Rate Living Colour's Stain (Poll)
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Rate Living Colour's Stain (Poll)
This is an underappreciated 90s album. How would you rate it?
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Almost good/Good.
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Jingles never lies.
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the best of the first three, I would say. "Time's Up" comes really close to being at the top of the list, though.
that breakdown in "This Little Pig" is GLORIOUS.
that breakdown in "This Little Pig" is GLORIOUS.
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Yeah, Vivid sucked.alleyrulez wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:32 am the best of the first three, I would say. "Time's Up" comes really close to being at the top of the list, though.
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"Vivid" definitely didn't suck, but they kept getting better with each album.Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:10 pmYeah, Vivid sucked.alleyrulez wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:32 am the best of the first three, I would say. "Time's Up" comes really close to being at the top of the list, though.
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for those first three albums, anyway.
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It's probably a 3 but I voted 4 to help with my white guilt.
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Vivid was really good. The second album was completely forgettable. Never listened after that.
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Stain is LC's best album and one of the best rock albums of the 90s.,
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Thiskilleverything wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:25 am Stain is LC's best album and one of the best rock albums of the 90s.,
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What are the standout tracks? I'll give them a listen!killeverything wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:25 am Stain is LC's best album and one of the best rock albums of the 90s.,
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Ignorance Is Bliss and Never SatisfiedDemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:45 amWhat are the standout tracks? I'll give them a listen!killeverything wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:25 am Stain is LC's best album and one of the best rock albums of the 90s.,
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5. One of my top albums ever. Wimbish is sick on this.
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Yes. In a non-Sludge world, Vivid was their best. Times Up had some good cuts on it, but it suffered from 75-minute CD syndrome (aka too much filler), as did a lot of records around that time. Stain was a vain attempt at going grunge, which is apparently why Sludge thinks it's the 2nd coming of LZ IV.DemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:21 am Vivid was really good. The second album was completely forgettable. Never listened after that.
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He's such a monster player. His work on Auslander is worth the price of admission alone.
I'm really not sure how a previous poster said this was an attempt to go grunge. The band has done what they wanted to from day one. Wimbish just added an extra layer.
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Also "Nothingness," "This Little Pig," "Postman," "Auslander." I love the whole album.BDG135 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 11:02 amIgnorance Is Bliss and Never SatisfiedDemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:45 amWhat are the standout tracks? I'll give them a listen!killeverything wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:25 am Stain is LC's best album and one of the best rock albums of the 90s.,
"Leave It Alone" has the best older LC feel IMO.
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3 or 4. It was a big jump up from their 2nd album, which just didn't work for me. And I liked the more "outside" material like Nothingness. But I also thought they really didn't nail that 3-piece rock sound that they did so well on the first album. Was probably wanting at least a little more of that. Their first album was a real moment in time.
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Horrible take. Not true at all.
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Didn’t like Stain at all. Maybe I’ll give it another listen. It’s been many years since I last heard it.
Time’s Up is their best! Saw them on that tour with Kings X opening. Great show!!
Time’s Up is their best! Saw them on that tour with Kings X opening. Great show!!
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Used to listen to Stain a lot when it was released. Time's Up is probably a better overall album than Vivid, but didn't have anything close to the singles of Cult Of Personality, Glamour Boys, or Open Letter. Stain is definitely more progressive and heavy than the first two. Go Away is probably Vernon's heaviest.
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yeah, "Stain" was nowhere near being a Grunge album.Newsted's FU Money wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:57 pmHorrible take. Not true at all.
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Never heard it...
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