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Albums which should have been other things

ma0sm [Edit] [Delete] 17 replies 11:12, 3 October '14

An album is a collection of ideas which form a story. Not necessarily coherent, and sometimes obtuse to the extent where only the sharpest mind can tie the loose ends together (e.g. Be Here Now) but Tom Yorke's new Bittorrent extravaganza got me thinking, in particular this line.

"Anything can be released this way, this time it just happens to be an 'album' by some dude named Tom"

Why do people constrain themselves into the boring structure of an album? I mean, when the first album was created, it was a compilation of songs with no theme. That has evolved to the album we know and (all except for sean and that record label guy) love today. But what if an album wasn't the best theme? Maybe Metallica's St Anger album would have been far more successful if it was a limited edition clothing line, or Papa Roach's debut album could have been a series of themed statues hidden in miscellaneous locations throughout the city of London.

This thread is to explore these alternative routes, and reveal ourselves to be the true artists we really are.

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  • Good thread, man

    Mogwai's albums should be re-released as brands of porridge oats.

    colon_closed_bracket | 3 Oct '14, 11:36 | X
    • All of them?

      Sounds like it would have gotten a bit stale. Personally I see Come On Die Young as being a wooden rollercoaster at Drayton Manor

      ma0sm @colon_closed_bracket | 3 Oct '14, 11:37 | X
  • U2 - Songs Of Innocence

    A sick bag.

    midnightpunk | 3 Oct '14, 11:39 | X
    • I presume you're using sick as and adjective there

      boothyfearssatan @midnightpunk | 3 Oct '14, 11:46 | X
      ma0sm this'd this
      • http://bit.ly/u2songsofin

        ma0sm @boothyfearssatan | 3 Oct '14, 11:47 | X
        boothyfearssatan and badmanreturns this'd this
  • I don't think the music board is ready for a thread like this

    Try the social board.

    JohnM | 3 Oct '14, 11:54 | X
    • you hear that music board?

      JohnM doesn't think you're ready for these shreddies!

      You gonna prove him wrong, or is he right? Are you guys just the entrails of the social board?

      ma0sm @JohnM | 3 Oct '14, 11:58 | X
  • Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

    Should have been released as an I love the 80's t-shirt.

    boothyfearssatan | 3 Oct '14, 12:00 | X
  • The National's discography

    should be a series of limited edition Vinyl stickers, each with a pithy yet poetic one liner summarising the breakdown of a relationship.

    It would have saved us a lot of time.

    funkycow | 3 Oct '14, 12:01 | X
  • Aphex Twin's discography

    should have been iPods.

    funkycow | 3 Oct '14, 12:01 | X
  • Loveless

    should have been a fleshlight.

    funkycow | 3 Oct '14, 12:02 | X
    • seems more like a valid medium for Lords of Acid.

      feedthecollapse @funkycow | 3 Oct '14, 12:26 | X
  • Radiohead.

    ethricdouble | 3 Oct '14, 12:11 | X
  • new black keys record should be a bimonthly curated box of snacks

    alcxxk | 3 Oct '14, 12:28 | X
    ma0sm this'd this
    • curated

      no

      funkycow @alcxxk | 3 Oct '14, 12:34 | X
  • Rammstein pre-empted this thread

    a few years back by releasing one of their albums as a box of dildos. although there was probably an album in there too, which is cheating.

    shadowgrounds | 3 Oct '14, 12:42 | X
  • Beyonce - B'Day

    midnightpunk | 3 Oct '14, 13:19 | X
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