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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,667
    edited June 2019
    buck502000 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    buck502000 said:
    Like Clockwork > Villains 
    I agree, but it's still a pretty close race IMO. They are both excellent.
    It might be that clockwork is a 45
    Not for me. Actually, that annoys me a little bit, because I ALWAYS start that album off in slo-mo, lol.
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773
    buck502000 said:
    Like Clockwork > Villains 
    Tough one... on one hand, I don’t skip any tracks on Villains (I’m not a fan of Keep your Eyes Peeled), but OTOH, there aren’t any songs on Villains that I like as much as My God is the Sun, I sat by the Ocean, Fair Weather Friends or I Appear Missing (probably my favorite QOTSA song after In the Fade).

    Both are fantastic albums. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773
    Merkin Baller said:
    buck502000 said:
    Like Clockwork > Villains 
    Tough one... on one hand, I don’t skip any tracks on Villains (I’m not a fan of Keep your Eyes Peeled), but OTOH, there aren’t any songs on Villains that I like as much as My God is the Sun, I sat by the Ocean, Fair Weather Friends or I Appear Missing (probably my favorite QOTSA song after In the Fade).

    Both are fantastic albums. 
    Although... the Evil has Landed and Villains of Circumstance come close. 
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Like Clockwork for me by a pretty wide margin. Head Like A Haunted House is an absolute momentum murderer.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,182
    PJ_Soul said:
    buck502000 said:
    Like Clockwork > Villains 
    I agree, but it's still a pretty close race IMO. They are both excellent.
    also agree. Very close but slight edge to Clockwork
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  • Merkin Baller
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    DewieCox said:
    Like Clockwork for me by a pretty wide margin. Head Like A Haunted House is an absolute momentum murderer.
    It’s one of my favorite songs on that album! 
  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,619
    They are like Nirvana for me. Great in small doses 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Like Clockwork is an A.  Villains is a B.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    DewieCox said:
    Like Clockwork for me by a pretty wide margin. Head Like A Haunted House is an absolute momentum murderer.
    Yes
  • Mike D88
    Mike D88 Tampa Posts: 767
    excuse me, but

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  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,724
    Mike D88 said:
    excuse me, but

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  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,724
    Un-Reborn Again... love that song...
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773
    Mike D88 said:
    excuse me, but

    Un-Reborn Again
    It’s amazing. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Merkin Baller said:
    buck502000 said:
    Like Clockwork > Villains 
    Tough one... on one hand, I don’t skip any tracks on Villains (I’m not a fan of Keep your Eyes Peeled), but OTOH, there aren’t any songs on Villains that I like as much as My God is the Sun, I sat by the Ocean, Fair Weather Friends or I Appear Missing (probably my favorite QOTSA song after In the Fade).

    Both are fantastic albums. 
    Oh man,  I love how Eyes Peeled starts the record with that vicious bass groove.  It sets the mood for the whole album, and it's such a great pressing.  I dig clockwork much more than villains 
  • petted101
    petted101 Posts: 190
    Fortress is just unlistenable.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Mike D88 said:
    excuse me, but

    Un-Reborn Again
    Great live too.  Love that one.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Something about this one 

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZafH1qXKxMg
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Merkin Baller said:

    Almost 2 years later, and Villains is still one of the foremost albums in my current rotation. I've listened more times than I can count, and I still can't get enough of it. (listened to it twice through to start my work day this morning)

    I love every QOTSA album in it's own right... some more than others of course, and I could never pick a favorite, but God damn, Villains is perfection.


    Side Note: I'll never understand how people don't like Era Vulgaris... That's a play through album for me, I don't skip a single song.

    I love Era Vulgaris and Villains. Two of my favorites for sure. Both albums are a straight through listen each time.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    petted101 said:
    Fortress is just unlistenable.
    Oh man, I really like that one and how it ends. Beautiful song.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773


    In the last couple of days, I've gone back to listen to Like Clockwork specifically with the intention of comparing it to Villains as an entire work. I've always enjoyed the album, but it was never one that grabbed me when played front to back... and it still doesn't, at least not as a complete album.

    I may be in the minority here, but I think Villains is a better album than LC. It simply flows better front to back.

    LC has some really amazing songs, but I just can't  get into Keep Your Eyes Peeled, and Smooth Sailing is a tremendous momentum killer for me (I like the song in and of itself, I just don't like it where it is on that album). Every other song is a home run IMO.

    The heavy lyrical content is also tough to get through on some days... I Appear Missing is probably my all time favorite QOTSA song (maybe tied w/ In The Fade if I'm being honest), but it's also depressing AF... knowing the lyrical content, I need to be in a specific place to enjoy it.

    Villains IMO is a more upbeat album, so my current frame of mind (one that's desperate for positivity) is definitely playing a role in how I'm listening to them right now.

    To me, Villains is a better album from start to finish, which is weird because I think I like individual songs from LC more than any individual songs from Villains.


    One thing's for sure, I f'ng love this band, and Josh Hommes has become one of my all time favorite song writers. No one writes songs like that guy.

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