Posts: 35
Threads: 3
Joined: Sep 2002
Reputation:
0
I like all of the albums the Hip have made. But obviously some more than others. I guess this is probably a difficult discussion in the sense that everyone has a different definition of what a 'masterpiece' is. For me it doesn't necessarily mean that every song is perfect, just that an album has a flow to it that just makes everything seem essential to the overall record.
The albums that reach 'masterpiece' status for me would be;
Fully Completely
Day For Night
Phantom Power
In Violet Light
Road Apples is damn close too, but I think falls just shy.
What about you :?:
Posts: 3,175
Threads: 692
Joined: Jun 2002
Reputation:
0
Day For Night
Phantom Power
In Violet Light
Fully Completely
Road Apples
Trouble In The Henhouse
Music @ Work
Thats what I think
I need 2 Kingston Tickets, please help.
Posts: 523
Threads: 14
Joined: Jul 2002
Reputation:
0
Up to here
Fully completely
Phantom power
Road apples
In violet light
Day for night
Still think every song on "Up to here" is brilliant...
Posts: 582
Threads: 39
Joined: Aug 2002
Reputation:
0
Funny, but I had a similar conversation with a friend who was new to the Hip and wanted to know which one CD "defined the band" most accurately...
For me, only two discs would qualify as "masterpieces", Fully Completely and Day For Night.
The former, because to me it represents the apex of the rock-driven "early years" and the latter because it successfully allowed them to break the "bar band" mold they were dangerously close to becoming enveloped by at that time, and (thankfully!) set the table for more experimental efforts to follow.
M.
Posts: 3
Threads: 0
Joined: Oct 2002
Reputation:
0
This is a tough one....
I do agree with Beat in that UTH is likely my favorite album. The problem is that when you tell someone not familiar with the band that UTH is the best album....many people hear "the others aren;t all that great"....that could not be further from the truth!
I think the progression of their sound is one of the Hip's strongest points. Listening to UTH and IVL it may be tough for novices to tell it's the same band. They have matured (just seemed like a good word to throw in) and I think I have played IVL over and over in my car for about 5 months straight now...but still love UTH. This topic is giving me a headache...can't pick one album...they're all just too damn good!
Posts: 136
Threads: 9
Joined: Jun 2002
Reputation:
0
Up To Here is indeed a great album, but if I was going to pick one to introduce a friend, I would use In Violet Light or Phantom Power. They are relatively easy to get into compared to Day For Night and Up To Here. I honestly feel that Fully Completely is their weakest album (don't kill me). None of those songs stick out for me like a "Dire Wolf" or "Emperor Penguin". Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy it, just not as much as other Hip albums.
Posts: 49
Threads: 2
Joined: Jul 2002
Reputation:
0
You can only have one masterpiece.
In that case its a toss-up between D4N and TATH.
Posts: 628
Threads: 53
Joined: Jun 2002
Reputation:
0
Stop listing like 6 or 7 of the albums, lol.
The ultimate masterpiece for me is Day For Night.
Kari
Posts: 5
Threads: 0
Joined: Oct 2002
Reputation:
0
Howdy, Hippie's
Well, this is a tough one !
Because it is nearly impossible to choose just one ' masterpiece ' of the Hip .
There all a masterpiece in there own way !
But if you had to choose, I'd say ' Road Apples ' .
Then again, Day for Night is a cracker as well !(?)
This is it, with the Hip you just can't choose one ' masterpiece ' due to the fact there all ' masterpieces ' .
Gotcha! alias Mark A Cairns from Rotterdam Holland .
Posts: 1,042
Threads: 52
Joined: Jun 2002
Reputation:
0
Live Between Us is my masterpiece, it captures them live with the best sound quality possible. Feels like your right there at a show!
Posts: 622
Threads: 53
Joined: Aug 2002
Reputation:
0
Phantom Power
Road Apples
Fully
M@W
ivl
what is people's problem with music at work anyways?
Posts: 210
Threads: 24
Joined: Oct 2002
Reputation:
0
people's problem with M@W is that it has a rocky first half... also an incredibly underrated second half. the following are masterpieces: up to here, road apples, fully completely, day for night, phantom power. in violet light comes very, very close.
