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Poll Question: Which KGLW studio albums are your favorites?
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I know four of these, of which I like L.W. and Polygondwanaland.
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^You make it sound very attractive again. I'm gonna give it a relisten. Oh, there's also the "ever present" softly spoken word. Quite lovely at first really but after a while gets a little distracting. I think I prefer more abstracted storylines, the music does most of the talking. 
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Flying Microtonal Banana - I don't think I like this as much as a lot of KGLW fans, but I can't give it less than 4 stars either
Yes, that's exactly how I feel.  

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Infest The Rats' Nest - In hindsight it shouldn't have been a surprise to me that the best thrash metal album of the 21st century doesn't come from a legacy band or retro-revival band
Three of my favorite four albums are on the heavier side of things. I think by not primarely being a metal band themselves, KG&LW are somehow better at making albums about the end of the world and such - an wildly exhilarating fun and enjoyable ride. Something metal used to be great at, without even trying. Plus they know how to make those memorable riffs. I'm generalizing but most modern metal bands are tight, extremely good at what they do, but slightly faceless and often no fun. I actually prefer Stu's poppier, gentler singing style. Still in in the context of something resembling metal, it's refreshing with a voice that isn't Mr. generic growler number one millionth, but more of a human voice. 
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by bardberic bardberic wrote:

I voted for Murder of the Universe, Quarters, and Changes. I think those are their best and the ones I'd give a 4.0+, with the first one being a 4.5.
Murder of the Universe is the only one I've grown a little out of love for. I had it among my fourths in the previous poll, and now it's dropped to three 3.5 or 7/10. The music is sort of great throughout, but I don't feel that all the 21 snippets of music are perferctly sewn together. The transitions leave a little to be desired - and I think the project/concept is better "on paper" than their execution. With King Gizz I often feel it's the opposite: not the strongest or most convincing of concepts, but so well and entertainingly executed that they win me over anyway:)
MotU was actually my introduction to King Gizz - it was my first album from them. I actually got it blindly at the record store. I heard of King Gizzard before, but never listened to them. I just really liked the album art, and there was a sticker on it that said "vomit green colored vinyl," and the shade of green on the artwork is like my favorite color. I thought it was going to be some psychedelic doom metal album, based on the artwork. I loved it upon my first play hehe LOL Sometimes albums are just a perfect match for you, you know?

The transitions were actually a turn off at first, but I've grown to actually like it, because they add a sense of chaos to the music. This is the only Gizz album that really hasn't grown tiring for me, yet. Polygondwanaland, also, hasn't seemed to have gotten stale, but I never really liked it nearly as much as most other fans do (although Crumbling Castle is easily the band's best song overall, and even a top tier prog song for me, but the rest of the album can't even touch it) - I never understood the big deal, though tbf again it hasn't grown stale after repeated listens (except for the song Inner Cell, that one got boring). Flying Microtonal Banana was sorinigally ranked much higher for me, even surpassing MotU at one point, but it's kind of grown stale after repeated listens, for example. MotU holds up for me.


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Originally posted by Stressed Cheese Stressed Cheese wrote:

I've been obsessed with these guys lately, but I've only gotten through 12 of their albums so far, though I've nearly completed my CD collection at least, with just Oddments and the Anglesea EP to go. Here's my opinion on the 12 albums I have heard so far:

5 stars:
Nonagon Infinity - I have to agree with popular opinion here, a great mix of proggy elements, heavy energy and their distinctive fuzz and feedback sound
Polygondwanaland - Great mysterious sound and fun polyrhythms

4.5 stars:
Butterfly 3000 - Much more interesting and proggy than I'd initially expected, and very uplifting
Sketches of Brunswick East - Absurdly underrated, since it's probably the album with the best song transitions/flow, and some of their best psychedelic, dreamy moments
Fishing For Fishies - Just a really fun idea to mix the boogie rock rhythm with different styles and some proggy time signatures

4 stars:
Float Along - Fill Your Lungs - Great mix of psych stuff and more poppy stuff, though it still feels like a collection of songs rather than a unified, flowing album
Infest The Rats' Nest - In hindsight it shouldn't have been a surprise to me that the best thrash metal album of the 21st century doesn't come from a legacy band or retro-revival band
Flying Microtonal Banana - I don't think I like this as much as a lot of KGLW fans, but I can't give it less than 4 stars either
K.G. - Cool mix of different moods with the microtonal stuff, which makes it less repetitive than Banana, but feels a bit run-of-the-mill for their standards as well. But in a way it shows how good these guys are if I think a rather average album by them is still worth 4 stars

3.5 stars:
Quarters! - Nice, but it does get old a bit after repeated listens
12 Bar Bruise - Rather simple, but you can already hear Stu's songwriting skills through the ear-splitting production and mastering

3 stars:
Eyes Like The Sky - Nice idea, but musically not very interesting. At least it established right from the get go (perhaps coincidentally) that any KGLW album will be different than the next

I'll be voting for my top 3. I hope that sometime next year I'll be caught up with them, so I can get excited about them announcing a new album, instead of getting stressed out about it.

