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 6th August 2020, 08:24 PM
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 I found the love, I found the love in me
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I wanna get some album discussions going. So I am gonna ask you all to recommend me albums to listen to and I will (when I get a spare hour after work/on my days off) do what I've been doing in Madonna's forum and give some feedback and insight into my listens of those albums etc.. Whether it's the first time, 2nd time, 18th time. I don't care. Give me recommendations and I shall post my reviews in this thread!
 I wanna discover more music so I think this will help! I have Spotify, so preferably an album that is on there! ANY GENRE. I'll give it a go at least. But preferably not HEAVY metal. The most metal I go is Linkin Park! 
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6th August 2020, 09:40 PM
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 Mansonette
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This is a great idea! Are you already familiar with Siobhan Donaghy’s ‘Ghosts’?
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6th August 2020, 09:59 PM
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 Rob aah
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Evanescence - Fallen
Anastacia - Anastacia Linkin Park - Meteora Just some that pop out (were mentioned in the defining thread). |
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6th August 2020, 10:02 PM
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Baby Reindeer
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Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
Leona Lewis - Echo Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin |
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6th August 2020, 10:38 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 6 2020, 10:40 PM)  This is a great idea! Are you already familiar with Siobhan Donaghy’s ‘Ghosts’? Not yet! Just 'Don't Give It Up' (w/e it's called aha)I shall do this one first. Maybe on Saturday evening! Thanks. As for the other options, I have heard them all (a couple of them are some of my all-time fave albums) but it's been a while for a handful of those, so I'll check them out again too!
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6th August 2020, 11:26 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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I would like to see you review Through The Windowpane by Guillemots. I think it's my favourite album from the 00s.
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7th August 2020, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 6 2020, 09:40 PM) This is a great idea! Are you already familiar with Siobhan Donaghy’s ‘Ghosts’? Good pick  Such an overrated masterpiece. I'd add Siobhan debut album as well, but Ghosts is stronger.Rachel Stevens' Come And Get It is another one, a true pop masterpiece that should be universally loved but only seems to be remembered by ten Twitter gays 
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7th August 2020, 01:06 PM
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Mansonette
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Ghosts is by far the best Sugababes related album for me, such wonderful ambition - especially in the second half - I’m not surprised she was feeling resigned when it gained no real attention.
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7th August 2020, 07:03 PM
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ooh zillions I could recommend, but while you mention madonna, I'm just getting round to hearing Madonna's American Life which I didnt buy at the time, it getting slagged off and all, but I bought it a year or two ago for 50p in a charity shop. Totally worth it. OK so it's not peak Madonna, but it's a good album. Critics, never believe them!
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7th August 2020, 11:14 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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'American Life' ranks 6th out of 12 for me so far! I have 2 studio albums left for Madonna. I've loved doing it, hence why I decided to do this.
I kinda regret opening it up too much to recommendations though *eyes* but that's the fun I guess!  I'm going to probably do Siobhan tomorrow! |
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8th August 2020, 07:36 AM
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Sugababes CD albums are 10 a penny in charity shops these days. It seems as if everyone who bought them (and a selection of other noughties acts) decided to go streaming and dumped their collections...
 I think I'd pick I Am Shelby Lynn as a massive fave under-rated album, deals with difficult issues, and yet is powerful, affirming, gorgeous and varied. |
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8th August 2020, 12:22 PM
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The owls are not what they seem
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I've been going through a poster which lists a bucket list for 100 albums to hear before you die (and reviewing each one on here), and these are the albums on there from the 2000s, so I guess if you want to listen to any 'classic' records that you haven't got round to yet:
Arcade Fire - Funeral The White Stripes - Elephant The Streets - Original Pirate Material Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Green Day - American Idiot Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying Daft Punk - Discovery Completely up to you whether you wanna do any of these, you've probably already got enough in this thread to be getting on with! But I'd be very interested on hearing your thoughts on any of them 
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8th August 2020, 03:08 PM
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My faves, the holy trinity of 2006-2007:
Nelly Furtado - Loose Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds Timbaland - Shock Value |
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8th August 2020, 05:16 PM
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 Right in front of my salad?!
