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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3964 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Lightning Seeds - Sense EP. A lovely piece of joy from 1992 (not recommended for Kevin!). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3965 Registered: 05-2005 |
Damn. That should read Revive album V. Not the first time I've done this... Sorry. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3970 Registered: 05-2005 |
Def Leppard - Hysteria | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 453 Registered: 10-2006 |
Cold roses - Ryan Adams | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1302 Registered: 10-2008 |
the smiths - the queen is dead. inspired by my daughter buying her first ever nme this week!! is that a bit like a father taking his son to the pub and buying him his first drink? :-) she's a smiths fanatic, and this weeks nme is a celebration of 25 years since the release of what they are calling "the greatest indie album ever" http://www.nme.com/magazine http://www.nme.com/layout/magImage.php | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3971 Registered: 05-2005 |
A proud day Kevin! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2131 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jon Langford - Skull Orchard | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2681 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yellow Magic Orchestra--BGM | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3972 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, your two links above are to pictures of Bono. Next you'll be bigging up "the Crowdies". | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3973 Registered: 05-2005 |
Straight to Hell soundtrack. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1306 Registered: 10-2008 |
this could be fun padraig! wonder who'll be on the cover next week, and the week after etc? knowing the nme these days it could be anybody from adele or lady gaga, to the clash or joy division :=) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2212 Registered: 01-2005 |
>the smiths - the queen is dead. We never did get any of the Original Recording remastered editions of the Smiths studio albums here in the states on CD, only the vinyl ones and The Sound of the Smiths: The Very Best of the Smiths. I wonder why Rhino never followed thru with them? Poor sales on The Sound of the Smiths maybe? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2221 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - good question! I'd love to know what the hold up is. It can't be due to poor sales; from I've read, the Sound of the Smiths sold well, as did the new vinyl pressings. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2225 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hunters & Collectors - S/T This is the US version I'm listening to, which is drastically different from the Aus/UK version, and imo, actually superior. So many great songs, like "Talking to a Stranger," "Scream, Who," "Tow Truck," "Lumps of Lead," etc... And what a strange band - they had about a minute or two of brilliance and then lost it by turning into a dull bar-band with a singer who's overly preoccupied with his muscular physique. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1311 Registered: 10-2008 |
japan - tin drum birthday party - junkyard bill callahan - woke on a whaleheart | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3982 Registered: 05-2005 |
Grant McLennan - Horsebreaker Star | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2230 Registered: 10-2004 |
Going back to the "when will remastered versions of Smiths CDs come out" question, it could perhaps be a blessing that they're dragging their heels, since they might master them too loud, like the Sound of the Smiths comp from a few years back. Part of me doubts they could improve much upon the original Rough Trade releases (which sound the best), so maybe it would be better to track down original Rough Trade pressings rather than hold out for reissues that may never come. My CDs of the four studio albums are original UK Rough Trade pressings, and they do sound quite good (particularly Queen and Strangeways, both of which sound better than their Sire and WEA counterparts). | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1316 Registered: 10-2008 |
heres mozza on the subject of having no record label at the moment http://pitchfork.com/news/43002-morrisse y-talks-label-troubles-glastonbury/ | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2215 Registered: 01-2005 |
YepRoc would seem to be an ideal label/record company for Morrissey. They cater to 1980's rockers. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2231 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, but could he live with the pay cut? | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 278 Registered: 05-2005 |
