(fax) Overrated/Underrated Fax

[Trevor Cordes]

On 30 Jan, Kevin Renick wrote:
> Okay, I guess this would be a good parallel thread to
> the "Worst Series" one. I'd thought about suggesting
> this some time back, but chickened out.

I think we did half of this before -- 1 year ago or so? -- check out:

http://monkeymail.org/archives/faxlist/2006/thread.html

search the page on the subject:

A discussion not yet had...

Which contained:
__Top 3 releases that you like that you think not many other people do__

It's kind of like your "Underrated" category, but subtly different.

Der's gold in dem der archives!

> Overrated:
> A Day in the Park - I just found it boring. Had high
> A Day in the Live! - Shucks, I hate putting this one
> Redeye - Arizona Tracks - And the reason this is

Solid 3-4's in a -9 to +9 scale for me on those ones.  Nothing to write
home about and they don't pop into my head to play, but if they're on
they're moderately enjoyable.

> Underrated:
> Outland 2 - As I already stated, I like this one alot.
> It's deeply atmospheric, takes you on a strange
> journey and sounds very contemplative to me, about the
> dangerous, unpredictable side of life. I had an
> unforgettable experience listening to this one on a
> trip out west a few years ago.

Ah, that's the key!  It's all about context, right?  It's like me with
DF1 and SHADO1, and even Comp1.  Memories.

> XJacks - This is delightfully weird IMO, and it

This one still hasn't made it above 0 on my scale... still trying...

> Outer Dark and Ozoona, two underappreciated O's - I

I dislike OD (+1), probably for the same reason Outlnad doesn't work for
me (dark aimless Laswell).

But Ozoona is definitely up there.  But I'm a fan of R.Gordon... if you
don't have it yet, get R.Gordon - Projects or even the TechnoRave Volume
2 comp on the Canadian label Attic (discogs 318716) -- I still love the
early R.Gordon (always using aliases) stuff on there.  A bit ravey and
dated, but not too mainstream, and has just enough to hold my interest
after 14 years.  And if you can find it it'll be dirt cheap.  I also
like the Volume 1 (318686): the Anticappella/Mig stuff.  If anyone
wanted, I could probably track down copies as they always show up in the
used CD stores here.