Bracket: Disco Volante vs. California

[zombywoof]

DV has yet to really grab me - in fact it's the only Bungle album that does not. California is a masterpiece, one of my favorite albums.


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[zravkapt]

DV

[Progbear]

I disliked DV so much I never bothered with California.

[aplodon]

Disco Volante, no doubt,

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[Kcrimso]

Disco Volante. I have never really warmed to California.

[Udi Koomran]

easily California its close to being a perfect album

[NogbadTheBad]

California is a masterpiece, DV only slightly less so.

[Udi Koomran]

besides the writing and the stellar arrangements , sound etc. this album has this rare combination of pop flavors combined some truly avant bizarro mindset and it really works it feel organic and "natural"
and it sounds "warm"

[Baribrotzer]

Here's an idea just thrown out:

I hear an undefinable similarity between Mr. Bungle, early Split Enz, and early Midnight Oil. In each case, you have a band that doesn't so much throw the usual rule-book out, as sound like they never knew there was such a thing. Who make music that's definitely progressive, yet has only a tenuous connection to the BIG-P-Prog tradition. And in each case, you also have a band who developed in isolation, whether in a city far from the Big Time Music Business (Eureka, CA) or in a country even farther away (NZ or HOWWWWstroiya).

[viukkis]

California makes my booty move. That is a huge achievement for music as crazy and unpredictable as Mr. Bungle.

[miamiscot]

The first one's my favorite but between these two I'll give the slight edge to Disco Volante. But California is a beast as well.

I oddly never got much out of Faith No More. Angel Dust is revered by many but I never liked it.

[bill g]

I gave the nod to 'California'. That opening track is a gem.

[chalkpie]

I oddly never got much out of Faith No More. Angel Dust is revered by many but I never liked it.

You're not alone.

[Jefferson James]

Listened to DV again today, I love it. Listened to California again the other day and while it's amazing, it doesn't have the sheer energy of DV and for me, with music, energy is key.

Tried Tomahawk's "Anonymous" and wasn't feeling it. I like that: artists who do stuff I love and stuff I dislike.

[polmico]

Anonymous is a bit of an anomaly in the Tomahawk discog. Not sure if I'd use that as a benchmark for the band. Not, mind you, that you have to like the band.

No folks not liking Angel Dust? Well, I guess there are some folk who believe aliens are visiting this flat planet. So there's that.

[MudShark22]

I have had this discussion with others before.

Each Bungle disc is so fucking unique in how fucked up it is; that choosing which damaged psyche is 'best' can sometimes just come down to which one you can live with.

For me, California is an acid burned out eyeball I can live with....