Poor Moz could do like Robert Gomez, asking fans to contribute for the next record. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robe rtgomez/robert-gomez-severance-recording ?ref=email Hopefully I'll have my name in the thank yous.. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3983 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Great Western Squares - Judas Steer. From the very healthy mid-late 90s Dublin independent music scene. (GWS were a country band.) I also listened earlier to The Church's classic Starfish. No matter where or when I listen to this album, I am transported to a warm and sunny LA in November 1989 (though it did rain, appropriately, the night I saw The Waterboys there in the Wiltshire Theater. Superb show). | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1320 Registered: 10-2008 |
I notice that Gene Clarks "Two Sides To Every Story" is being reissued soon. Its widely unavailable just now, Amazon US are charging $150 for it!!, and Amazon UK the equivalent price in pounds. Cosmo sent me a CD-R of his vinyl and I really rated it, Randy I know you will have it but can't remember if you rated it or not? Hopefully its a deluxe reissue with plenty of sleevenotes and maybe even a second disc. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2692 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kevin, believe it or not, it's the one Gene Clark LP I never bothered to get. My older brother had warned me that I probably wouldn't like it all that much and--indeed--I do think it's probably his single weakest album. I used to see the CD release of it in the Los Angeles stores all the time and assumed I'd eventually pick it up. Then it disappeared. I have a CD-R just like you and, yes, I'll buy a reissue whenever it shows up. Extra songs would be very welcome because in the case of Gene Clark that will usually mean something good. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2137 Registered: 09-2006 |
Mekons - Journey to the End of the Night | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2244 Registered: 10-2004 |
Dexy's - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3990 Registered: 05-2005 |
Various artists (The Blackeyed Susans, Straitjacket Fits, Archie Roach, Not Drowning Waving, Andy Prieboy, Beasts Of Bourbon etc.) - Live At The Wireless. A 1992 Triple J radio compilation I bought on cassette at the time. Great to hear it again after all these years. I played it to death at the time. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2245 Registered: 10-2004 |
Berlin Blondes - S/T | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1336 Registered: 10-2008 |
primal scream - vanishing point | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3995 Registered: 05-2005 |
Suede - Dog Man Star. The three disc remaster. It's magnificent. That's how to do a re-release package. Always loved this album, but only previously owned it on cassette (which I got cheap in some bargain bin). | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1338 Registered: 10-2008 |
rem - lifes rich pageant (deluxe) their last truly great album. this box is really neat, with a nice booklet, 4 individual pics of the band, a poster and the athens demo cd which accompanies the main album. the sound is awesome, blows away my original cd which was one of the first i ever bought. the demos are excellent, some sound like they are totally the finished article, although some like flowers of guatemala and march song(a prototype king of birds)have no vocals. overall i'd say that the songs that made the album were mostly perfectly formed, theres nothing to suggest that don gehmann shaped these songs in any way, it was all done in the band rehearsal room i reckon. i have no intention of buying document or any of the others as it stands at the moment, unless the bonus cd promises something spectacular! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2227 Registered: 01-2005 |
I'll spring for rem - lifes rich pageant (deluxe) next week. I would certainly buy a deluxe edition remaster of the odds and sods Dead Letter Office with the Chronic Town ep and outakes/live cuts from 1982. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1347 Registered: 10-2008 |
son volt - trace jay farrars crowning glory, whether with uncle tupelo, son volt or solo. easily superior to the early wilco records when they were mining the same vein of music. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 352 Registered: 02-2007 |
Agree, Trace is far superior to AM which was released about the same time i think. Is Son Volt still around? If not wonder what Jay Farrars is doing? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4017 Registered: 05-2005 |
David, check out One Fast Move Or I'm Gone by Farrar and Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie). It's a great record. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Fast_Mo ve_or_I%27m_Gone | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2231 Registered: 01-2005 |
So why did Son Volt split after the their third album (Wild Swing Tremolo)? I can't really compare 1990's Wilco to Son Volt beyond the first Wilco album, as I don't own Being There or Summerteeth. I do agree that Trace was far superior to AM though. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1352 Registered: 10-2008 |
michael, summerteeth is a fantastic album. i would lazily say that being there is wilco's exile on main street, a sprawling double album. if it shed 4 or 5 tracks it would be a classic. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1353 Registered: 10-2008 |
