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     skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 797 Registered: 10-2008 |
is this overkill? is "the what are people listening to" thread enough? maybe, but perhaps people tend to put new albums, or old albums they've never previously heard in there. gene clark - two sides to every story. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 331 Registered: 05-2005 |
Husker Du - Warehouse:Songs and Stories | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1043 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Stones - Exile On Main Street | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 275 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Byrds - Never Before | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1872 Registered: 09-2006 |
Mott the Hoople - The Ballad of Mott: A Retrospective | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2007 |
Kinks: Arthur; Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 704 Registered: 05-2005 |
No wonder I keep coming back here when you people keep playing my music - Byrds, Kinks and yes, even early 70's Stones. I haven't investigated Mott after an encounter with my brother in law's Mott album years ago. Left a very nasty blues taste in my mouth. Maybe I should reinvestigate. I'm listening to: the Icicle Works (self titled)...2nd year uni memories Third eye - Monsoon....ditto Innerspeaker - Tame Impala....this has pop lyrics! I wonder why his girlfriend doesn't like him smoking weed??;)I'm finding it a bit long and samey at the moment. Low Life, the first New Order and the Joy Division box set(I think I'll go to the nightclub with a razorblade...) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 801 Registered: 10-2008 |
belle and sebastian - the boy with the arab strap | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1873 Registered: 09-2006 |
Geoff, it might depend on which Mott album your brother had...if it was one of their earlier records the bad taste would be fairly understandable, as they took awhile to get their sh*t together. If it was the one entitled "Mott" then a reinvestigation might produce the same results, as that's considered one of their best. The two-disc sampler I mentioned above is pretty definitive - one good track from each of their first four albums and then gobs of stuff from the very good records that followed. Their continuing-chronicle-of-a-rock-band-and- its-fans can get a little tired, and isn't quite as deep as Ian seems to think it is. But they covered that ground better than many, many others, and that's hardly all they were about. They also had a strain of the same noxious casual sexism that afflicted so many others of their ilk, but it didn't turn up all that often, and it was tempered with a rare vulnerability - they did some very good, complex love songs. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1925 Registered: 01-2005 |
Marianne Faithful - Broken English Damn, my old vinyl records sound great on my updated 701 Dual turntable. Lovely bass response and warm sound. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1930 Registered: 01-2005 |
Black Slate - Rasta Festival I'm glad I got my Aligator vinyl copy back twenty some years ago! A used copy is going for $99.99 now on amazon.com. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 47 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Church: The Blurred Crusade | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1501 Registered: 08-2006 |
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Forgot how great this sounds. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2460 Registered: 03-2005 |
I tend to list whatever I'm listening to regardless of whether it's new to me or not in other main thread. For this thread I'd rather list something that I haven't played in a really long time but I haven't played anything in that category since Kevin started the thread. Right now, in honor of the endurance of those in Christchurch and its region, this always quake-possible Southern Californian is now listening to something I haven't played in a few months: The Bats--Daddy's Highway A great album in desperate need of a remaster. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 806 Registered: 10-2008 |
howlin wolf - moanin in the moonlight. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1502 Registered: 08-2006 |
Good one, Kev. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2461 Registered: 03-2005 |
And continuing the kiwi thing I now move on to something that really does qualify here as I'm sure I haven't heard it in about two years: Martin Phillipps & the Chills--Sunburst. I think of this as a Martin Phillipps solo album and have always liked it enormously. It has a lonely vibe that a band record won't have. And it occasionally touches that spiritual feel that Grant McL's best solo work managed. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 807 Registered: 10-2008 |
and continuing the kiwi thing even more. i was in a second hand record store yesterday and i swear they had the entire straightjacket fits back catelogue on vinyl. there must have been a massive fan who unloaded his whole collection of their stuff. it stood out like a sore thumb amongst the landfill of sisters of mercy, wonderstuff, stranglers and theatre of hate rejects. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 48 Registered: 03-2007 |
Jack Bruce: Harmony Row | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 321 Registered: 02-2007 |
Liz Stringer -"tides of time" Melbourne (i think) singer-somgwriter. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 735 Registered: 07-2006 |
