Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

Listmeister — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:27:29 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/28/2014 16:27

Sunday Morning comes for Mr. Waits.

Country Life 7-6

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

NickVolos — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:34:13 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 08/28/2014 12:34

Some you like just for the cover; others for the music. And then there are others that you like for the complete package.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

denmarkman — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:26:41 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 08/27/2014 05:26

meccalecca wrote:

Country Life doesn't really sound much of anything like Avalon. Earlier Roxy Music is quite different than that.

Hm, I may check it out, then.

meccalecca wrote:

There's also about 7 or more Waits albums I'd place over Heart.

I'd definitely put Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs above it, and probably Blue Valentine, but it would probably be around 4 or 5 for me. That being said, his discography is pretty hard to rank, haha.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

Skinny — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:37:07 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/26/2014 18:37

meccalecca wrote:

Country Life doesn't really sound much of anything like Avalon. Earlier Roxy Music is quite different than that.

There's also about 7 or more Waits albums I'd place over Heart

All of this. Still voted Waits though.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

meccalecca — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:27:27 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/26/2014 18:27

denmarkman wrote:

Haven't heard Country Life, but assuming it's roughly on par with Avalon this should be a blowout. Heart of Saturday Night is top 5 Waits any day of the week.

Country Life doesn't really sound much of anything like Avalon. Earlier Roxy Music is quite different than that.

There's also about 7 or more Waits albums I'd place over Heart

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

denmarkman — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:23:39 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 08/26/2014 18:23

Haven't heard Country Life, but assuming it's roughly on par with Avalon this should be a blowout. Heart of Saturday Night is top 5 Waits any day of the week.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

meccalecca — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:23:39 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/26/2014 18:23

Country Life by the flip of a coin.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:22:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/26/2014 11:22

Country Life, clearly.

Re: [Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

Skinny — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:02:04 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/25/2014 15:02

Well, Waits easily.

[Closed] B1974 2AH: Country Life vs. Heart of Saturday Night

Listmeister — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:58:51 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/25/2014 14:58

sp4cetiger wrote:

It's the opposite story with Roxy Music and Brian Eno. While they did work well together, this album, along with Stranded and Warm Jets, is proof that they were plenty functional separately. I'm not crazy about this one, but the high points on Country Life are more than enough to put it over the top here. I especially like the opening and closing tracks.

Country Life

Listmeister wrote:

I enjoyed Graham Central Station, but Country Life blew me away. Vote to Roxy. After four pairs of albums, I haven't heard a bad album yet this tournament.

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Country Life by Roxy Music

RepoMan wrote:

Heart of A Saturday Night is totally growing on me. A lot! ... I'm starting to really get into the smooth sounds of A Heart of A Saturday Night. Guess it's not that surprising since I was really into Waits 70s stuff back in the 90s. I'd just forgotten how Las Vegas lounge-y it was!

meccalecca wrote:

haha. I love early Waits. It may not be the junkyard carnival of later Waits, but hokey may be a little extreme. Just listen to the backing band, especially that double bass. So good.

The Heart Of Saturday Night by Tom Waits