http://thequietus.com/articles/06621-the -smiths-the-queen-is-dead this guy makes some good points, ones that i have held myself for many years. tqid is probably thought to be the smiths crowning glory because it was the album that was released when they were at their most popular (similar to radiohead and ok computer, thats not their best album either although its always stated as being so). and like new order and substance 1987, the best smiths album is probably one of the many compilations. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2246 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, if I had to choose one desert island Smiths album, it could actually be Louder Than Bombs, and not any of the four studio albums. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2232 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kev, I'll add Summerteeth to my CD short list (REM Lifes Rich Pageant Deluxe Edition, one remastered Nick Cave and one remastered New Order). Melville's "Leon Morin, Priest - Criterion Collection", is on my DVD short list. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2704 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hmmm. The Smiths have been such a roadblock for me. Maybe I should pick up a copy of "Hatful of Hollow" or "Louder than Bombs." The only Smiths thing I have is a singles collection which I've always found breathtakingly unengaging. But I am well aware of the fact that the singles are sometimes the lousiest offerings from a group, due to their aim at lowest-common-denominator appeal. Jeff and Spence sent me some substantially better tracks a few years back. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2247 Registered: 10-2004 |
I don't know - I think the Smiths had A LOT of damn good quality singles. And what made the Smiths particularly exciting for some was that often their b-sides were as good (and sometimes better) than their a-sides. Johnny Marr and Morrissey were both obsessed with singles and they put as much effort into those as their full lengths, from the cover art to the b-sides. But it's all a matter of taste, in the end. Randy, Hatful of Hollow might possibly appeal to you because it contains a lot of BBC sessions in lieu of studio versions of several tracks, which have a really rough, rocking, non-slick sound/feel. But it also contains several singles, although at that point in the game (late '84), all their a-sides were strong, imo. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1354 Registered: 10-2008 |
H of H would be my recommended gateway to The Smiths to anybody curious. As I have said recently, my 16 yr old daughter is a Smiths fanatic. Her fave album is Strangeways. (Going off subject, I had a lump in the throat moment the other day when I saw her wearing an Unknown Pleasures T shirt. And in amongst her pile of CD's was my Joy Division box set Heart and Soul, and my copy of Unknown Pleasures.) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4020 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I was a very late convert to The Smiths (only in the last decade). Strangeways is also my favourite album, with Louder being the best compilation. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 754 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I agree with just about everyone. Get Hatful ....and then move onto Meat is Murder. You will (should!) never look back after that! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 462 Registered: 10-2006 |
Gosh, the Smiths are such a central part of my love of music it's pretty hard to imagine anyone not liking them... but for a while back in the day I only heard them on Peel and thought it all sounded a bit droney Northern buggerlugs miserabilism, what's all the fuss about etc; then I picked up the cassette of Hatful and it all kicked in. I’d given up on pop music for several years and listened mainly to classical stuff and suddenly here was a band that seemed to be dragging reality back into the rock song, with wit, tunefulness, a distinctive voice, and a recognisable geography. A wonderful moment. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2233 Registered: 01-2005 |
I bought The Smiths debut album around 1985, but it didn't really kick in for me like the first time for many of my favorites. I did buy Rank at the end of the 80's, as I loved Marr's playing on some of those live tracks. I am still planning to pop for the remastered versions of H of H, Strangeways, Meat is Murder, etc, whenever they are finally made available here in the states. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2706 Registered: 03-2005 |
I remember a friend of mine showing up at my place with a copy of the Smiths' first album. This was when it was a new release before the Smiths had become anything of commercial note here in the States. Is that 1983? Something like that. When I put it on and started listening I thought it was one of the greatest things I'd heard in a while. Well, except for Magazine, of course, because the sun rose and set by them as far as I was concerned and I was late to the Magazine party. But as the Smiths album proceeded I started to feel that I was hearing a bunch of variations of the same song. By the time the album was over I'd basically lost interest. That was a one-listen impression so you never know how it might sound to me now. Every once in a few years I'll pull out my copy of the Singles collection to see if they're catching me now. The only singles of theirs that I've put on my iTunes file are "Hand in Glove" and "There is a Light . . . ." Spence and Jeff sent me five songs each from "Meat is Murder" and "The World Won't Listen." Being the final carnivore that I am I find the "Meat is Murder" title a bit much. With the shining exception of the evergreen McCarthy I can't stand musicians who trumpet their two-digit IQ political opinions in their music. It was tedious when the late 60s/early 70s Los Angeles people did it and it's no better when done by Morrissey. Yes, I know, ignore that and focus on the music. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 755 Registered: 05-2005 |