kev, those first three b&s records still can't be beat. how'd they end up so dull? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2462 Registered: 03-2005 |
They learned how to play their instruments, Joe. Shane, you've been having quite a Jack Bruce thing going lately. I do occasionally wish I had a copy of "Songs for a Tailor." | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 51 Registered: 03-2007 |
Yeah, I got the album only a week or two ago and after a couple of listens it really 'clicked' with me. (I also find the use of organ on songs like 'Folk Song' and 'Smiles and Grins' kinda parallels the use of synths on Who's Next, the way they're used to give texture and integrated with other instruments...) And though I was also tempted to list The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, I'd just listed Arthur and thought I should go with a different artist instead. :p | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2464 Registered: 03-2005 |
Jack Bruce was a very good arranger. I got the VGPS reissue recently and have really appreciated the extras, especially on the third disc. For some reason I cannot explain (maybe the ugly cover) I never checked out "The Great Lost Kinks Album" when it came out so many of the added songs are new to me. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 810 Registered: 10-2008 |
joe, i never really got into belle and sebastian till well after they made those 3 albums. dont know why i didnt investigate them at the time, maybe too much hype. but yes those first 3 are the best, although i do rate dear catastrophe waitress quite highly too. brian eno - taking tiger mountain by strategy | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1874 Registered: 09-2006 |
I've come to like most of Fold Your Hands, Child and some of The Life Pursuit, but in general the hooks on their later albums are aggressive in a way that can really grate on me. On the other hand I find God Help the Girl aggressively hooky in the very best way. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1876 Registered: 09-2006 |
Youssou N'Dour - Egypt | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 53 Registered: 03-2007 |
Bloodroses: From St Paul to San Francisco | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1937 Registered: 01-2005 |
King Sunny Ade - Juju Music | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1505 Registered: 08-2006 |
Weird, Michael, I played "Synchro System" last night. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1878 Registered: 09-2006 |
And I was playing Best of the Classic Years last week. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1507 Registered: 08-2006 |
It's the Sunny Ade trifecta! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 819 Registered: 10-2008 |
the fall - this nations saving grace. also played bend sinister today which i was surprised to find i only have on vinyl. it must be the only fall album i dont have on cd. this album has one of mes great lyrics about people who "can't tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule" both tnsg and bs are crucial fall albums, but i think tnsg just edges it in a photo finish. i would say this is because it has no clunkers and bs does have one or two. its also remarkably tuneful with great bass riffs and keyboard flourishes. i should qualify this by saying my copy inludes some singles not included on the vinyl album liberally sprinkled throughout, which gives it a bit of an uneven flow at times, eg cruisers creek is now the last of 16 tracks. it was originally the opener on side 2. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1939 Registered: 01-2005 |
Onto the next King Sunny Ade album! Now spinning my vinyl copy of: King Sunny Ade and his African Beats - Aura | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1508 Registered: 08-2006 |
Human Switchboard - Who's Landing in My Hanger? I still can't believe this has never been released on CD. The MP3 version I cobbled together years back has all the clicks and pops of its vinyl origin. At the point, it'd be weird to hear a clean recording of it. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 323 Registered: 02-2007 |
Stornaway - Beachcomber's Windowsill | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 711 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gone to Earth - David Sylvian. Sublime. STILL one of my faves - I was just checking. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1943 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ultra Vivid Scene - Joy:1967-1990 | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1880 Registered: 09-2006 |
Youssou N'Dour binge continues: Joko (The Link) Rokku Mi Rokka The Rough Guide to... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3646 Registered: 05-2005 |
U2 Rattle & Hum on double vinyl. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 56 Registered: 03-2007 |
Triffids: The Early Singles and EPs (disc 2 of Come Ride With Me....Wide Open Road.) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3648 Registered: 05-2005 |
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time. First time I've played it in 22 years. I must have played it an awful lot back in the day (I know I did) as every track is still very familiar to me. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 587 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Catchers 'Mute' From '94 on Setanta and still sounds quite wonderful. This Irish band seemed to blow it with their second record, which has some good moments (and interesting string arrangements by Robert Kirby) but just almost completely dropped the boy/girl twin vocal approach that had worked so well on the first release. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3650 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, I completely disagree with you! I think their second album is their classic. I listened to it recently and it still holds up. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 588 Registered: 04-2005 |
