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"All killer no filler"

Giving My Bones to the Western LandsOpposite words are expressions in the language where each term conveys contrasting meanings. Killer is a superlative that is being used to describe the tracks of the highest quality of an album. Filler is a superlative that is being used to describe the tracks of a lesser quality on an album, used for example in order to make it up to an album length of say 45 minutes. It's in the nature of things that there are far more filler than killer albums. It's not an academic exercise to distinguish the one from the other. You will know them by their fruits. My list of killer albums comes with no surprises. Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath), Desire (Bob Dylan), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie), The Boatman's Call (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Greetings from Asbury Park NJ (Bruce Springsteen), Parallell Lines (Blondie), The Queen is Dead (The Smiths), Marquee Moon (Television) and Rumours (Fleetwood Mac). There's no all killer no filler album in the gothic country genre. This kind of music is an aquired taste, imperfection is part of perfection. The 10 killer albums mentioned above are different amongst themselves, but there are three common denominators: theme, coherence and execution. Many people think that adding an extra feature or additional layer always improves quality. On the contrary. "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."


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