I bought the first one when it came out after hearing the (3 month late then) hype via the NME. I tried out for Uni radio and was told to just choose anything since it wasn't going to air. I chose "This Charming Man". It was one of those moments - Marr's guitar signature at the start was like a trumpet call, just like ALL the great band have. I bought the first album but found it thin and disappointing and didn't listen to it much. I walked into a record shop a year later and saw that Meat is Murder had been released. Picked it up, weighed it up, put it back. Got to the counter to ask about something else and saw the single for How Soon is Now. Asked to have it played. I'll give them a second go. Again, what an opening to a song! I went and grabbed the album and played it continuously all afternoon where it continually interrupted any conversation I was having as it blared out through the dorm from a friends room. Crucial. Essential. MEAT IS MURDER! Give them a second go Randy! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4024 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ed Kuepper - King Of Vice | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2710 Registered: 03-2005 |
Padraig, you've gotten the recent Kuepper odds and sods collections? What do you think of them? Did you have to get them CD-R? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2248 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - it appears that Rhino is one step closer to releasing the remastered albums on CD, which you've been so patiently waiting for. First there is this: http://www.rhino.co.uk/store/products,th e-smiths-complete-deluxe-collectors-boxs et_39767.htm (does it also come with a tacky badge?) But then there is this, for considerably less: http://www.rhino.co.uk/store/products,th e-smiths-complete-cd-boxset_39765.htm So, seems like at some point they'll have to "part" these out and sell 'em individually, don't you think? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2238 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, Thanks for the up Rhino links on the Smiths boxsets. Yes, I would think that they would "part" them out as YepRoc did on the Robyn Hitchcock boxsets. Speaking of Hitchcock boxsets, I'm still ticked at A&M or the company that took them these days, for not giving the rights over to YepRoc on Globe of Frogs, Queen Elivis, Perspex Island and Respect by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians. I doubt if we will ever see a later days Egytpians boxset thanks to the company that currently owns the rights. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4026 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I got a couple of the live ones at his gigs. I'm sure I'll get more when I next see him. I wonder when his first record as part of the Bad Seeds will come out? I'm intrigued to see how that works out. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2240 Registered: 01-2005 |
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pagent | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2245 Registered: 01-2005 |
Mojave 3 - ask me tomorrow | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 761 Registered: 05-2005 |
Regarding the Smiths boxset, I hope they DO have the tacky badge with the price because, from reading the details, there are certainly NO extra tracks. I find that VERY hard to believe given the first one was originally done by Troy Tate before it was redone by Porter. Given that I have my elbows on the desk when I'm using the computer and buying things online, buying this boxset surely would be close to (cash)death at ones elbow! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1358 Registered: 10-2008 |
Power Corruption and Lies by New Order. I remember being disappointed by this when it was first released, because it didnt live up to the genius of Everythings Gone Green or Blue Monday. It did contain obviously instant classics like Your Silent Face and Age Of Consent but some songs sounded like filler, or unfinished sketches. However, as so often happens, time has been extremely kind to this album and I remember praising it when it was discussed on here a few years ago. Its amazing how good some albums can sound when the years have passed and the unrealistic weight of youthful expectation have been lifted. Songs like Ecstacy which I probably just didnt understand at the time now sound wonderful, and although it isnt really an original sounding song (given that it was heavily influenced by the New York club scene) it just sounded alien at the time to the average British indie kid like me. I was inspired to listen to this by a series that the Guardian are running just now in which their writers pick their favourite album and write a piece on it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblo g/2011/aug/08/power-corruption-lies-new- order http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/m y-favourite-album http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblo g/2011/aug/02/write-album-reviews | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4031 Registered: 05-2005 |
