Breeders "Title TK" -- Thoughts?

Haven't heard it but I'm kinda ambivalent.

What? I don't understand...

But, then, hey, I have the Internet! Never mind me & my grousing.

Title TK is a blend of Pacer and Pod I guess. Actually, you already know what this sounds like. It sounds like everything else Kim has ever done, which is good for some, bad for others.

But Yancey, Title TK sounds nothing like Pod!

Was the last album we argued about the Teasers, Paula?

you've now convinced me that huge expectaions + mediocre result *should* tip the critical balance toward *suck*. In other words it's not just a mediocre album by any band, but by one that has all the advantages.

I TOTALLY think this is true. I'm always harder on bands that I love than bands that I have nothing invested in.

I just listened to "Off You" from Title TK a bit ago, and it is great, I cannot deny it.

This, interestingly, is a big critic-vs-fan divide. Critics move a little faster, I think, and thus are pretty unlikely to be impressed by a band that comes back years and years later doing basically the same thing. Casual fans, who aren't racing along down the road, are happier just to get more songs they like. Result: unprecedented numbers of "your reviewer is a stupid trendy snob this album is great" letters for comebacks like this, right?

I don't think Title TK was anything to be mad at. I'm not sure why anyone would have expected the Breeders to get massively amazing during years and years of problems and lineup changes and inactivity. I was just pleasantly surprised that it had some decent songs and didn't sound horribly dated.

Eh, not so much. Actually, I hdan't heard the record yet and really liked your review. Still do. I disagree, tho'.

I might.

i just broke this out again. every time i break it out it impresses me even more.

THE SHE
TOO ALIVE
SON OF THREE

basically the first 8 songs are absurdly great. and then u have sinister foxx which is like OK. and then the last 3 songs are beautiful.

i mean WHAT THE FUCK

THIS ALBUM FUCKING RULES. i feel a phase coming on.

just saw that pixies reunion doc (what an awkward band!), featuring kim & kelley working on breeders demos in the tourvan -- never heard Title TK, but I should probably get it ... I think I love pretty much everything Ms. Deal does ...

Kelly's matronly upper arms are so hott I'm confused

I'm confused, too. What does this mean?

yea kim is def someone whose work i love in its entirity. not a song i don't.

i tried
i even sent in friends
they did it as a favor cuz i'm not that way

my copy of this got nicked by an ex

i don't remember what it's like

u should probably get it

it's a wonder, though i wonder if it'll get the remaster treatment 15 yrs from now and i'll think 'that's what it ALWAYS shoulda sounded like'

been watching buffy and found myself very pleased to see them playing within an episode, unannounced and seemingly out of fucking nowhere

this is a great record & has always been a great record

favorite fucking breeders record. stark, chalky thing from the mouth of nowhere.

also so loud and so sad.

^^ posts of truth

this record sounds so so so perfect

its a strange odd record. i liked it when it came out, havent listened to it in a long time (must dig it out again) and everybody i knew either hated it or was just befuddled by it. its all feel and mood i guess, like 'pod' in that sense. theres no 'cannonball' or 'drivin on nine' here.

'mountain battles' even better i thought

My copy has been stuck in my car's CD player since 2002, so the album's legendary status has only grown.

this record is weird. i love the way it ends Sinister Foxx/Forced to Drive/ T and T/ Huffer are all awesome. don't like much else aside from those and Off You, which is one of the most beautiful things ever.

Off You, with "I am the make-up on your eyes" and whatever that SOUND is (BEYOOOOOO), is classic.

Son of Three always smacks me in the face in the best way

Great album, great band. Mountain Battles is just about as good, but different.
I love the language exercise songs on Mountain Battles.
Was there a tour video released around the time of Title TK?
There's a video for Son of Three (for instance) on youtube and the song is a little faster and uh dirtier, I guess.

this record has some really great songs on it...

kind of surprised to hear haerosmith likes it though...

OFF YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

so good, i kind of never need to hear another Kim Deal song because it's perfect.

i can't even really talk about it anymore

My latest theory is that Title TK distills all the stuff I liked from Pod, and drops all the stuff I hated from Last Splash, which explains the divided response. I'm getting iffier and iffier lately about whether even Pod is better...

for some reason i have never checked the breeders about beyond this album. i love it a lot, but i've heard it's their worst? that's a lot of hype for their other music.

so weird. this album's reception is like an enigma.

Imagine hating on an album that goes from "Off You" to "The She" to "Too Alive"

God this record. Who could ever write and record "Sinister Foxx"? A ticket to the subconscious.

This is still probs my favourite Breeders LP.

How on earth is this thread 16 years old? This album still feels pretty new to me.

hhhas anyone seen...the iguanaaaaaa?

dumb made for fucking
and missing from the party
that boy's spun out

GRINDCORE LITTLE FURY

super quotable album, tho you could say that about most deal records

DUMB MADE FOR FUCKING

I KNOW I WILL HAVE SPUN OUT

torn
(aaaaahh)
toiled and troubled

Swingerrs

This record is incredible

you get an empty case of whippets and a boyfriend with a beeper

I picked up the 2018 vinyl reissue of this today--felt obligated bc "all wave"--and of course it sounds better than ever. Just an endlessly fascinating album for me, full of weird and wonderful ideas. Today the random bursts of violence on Put On A Side jumped out more than usual. I think Kim Deal has my favorite voice of any human

misery's fun i'm kissing everyone

slipping through the states to find the static yeah, there's something to believe

All time top 5 KD for me (so probably top 10 anyone)

"the she" a #1 song for walking around the house singing out loud to yourself

dumb made for fuckin
and missing from the party

oh i meant "little fury" duh

everyone in my circle at the time were all old school pixies fans and were super disappointed with this album.

it was the first new material for me since becoming a fan and i was _completely obsessed_ with the drum sound they got on this album so i played it a lot. i have no clue about audio engineering, so maybe someone with some more proper knowledge has some insights, but even to this day, this albumstill has some of my favorite drum kit sounds for a rock record.

songs are rad, too. NA otm: kim is rarely in a traditional good mood, but some songs on this album are her at her "fuck you idc" best.

One of my absolute favourite Kim records

(puts on album for the firat time in years+looks at credits)

oh ya, it's an albini dealie.

sigh.

the guy knew how to make a rock band in a room sound good.