Agree to differ Pádraig ! Just glad someone else has heard of them and likes them. My partner introduced their music to me after hearing them live on French radio. From what Wikipedia has to say, it appears they went down really well in France. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3654 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, there's an album download from Setanta here http://www.setantarecords.com/villagegre en/site/main.php?content=album The password is god save the village green (include the spaces between words by using the space bar). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3656 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blumfeld - L'etat et moi | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2052 Registered: 10-2004 |
Colin Blunstone - One Year Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy David Sylvian - Gone to Earth | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1944 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lots of Gene Clark: Echoes White Light Roadmaster | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 832 Registered: 10-2008 |
cabaret voltaire - code | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 59 Registered: 03-2007 |
Wilco: Being There | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 833 Registered: 10-2008 |
the fall - wonderful and frightening world of the fall | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 60 Registered: 03-2007 |
Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings And Food | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1949 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ultravox - Vienna (2008 double disc reissue) | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1884 Registered: 09-2006 |
Vampire Weekend - s/t A little less warm, a little more smirky than Contra, but just as delightful and inventive. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 789 Registered: 04-2006 |
...Sometime world, pass me by again, Carry you, carry me, away.... i started my day with wishbone ash's 'argus' one of those albums i ever forgot to mention when talking about great records. i own it threefold (original with gatefold sleeve, a reissue and a cd reissue (but not the deluxe reissue) and when i listen to it i am always astonished about the brilliance and the beauty which it exudes. maybe a typical early seventies album, but not one you get bored with. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2062 Registered: 10-2004 |
Killing Joke - Nighttime | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3661 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes - 90125. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 63 Registered: 03-2007 |
Snakefinger: History of the Blues | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1513 Registered: 08-2006 |
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage. Sounds great on a Sunday morning. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3665 Registered: 05-2005 |
M.O.D. - Surfin' M.O.D. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 792 Registered: 04-2006 |
frank zappa - the grand wazoo | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3669 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brian Wilson - Imagination | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 794 Registered: 04-2006 |
the eagles - desperado the only eagles album i still own. it was my eagles favourite in the seventies and it is in my opinion still a great album. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1964 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andreas, Desperado is probably the only Eagles album I ever bother to play anymore. I still play Bernie Leadon's Gram Parsons tribute song "My Man" from the On The Border album as well. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 799 Registered: 04-2006 |
me too, michael. i sold all the other eagles albums soon after i stumbled over the post punk thing. out of the first five albums desperado is the only one i kept. i am lucky that i didn't sold that one. the bernie leadon albumis unknown to me. i can't remember myself on the song ''my man''. a long time gone. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 803 Registered: 04-2006 |
captain beefheart and his magic band - trout mask replica in the whatcha readin' topic i told you that i read john french's book about his beefheart years. the last hundred pages are comments onevery track recorded. listening to this weird stuff while reading about gave me another aspect on the songs. great experience this is. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 384 Registered: 10-2006 |
Irish tour - Rory Gallagher "What does it feel like to be the world's greatest guitarist?" a journalist asked Hendrix. "Ask Rory Gallagher," replied Hendrix - which was nice, considering the other names he could have brought up. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1895 Registered: 09-2006 |