Los Lobos - ...And A Time To Dance. The debut EP, and a work of at least minor genius. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1360 Registered: 10-2008 |
i was on allmusic to see what their opinion of new order's power corruption and lies was, and its only album of the day :-) http://www.allmusic.com/ i also noticed that they were discussing the year 1985, and picking their favourite albums. a quick perusal of the first writers list shows that there were quite a few really good albums released that year and just shows how dead the current rock music scene is. and i dont even think the 80's was a particularly great decade!! http://blog.allmusic.com/category/whole- note/ | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2252 Registered: 01-2005 |
I remember when we were compiling our favorites lists for the individual years of the late 60's all the 70's & 80's and into the 90's a few years ago. I certainly struggled to fill out some of the late 80's/early 90's beyond 10 picks, and then we stopped doing them. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4041 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Ska-Core, The Devil And More | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2249 Registered: 10-2004 |
Scars - Author! Author! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2254 Registered: 01-2005 |
Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East I'm prettty sure that this album is 40 years old this month! I wonder what directions they would have gone in had Duane not died in October of 1971? They were working on a jam of My Favorite Things, inspired by John Coltrane's version, a couple of weeks before the fatal Duane motorcycle accident. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4044 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, are you in Slovakia now? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2250 Registered: 10-2004 |
Not yet - we're leaving in early October. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2255 Registered: 01-2005 |
I just ordered this, having missed out on it the past 21 years: The Connells - Boylan Heights Any thoughts on Boylan Heights? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2149 Registered: 09-2006 |
Three eponymous debut albums: Neil Young: some of Jack Nitzche's touches are really dated, but the rest feel simultaneously of their time and timeless (that's is a compliment). Aside from "The Loner," "The Old Laughing Lady" and "Last Trip to Tulsa" the songs aren't top tier, but they're far from awful. Quite listenable. Crazy Horse: Danny Whitten! That steadfast, gallumphing rhythm section! A batch of very-good-to-great songs that only start to thin out towards the end! And it was part of the brief but potent Nils Lofgren renaissance, which leads me to... Grin: Not my favorite of their/his albums, but still great fun. I think a Grin binge is next. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1367 Registered: 10-2008 |
decoration day - drive by truckers | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2730 Registered: 03-2005 |
Allen, it's interesting that you name "Last Trip to Tulsa" as one of the top tier songs on NY's first album. I agree but remember distinctly when my older brothers--both much greater Neil Young fans than I--thought that was the must-skip throwaway track. Personally, I really like the entire album and would definitely put "I've Been Waiting for You" up there in the top group. I also think somebody covering it would find plenty of meat to "I've Loved Her So Long." But I'm biased; it will probably remain the only Neil Young album I ever own. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2150 Registered: 09-2006 |
That is funny, Randy...to me "Tulsa" was just the first excellent song he wrote in that surreal/shaggy dog story/Dylanesque-if-you-like mode that he's kept up all the way to his last album. I'm a big fan who owns a large percentage of his output, but have mistakenly paid far less attention to this one than I should've. I'm looking forward to listening more, and will dig in on the two you mention. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1369 Registered: 10-2008 |
beck - sea change pretty epic stuff from this years "go to" producer, about time he got his ass in gear and released new stuff of his own. would i be right in saying that there aren't too many beck fans around these parts, can't recall much talk on him? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 768 Registered: 05-2005 |
I love Odelay and Mutations but I think Seachange is his best, and one of the best albums of the naughties. I've got most of his other stuff except before Mellow Gold but find it either patchy or trying to relive the greatness of the 3 albums I really like. "Hell Yes" being the exception of course! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1374 Registered: 10-2008 |
