Best Ever Albums

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NowhereMan — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 04:56:34 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 12/12/2020 09:56

These albums immediately spring to mind:

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Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

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The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man On Earth

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Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

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In Rainbows by Radiohead

Re: Put on Your Parkas

LedZep — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:58:58 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 12/12/2020 01:58

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Even though the temperature's rising?

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The temperature may be rising but Prodigy’s verse is stone cold 😉

Re: Put on Your Parkas

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:40:14 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 12/11/2020 22:40

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Me too, I don't normally associate hip hop with winter but The Infamous is COLD.

Even though the temperature's rising?

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Re: Put on Your Parkas

LedZep — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:40:20 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 12/11/2020 08:40

Wow these are some solid choices all around and a fair amount I've not heard yet. Yay for Russian Circles and Pelican. Great thread idea. For some reason, I have a lot of designated winter albums and not many summer, autumn or spring ones, even though winter is my least favourite season by far. Tor Lundvall seemes interesting, apparently he has 4 season-themed albums, Ice is the one for winter. Maybe that's a good choice too.

Mercury wrote:

at first I was like, what? But yeah The Infamous is perfect.

Me too, I don't normally associate hip hop with winter but The Infamous is COLD.

Re: Put on Your Parkas

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:06:20 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 12/11/2020 06:06

Post Metal for winter

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Memorial by Russian Circles

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The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw by Pelican

Ambient-ish for Winter

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Empty City by Tor Lundvall

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The White Arcades by Harold Budd

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Necharsian — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:50:42 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 12/10/2020 22:50

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Christmas Album by Boney M.

and nothing else

Re: Put on Your Parkas

pctrooper — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:44:47 GMT

Author: pctrooper

Posted: 12/10/2020 22:44

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1984 by Anthony Phillips

Re: Put on Your Parkas

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:18:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/10/2020 22:18

Fancy a bit of coldwave?

Song:

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Lp:

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Re: Put on Your Parkas

PossiblyMichigan — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:14:12 GMT

Author: PossiblyMichigan

Posted: 12/10/2020 20:14

Streams wrote:

John Fahey's Christmas records are really the only seasonal thing

Yeah honestly this. One of my lockdown achievements is that I can finally pick along to a few Fahey tracks.

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Streams — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:12:22 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 12/10/2020 20:12

John Fahey's Christmas records are really the only seasonal thing

Re: Put on Your Parkas

CharlieBarley — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:10:01 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 12/10/2020 20:10

I agree with many of these, esp Agalloch, Kate Bush and Bon Iver.

This is one of my go-to winter albums:

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If On A Winter's Night... by Sting

By the way I love the single December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush, but it's not available for streaming on my music provider. Kinda wish I had a good vinyl copy of the single. Although I can watch it on Youtube.

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Fischman — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:53:22 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 12/10/2020 19:53

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EyeKanFly — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:51:07 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 12/10/2020 19:51

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Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
Title song, "Leaves That Are Green", and "April Come She Will" in particular. S&G also have "Hazy Shade of Winter" on Bookends

Oh and:

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Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

Re: Put on Your Parkas

Mercury — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:25:12 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 12/10/2020 19:25

at first I was like, what? But yeah The Infamous is perfect.

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Skinny — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:19:37 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 12/10/2020 19:19

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The Infamous... by Mobb Deep

Re: Put on Your Parkas

Mercury — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:08:55 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 12/10/2020 19:08

when I was younger and a wee wee lad of 25 I would say that

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For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver

is the perfect winter, snow on the ground, muffled tranquility album.

Now that I am a less wee lad of 30 I don't say this, although its still true.

JK of course. While in some music nerd parts this artist and album are considered corny and heav-handed these days, it still hits that strangely peaceful, snugly winter melancholy as good as any album.

also, these communicate that amazing feeling really well in my opinion

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Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill by Grouper

a little this

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In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

and that is all that is coming to mind right now for some reason.

Winter is easily my fave season and I think there is no better and more peaceful feeling than the wuiet that comes over the world when there are a few inches of snow caking everything, the cars are muffled, the world is still, and everything is just... right.

edit: large chunks of this album express the snugly and peaceful yet ruminative and somewhat sad feeling well - and no not just talking about the grandmommy of these types songs "River"...

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Blue by Joni Mitchell

...idk, maybe its just the cover art?

Re: Put on Your Parkas

LedZep — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:48:38 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 12/10/2020 18:48

PossiblyMichigan wrote:

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Medusa by Clan Of Xymox

I've heard this one the other day, it does seem rather cold and wintery. Agalloch are my go-to band for winter, although at Christmas time I always get the urge to listen to The Pogues, U2, Fleet Foxes, Sufjan, Joni Mitchell, Bill Callahan and Nick Cave for some reason. I guess I like folk vibes in that period of the year. Generally, winter bands/genres for me are coldwave, Duke Ellington, Biosphere, a lot of wintery black metal, Phil Elverum, some "colder" electronic (specifically, minimal techno), Riyuichi Sakamoto, mum... Not all of this makes sense or is "wintery" in either the sound or lyrics, but it's what I go for.

Put on Your Parkas

PossiblyMichigan — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:09:23 GMT

Author: PossiblyMichigan

Posted: 12/10/2020 18:09

What are your favorite wintery albums BEA? Or just stuff you're throwing on for the changing of the seasons? I've been enjoying this one a lot lately myself.

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Medusa by Clan Of Xymox