Graham Parker - Passion is No Ordinary Word: The Anthology (1976-1991) Put in disc one, and was enjoying myself - hadn't heard most of this stuff in years, and most of it still sounded great. By the time I reached the 3/4 point, however, fatigue was beginning to set in...the unrelenting vocal style, coupled with what R. Christgau quite rightly calls his "bottomless rancor" was making me wish he'd stop yammering at me, even though my favorite song of his ("Discovering Japan") was playing. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3678 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blur - M.O.R. (Australian 5 track EP version). | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 314 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tattoo'd Lady - Rory Gallagher - from Irish Tour '74 (you inspired me Stuart!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDNP-NEe2 C8 I saw him play at the Wellington Town Hall in 1975 when I was 16 and that concert is still etched on my mind. Went backstage with my mates afterwards to get our albums signed - and he couln't have been friendlier. To this day I still think he's the nicest guy I ever met in the music industry - a real gentle soul. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 385 Registered: 10-2006 |
Great track, Mark! I wish I'd been into this stuff at the time, I was always moping around gloomily with my Velvet Underground albums and thought Rory and the like were for the school "roughnecks". Missed out on a lot of good gigs, of course! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 808 Registered: 04-2006 |
Due to the sad news about Solomon Burke's death i should listen to some songs of him. Maybe later that night. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks What shall i say: one of the great records of Mr. Zimmermann and one of the greatest records of all time | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 809 Registered: 04-2006 |
Mark, Rory Gallagher was very popular in Germany in the seventies. In 1977 he opened the first Rockpalast concert and played several Rockpalast gigs. Yes, I still like his stuff. And that rockpalast concerts inthe seventies and in the early eighties were a part of my childhood/youth. As far as i know those shows have been broadcasted all over Europe. Anyone out there who saw one of this 4,5 hours shows? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1896 Registered: 09-2006 |
Neil Young - Time Fades Away Michael Jackson - Off the Wall | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1514 Registered: 08-2006 |
Why isn't Time Fades Away available on CD? I think that's weird. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 386 Registered: 10-2006 |
I think I read it might be on the next Archives release, but I'd take that with a pinch of Canadian salt. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 815 Registered: 04-2006 |
sun ra and his myth-science arkestra - the nubians of plutonia sun ra rules... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1898 Registered: 09-2006 |
As you might expect, Rob, there are varying stories on that. Neil once proclaimed it one of his worst albums, but I'd be willing to bet that was just PTSD from the tour it was recorded on... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3684 Registered: 05-2005 |
Velocette - Fourfold Remedy | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3686 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rockfour - Another Beginning. The finest Israeli Byrds-soundalike bar none. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 69 Registered: 03-2007 |
Low: Things We Lost In The Fire | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3691 Registered: 05-2005 |
Grant McLennan - Present and Past (1983-1995) | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 391 Registered: 10-2006 |
Frantic - Bryan Ferry This really is a cracking piece of snappy pop work from the world's most irritating music star, on the eve of his new album, a mere 43 years in the making and with the help of almost everyone in the business plus Pope Ratzinger and Tony Blair on back-up vocals. It's hard to believe old Bry will actually produce anything worthwhile, but that's what I thought before I heard Frantic, so who knows. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 869 Registered: 10-2008 |
the man hasnt made anything decent since for your pleasure nearly 40 yrs ago, and even then he was the worst thing about that album. | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 223 Registered: 05-2005 |
A friend of mine (former flatmate) slept in Bryan Ferry's bed (no kidding!) - and even tried on a pair of his boxer shorts. ps - Bryan was 'away' at the time, so please don't tell him. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 128 Registered: 06-2005 |
You're friend may have heard Bryan's version of "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" from "Another Time Another Place" fsh and took it to the next logical level, "Spend A Night In My Boxers" Kevin... "Mother of Pearl" "Song For Europe" "Out Of The Blue" "Both Ends Burning" "Can't Let Go" "Aint That So" "Same Old Scene" "More Than This" He's had his moments IMO Where's Kurt Stephan when you need back up on Roxy Music?!! Robyn Hitchcock - Eye | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 393 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah, Stranded would always have to find a place in my top five albums... | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 871 Registered: 10-2008 |
i think ferry is one of these marmite artists. does that translate across the pond? anyway, i never took to him. found him smarmy, smug and too smooth for my taste. as a teenager at the time, bowie, iggy and uncle lou were far more interesting and dangerous. both ends burning and love is the drug are brilliant singles though, i cant dispute that, and they were made after the second album so i guess i need to retract what i said before. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 395 Registered: 10-2006 |