the doors - la woman i have a love hate relationship with this band, they sometimes slip in to too much hippy vibe for me. but this album is a tremendous way to bow out, the band especially are red hot on every track. another band that don't get much coverage on here, again i'm guessing not too many fans? no denying their singles are top drawer, but probably only the debut, strange days and la woman can cut the mustard albums wise? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2258 Registered: 01-2005 |
A lot of decent albums were released in 1971 besides LA Woman, some of which get lost in the cracks. Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus being one of them. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1375 Registered: 10-2008 |
binging on lots of blues and jazz loads of comps by such as muddy waters,john lee hooker, miles davis and john coltrane. sonny boy williamson, son house, little walter and charles mingus lined up for the next day or so (the blues binge was triggered by listening to la woman) | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 656 Registered: 04-2005 |
re Kevin and the Doors. I just have a lot of trouble with the Jimbo fans who believe that he was really some kind of visionary poet. He was just an extremely good rock frontman. But as I said in a comment (after seeing the recent "When You're Strange" documentary) NOBODY ever looked as good in a pair of leather trousers. Frankly as I have got older he seems more and more ridiculous. But I still think that the use of "The End" in "Apocalypse Now" is one of the finest cinema/rock moments ever. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1376 Registered: 10-2008 |
has anybody been to jim morrisons grave? went while in paris in 2008 - pretty disappointing(and yes, i am aware of how ludicrous a statement that was!), very unkempt, dirty and scuzzy. although to be fair, who is going to look after it given that his family live in a different continent? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2732 Registered: 03-2005 |
Doesn't the unkempt, dirty, scuzzy grave seem appropriate for him? I'm not a Doors or Jim Morrison fan. I liked them a lot when the first two albums came out but I was a discerning 11 and 12 year old. By the time he started in with the "Lizard King" stuff even this 13 year old thought he was an idiot. And next up was the crooning thing. The Doors (and Morrison) have been a big influence on a lot of people who have come since including Nick Cave and even the Triffids not to overlook the more obvious examples such as the Stranglers. So, with all that influence--some of which led to silliness not too far from the archetype--I have to give the Doors some credit. Still, I say they nicked their sound from this lower-budget Sunset Strip band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwaS1EyZg Wc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5ySbi_R VE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyHKEZsE7 ls&feature=related Hey, they even did the blues! Sort of . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb0bvvmyB 6c | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4048 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, you never miss an opportunity to big-up the Seeds! (Or the "double-digit IQ Doors" as you have memorably called them in the past). I like a bit of Doors occasionally, but fully in the knowledge of the ridiculousness of it all! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4051 Registered: 05-2005 |
Violent Femmes - 3 | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1381 Registered: 10-2008 |
muddy waters - folk singer | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2260 Registered: 01-2005 |
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 354 Registered: 05-2005 |
Shack - Zilch this often is maligned for it's production but it's still chock full of great songs and I forgot how much I love this band | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2261 Registered: 01-2005 |
Love - Forever Changes Still an amazing album, and way more than just slightly ahead of competition. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1382 Registered: 10-2008 |
wilco - a ghost is born | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4055 Registered: 05-2005 |
World Of Twist - Quality Street | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1387 Registered: 10-2008 |
magazine - secondhand daylight | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1388 Registered: 10-2008 |
the doors - morrison hotel in the current issue of the word magazine ian mcculloch eulogises about this, saying its his favourite doors album simon reynolds disects the doors retrospectively from his blog on friday http://blissout.blogspot.com/2011/09/mus ic-criticism-geeks-take-heed-i-have.html totally relate to the bit where he intimates that listeners who come to the music of a band later than those who heard the music at the time have a different experience - eg joy division and the doors - they know ian curtis and jim morrisson are dead and know the whole backstory, whereas critics and listeners at the time were dealing with the here and now as the albums were released. i tried to convey something similar about "old music" in a post a few years ago and failed miserably :-) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4063 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sweet Relief benefit for Victoria Williams. Terrific versions of her songs by Buffalo Tom, Michael Penn, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, Evan Dando, The Jayhawks, The Waterboys and more. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1619 Registered: 08-2006 |
