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It isn't so much that Morning Phase is bad, per se, it's just that THIS is the Beck album that finally wins AOTY? Basically all of his albums up to Guero destroyed this one creatively and/or commercially.
Maybe it's one of those things you see in award shows for acting where they give the award to a guy who has put in a long, great body of work even though the actual piece he's nominated for wasn't really worthy. Sort of like a recognition of your career more than it is of the album. Doesn't make much sense to me but we've seen plenty of examples of the voters just coming up with weird choices that make people go WTF.
This.
Great see Beck get some recognition, Morning Phase is not his best album...but its not his worse either.
Maybe it's one of those things you see in award shows for acting where they give the award to a guy who has put in a long, great body of work even though the actual piece he's nominated for wasn't really worthy. Sort of like a recognition of your career more than it is of the album. Doesn't make much sense to me but we've seen plenty of examples of the voters just coming up with weird choices that make people go WTF.
This.
Great see Beck get some recognition, Morning Phase is not his best album...but its not his worse either.
Maybe it's one of those things you see in award shows for acting where they give the award to a guy who has put in a long, great body of work even though the actual piece he's nominated for wasn't really worthy. Sort of like a recognition of your career more than it is of the album. Doesn't make much sense to me but we've seen plenty of examples of the voters just coming up with weird choices that make people go WTF.
This.
Great see Beck get some recognition, Morning Phase is not his best album...but its not his worse either.
Isn't that some bullshit though? Album of the YEAR isn't some sort of lifetime achievement award.
It's weird to be on the other side of a Kanye debate, but if there are only three instances of this happening out of the likely hundred-plus times he's won an award, it's not like this is some major slam dunk.
It's weird to be on the other side of a Kanye debate, but if there are only three instances of this happening out of the likely hundred-plus times he's won an award, it's not like this is some major slam dunk.
That's just because he deserved the other 97+ awards.
It's weird to be on the other side of a Kanye debate, but if there are only three instances of this happening out of the likely hundred-plus times he's won an award, it's not like this is some major slam dunk.
There is something to at least having some history of putting your money where your mouth is. It's three more than most other people.
It's crazy to me Beyonce still doesn't have an AOTY. It's even crazier to me that Outkast, Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock are the only African Americans to win one in 15 years. Hip hop and R&B defined american pop culture in that period.
No one is talking about the most important thing that happened at the Grammy's last night... St. Vincent won for best alternative album. Last night, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark became the first female solo artist in 20 years to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Album. Not only is that huge, she deserved it.
There's no denying that Beyonce is a great entertainer and such but maybe, just maybe, there have been better albums released during each of her opportunities.
There's no denying that Beyonce is a great entertainer and such but maybe, just maybe, there have been better albums released during each of her opportunities.
Not this year, that's for damn sure. Most people agree this was her best, while even Beck supporters are saying "come on, you gotta admit Morning Phase was pretty good."
No one is talking about the most important thing that happened at the Grammy's last night... St. Vincent won for best alternative album. Last night, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark became the first female solo artist in 20 years to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Album. Not only is that huge, she deserved it.
I was bitching about this to Pops in our Grammy-only private forum. It's a shame they don't televise best alternative album. These are the artists that are the future of the industry, and are more frequently going on to win AOTY. They should get some spotlight and buzz.
There's no denying that Beyonce is a great entertainer and such but maybe, just maybe, there have been better albums released during each of her opportunities.
Not this year, that's for damn sure. Most people agree this was her best, while even Beck supporters are saying "come on, you gotta admit Morning Phase was pretty good."
I don't think it's crazy for people to feel like even Beyonce's best isn't as good as a "pretty good" Beck album.
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Not this year, that's for damn sure. Most people agree this was her best, while even Beck supporters are saying "come on, you gotta admit Morning Phase was pretty good."
I don't think it's crazy for people to feel like even Beyonce's best isn't as good as a "pretty good" Beck album.
Beck has sold 300k copies of Morning Phase to date. Beyonce sold 828k worldwide in 3 days. I think the universe of people who think that is limited to you and Grammy voters.
Edit: Bey also has an overall better metacritc rating than Morning Phase.
Honestly, I was just happy Sam Smith, Ed Shereen (or whatever his name is, I'm not looking it up) or Pharrell Williams (who I do like) didn't win. I would have been thrilled if Beyonce had won. But I love Beck & did love Morning Phase, so I was fine with it.
I don't think it's crazy for people to feel like even Beyonce's best isn't as good as a "pretty good" Beck album.
Beck has sold 300k copies of Morning Phase to date. Beyonce sold 828k worldwide in 3 days. I think the universe of people who think that is limited to you and Grammy voters.
Since when do numbers matter? Caribou has surely sold less but I think you and I would both agree on Our Love being better.
Beck has sold 300k copies of Morning Phase to date. Beyonce sold 828k worldwide in 3 days. I think the universe of people who think that is limited to you and Grammy voters.
Since when do numbers matter? Caribou has surely sold less but I think you and I would both agree on Our Love being better.
No, I think Beyonce was better than Our Love (metacritc agrees there too). But come on, this is the Grammys, album sales have to count for something.