiful though

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I dunno, I've never thought of the lyrics to Packt Like Sardines as innocuous or silly. I think they're about a guy who has lived most of his life and is starting to have feelings that he has made a mistake, and is in denial and is defending himself and his character against these feelings. It could also not be his fault, and you could see it as him really being a reasonable man who just feels bombarded by life. But I don't see it as Silly Songs With Larry.

I always feel like this album is twice as long as it actually is, just because of how many different emotions it manages to convey

Yeah, maybe silly isn't the right word. It just feels like there's something a lot darker lurking beneath the surface and the source of it is this disconnect between the lyrical and musical content of the song.

Life In A Glasshouse feels similar. Especially since it directly follows Like Spinning Plates and is so tame by comparison.