Between The Buried And Me - Colors

Discussion in 'Music Discussion' started by Jazz Samurai, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. Taco Tuesday Help Me Come Alive

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    Not enough blastbeats.
  2. LilPop IDK LOL

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    There should be more blast beats.
  3. King Prawn Shaft Masterpiece

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    OMG it leaked!?
  4. Unreal Tuffer than Chrono

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    BtBaM's third best album.
  5. He-Beast #teammathbeast

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    If only there were more blast beats.
  6. Morbix Junior Member

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    :lol
  7. LilPop IDK LOL

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    Yeah. The first two best albums are The Silent Circus and Alaska, and the third best album is Colors.
  8. Taco Tuesday Help Me Come Alive

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    I hope no one in this thread is serious, because I'm sure not.
  9. fledgehog Void Where Prohibited

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    :OO
  10. whs djentlemen?

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    Needs blast beats over clean vocals.


    But seriously Colors is absolutely flawless.
  11. Unreal Tuffer than Chrono

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    With Alaska being the first best.
  12. Morbix Junior Member

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    I'm gonna give this album another go. Their vocalist killed me last time, back when it leaked. But then again, this was before I developed my massive boner for Meshuggah/Opeth
  13. PIMP B GET SILLY

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    needs more emo parts


    but seriously self-titled is the best.
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  14. Destructo Spin Junior Member

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    Colors<Silent Circus<Alaska
  15. tyke this motherfucker's tasty

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  16. Metropolis Junior Member

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    Yep
  17. cheddar Wears a $6300 suit

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    It's as if there's anything that matches All Bodies or Selkies on any of their other albums.
  18. LilPop IDK LOL

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    No, TSC was their first best. Alaska came after.
  19. shapeup Junior Member

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    Colors>TSC>Alaska>s/t
  20. lost-perfection Junior Member

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    self titled and alaska are the best imo :)
  21. davis You're stumbling a little

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    I like this album.
  22. Acharjay from nz but cool anyway

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    I ordered this album from amazon recently :hyper
  23. Unreal Tuffer than Chrono

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    no
  24. Lumpy Custard Just looking like freeks

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    *ranks albums because that's what people do in threads for no reason*
  25. DrmThtr Senior Citizen

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    Colors is ok, way too DTish for me.
  26. PIMP B GET SILLY

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    s/t>silent circus>alaska>colors
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  27. LilPop IDK LOL

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    If you disagree that Alaska came after TSC...

    ... okay
  28. wogbog og og

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    me too! especially how all the songs flow into one another. i like when bands do that. on that note, does White Walls have a lot of sections from earlier songs on the album? i kinda get that idea but i could be totally wrong.

    never got into their earlier stuff, maybe they're growers like Colors but i don't really care enough to give them the time. Glass Casket are basically what i wish early btbam sounded like :\
  29. ViolentGreen sing deep mountain

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    fucking incredibly overrated album
  30. MetalliTooL ___________

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    ^ more like "fucking incredible album"
  31. fuzh Junior Member

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    It is kinda overrated. It's good, but Alaska's still better.
  32. Metalingus Junior Member

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    Strange that most people here no longer consider it their best album, considering the praise it was getting upon its release.
  33. LilPop IDK LOL

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    I think Colors is overrated too... a lot of people saying "progressive masterpiece" or "flawless album" and stuff like that, I disagree. but I still think it's BTBAM's best one. stuff like Mordecai and Selkies are a lot better than some of the parts on Colors, but since they're only single tracks on their respective album while Colors is the album itself, I ranked Colors higher. I think it's their best overall release.
  34. He-Beast #teammathbeast

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    I think Colors is a fucking stellar album, however, the s/t is probably like my 1, 2, 3....4th? Maybe? 4th favourite album ever.
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  35. shapeup Junior Member

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    I've noticed two riffs from Informal Gluttony in there.
  36. LilPop IDK LOL

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    The most of Viridian again.
  37. Destructo Spin Junior Member

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    There's a whole thread on their official forum about how White Walls is practically a summary of the whole album.
  38. wogbog og og

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    fuck yeah i was right! :D :D :D i remember listening to the album in bed and being like "hey, White Walls sounds made up for stuff from the rest of the album", but then i never heard anybody else talking about it so i assumed i was wrong
  39. srvl not today

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    silent circus > all
  40. Uncle Damfee Swaggot

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    hey I've got an idea


    let's discuss this album in 20 different threads
  41. LilPop IDK LOL

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    nice
  42. shapeup Junior Member

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  43. shapeup Junior Member

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    Oh yeah of course it has the same Virdian progression during the clean section before the breakdown too.
  44. Destructo Spin Junior Member

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    Lost Perfection, Mordecai, Ad a Dglgmut, Destructo Spin, and Aesthetic are my favorites.
  45. Unreal Tuffer than Chrono

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    He's back!
  46. davis You're stumbling a little

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    Yes, that is a big part of it. Makes it feel like one gigantic song.
  47. He-Beast #teammathbeast

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    LOL, the motifs were fucking blatant.
  48. Kochipahk Too late to be a pessimist

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    S/t needs more love. There's some really good stuff on there.
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  49. PIMP B GET SILLY

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    best album they have ever put out
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  50. sp1tekiller A stunning development!!!

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