Padraig, I'll represent for the Lucinda Williams song on that comp. Stellar. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2736 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kevin, I just read the Simon Reynolds blog. He makes some good points. I find the iPod method of listening (in my car) to be great for discovering overlooked items that otherwise sit on my CD shelves. It also saves overly song-heavy albums that don't work as albums, but do have great songs. (Augie March's "Moo" is a good example of that--fabulous songs but fatiguing to listen to and not cohesive as a record.). I'll add something to his observation about having been there when a band was new vs. Discovering them after they're history. I've long noticed that the first record that turned me on to an artist will most often--not always!--remain a big favorite if not THE big favorite. The sheer buzz of discovery "contaminates" the listener's judgment. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2737 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sorry about the serial post but this damn iPad does not seem to allow me to scroll in the edit window. The exceptions to what I wrote above are interesting and might be examples of superior artists. Augie March again; "Moo" was the first album heard but was never the favorite. The Triffids are an even more extreme example for me. Ditto the Go Betweens. So maybe my second paragraph above is rubbish! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1390 Registered: 10-2008 |
stereolab - emperor tomato ketchup. magnificent. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4065 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, you got it right first time. The album you first heard by a band you end up loving is almost always the one you consider their classic. There are exceptions, but it can take years to let go of your own entry point. A great example for me is The Triffids. The first album of theirs I heard was Calenture, and it is only in recent years I was able to admit that Born Sandy Devotional is a better record. (I still love Calenture too though). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4066 Registered: 05-2005 |
I love Emperor Tomato Ketchup too Kevin. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4067 Registered: 05-2005 |
I just started reading Simon Reynolds' blog and the first thing that struck me is his dreadful mauling of the English language. He refers to "the way the band’s records impacted him". A person's teeth, bowel, colon and ear wax can be impacted. Their records can not. Didn't this guy learn anything in university? This lazy use of dumb buzzwords drives me to distraction. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2264 Registered: 01-2005 |
One of my favorite Eddie Murphy lines, "The key to life is a healthy colon". | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1392 Registered: 10-2008 |
the fall - perverted by language | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4075 Registered: 05-2005 |
Splitsville - The Complete Pet Soul. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 97 Registered: 03-2007 |
Wilco - The Whole Love | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 507 Registered: 01-2007 |
Just bought the Whole Love and the Waterboys new one a tribute(?)to Mr yeats gets rave reviews | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1404 Registered: 10-2008 |
primal scream - screamadelica. released the same week as nirvana's nevermind in september 1991. no debate as to which band left the biggest cultural touchstone, but screamadelica is a far superior album to nevermind imo wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot. i am coming round to the fact that this is the best album of the last decade for me, i previously always leant towards kid a. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1408 Registered: 10-2008 |
wilco - am | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1410 Registered: 10-2008 |
radiohead - in rainbows. tom yorke - the eraser radiohead and wilco appear to be everywhere just now. wilco understandably because of the new album coming out,but radiohead seem to be in the news because of a few well timed tv appearances, and because rem have split up and this is apparently fortuitous for them! radiohead are still relevant and are still making great albums that sell by the bucketload, and are even critically acclaimed shock horror. you have to go back nearly 20 years for the same to apply to rem, or at least to when bill berry was still in the band (1995/1996?) http://www.avclub.com/articles/radiohead -and-the-american-radiohead-filling-the- r,62524/ | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2270 Registered: 01-2005 |
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac A damn fine album hardly anybody gives a damn about. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 2161 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Cars - Panorama | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1415 Registered: 10-2008 |
can - tago mago |