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Trout Mask Replica is the ultimate "it grows on you" record. A masterpiece.
by ldx1024 2y ago
Trout 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"