1. Misunderstood
2. Far, Far Away
3. Monday
4. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
5. Forget The Flowers
6. Red-Eyed And Blue
7. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
8. What's The World Got In Store
9. Hotel Arizona
10. Say You Miss Me
1. Sunken Treasure
2. Someday Soon
3. Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
4. Someone Else's Song
5. Kingpin
6. (Was I) In Your Dreams
7. Why Would You Wanna Live
8. The Lonely 1
9. Dreamer In My Dreams
After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar's Son Volt and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy staged an unofficial competition to see which one would come out of the gate with the better album. Farrar's Trace beat out Tweedy's AM, and Tweedy set out to change the sound of his band completely. He started by adding multi instrumentalist Jay Bennett, and with the wall of noise that opens "Misunderstood", the real Wilco was born.
Being There is a stunning change, although there are still a few AM elements left. But the move towards their later (and remarkably huge) music starts here. It's a great collection of songs, and making an on the road DOUBLE album with only their second album took a lot of guts. But they pull it off. Being There isn't perfect, but it's a fine Wilco album, and a lot of signs of good things that were to come.
I really like Trace, but I love the radio rock sound of AM even more. They are just awesome songs to sing along to and perfect for riding around in the car. It's not a mature sound. It's not a difficult record. it's just well written catchy as hell and supper fun rock songs.
I agree he changed his sound completely for Being There. And became a more "serious" band. But AM will always be one of my very favorite Wilco albums. Don't get me wrong. Being There is super awesome too. I think AM, Being There, & Summer Teeth are actually Wilco at there peak.
NEIL YOUNG
LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 1971
2007- REPRISE
Produced By DAVID BRIGGS & NEIL YOUNG
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child
For the most part, I'm not a big fan of "lost" tracks. But it's different when an artist like Neil Young makes live recordings from his private archives public. Live At Massey Hall was recorded during Young's Journey Through The Past Solo Tour in 1971 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album features only Young on guitar and piano, and is an amazingly well played set. Young has said that this should have been the record that came out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, but he opted for a studio release.
Many of the songs here had yet to see record yet (all of the Harvest tracks, plus some others that surfaced on later albums). "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" is heard on record for the first time here, and "Dance Dance Dance" turned out to be an early version of "Love Is A Rose". In all, Massey Hall is a great record, well with the 34 year wait.
This is the second in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Thanks for sharing, Neil!
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TORI AMOS
LITTLE EARTHQUAKES
1991-ATLANTIC
Produced By DAVITT SIGERSON, ERIC ROSE, IAN STANLEY & TORI AMOS
1. Crucify
2. Girl
3. Silent All These Years
4. Precious Things
5. Winter
6. Happy Phantom
7. China
8. Leather
9. Mother
10. Tear In Your Hand
11. Me And A Gun
12. Little Earthquakes
Little Earthquakes, the debut solo album from Tori Amos, is still by far her best work. Coming from almost nowhere (ala Alanis), jump starting rock for women (ala Alanis) and leaving behind an embarrassing previous recorded legacy (ala Alanis), Amos hit the ground running with just her piano and a stunning set of amazing songs. It's all great stuff here..."Me And A Gun", "Leather", "Crucify", "Silent All These Years" are personal and powerful pieces of Amos and her personal life. Earthquakes is just a great album.
She became better known for he later treatment of songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and while her later albums have been very good, she's never topped her debut. Little Earthquakes is the one by her that you really should have.
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TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
THE LIVE ANTHOLOGY
2009-REPRISE
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Ladies And Gentlemen...