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Thirteen Senses - The Invitation
Air France - No Way Down
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9th August 2020, 06:48 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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.jpg) Before listening to this album the only one I remember is 'Don't Give It Up', which is lovely. I know I've heard 'Medevac' and maybe 'So You Say' before but I don't remember them by memory. 'Don't Give It Up' is gorgeous. Very haunting and powerful! This really suits her voice. I don't remember SYS at all, but it's familiar, so it must've been a one time thing or something. It's beautiful! 01. So You Say 02. Don't Give It Up 03. Goldfish 04. There's A Place 05. Medevac 06. 12 Bar Acid Blues 07. Sometimes 08. Make It Right 09. Ghosts 10. Halcyon Days 11. Coming Up For Air Goldfish is absolutely GORGEOUS! The most Madonna-ry one on the album imo. The production is very ROL era! There's A Place is beautiful too. 12 Bar Acid Blues is very interesting (in a positive way). Mixing the sound she wanted to achieve with the album with some kinda Madonna Music-era Country-pop... I think it works well! Sometimes is good, bit repetitive, but good! I get why the album is called 'Ghosts'! The whole album is deliciously haunting. Love this album! I'm amazed it's took me until now to listen to it in it's entirety. Tbf, my opinions on music have broadened since I was first introduced to the tracks I had heard prior to this and I didn't "love" any of them, but I didn't dislike or hate them. So doing this a couple of years ago and my opinion may be different, but as of now... I'm stunned. It's absolutely GORGEOUS. Top to bottom. It's really hard to rank the tracks in all honesty, because nothing deserves to be at the bottom. A LOT of Madonna (specifically Ray Of Light era to me) meets little ticks of Massive Attack influences throughout the production on this! In fact, I could definitely have envisioned Madonna recording this album in the early 00's! Thank you dandy* for the recommendation and what a great way to kick this off! 
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9th August 2020, 09:00 PM
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Mansonette
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I’m so pleased you enjoyed it!!! I absolutely love your bottom two tracks though, I think Sometimes is probably my least favourite on it but even that I don’t find bad. There’s definitely a sort of Ray of Light vibe to it and I think it’s quite Kate Bush inspired in patches too. Previously I’d never be early compared it to Madonna, although that would definitely explain why I like it so much
Don’t Give It Up / Medevac / Goldfish / Coming Up For Air / So You Say / Halcyon Days / Make It Right / Ghosts are my absolute favourites on it. It’s the first album that springs to mind whenever anyone asks me for an album I think has been unfairly overlooked or underrated so really chuffed it’s found another fan Also check out Styfling and Don’t Take Me Back as they’re both from a similar time and I think they are both lovely too. |
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5th February 2021, 11:36 AM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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I shall be continuing this later!
I know what you're all thinking "Ooh Tafty which album is next? I'm so excited!"... well my friends, I will be listening to Paris Hilton - Paris. The 'Promising Young Woman' soundtrack has got me loving 'Stars Are Blind' again lmao and it occurred to me that I have never listened to her album, despite loving both that and 'Nothing In This World'! Depending on time, I may get around to one of the ones you guys have actually recommended too In a "just chill and listen to music" mood today. So we'll see.
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5th February 2021, 11:59 AM
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QUOTE(Tafty @ Feb 5 2021, 02:36 PM) I will be listening to Paris Hilton - Paris. The 'Promising Young Woman' soundtrack has got me loving 'Stars Are Blind' again lmao and it occurred to me that I have never listened to her album, despite loving both that and 'Nothing In This World'! Interesting choice.  Recommendations : YVA - Blondines Kym Marsh - Standing Tall Sinead Quinn - Ready To Run allSTARS* - allSTARS* This post has been edited by Last Dreamer: 5th February 2021, 12:13 PM |
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5th February 2021, 02:05 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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 I *think* I've only heard the 2 singles from this album and both are brilliant, pure pop joy! I may have heard her version of 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' but icr. I really wish 'Nothing In This World' was a bigger hit, coz it is an absolute BANGER. 'Stars Are Blind' is very underrated. The perfect song to kick start her career! It's been thrust into my conscience lately due to it's (great) use in the movie 'Promising Young Woman'. 'Nothing In This World' really is a BRILLIANT pop song. One of my favourites of the 00's! 01. Nothing In This World 02. Stars Are Blind 03. Turn It Up 04. Screwed 05. I Want You 06. Heartbeat 07. Jealousy 08. Not Leaving Without You 09. Turn You On 10. Fightin' Over Me (feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss) 11. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy 'Turn It Up' is surely a 2002/2003 Britney demo? Love it. 'Screwed' & 'I Want You' are so fun and I love the 90's-esque feel to 'Heartbeat' (reminds me of 'I Love You Always Forever'). I can't make my mind up on 'Jealousy', I feel like there's a credible song in there, but it just feels... unfinished and insincere? Not as into as 'Fightin' Over Me' as the rest of the album, but I'm getting Britney-demo vibes again (except I would understand why this was kept as a demo). The less said about that cover... well...  Getting a lot of "Britney leftovers" from multiple songs off of this album. Not necessarily a bad thing, but just that a fair few of them I can see why they would be considered leftovers, had they been intended. As much as I actually enjoy this album, they do feel very much like they're not finished from their original demo forms and most of it is half-baked. Even if I do enjoy half the album and can hear the potential for some solid pop songs in them. A decent album of demo's & "rejects". |
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6th February 2021, 11:41 AM
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Baby Reindeer
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I've never listened to her album but SAB was and remains a noughties favourite of mine and has to be one of the most surprising pop smashes of the decade.
It's a shame NITW couldn't continue Paris' success. It really flopped hard.  Although did it even receive a CD release?
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