This is easily my least favorite of the Billie Holiday LPs I've heard so far. Her voice is impeccable as always, but the song selection is not great. 3.5/5
This is supposedly a doo-wop album, but I don't hear much of the genre's signature sound. The music sounds somewhat unfinished and too many of the lyrics are weak. 3/5
Now this is a great doo-wop album, probably the best LP I've heard in the genre. It's actually half Coasters and half Robins, and it's a fun and upbeat listen. 4/5
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1957: Second Lap Results
1. Here's Little Richard - Little Richard 4/5
2. Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins 4/5
3. The Coasters - The Coasters 4/5
4. Monk's Music - Thelonious Monk 4/5
5. The Clown - Charles Mingus 4/5
6. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis Quintet 4/5
7. Bags' Groove - Miles Davis 4/5
8. Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis 4/5
9. 'Round About Midnight - Miles Davis 3.5/5
10. The "Chirping" Crickets - The Crickets 3.5/5
11. Singin' The Blues - B.B. King 3.5/5
12. Body And Soul - Billie Holiday 3.5/5
13. Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk 3.5/5
14. Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar! - Johnny Cash 3.5/5
15. Dedicated To You - The "5" Royales 3/5
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1958 [Second Lap]
- Misterioso - Thelonious Monk [Post-Bop]
- Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark [Hard Bop]
- Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly [Rockabilly, Rock & Roll]
- Songs For Distingué Lovers - Billie Holiday [Vocal Jazz, Standards]
- Folksongs And Instrumentals With Guitar - Elizabeth Cotten [Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, American Folk Music] _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 7/28
The Classics:
Rythmes Contemporains - Janko Nilovic [x2]
The Strong:
The Midnight Hour - Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge
Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans Trio
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Pop 2 - Charli XCX*
Feelings - Jay Richford & Gary Stevan*
Lost & Found - Jorja Smith
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson*
Solo Piano - Philip Glass*
Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides - SOPHIE
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo
The Solid:
Drums Of Death - Ashanti Tribe Of Ghana / Ewe Tribe Of Ghana
Portrait In Jazz - Bill Evans Trio
Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet*
More Of Other Worlds, Other Sounds - Esquivel
Bon Voyage - Melody's Echo Chamber
Hope Downs - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 8/4
The Classics:
The Inner Mounting Flame - The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin
The Strong:
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans Trio*
Swim - Caribou
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Discovery - Daft Punk
Water World - Eric Vann
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock*
Illadelph Halflife - The Roots
Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone
Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab*
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen [x2]
The Solid:
In The Heart Of The Moon - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté*
You Must Believe In Spring - Bill Evans
Portrait In Jazz - Bill Evans Trio*
Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio*
Songs For Distingué Lovers - Billie Holiday
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club*
Movimento Perpétuo - Carlos Paredes
Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Homework - Daft Punk
More Of Other Worlds, Other Sounds - Esquivel*
Demon Days - Gorillaz
Nothing Is Still - Leon Vynehall
Satie: 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works - Und Andere Klavierstücke - Pascal Rogé
Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
Solar Flares - Sven Libaek
K.T.S.E. - Teyana Taylor
Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
A nice nocturnal live Monk album. Apparently this is Robert Christgau's favorite album ever. I don't see that potential here but it's worth a go. 3.5/5
This was a pleasant album of acoustic blues and folk, but it didn't animate me as much as it has some others. Fairly simple and repetitive. 3.5/5
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1958: Second Lap Results
1. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps - Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic 4.5/5
2. We Are The Chantels - The Chantels 4/5
3. Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday 4/5
4. Little Richard - Little Richard 3.5/5
5. Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark 3.5/5
6. Blue Train - John Coltrane 3.5/5
7. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly 3.5/5
8. Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud - Miles Davis 3.5/5
9. Milestones - Miles Davis 3.5/5
10. Songs For Distingué Lovers - Billie Holiday 3.5/5
11. Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley 3.5/5
12. The Blues - B.B. King 3.5/5
13. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk 3.5/5
14. Soulville - Ben Webster 3.5/5
15. Folksongs And Instrumentals With Guitar - Elizabeth Cotten 3.5/5
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1959 [Second Lap]
- Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis Quintet [Hard Bop]
- Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins [Cowboy, Country]
- The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music - Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan [Electronic, Experimental]
- Exploring New Sounds In Hi-Fi - Esquivel [Space Age Pop, Lounge]
- Flamingo Serenade - The Flamingos [Doo-Wop] _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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Forgot to do my roundup last weekend so here's a belated one:
New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 8/11
The Classics:
Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 - Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker
The Strong:
Prisma Sonoro - Alessandro Alessandroni
The Beatles - The Beatles
Return To Forever - Chick Corea
Ethiopian Knights - Donald Byrd [x2]
Water World - Eric Vann*
Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill - Grouper
Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock
Thrust - Herbie Hancock [x2]
In The Jungle Groove - James Brown
Heaven And Earth - Kamasi Washington
ガラパゴス (Galapagos) (EP) - 水曜日のカンパネラ [Suiyoubi No Campanella]
The Solid:
Chopin: The Nocturnes - Arthur Rubinstein
You Must Believe In Spring - Bill Evans*
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World - The Caretaker
Folksongs And Instrumentals With Guitar - Elizabeth Cotten
The Choice (EP) - Kamasi Washington
Satie: 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works - Und Andere Klavierstücke - Pascal Rogé*
Trein Vuur Dageraad - Spinvis
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Previously Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 8/11
New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 8/18
The Classics:
The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey
Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 - Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker*
Reach Out - Four Tops*
Sextant - Herbie Hancock
The Strong:
Prisma Sonoro - Alessandro Alessandroni*
Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
New Age Of Earth - Ashra
Return To Forever - Chick Corea*
The Colours Of Chloë - Eberhard Weber
Idle Moments - Grant Green
The Ice Man Cometh - Jerry Butler
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis Quintet
No Dogs Allowed - Sidney Gish*
Lush - Snail Mail
The Solid:
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff
Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard
春と修羅 (Haru To Shura) - 春ねむり [Haru Nemuri]
Solar Flares - Sven Libaek*
Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again - Tim Hecker
Snowflakes Are Dancing - Tomita
Coexist - The xx*
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Previously Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 8/18
New Listens / Non-Scored Re-Listens [*] For The Week Ending 8/25
The Strong:
Altitude 3000 - Cecil Leuter*
Greatest Hits - Earth, Wind & Fire*
The Colours Of Chloë - Eberhard Weber*
Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard*
I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron*
Idle Moments - Grant Green*
Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill - Grouper*
Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock*
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan*
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins
To-Day's Sound - Piero Umiliani*
Compro - Skee Mask
Lost In A Sea Of Trees - Wanderwelle
Black Market - Weather Report [x2]
Being There - Wilco*
The Solid:
Gallarais - Áine O'Dwyer
Light As A Feather - Chick Corea And Return To Forever
Exhilarator - Claro Intelecto
Utopia - Darius
Reflections Of A Floating World - Elder
Exploring New Sounds In Hi-Fi - Esquivel
Flamingo Serenade - The Flamingos
Cruel Practice (EP) - Shygirl
The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid - Stars Of The Lid
The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music - Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan
Welcome To Paradise Vol. III: Italian Dream House 90-94 - Various Artists
The Good, But Flawed:
Clairvoyant - The Contortionist
Valley Of Grace (EP) - Elucid
The Not Worth Collecting:
The Sciences - Sleep
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Previously Scored Re-Listens For The Week Ending 8/25
Very strong, if unspectacular jazz record. It's amazing the kind of music Miles put out just to fulfill contract obligations - would be the highlight of many musicians' careers! 4/5
For some reason I was expecting the music to sound more electronic than it did. Lots of easy listening flavor, but it's still a very worthwhile listen. 3.5/5
It's a pretty good doo-wop album, but there's a lot of filler packed around the massive hit. 3.5/5
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1959: Second Lap Results
1. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 4/5
2. Little Girl Blue - Nina Simone 4/5
3. Moanin' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf 4/5
4. Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins 4/5 5. Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis Quintet 4/5
6. Having A Good Time - Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns 4/5
7. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis 3.5/5
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman 3.5/5
9. Chega De Saudade - João Gilberto 3.5/5
10. Flamingo Serenade - The Flamingos 3.5/5
11. Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus 3.5/5
12. Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet 3.5/5
13. The Fascinating World Of Electronic Music - Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan 3.5/5
14. Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 3.5/5
15. Exploring New Sounds In Hi-Fi - Esquivel 3.5/5
1960 [Second Lap]
- At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters [Chicago Blues]
- Portrait In Jazz - Bill Evans Trio [Cool Jazz]*
- Mingus Dynasty - Charles Mingus [Post-Bop]
- Drums Of Passion - Babatunde Olatunji [Yoruba Music]
I've been updating a lot of my charts lately, but I don't want to overload the chart talk thread, so I'll leave this here. Today I updated my Best Albums By State & Nation chart for the first time in almost two years. It went from 80 albums to 105 albums, so I had to split it into two custom charts. In addition to adding a lot of states and nations and changing a lot of selections, I split up Brazil into states, and added honorable mentions wherever I could. There's also a new no compilations rule.
Gave my overall chart its monthly update today. Thirty-one albums are new to the chart, and two of those albums are new to the database. Check it out here:
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