Best Ever Albums

Re: The A Cappella Thread

Romanelli — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 13:01:19 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/04/2024 17:01

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Speaking In Tongues IV

From the album

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The Zen Kiss by Sheila Chandra

Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:19:24 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/27/2024 16:19

MadhattanJack wrote:

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That isn't a YouTube link. That's a link to the album page here on BEA.

Aargh, you're right. I'm usually much more meticulous than that! Let's see if this works...

It looks like you can link an image to a URL and override the default behavior, which I guess is nice.

Not really my thing. I don't think this is good singing and I couldn't even make out all the words.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 05:03:13 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/27/2024 09:03

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That isn't a YouTube link. That's a link to the album page here on BEA.

Aargh, you're right. I'm usually much more meticulous than that! Let's see if this works...

It looks like you can link an image to a URL and override the default behavior, which I guess is nice.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:24:56 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/27/2024 08:24

I'll Meet You in the Morning - Jehovah Shalom Acapella

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:09:50 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/27/2024 08:09

MadhattanJack wrote:

Naah, you're being too didactic. There are plenty of usages for the term "Lord" that have nothing to do with religion — you could be "Lord of the Manor," or "Lord of the High Seas," or a member of the House of Lords, or Lorde, or Deep Purple's Jon Lord (though he's deceased), or even just a typographical error occurring whilst trying to type the word "Lard" into a biscuit recipe (admittedly the "a" key is all the way on the other side of the standard keyboard from the "o" key, but that doesn't quite stop everybody).

You can't be "Lord of the Rings" though, because that's a fictional character, but you could call yourself "Lord of the Flies" and probably get away with it because that isn't really a character per se, it's more of an iconic symbol, and nobody cares if you name yourself after a symbol. (I do it all the time.)

Don't worry either way though - if I ever meet Greg Anderson I'll be sure to tell him not to read the BEA forums, just in case! 😄

Before I forget, here's a direct Youtube link to "The Duke of Squeeze," an a cappella track from Live At The Portland Arms by The Soft Boys. (The only available Youtube video is for the whole album, so this link takes you straight to where the song starts at 44:19.)

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That isn't a YouTube link. That's a link to the album page here on BEA.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:27:42 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/25/2024 02:27

LTSings wrote:

I don't need to. Greg Anderson is not God, so that tells me it is blasphemous.

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:53:19 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 23:53

MadhattanJack wrote:

LTSings wrote:

MadhattanJack wrote:

However, don't be fooled by this album, which in any event is not a capella.

Trust me, you won't like it! 8-[

Why won't I like that last album? Is it a blasphemous album?

Hmm... Interesting question! Certainly not if you're a member of the Rajneesh Movement, but "YMMV," as they say. Thing is, "The Lord" in this case refers to Greg Anderson aka The Lord, who is also one of the two regular members of Sunn O))), and I kind of doubt you'd like Sunn O))), though I guess weirder things have happened. But you can always listen to the album on Bandcamp if you just want to make sure about the whole blasphemy thing.

I don't need to. Greg Anderson is not God, so that tells me it is blasphemous.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:07:09 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/24/2024 21:07

LTSings wrote:

MadhattanJack wrote:

However, don't be fooled by this album, which in any event is not a capella.

Trust me, you won't like it! 8-[

Why won't I like that last album? Is it a blasphemous album?

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:32:15 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/24/2024 20:32

Perhaps the best-known all-vocals pop album in recent years is Bjork's Medúlla. Most of the songs aren't completely a cappella though, and there's a fair amount of sample-playback and percussion going on, though supposedly that was mostly (or all?) done with vocal samples too. Personally I'm not a huge Bjork fan, but you can't fault her creativity level!

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:02:50 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 18:02

The Grace Medley - LordSong

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:56:09 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 17:56

JOSweetHeart wrote:

Here is one more from Alison Krauss.

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God bless you and Alison always!!!

Holly (a fan of her for years now)

P.S. I pray that she is having herself a safe and awesome 53rd birthday today. 😄 😄 :)

Lovely.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:53:46 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 17:53

MadhattanJack wrote:

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From Into The Labyrinth by Dead Can Dance:

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Thanks for sharing

Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:51:20 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 17:51

JOSweetHeart wrote:

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God bless you and both awesome acts always!!!

Holly (a fan of AKUS for 30 years now)

Thanks. Those are nice. Here's another a cappella Star Spangled Banner version by En Vogue.

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:35:22 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/24/2024 17:35

MadhattanJack wrote:

Most of Petra Haden's solo discography is 100% a cappella, though she's been known to throw in a bit of violin on occasion.

She once released a complete track-by-track a capella cover rendition of The Who Sell Out, for example:

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However, don't be fooled by this album, which in any event is not a capella.

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Trust me, you won't like it! 8-[

Why won't I like that last album? Is it a blasphemous album? Anyway, I am not a fan of The Who. But I did check out 2 audio clips from this release.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-to-the-garden/1575496542

Her version of "The Windmills of Your Mind" didn't sound bad from the sample, but it is not a cappella. Thanks for participating in my thread. Edit: I don't like the Laurie Anderson track.

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:45:51 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/24/2024 06:45

Hey, does it count if some of the vocals are sampled and then played back through digital sampling synthesizers? I would imagine that this question is a source of constant conflict, feuding, and bickering between "purists" and "revisionists." However, if samplers are allowed, then one of the best-known early examples would be this track from Big Science by Laurie Anderson, as I'm fairly certain no non-vocal instrument samples (or real instruments) were used.

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

JOSweetHeart — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:31:20 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 07/24/2024 00:31

Here is one more from Alison Krauss.

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God bless you and Alison always!!!

Holly (a fan of her for years now)

P.S. I pray that she is having herself a safe and awesome 53rd birthday today. 😄 😄 😄

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:21:14 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/23/2024 03:21

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From Into The Labyrinth by Dead Can Dance:

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Re: The A Cappella Thread

JOSweetHeart — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:05:05 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 07/23/2024 02:05

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God bless you and both awesome acts always!!!

Holly (a fan of AKUS for 30 years now)

Re: The A Cappella Thread

MadhattanJack — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:54:13 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 07/22/2024 23:54

Most of Petra Haden's solo discography is 100% a cappella, though she's been known to throw in a bit of violin on occasion.

She once released a complete track-by-track a capella cover rendition of The Who Sell Out, for example:

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However, don't be fooled by this album, which in any event is not a capella.

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Trust me, you won't like it! 😨

The A Cappella Thread

LTSings — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:37:44 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/22/2024 19:37

A thread for posting songs performed A Cappella.

I've Got to Use My Imagination - The Persuasions

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