My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

[NAD]

One of the most distinctive albums in my collection, the guitar theatrics herein are just mind boggling. Not crazy solos or awesome riffs, just really bizarre stuff that I've never really heard imitated elsewhere. Although I would never associate this with metal AT ALL, I've seen it in top 10 shred lists before.

Any fans?

 

[matt99_crew]

Its one of my all time favorite albums. The rare perfect album.

 

[Tribal Praise]

It's never been surpassed. Probably never will be.

The thing I love about this album is it's so vague. The guitar parts are crazy, but they're not intricate. It's mind-blowing, but at the same time so mysterious. This album is defiantely one of my favorites.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I need to check this out based on the above comments...

 

[Black Winter Day]

Yeah, it's weird.

 

[Black Winter Day]

I tried listening it to them again last night and found the guitars nauseating. I can hardly stand to listen to it.

At first I thought there was something wrong with my CD player, then I realized that they were SUPPOSED to do that! uke:

 

[matt99_crew]

Yeah, its "swilrly." I love it but can understand why someone wouldn't.

 

[NAD]

And I'M being crucified for not liking a shitty band like Amorphis!? :Spin:

 

[Black Winter Day]

Shit, at least their guitars sound in tune!

"It doesn't mean you should just because you can." - King Crimson

 

[NAD]

Motherfucker tosses a Crimso quote at my head, awesome.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Okay...I tried. It sucks.

 

[NAD]

I won't take anyone's opinion on this album seriously until they listen to it 100 times, I've listened to it probably 500 times and I hesitate to even discuss it.

 

[Ayeka]

The album gets a subtle plug in Final Fantasy 7...I'd have to check it out on the basis of that alone

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Didn't some guy from My Bloody Valentine do a lot of the music on the "Lost in Translation" soundtrack?

I love MBV's guitar tone.

 

[matt99_crew]

Yeah, Kevin Shields is the main creative force. Not sure, but I think the soundtrack has 2 MBV songs and two instrumentals by Shields.

 

[NAD]

If I'm not mistaken it's his first released work since Loveless.

 

[matt99_crew]

You could be right. The Tremolo EP also came out in '91, but I'm not sure if that was before or after Loveless. I guess the point is that he hasn't done anything in the last 13 years. I think he is such a control freak/perfectionist that he never thinks his work is done, and consequently it never gets released. That ain't right.

 

[Russell]

If I'm not mistaken it's his first released work since Loveless.

Wasn't "Isn't Anything" released after "Loveless"? Anywho, I agree wholeheartedly, Loveless is a great album, worthy of much praise

 

[matt99_crew]

Isn't Anything was the album before Loveless. A great album too.

 

[NAD]

How does Isn't Anything compare to Loveless? I remember hearing they were quite similar, but I've never heard it.

Here's a MBV discog: http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~postg21/texts/discography.html