This was cool at times, but it wasn't engaging enough to really get me into it. I think it's something that I could listen to again sometime, but the initial reaction is underwhelming.
Have a relisten of Superunknown.
Oliver Coates- Upstepping
Matthew Herbert - Around The House
ZNR -Barricade 3
Annea Lockwood– Glass World Of Anna Lockwood
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Josef Anton Riedl – Josef Anton Riedl
Vuemorph- In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe
Peter Principle- Tone Poems
Marble Sky- The Sad Return
Velehentor - Перевал Дятлова
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The whitest music to have ever whited. Just kidding, kinda. Anyway I'll stop being racist and speak to the performances. At first song I was like oh ok this is bridging the gap between earlier stuff and what will become the powerhouse of the Nashville music business. This is pretty cool and then I was like, eh I guess I like the Kingston Trio a little more (not same cup, but ballpark) and by the end of it I was like meh. It was nice to hear Where Did You Sleep - Nirvana made that song come alive for me, and now I've heard three renditions of it (Leadbelly being the other/original I think). Idk- clearly have mixed feelings about this one, but I did like it more than the Satan is Real album I listened to just to see how much of a joke it was. 75/3.
2. Off the top Chief.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - is it me or does this guy focus on the 70s and 80s a lot? Maybe that's just my biggest gap.
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters 1960s 1960
Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith 1960s 1960
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Jazz Samba Stan Getz / Charlie Bird 1960s 1962
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Rock 'n Soul Solomon Burke 1960s 1964
Live at the Star Club Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis 1960s 1964
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield 1960s 1964
I've Got A Tiger by the Tail Buck Owens and His Backaroos 1960s 1964
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1960s 1965
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1960s 1966
Da Capo Love 1960s 1966
Wild Is the Wind Nina Simone 1960s 1966
Midnight Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders 1960s 1966
Black Monk Time The Monks 1960s 1966
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds 1960s 1966
Eh, nothing special here either folks. Move along.
Back At The Chicken Shack is the best of those.
Matthew Herbert - Around The House
ZNR -Barricade 3
Annea Lockwood– Glass World Of Anna Lockwood
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Josef Anton Riedl – Josef Anton Riedl
Vuemorph- In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe
Peter Principle- Tone Poems
Marble Sky- The Sad Return
Velehentor - Перевал Дятлова
Kenneth Gaburo- Music for Voices, Instruments & Electronic Sounds
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Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith
This reminded me a bit of Baby Face Willette, except had a nice rotation of soloists. It was pretty good, but nothing to write home about either. 80/3.5.
2. Off the top Chief
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - is it me or does this guy focus on the 70s and 80s a lot? Maybe that's just my biggest gap.
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters 1960s 1960
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Jazz Samba Stan Getz / Charlie Bird 1960s 1962
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Rock 'n Soul Solomon Burke 1960s 1964
Live at the Star Club Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis 1960s 1964
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield 1960s 1964
I've Got A Tiger by the Tail Buck Owens and His Backaroos 1960s 1964
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1960s 1965
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1960s 1966
Da Capo Love 1960s 1966
Wild Is the Wind Nina Simone 1960s 1966
Midnight Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders 1960s 1966
Black Monk Time The Monks 1960s 1966
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds 1960s 1966
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
It was excellent to listen to this again after so long. A great progression from Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden diversified their sound on this album, and showed how great they could be. I got this album when it came out and listened to it quite a bit. The singles are still just as great as they were and the rest of the album is all consistent good quality. Chris Cornell is right up there in my favourite singers. Personally I probably still slightly prefer Badmotorfinger, and Down On The Upside but it's a great album that deserves it's acclaim. A high 8.5/10, 13/60 for 1994, and thanks to this revisit I am adding this to my 90's chart (it probably should have already been on there) at 62/100.
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums (90's edit) & Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by LedZep
(4 picks left)
17. Wish by The Cure
26. Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains
43. I See A Darkness by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
60. G.A.D. by Hladno Pivo
61. Images And Words by Dream Theater
67. My Arms, Your Hearse by Opeth
74. Žena Dijete by Urban & 4
84. Good by Morphine
2. Marrow Of The Spirit by Agalloch
6. Dead Magic by Anna Von Hausswolff
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Pretty good covers album (probably not fair to say given 1964). Powerful and sassy voice for a white girl - can see why she tops a few lists. Stellar recording/production for the time, even if I'd prefer to listen to the Motown/etc. originals. I'd like to give it something higher but I just didn't connect. There are worse versions of Mockingbird for sure. For now...75/3? Also worthless statement: I had always thought she was a southern belle before I read up on her. I've always had the joke that the brits polish 'mericuhs turds musically (refine it), and I feel this used the wrong varnish... 🤣 - Glad I listened to it, but I'll quickly be returning to Aretha. I even dig more Dionne's version of Wishin' and Hopin', even if Dusty's charted better (and again the production is really good).
2. Maybe continue the "grunge" thing with Jar Of Flies?
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters 1960s 1960
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Jazz Samba Stan Getz / Charlie Bird 1960s 1962
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Rock 'n Soul Solomon Burke 1960s 1964
Live at the Star Club Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis 1960s 1964
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
I've Got A Tiger by the Tail Buck Owens and His Backaroos 1960s 1964
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1960s 1965
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1960s 1966
Da Capo Love 1960s 1966
Wild Is the Wind Nina Simone 1960s 1966
Midnight Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders 1960s 1966
Black Monk Time The Monks 1960s 1966
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds 1960s 1966
I am familiar with Matthew Herbert from some of his remixes, and I know I've heard of few of his originals before, but I've never heard a full album. Highly enjoyable and energetic house/lounge jazz that manages to remain fresh despite being from 98. I don't think the production sounds too dated, because Herbert is kind of known for preferring organic instrumentation in his music, which is definitely true on this album as some of the little clicks and cuts on here are made by everyday household items, hence the name of the album. Dani Siciliano provides apropos vocals for the time period and genre conventions, but it doesn't really add much.
I liked this review of the album on Pitchfork. It compares Herbert with Matmos; same production theories with vastly different results. Give it a read and give this album a listen.
ZNR -Barricade 3
Annea Lockwood– Glass World Of Anna Lockwood
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Josef Anton Riedl – Josef Anton Riedl
Vuemorph- In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe
Peter Principle- Tone Poems
Marble Sky- The Sad Return
Velehentor - Перевал Дятлова
Kenneth Gaburo- Music for Voices, Instruments & Electronic Sounds
Flëur - Прикосновение
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Before this game I had listened to one Death Grips album, which I didn't really like. My feelings about the band have been pretty much stable and clear since, yet you all seem to love making me listen to more. This is the fifth album I've had to listen to for the game, and the third that I've disliked. (Exmilitary and Bottomless Pit were the two that I liked barely enough to keep in my library.)
I liked a couple tracks on No Love Deep Web, but overall it was pretty mediocre, and I wouldn't say it's a top 3 Death Grips release. I'm actually glad I didn't like it, because the cover is wack. 2.5/5.
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2. Take it from the top.
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3. BEA / RYM Chart Mashup (2010s)
BEA 19. An Awesome Wave - ∆ (alt-J)
BEA 21. AM - Arctic Monkeys
BEA 22. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
BEA 32. The King Of Limbs - Radiohead
RYM 40. Minecraft: Volume Alpha - C418
RYM 47. Mista Thug Isolation - Lil Ugly Mane
RYM 50. Ravedeath, 1972 - Tim Hecker
BEA 51. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
RYM 56. The Glowing Man - Swans
BEA 58. Kaputt - Destroyer
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b) RYM Friends Chart (2010s)
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