[ldx1024]

Trout Mask Replica is the ultimate "it grows on you" record. A masterpiece.

[jeffbee]

I am mostly questioning the assertion that it is obscure and overlooked. Major Boomer critics fawned over this record non-stop for fifty years.

[xbar]

It is not obscure or overlooked.

I would say that it is so hyped that it is been evaluated by almost everyone, but that most people give less-than-a-full-listen and conclude "I'm out."

I respect their decision.

Sometimes I tell people to watch the Vox Earworm about it. I find it expensive to engage with, so usually I do not--but I never feel like a listen is wasted time.

[BoingBoomTschak]

Ehhh, I think it mostly sucks. Some pearls ("Dachau Blues", "Ella Guru", "Sugar & Spikes"), but way too uneven and basically a big forced meme.

With some extensive fat trimming, it could have been as legendary as its reputation, really.

[therouwboat]

I don't really get trout mask and I rarely listen to it, but I feel like it needs to be crazy and uneven to be that legendary. If it was just good, it would be like any other record.

[ocodo]

no, it really isn't... it's complete trash.

To feel like you're hip, you "learned to like it"