When did you accept that this is the greatest album of all time, /mu/?
>>65250600
can somebody explain why shit like kid a and mbdtf are considered excellent, when albums like this exist that completely top them in every way
Go to bed Roger
>>65250631
Because the critics at the time couldn't understand this, and it got panned mercilessly. They just weren't ready for the perfect synthesis of country music and the heavier strain of psychedelic music that was gaining currency. Child of the Universe is one of the most perfect songs ever recorded.
>>65250655
>one of the most perfect
*THE most perfect
>>65250647
>when he isn't ready to accept the truth
>>65250664
That's unfair to songs like King Apathy III or Bad Night at the Whiskey, though
>>65250655
>"The album was released to generally positive reviews"
This album is better
>>65250693
Sorry, conflated the poor popular reception (their lowest charting album) and the poor critical reviews of the present day.
>>65250698
This is the best of their albums before McGuinn was able to take total control and realize his full potential.
>>65250600
Why is it that folk and folk rock artists could do country music so much better than most mainstream country acts?
>>65250780
Because the folk rock artists, having already blended two disparate genres of music, were much more musically open-minded than the country establishment (see Ralph Emery's response to You Ain't Goin' Nowhere), which allowed them to be more free to bend convention for the sake of better music. The country establishment, however, was unable to make these changes.
