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I wonder if the album would be doing better on these polls if it actually was cut down to one disc. If it just had Easy, HOOM, Good Intentions, Baby Birch, On a Good Day, In California, Go Long, Occident, Soft as Chalk, & Kingfisher. There's no doubt in my mind that it would be on more lists and higher. 3 records is just much too many for the unfamiliar, especially considering that each record takes numerous listens to get a hold on. Regardless, I wouldn't take the album any other way.
Still though, it's a lot like the view that All Things Must Pass and The White Album would have obtained even greater classic status with some edits. George Martin was completely against releasing the White Album as a double record. Then there's of course the Clash's Sandinista!, whose length can be extremely polarizing. More recently, if the Magnetic Fields's 69 Love Songs had been trimmed some, I think it would be viewed more as a legitimate classic rather than a cult classic. Still, it just wouldn't be 69 Love Songs.
Last edited by matt on 17 Dec 2010, 23:26, edited 1 time in total.
That's an interesting point (although why oh why would Ribbon Bows make the cut over classics like Does Not Suffice and Occident), but at the end of the day J-New isn't making music to go on year end charts. That's part of what makes her music so gloriously timeless. So yes, I agree.
Oh yeah- I overlooked Occident. I have edited my post to include that over Ribbon Bows. Though I adore Does Not Suffice and think it is an amazing closer, I do not think it belongs on a one disc album that also includes In California, as its melody is obviously from that. They work better on different discs, like they actually are on the album.
i do not like this "Pitchfork" website, but if I were to choose a Joanna song to be best of 2010, I'd say either in California or Baby Birch. Out of all 18 songs, these are the most poignant and profound, I think. but GIPC is the crowd pleaser.
Of course, I have one aim, the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing.
I don't understand why people act like this album is "overrated" when it seems like it's gotten very little attention in relation to many of this year's releases...and especially relative to some of the utter crap that is getting rave reviews. idgi
Well it was one of Pitchfork's best reviewed albums of the year, which alone makes it a target for the overrated crowd. It got a 9.2, and the only album that they gave a higher rating to this year was Kanye's. I'm actually surprised that it wasn't higher on the list considering its density and that its 3 LPs. A lot of people simply are not willing to give an album they download more than one listen before moving on.