2. Nightwatchman
3. Even The Losers
4. Here Comes My Girl
5. A Thing About You
6. I'm In Love
7. I'm A Man
8. Straight Into Darkness
9. Breakdown
10. Something In The Air
11. I Just Want To Make Love To You
12. Drivin' Down To Georgia
13. Lost Without You
14. Refugee
1. Diddy Wah Diddy
2. I Want You Back Again
3. Wildflowers
4. Friend Of The Devil
5. A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)
6. It's Good To Be King
7. Angel Dream (No. 2)
8. Learning To Fly
9. Mary Jane's Last Dance
10. Mystic Eyes
1. Jammin' Me
2. The Wild One, Forever
3. Green Onions
4. Louisiana Rain
5. Melinda
6. Goldfinger
7. Surrender
8. Dreamville
9. Spike
10. Any Way You Want It
11. American Girl
1. Runnin' Down A Dream
2. Oh Well
3. Southern Accents
4. Crawling Back To You
5. My Life/Your World
6. I Won't Back Down
7. Square One
8. Have Love Will Travel
9. Free Fallin'
10. The Waiting
11. Good, Good Lovin'
12. Century City
13. Alright For Now
Fans of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers always had to settle for the not very good live album Pack Up The Plantation. That all changed in 2009 with the release of the stunning 4 disc Live Anthology. It plays like a marathon live show, but it's actually a well thought out and expertly assembled collage of performances dating from 1980 through 2007. Example: "Free Fallin" from a 2005 show goes seamlessly into a 1981 recording of "The Waiting", without so much as a hiccup in the crowd noise. Brilliance.
The album shows that while Petty can stay very true to his studio recordings, he can also stretch out and jam ("It's Good To Be King" runs a nice 12 plus minutes), that he has great taste in cover material ("Friend Of The Devil", "Something In The Air", "Mystic Eyes"), and that he does not fear his non hits ("My Life/Your World"). This is one of the finest live collections you'll find, a great summary to a great career. And it's long, long overdue. This is THE best Petty album. Period.
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MIDNIGHT OIL
BLUE SKY MINING
1990-COLUMBIA
Produce By WARNE LIVESEY & MIDNIGHT OIL
1. Blue Sky Mine
2. Stars Of Warburton
3. Bedlam Bridge
4. Forgotten Years
5. Mountains Of Burma
6. King Of The Mountain
7. River Runs Red
8. Shakers And Movers
9. One Country
10. Antarctica
Midnight Oil was the social conscience of Australian music, and one of the most underrated bands of all time. They tore through the 80's bordering on punk, screaming to the sky to anyone who would listen about injustices everywhere. And they were heavy and wildly melodic. In 1990, they began to mellow out...quickly. And although "Blue Sky Mine" is one of their greatest songs (and worth having this album for alone), there's a maturity seeping into their music that, while it doesn't match the fury and excitement of their earlier work, is still pretty good stuff.
"King Of The Mountain" and "Forgotten Years" are the other highlights. This is a worthwhile record (and again..."Blue Sky Mine" is terrific), but you'll always be better off with almost any record before this one.
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Well Romanelli I agree with you that Midnight Oil is one of the most under-rated bands ever but I don't agree that their earlier albums are better: to me this absolutely their best album and certainly much better than Diesel and Dust; there is not a bad track on this one but absolute highlights and some of the best tracks ever are Stars Of Wharburton, Bedlam Bridge, Forgotten Years, Shakers and Movers and One Country.
And while not better than this one, they still managed to issue one great album after this one: Earth and Sun an Moon in 1993.
But Romanelli: you're daily comments on albums are still the best you can get on BEA.
PETER GABRIEL
SO
1986-GEFFEN
Produced By DANIEL LANOIS & PETER GABRIEL
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up
4. That Voice Again
5. In Your Eyes
6. Mercy Street
7. Big Time
8. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
9. This is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel released four solo albums called Peter Gabriel. Not big on album titles, he called his 5th album So (to be followed by Us and Up). So is where Gabriel finally got everything right. Mixing his maturing songwriting with world beats and his strong political sense, he found his way to three memorable hits ("Sledgehammer", "Big Time", and the beautiful "In Your Eyes"). And the rest isn't bad, either. "Red Rain" is powerful. "Mercy Street" and "We Do What We're Told" are in no way filler. And lastly, he fills it out with not one but two excellent duets: with Kate Bush on "Don't Give Up" and Laurie Anderson on "This Is The Picture".