He is indeed smarmy, smug and smooth, and notwithstanding has written some wonderfully beautiful songs...many of them, noteworthily, on the subject of emptiness. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2075 Registered: 10-2004 |
I'm a bit more generous with Roxy Music - I think Country Life is their second best album, with their phenomenal debut being their very best - easily the most adventurous and experimental album of the early 70s glam era. But I never took to Ferry's solo work. Not even in the 70s. I read recently that he's coming out with a fragrance, which says pretty much all you need to say about post-Roxy Brian Ferry. As much as I like 70s Roxy Music, though, Eno's own albums at that time were better. Leaving Roxy Music was the smartest thing Eno ever did. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2076 Registered: 10-2004 |
Left Banke - There's Gonna Be A Storm | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1970 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ian Tyson - Cowboyography | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 872 Registered: 10-2008 |
talking heads - fear of music. my favourite talking heads album (well today anyway), and owner of perhaps the best album title ever was prompted to play this becuase i was having a discussion on another forum about how eno was imo the most important rock musician/producer for approx 10 years starting 1972. but his legacy for me is tarnished given the bland stadium rock he has been keen to align himself with for the last 20 years. still, in my mind these 10 years of brilliance tower over the 20 years of mediocrity | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2493 Registered: 03-2005 |
Michael, your entry made me pull out Cowboyography. In fact I blame you for waking up in the middle of the night with "Summer Wages" in my head. How many versions of that song has he done? Four? It IS a great song. (My favorite version is the one on I & S's penultimate album.) Then "Navajo Rug" came bubbling up and I resolved to play this record when I got up in the morning. Many of Tyson's solo albums suffer terribly from the absence of Sylvia as a voice, a writer and collaborating arranger and a restraint on Ian's excessive C&W fixation. "Cowboyography" is certainly his best solo album. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1048 Registered: 08-2004 |
I listened to Fear Of Music last night. What a powerful record that is. I'm not sure about Eno's genius. His own sound seems to be Muzak based. I probably haven't really given his solo work enough time. He seems to hide behind a Visconti or a Lanois. Yet he always gets the most credit. Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones Lou Reed - New York David Bowie - Young Americans Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne Happy Mondays - Bummed + Madchester Rave On | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2077 Registered: 10-2004 |
Jerry - you definitely haven't given Eno's solo work enough time if you think his sound is Muzak based. Or rather, sounds like you only listened to the ambient records, and not Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green World, and Before and After Science. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1902 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed on checking out those four records, and also the Eno/Cale "Wrong Way Up...and I'll stick up for his ambient stuff any day - he was a real trailblazer in that department and everything up through "Apollo" is rich, inventive and gorgeous indeed. Though if quietude isn't one of your things I can understand why you might think it Muzak-y. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1903 Registered: 09-2006 |
Sonic Youth - Goo (reissue edition) Neil Young - Trans | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1904 Registered: 09-2006 |
Lastly, and then I'll shut up: there are many, many touches on the Bowie, T. Heads and U2 records that are unmistakeably Eno and no one but. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 873 Registered: 10-2008 |
not hearing too much eno on the u2 stuff but then again, i havent heard any of the eno produced albums. all i hear is the bombast that exists in the singles from these albums that i have been unfortunate enough to hear. even eno couldnt sprinkle his gold dust on the twat bono | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1905 Registered: 09-2006 |
Though it probably is more in evidence on the album tracks I think it's even there on the singles. Of course, I've become a bigger-than-before U2 fan recently, and probably actually enjoying the music helps.  | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1974 Registered: 01-2005 |
I've been a big Eno fan since hearing the Eno/Fripp Baby's On Fire from Hear Come The Warm Jets album. As far as his ambient albums, Discreet Music is my favorite. Is Music For Airports (which I don't have) better then DM? Speaking of Eno, I've got an Eno oddity on VHS tape. The pre-recorded Thursday Afternoon with the scantly clade babes in which you have to turn your television on it's side to view them correctly. That wasn't a problem with my 19" Hitachi set, but that television is long gone. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2079 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - I like Music for Airports more than Discreet Music, but that's probably because it's a bit more varied. Still have to be in the right mood for it, though. My favorite ambient Eno record is Music for Films. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1050 Registered: 08-2004 |
