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Trout Mask Replica was a top-100 album on Rolling Stone's list until 2020 when it got tossed out in the Great Purge of Boomer Trivia That Sucks Actually, and to
by jeffbee 2y ago
Trout Mask Replica was a top-100 album on Rolling Stone's list until 2020 when it got tossed out in the Great Purge of Boomer Trivia That Sucks Actually, and to be quite honest I don't disagree.
- ldx1024 2y agoTrout Mask Replica is the ultimate "it grows on you" record. A masterpiece.
- jeffbee 2y agoI am mostly questioning the assertion that it is obscure and overlooked. Major Boomer critics fawned over this record non-stop for fifty years.
- xbar 2y agoIt is not obscure or overlooked. I would say that it is so hyped that it is been evaluated by almost everyone, but that most people give less-than-a-full-listen and conclude "I'm out." I respect their decision. Sometimes I tell people to watch the Vox Earworm about it. I find it expensive to engage with, so usually I do not--but I never feel like a listen is wasted time.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoEhhh, I think it mostly sucks. Some pearls ("Dachau Blues", "Ella Guru", "Sugar & Spikes"), but way too uneven and basically a big forced meme. With some extensive fat trimming, it could have been as legendary as its reputation, really.
- therouwboat 2y agoI don't really get trout mask and I rarely listen to it, but I feel like it needs to be crazy and uneven to be that legendary. If it was just good, it would be like any other record.
- ocodo 2y agono, it really isn't... it's complete trash. To feel like you're hip, you "learned to like it"
- Affric 2y agoI just had a long look at the list. Sure they have got rid of some chaff but there sure is a lot that sucks in there. Disaffected Millenial here.
- jeffbee 2y agoUndoubtedly. Pretty sure that Neutral Milk Hotel is now holding the place that Captain Beefheart previously occupied, and future generation will be puzzled.