So is the high mark of Gabriel's career. Since, he has released only two albums of new songs (plus one album of covers and one that is orchestral reworkings of previously released songs). But he was on the mark here. Too bad the songs dried up so quickly.
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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
A DECADE OF HITS: 1969-79
1991-POLYDOR
Produced By ADRIAN BARBER, TOM DOWD, JOHNNY SANDLIN & THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Ramblin' Man
3. Midnight Rider
4. Southbound
5. Melissa
6. Jessica
7. Ain't Wastin' Time No More
8. Little Martha
9. Crazy Love
10. Revival
11. Wasted Words
12. Blue Sky
13. One Way Out
14. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
15. Dreams
16. Whipping Post
Now that I have all of the albums that these songs originally appeared on, this has become something of a redundant collection for me...almost. It's still a great listen, and it's still the very best way for those who don't want to spring for the four disc Dreams set to become acquainted with one of America's best rock bands. And while it's not in chronological order. it's a powerful set of songs.
If you're familiar with this band and love them, then you probably have all of this music. But if not, you should definitely start with this. It covers all of their early (and by far best) albums, even slipping in a track from the Fillmore East album. And if you do enjoy this...enjoy the rest of the early catalog as well.
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ARCADE FIRE
THE SUBURBS
2010-MERGE
Produced By MARKUS DRAVS & ARCADE FIRE
1. The Suburbs
2. Ready To Start
3. Modern Man
4. Rococo
5. Empty Room
6. City With No Children
7. Half Light I
8. Half Light II (No Celebration)
9. Suburban War
10. Month Of May
11. Wasted Hours
12. Deep Blue
13. We Used To Wait
14. Sprawl I (Flatland)
15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
16. The Suburbs (Continued)
The third release from Arcade Fire is a concept album...not about the suburbs, but, according to band leader Win Butler, a letter from the suburbs. And for those of you who have proclaimed rock to be dead, open your ears...and open your mind. This is not the classic rock from high school, but it is living proof that the kids can still pull it off.
The album opens as strong as any in recent memory...the title tracks flies right into the excellent "Ready To Start", into "Modern Man", and it stays at that level throughout. This 7 piece band has definitely learned their craft well, and prove here that they are not a fluke in any way. The album was a number one in 2010, and for good reason...The Suburbs is hope for the future of rock...even if it doesn't sound anything like what we heard in past decades. But don't forget...that's what has kept it alive for so long.
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THE BLACK CROWES
WARPAINT LIVE
2009-EAGLE
No Producer Listed
1. Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
2. Walk Believer Walk
3. Oh Josephine
4. Evergreen
5. Wee Who See The Deep
6. Locust Street
7. Movin' On Down The Line
8. Wounded Bird
9. God's Got It
10. There's Gold In Them Hills
11. Whoa Mule
1. Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson (Medley)
2. Darling Of The Underground Press
3. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
4. Don't Know Why
5. Torn And Frayed
6. Hey Grandma
7 years after releasing Lions, The Black Crowes made a valiant attempt to become relevant again, releasing Warpaint in 2008, followed by this live document of the album the year after. A pretty sound idea. But unfortunately, the sound was not good. The reason? Lead singer Chris Robinson was, by 2008, finished. Whatever well played music there might be, and no matter how much you try to sweeten things with a couple of female backup singers, it was all laid to waste by what may be one of the most out of shape and honestly terrible sounding vocal performances in rock. There's no other way to put it...Robinson sounds simply terrible.
The Warpaint songs are nowhere near the glory days of this band, and the number of personnel changes alone had stripped the identity of The Black Crowes to near nothing. Disc two includes a couple of older songs, but Robinson can't sing them. And the rest of the cover selections sound tired. This album was a good idea...too bad the band was unable to deliver on it at all.
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