Music For Airports is the only solo record of his I ever played. That may have been the problem. I'll have to Here Come The Warm Jets a go. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1907 Registered: 09-2006 |
Favorite solo ambient is probably Airports, though in recent years Apollo has been threatening to overtake it. Favorite collaborative ambient is The Pearl, with Harold Budd...or Fourth World Vol. 1, with Jon Hassell, though I don't know if that counts. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1908 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jerry, I think you're in for a treat... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2080 Registered: 10-2004 |
Jerry - Tiger Mountain would be a good entry point too, although so would Another Green World, come to think of it. Here Come the Warm Jets is the one I like the least of the four 70s pop albums, but it's also probably the angriest/edgiest. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1051 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks fellas. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1515 Registered: 08-2006 |
My fave Eno is definitely "Another Green World." After that, "Warm Jets," "Tiger Mountain" and "Before and After Science" all kind of come in and out. I like "Discreet Music" the best of his ambient stuff. And I also think highly of "Wrong Way Up," his 1990 collaboration with John Cale, which had Eno's best set of non-ambient tunes since the 70s, in my opinion. Allen's right, Jerry - enjoy. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2494 Registered: 03-2005 |
I was turned onto Eno the same night that I was turned onto Quaaludes in 1979. Quaaludes were shortly to become unobtainable and Eno's "pop" records were already past him. I'm pretty sure it was "Here Come the Warm Jets" that I heard that night. Awesome record, far ahead of everything else being made by everyone else that year (1973). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1977 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, "Here Come the Warm Jets" was indeed ahead of it's time, but I would add that the groundbreaking Krautrock albums from Can, Neu, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Faust that proceeded HCTWJ were groundbreaking as well. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 877 Registered: 10-2008 |
the skatalites - the legendary skatalites in dub some of the greatest musicians ever from jamaica, recorded at the black ark by lee perry, then mixed at king tubby's. whats not to like. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2495 Registered: 03-2005 |
Of course I'd say the original Skatalites from 1964/65 with the long-dead Don Drummond and the less-long-dead Tommy McCook would be much better. I've been immersing myself in a load of mid to late 60s Jamaican music over the past two weeks, including Tommy McCook, the Techniques, Slim Smith, Desmond Dekker, Lyn Taitt, Derrick Morgan and Ken Boothe whose pre-1972 work is a hell of a lot better than I ever realized. (The later better known stuff is too pop and too reliant on cover songs.) Still on the way to me: Stranger Cole, Justin Hinds, more early Ken Boothe and--I think--the Uniques, all credit to Kevin for making me aware of them and Slim Smith. Sanctuary/Trojan have been really busy while I wasn't paying attention. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 878 Registered: 10-2008 |
Randy, like you perhaps I had always dismissed Ken Boothe as a lightweight pop reggae artist. But some of his stuff was in the roots reggae style and is great. Songs like "is it because i am black","artibella" and "you're no good" are among my favourites of his. I am sure you will enjoy the Slim Smith/Uniques stuff - I have been playing the latest comp regularly. I have a great Justin Hinds and the Dominos album, you will not be surprised to learn it is not from his 60's heyday, but its a roots album from 1976 that he made for Island. Its produced by Jack Ruby who also produced the seminal Burning Spear album Marcus Garvey. I love threads like this, they always prompt me to dig out an album or two to listen to. So tonight it'll be the Justin Hinds album and Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 882 Registered: 10-2008 |
the skatalites - heroes of reggae in dub | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1910 Registered: 09-2006 |
Go-Bees - 16LL Acoustic Demos | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 888 Registered: 10-2008 |
cut - the slits just to confirm what a year 1979 was, this could have been album of the year every year through the 80's, but suffered in 1979 due to high quality opposition. albums released in 1979 that are still 5 star classics to this day: wire - 154, the clash - london calling, pil - metal box, gof4 entertainment,talking heads - fear of music, joy div - unknown pleasures, the fall - dragnet, bowie - lodger, only ones - even serpents shine,lkj - forces of victory, tom verlaine - s/t albums that were 5 star at the time but have maybe not lasted as well: the undertones - s/t, xtc - drums and wires, neil young - rust never sleeps, elvis costello - armed forces. it was a great year to live through, buying all these albums as soon as they hit the shops. looking back its very probably my favourite music year ever. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1913 Registered: 09-2006 |
