Number 13 on my overall chart. Great vocal harmonies are an important part of my life, and no one pulls them off more excitingly than Tim and Neil Finn. This album brings the best of Woodface, and every other thing they did together into one fantastic vocal album. The Finn's are the modern day Everly Brothers...they should record together more. They should record together all the time. If you sing, this is an album that shows you how it should be done.
This album appears on 6 charts. 4 of those are mine.
These guys still got it - good stuff. ๐ Thanks.
NickVolosSegnahc Reve4Profile Land of the Argonauts, Centaurs and other such creatures
This is my personal favorite of Devendra Banhart's and the album that introduced me to him. His voice fits absolutely perfectly with the music that is on this album, one of the most relaxing folk albums I've heard. If you just want to relax, pop this on.
Good stuff - Thanks. ๐
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I think the only albums on my overall chart that fit the criteria are the yugo/slovenian albums + Fiery Furnaces' Bitter Tea.
I guess I could write something about a few of them...
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Odbrana i Poslednji Dani by Idoli
One of the most acclaimed releases of the Yugoslav new wave. It's just got this frantic pace to it, raw production, a whole lotta variety (though always with a distinct sound, even the rockabilly song on this sounds somewhat sinister), prone to experimentation with sounds while remaining quite accessible. Maybe it's not right to label it as "post punk", especially since I don't think these guys ever played post punk in the sense that we usually understand the term. But the aesthetics of this album undeniably draw heavy influence from the genre. There's also a lot of that eastern-european touch, not the least in the song Rusija. In my top 10.
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Treci Svijet by Haustor
Another Yugoslav new wave release, this time from Croatia. Croatian bands were usually a lot more pop oriented than their Serbian counterparts, and I think the same goes for Haustor as well, however at this point in their career (1984, after the heyday of New wave scene), they created something that retains the aesthetics (mostly influence from ska and reggae) but takes them to strange places. It's a slow burner, I didn't get it at first at all, but it really is all in the details and it has become by far my favourite Haustor album since then. In my top 20.
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Paket Aranzman by Various Artists
This one already gained at least a couple of fans on this site, so why not whore it out some more. I think what I love the most here is just the idea of the album - the biggest label in the country giving an opportunity to three unknown young bands with virtually no recording experience to contribute songs for an album that would show the emerging sound of new wave. It sounds a bit like an experiment, but it worked, all three bands got massively popular and this album has sorta become iconic of the whole New wave movement. As for the music, ล arlo are the strongest link in my opinion, with some awesome bass playing from Koja (later Disciplina Kiฤme) and songwriting from Milan (later Ekatarina Velika). Elektriฤni Orgazam use the synths more and to great effect, especially on Krokodili Dolaze, while Idoli, probably the most "conventional" of the three (except on Amerika) bring some of their humour to the mix. (But you know, you might not be able to understand Serbian enough for that.)
Bitter Tea by The Fiery Furnaces
This features some of the best backmasking I've heard. Might not sound like a compliment, but it's actually great. Take just The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry as an example. The whole album is filled with these strange sounds, as well as some really catchy tunes. I really don't know what else to say here... If you're familiar with the band, but not the album, you should sorta know what to expect, though it's also hard to compare it to any of their albums before it. What they have in common is that they're all fun, somewhat nonsensical, without any conventional song structures, but on the other hand, the sound on this one is quite different and unique. But it's not all too experimental, see Waiting to Know You or Benton Harbor Blues for some of FF's most accessible (and also kinda bittersweet) moments.
The ex-Yugoslavian albums are really good - both seemed to be influenced from the B-52's and sound really fun. Added them to my listening queue along with Bitter Tea, which sounds quite complex but adventurous (to me). Good job on promoting them too! โ
This album is at #31 on my overall chart. Recorded live in Chicago in 2005, this is a great document of everything that makes Wilco a great band. So many great songs from so many great albums...this two disc album could have easily been stretched to four without ever getting dull. The audience is stoked, particularly for winning tracks like "Via Chicago", "Jesus, Etc.", and "Misunderstood". A positively great performance by one of the greatest bands of our time. A must have live album.
This album is on 8 BEA charts. 4 of them are mine. It's on 4 year charts, 1 decade chart, 1 overall chart, and 2 custom charts. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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This album is on 8 BEA charts. 4 of them are mine. It's on 4 year charts, 1 decade chart, 1 overall chart, and 2 custom charts.
I generally don't include live albums on my charts, but I own this one, and it's definitely one of the best live albums I've ever heard _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
I've been listening to Loscil quite a bit recently, and he needs some credit, his album Submers and Plume create some really deeply atmospheric ambient music without being too passive or wallpapery sounding. And despite recycling similar arrangements he is able create what seem like wildly different moods at times (Submers sounds like your underwater in the depths of some ocean trench, Plume sounds airy and like a hot motionless summer day or something like that)
Thanks for the suggestions - added them to my listening queue. ๐ "Spreading Rumours" sounds like something that I would like more than the rest.
Cool, I hope you like it. I hope my description was clear -- when I was referring to "pop/garage rock," I was referring to the one beneath that one. My notes might have been confusing, so I'm clarifying them just in case.
I've been listening to Loscil quite a bit recently, and he needs some credit, his album Submers and Plume create some really deeply atmospheric ambient music without being too passive or wallpapery sounding. And despite recycling similar arrangements he is able create what seem like wildly different moods at times (Submers sounds like your underwater in the depths of some ocean trench, Plume sounds airy and like a hot motionless summer day or something like that)
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