I lost my mother to cancer when I was a teenager, a couple years before this album came out. This album resonated a lot with me then because she'd been to hospice and our family had to watch her decline. I took the metaphor on the nose and that was both enough for me and all I could truly understand at the time. Her birthday is soon and something in me pulled me back to this album, 16 years late. It still hits me like a ton of bricks, but now it hits even harder because I can understand the dynamic of the romantic relationship in this album much more. There's a sort of intentionally-muddy melding and switching of viewpoints between Sylvia, her partner, and her hospice nurse that has always fascinated me. The decline from cancer is so lonely and hard and unfair, and Peter Silbermann did an amazing job capturing so many different aspects of that. Such a beautiful and sorrowful piece of work

When my son was an infant, this was the album that would calm him down and get him to sleep. We’d listen to “Be Here To Love Me”, skip “Kathleen” and then listen straight through. Generally, by the time we’d hit “Snake Mountain Blues”, he would be out like a light. Such warm memories wrapped up in this album for me personally.

one of my favorites

In the attic of the universe is actually my favourite album, but everything by the antlers is peak

Solid mix of albums! Your girlfriend is very right to be getting you into Sade, though I was the first one to try. Also "The Gumbo Variations" on Hot Rats by Zappa is one of my favourite long (10 min+) songs

Larry is literally a psycho, also why are you using the scissors that way 😂

***I accidentally said Ulrich is Dutch but he's Danish 🤦‍♂

The Prisoner freaking rocked then and still does today.

6:30 remember *Rock against communism* !!!

Gotta dig the cornball headbangin... Ha

Rangers fan……not a Canucks fan but D.O.A. was one of my absolute favorite bands back then and I still have some vinyl (including this one) from back then. Also read his autobiography.

SONGS OF A LOST WORLD... BEST ALBUM EVER !!! MASTERPIECE !!!! My god !

THE CURE KING 👑 OF ROCK

KZbin reccomendation really did me good today. Loved the video! If theres anything i would like to see changed is for the reference photos to be bigger, as i almost didnt notice them at first

ACID BATH IS BACK! PLAYING SICK NEW WORLD IN APRIL 2025!!!!

YESSS I love this album so much!!! I used to listen to it at work on repeat 💀

one of the most unique in this lifetime

saw them play their first reunion show in 19 years at NFF in toronto this august and i have never felt stronger post concert depression. that whole weekend was the best weekend of my life and they were the best part

Cramming all their albums in 3 months so I can go to their 20th of December concert

His best album still

Amazing album, my favorite from 1970

Let’s gooo

Nice review. I feel it'd work better with less cuts and sound continuing in the background as you speak. Probably a more live-like recording is what I see you acing.

Modest Mouse has some of the best songs that no one knows.

Do you have a bigger microphone?

Go Hawks🖤💛🤘🏻

i personally love the dissonance of the shalala

this deserves hella views.

I love the title song. Tremendous piece of music.

SHRUM is Acid Bath's bassist/ backing vocalist's band that he was able to get an album out before he died in 97

Ive heard bits and pieces of their music and i really love their sing custer so im now trying to get more into them!♡

Saying Surfacing is not an all time song from them is criminal . Absolute absurdity

love the canucks, love japandroids, love the shirts. issa 10

I’ve run to this album endlessly. And wept as well. Keep on doing a great job, man!

When you get past how good it is, go and listen to animals.

I've been listening to this album since I bought it in 1973 ( 51 years ago ) and I still say it's the greatest album ever made. IMO

i love how you have some comments on your wall actually that's a fun idea

Probably the greatest album of all time

Rad review as always, though during "Breathe" I question your dance choice of "inflatable arms car dealership balloon man in slow motion"

I stumbled across this album five years ago when I was in hospital. I was there because I had suffered a viral brain infection that nearly killed me. This was during Covid, and I spent the vast majority of my time in the hospital alone. Given that I’d suffered a viral brain infection, my brain wasn’t functioning properly. In short, I was a bit of a mess, but I didn’t have the cognitive function to acknowledge it. When I listened to this album, it broke me down inside, but I couldn’t stop listening to it alone in that bed. I’d wake up in the middle of the night and immediately put my headphones on to listen to it, with tears streaming down my face. This album struck a chord deep inside me during the darkest, most difficult time in my life - I just didn’t realize it at the time. Unbeknownst to me, this was the first real sign of the struggle that my life would become in the time following this. After my release from the hospital, I struggled with every aspect of life (for context, I didn’t know my wife’s name during the worst of this, and they didn’t think I’d ever be capable of working again). This album became a trigger for memories of that time in the hospital, so I completely boycotted it after leaving, unable to listen to it again. Until now. It randomly came on while I was driving home from work, but this time, I left it on. It was an instant reminder of the power it held over me, and it took me back to my darkest days. The tears came streaming down my face again. It made me realize the power of this album and, more importantly, the beauty of it. Now I can’t stop listening to it again. In awe with it. Fascinated with it once again. I fought through my recovery, and I’m pretty much back to the level of cognitive function I had before all of this. But that phase in my life shaped the entirety of my future self. I’m a very different person than I was before, and the lessons it taught me are invaluable. This album will always be the musical rendition of my life in that hospital - the struggles I went through, and the invaluable lessons I learnt - the contrasting darkness and the beauty, forever intertwined in my memory.

I'll have to strongly disagree with your choice of worst album. For my money All Hope is Gone is their last good album. It's not as strong as the first two which are good front to back with no real weak spots but there's some fantastic tracks on it. Everything that came after that is pretty bad aside from the odd good song or two. I think Hope is the last album where the band is in a recognizable form in regards to where they started. Like Metallica and the Black album the next Slipknot LP and all after just didn't seem like the same band.

Thanks for this man. Let's go Mooseheads let's go

Solid review as always my friend! Kind of surprised you have Chest Fever as their best. Whispering Pines or I Shall Be Released are pretty tough to beat! Rag Mama Rag is pretty fun too

💯 Slipknot is the best work 👊

This a wonderful video! I agree with pretty much everything you said. I hope you review more Swans!

Great upload thx

Ah man you left out 1 huge important detail. You didn't mention the partnership and friendship with one of the best ANR and mixologist, James Lavelle. Also yeah agree WDYSLL Part 4, arguably one of the best tracks of the album, tying many others on the album! Also have the Blue vinyl of it ;) One Suggestion (if you haven't done it already), UNKLE's "Psyence Fiction". Which the "band" was composed of DJ Shadow and James Lavelle. I think you'll find the influences of both. And if you liked DJ Shadow's Endtroducing, check out "Private Press", you might find that also good as well.

Good ranking man, my ranking might be a little controversial but I feel some albums are under rated. 7. The End, So Far 6. We Are Not Your Kind 5. All Hope Is Gone 4. .5 The Gray Chapter 3. Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) 2. Slipknot 1. Iowa

Good album choice!

A Short term Effect is absolutely amazing.