Always thought the first Undertones was good-not-classic anyway. Rust Never Sleeps still sounds incredible to me. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1915 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed that '79 was a fine year - in addition to the many greats you mention I'd personally add: Pere Ubu - Dub Housing, Marianne Faithfull - Broken English, Neil - Live Rust, and the record that I often unabashedly feel I love more than just about any of them, Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 891 Registered: 10-2008 |
tom verlaine - dreamtime | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 179 Registered: 11-2007 |
human league - travelogue | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2085 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, '79 had a staggeringly high number of amazing albums. I was never a huge fan of Dragnet, though, as much as I love the Fall. I feel like they didn't make a truly great album until Grotesque, and that prior to that, singles were their strength. Disagree about XTC - Drums & Wires. I still rate that album highly, but I know a lot of people still remember XTC for Making Plans for Nigel. In fact, if anything, that's probably what most people remember them for these days, apart from their '86-'87 hit with Dear God. I only wish I wasn't 4 years old in 1979, as it would've been incredible to be buying these albums as they were coming out. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1054 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Jam - Setting Sons is up there for me. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1983 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, I remember early XTC for Respectable Street and not Making Plans for Nigel. Blame it on Urgh! A Music War I guess. Generals and Majors was also an early XTC touchstone for me. I really should get some Jam albums, as I only have the early 80's comp Snap on vinyl (which I bought the year it was released) and Compact Snap on cd. Where should I start? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1516 Registered: 08-2006 |
My favorite Jam album is their first, "In the City." It has the Batman theme on it. What more do you need to know? Other than that, I find their albums really spotty and play my best-of when I need a Jam fix. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 895 Registered: 10-2008 |
my 15 year old daughter is going through a massive jam obsession just now, in amongst the national and the libertines. in my opinion the jam never made a great album, the only album by them anybody needs is a singles comp. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2086 Registered: 10-2004 |
While the Jam were an awesome singles band, I would disagree that they never made a good album. "All Mod Cons" is a solid album all the way through. It was the first album they'd made that was consistent, cohesive, focused, and that worked as an album. "Setting Sons" is pretty good, too. But I think the bare minimum for the casual Jam fan would be the "Snap!" comp and "All Mod Cons." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1916 Registered: 09-2006 |
Chills - Secret Box | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2087 Registered: 10-2004 |
The Fall - Perverted by Language | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 896 Registered: 10-2008 |
i remember back in 78/79 that wire and xtc were always bracketed together by the music press, like peas in a pod. never understood it at the time, understand it even less now. xtc always had ambitions to reach the mainstream(not a criticism), wire were always perennial outsiders and appeared happy with this. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3693 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, I was Jam crazy when I was 14 to 18. They were the first band I loved, and I still do. Of their original albums, I would rank them in this order: All Mod Cons Sound Affects Setting Sons The Gift In the City This Is the Modern World Of their many compilations, Snap is the best. It was re-released a few years ago as a double with all the tracks from the original vinyl release. There was also a limited version with a third disc replicating the 7" EP that came with the first versions of the vinyl album. I have both limited packages, of course! The Gold double CD comp is also excellent and Extras, a b-sides and odds and sods comp, is great too. And finally, the Direction Reaction Creation box set is superb too! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1988 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, Sorry that my revive album pick kept you from your sleep a couple of weeks ago. I've only got two versions of Summer Wages, the version on Cowboyography of course and the one from the I&S album So Much For Dreaming (from my four disc Thye Complete Vangaurd Studio Recordings). Where are the other two versions from? Has anyone done a decent cover of it that you've liked? Gordon Lightfoot no doubt has a version. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2500 Registered: 03-2005 |
Michael, Ian & Sylvia did my personal favorite version of "Summer Wages" on their 1971 album on Columbia Records. I think the album was just called "Ian & Sylvia." It was released on CD under the name "The Beginning of the End." And I'm pretty sure Ian did it on one of his first two solo albums but I don't have that particular album to refresh my recollection. If so, that's four versions right there. And there might be another some place! "Cowboyography" also reprises another great old Ian Tyson song, "Old Cheyenne" which appeared on Ian & Sylvia's final album in 1972 "You Were on My Mind" (on which they reprised Sylvia's old chestnut!) I'm about to go looking on Amazon to see if this is still true but the last time I checked you cannot get a CD version of their final album. It's a pretty good album. |