I feel like Buttrfly 3000 is King Gizz's most consistently midrange album - it's always ranked fairly high, but never top tier among the band's fans, but it's also never ranked low. It's interesting how everyone has a good, but not exceptional vibe with this album. Although, stoned bardberic would consider this one of the greatest albums of all time LOL
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I've been obsessed with these guys lately, but I've only gotten through 12 of their albums so far, though I've nearly completed my CD collection at least, with just Oddments and the Anglesea EP to go. Here's my opinion on the 12 albums I have heard so far:

5 stars:
Nonagon Infinity - I have to agree with popular opinion here, a great mix of proggy elements, heavy energy and their distinctive fuzz and feedback sound
Polygondwanaland - Great mysterious sound and fun polyrhythms

4.5 stars:
Butterfly 3000 - Much more interesting and proggy than I'd initially expected, and very uplifting
Sketches of Brunswick East - Absurdly underrated, since it's probably the album with the best song transitions/flow, and some of their best psychedelic, dreamy moments
Fishing For Fishies - Just a really fun idea to mix the boogie rock rhythm with different styles and some proggy time signatures

4 stars:
Float Along - Fill Your Lungs - Great mix of psych stuff and more poppy stuff, though it still feels like a collection of songs rather than a unified, flowing album
Infest The Rats' Nest - In hindsight it shouldn't have been a surprise to me that the best thrash metal album of the 21st century doesn't come from a legacy band or retro-revival band
Flying Microtonal Banana - I don't think I like this as much as a lot of KGLW fans, but I can't give it less than 4 stars either
K.G. - Cool mix of different moods with the microtonal stuff, which makes it less repetitive than Banana, but feels a bit run-of-the-mill for their standards as well. But in a way it shows how good these guys are if I think a rather average album by them is still worth 4 stars

3.5 stars:
Quarters! - Nice, but it does get old a bit after repeated listens
12 Bar Bruise - Rather simple, but you can already hear Stu's songwriting skills through the ear-splitting production and mastering

3 stars:
Eyes Like The Sky - Nice idea, but musically not very interesting. At least it established right from the get go (perhaps coincidentally) that any KGLW album will be different than the next

I'll be voting for my top 3. I hope that sometime next year I'll be caught up with them, so I can get excited about them announcing a new album, instead of getting stressed out about it.
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Originally posted by bardberic bardberic wrote:

I voted for Murder of the Universe, Quarters, and Changes. I think those are their best and the ones I'd give a 4.0+, with the first one being a 4.5.
Murder of the Universe is the only one I've grown a little out of love for. I had it among my fourths in the previous poll, and now it's dropped to three 3.5 or 7/10. The music is sort of great throughout, but I don't feel that all the 21 snippets of music are perferctly sewn together. The transitions leave a little to be desired - and I think the project/concept is better "on paper" than their execution. With King Gizz I often feel it's the opposite: not the strongest or most convincing of concepts, but so well and entertainingly executed that they win me over anyway:)


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I voted for Murder of the Universe, Quarters, and Changes. I think those are their best and the ones I'd give a 4.0+, with the first one being a 4.5.

For their others, I haven't listened to all of them, and probably never will, but I'd have them as this. Note that these are ratings for when I'm sober - when I'm high, these ratings change significantly:

3.5:
L.W.
Butterfly 3000
Petrodragon, etc. (just one listen - people seem to be raving about this one, so I'll have to listen to it again and see if I should rate it higher, since it's supposedly so good)
I'm in Your Mind Fuzz
Infest the Rats Nest
Paper Mache Dream Balloon
Flying Microtonal Banana

3.0:
K.G.
Polygondwanaland
Ice, Death, etc.
Sketches of Brunswick East
Eyes Like the Sky

2.5:
Nonagon Infinity
Laminated Denim

The rest I just don't know enough about yet.


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I made this poll in 2021, but it's dated by now. 24 studio albums since 2012, and I think all of them sans their debut and Butterfly 3000 are at least really good - most of them fantastic really. Vote for your favorite ones. I'm gonna have to vote for my five 4.5 stars. How about you?

4.5 stars:

Changes
Infest the Rats' Nest
Polygondwanaland
Nonagon Infinity
PetroDragonic Apocalypse(; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of - Merciless Damnation)

4 stars:

Sketches of Brunswick East
Made in Timeland
Laminated Denim
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
Omnium Gatherum
K.G.
L.W.
Flying Microtonal Banana
Gumboot Soup

3.5 stars:

Murder of the Universe
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
Oddments
Quarters!
I'm in Your Mind Fuzz
Eyes Like the Sky
Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
Fishing for Fishies

3 stars:

Butterfly 3000

2.5 stars:

12 Bar Bruise:

Edited by Saperlipopette! - August 11 2023 at 07:53
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