Kieran McConville
ONE love, blood, life
But because this whole listen to an album once, quantity quantity quantity thing you guys do. More power to you if you form any sort of worthwhile opinion sitting through an album once at a random point in your life. Nothing would ever stick for me if I tried to methodically listen to every album ever recommended on any giant list like a few of you do. I'd get wrapped up in the "690 left!" And would probably get even more pissed off at shitty music than I normally do because it might tell me I need to hear a kraftwerk album or some Stevie Wonder.
Kind of how I am. Even talking new music, I've probably picked one album, yeah, one, from each of the last few years to be my 'keeper'.
It is completely impossible to engage with an album on one or two listens (except maybe to dismiss out of hand something that is obviously rubbish, and yes, of course that's subjective, but there are only so many hours in a life).