Only Zappa thing i can think of is Audience Participation What a great band , their concert are such fun . For me too 3 slightly different oder 1 The Crane Wife 2 Picaresque 3 Hazards of Love 4 Her Majesty ……… 5 Castaways and Cutouts If you have a chance Before the EPs try checking out Horslips : The Tain Or at very least the song Dearg Doom possible the most popular rock song in Ireland 🇮🇪
I really like your description of these albums. I'm not familiar with their entire discography, but I think I like The King Is Dead better than you. I only have The King Is Dead, The Crane Wife, and Picaresque, and I love all three. Based on your description I will seek Castaways and Cutouts next. Picaresque is my favorite, for me it has a solid theme throughout, all the songs are about love in one form or another. On The Bus Mall is my favorite as well. I want to get that EP The Taint. And I shall check out The Hazards of Love. Thanks for this ranking!
I barely got three or four songs into the Hazards Of Love and just wasn’t feeling it which is weird considering it’s supposed to be their proggiest album and I LOVE PROG. I guess I got some forced musical vibes with the extra vocalists and character emphasis. I really NEED to give it another go and actually hear the entire thing though
I hated it the first couple times but after a while, I felt that the devolvement into the jammy portion was SO not a Decemberists trope that they were trolling the audience….
Only Zappa thing i can think of is Audience Participation
What a great band , their concert are such fun .
For me too 3 slightly different oder
1 The Crane Wife
2 Picaresque
3 Hazards of Love
4 Her Majesty ………
5 Castaways and Cutouts
If you have a chance
Before the EPs try checking out Horslips : The Tain
Or at very least the song Dearg Doom possible the most popular rock song in Ireland
🇮🇪
Audience Participation on the same cheesy Isn’t This Stupid? level…..good call.
From what I’ve heard so far
4. Her Majesty
3. Picaresque
2. The Crane Wife
1. Castaways And Cutouts
How about a ranking of all of your favorite Elephant Six albums: neutral milk hotel, Olivia tremor control, of Montreal etc.
I have them on my long list….Of Montreal will probably be first of the lot.
I really like your description of these albums. I'm not familiar with their entire discography, but I think I like The King Is Dead better than you. I only have The King Is Dead, The Crane Wife, and Picaresque, and I love all three. Based on your description I will seek Castaways and Cutouts next. Picaresque is my favorite, for me it has a solid theme throughout, all the songs are about love in one form or another. On The Bus Mall is my favorite as well. I want to get that EP The Taint. And I shall check out The Hazards of Love. Thanks for this ranking!
I barely got three or four songs into the Hazards Of Love and just wasn’t feeling it which is weird considering it’s supposed to be their proggiest album and I LOVE PROG. I guess I got some forced musical vibes with the extra vocalists and character emphasis. I really NEED to give it another go and actually hear the entire thing though
The singer addresses his audience thing was SO cringe it really soured me entirely on this band.
I hated it the first couple times but after a while, I felt that the devolvement into the jammy portion was SO not a Decemberists trope that they were trolling the audience….