I love a few songs by Simon & Garfunkel, but their albums have always been a bit patchy to me. I'd say this one is pretty strong throughout, though the fantastic opener stands head and shoulders above everything else. I think I'd rate this above Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water (controversial opinion alert?), but I'm not sure it's anything I'll be running back to. I liked the last track a lot if only because I'm a sucker for that kind of music/radio collage, especially when there's a lot of juxtaposition like there is here.
Purple, try this one. It's my favorite Deafheaven album and one of my favorite metal albums of the decade.
BEA's top 1,000 albums:
399. Breakfast in America by Supertramp
412. 98.12.28 男達の別れ [98.12.28 Otokotachi No Wakare] by Fishmans
414. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
435. Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads
441. Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) by Car Seat Headrest (I've heard the original)
461. The Yes Album by Yes
483. Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
532. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
540. Hysteria by Def Leppard
549. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
Held up to any expectations I had for it. I wasn't even aware that Arthur Russell was involved with this album, but his contributions are certainly what elevate this album to a special place. Otherwise, this is a well-made early 80s alternative record that sounds remarkably polished for being an underground sort of thing.
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
Pale Cocoon - Cocoon (繭）
Papa M- Live From a Shark Cage
Prince Douglas - Dub roots
EDIT: Blue, you should listen to The Yes Album.
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babyBlueSedanUsed to be sort of blind, now can sort of seeProfile
This was another great live album. Wouldn't say the same for Muddy Waters as I think his studio work was just as great. I really wish the piano's mic was a up a tad in the mix as it was doing some really cool things. I also came to the realization you gotta jiggle your bottom to really appreciate this music. Musically it can become mundane, but it's really more about the rhythm and lyrics. I mean don't get me wrong the music is great too, but if you are focusing on chord changes/ musical complexity you are appreciating this music wrong. Gotta get your mojo workin. 4/85.
Side note: every time I hear: lookin for a dime and found a quarter from Foo Fighters I think Muddy Waters cuz words said and lyrics written and a mediocre album with a cool concept was done/if I worked that hard at music and had the charisma of Grohl, I would've done the same thing as his HBO special/Sonic Highways album.
2. Let's get some tone poems going: Peter Principle- Tone Poems (assuming the name lives up)
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (527/1001)
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Jazz Samba Stan Getz / Charlie Bird 1960s 1962
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 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
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto 1960s 1967
Electric Music for the Mind and Body Country Joe & the Fish 1960s 1967
Gris-Gris Dr. John 1960s 1967
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim 1960s 1967
Fred Neil Fred Neil 1960s 1967
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967
I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard 1960s 1967
Moby Grape Moby Grape 1960s 1967
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma 1960s 1967
Triangle The Beau Brummels 1960s 1967
The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes 1960s 1967
Headquarters The Monkees 1960s 1967
Groovin' The Young Rascals 1960s 1967
babyBlueSedanUsed to be sort of blind, now can sort of seeProfile
Even after the algorithm change there are a bunch of prog records in the top 1,000 that I haven't listened to. I haven't found a prog album I like yet, and while I think it could happen it didn't happen here. I've listened to a couple other Yes albums and didn't take much away from them, and this one wasn't much different. I feel like a hypocrite saying this, but this one almost felt too restrained? Some of these songs feel like traditional rock songs and are a bit less interesting than the proggier ones, and even those don't reach the heights of songs like Close to the Edge. But the thing that turned me off of Close to the Edge was that there was too much going on, so I don't know where the middle ground is. Might give Close to the Edge another listen to see if I've changed my mind on it, but I think I'll always prefer more repetitive music to music like this.
This one has some of my favorite Nina Simone songs, and it's a great album all the way through.
BEA's top 1,000 albums:
399. Breakfast in America by Supertramp
412. 98.12.28 男達の別れ [98.12.28 Otokotachi No Wakare] by Fishmans
414. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
435. Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads
441. Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) by Car Seat Headrest (I've heard the original)
483. Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
532. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
540. Hysteria by Def Leppard
549. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey
552. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
This was fantastic. I loved her rendition of lilac wine. It also is a side of her I haven't heard before that was less a jazz singer and more a soul/doo-wop artist (that closing song). I mean I'm not saying she didn't have a tinge of soul, just more jazz... anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 85/4. (I think my ratings are all broken)
2. Simon and Garfunkel stuff definitely has some pitchy qualities. I guess my ears are all out of tune though if their later albums are also pitchy. Glad you thought it solid overall though, and yes, that closing track is killer. Anyway, how about now that Talking Heads album?
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (527/1001)
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Jazz Samba Stan Getz / Charlie Bird 1960s 1962
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1960s 1965
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1960s 1966
Da Capo Love 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
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto 1960s 1967
Electric Music for the Mind and Body Country Joe & the Fish 1960s 1967
Gris-Gris Dr. John 1960s 1967
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim 1960s 1967
Fred Neil Fred Neil 1960s 1967
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967
I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard 1960s 1967
Moby Grape Moby Grape 1960s 1967
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma 1960s 1967
Triangle The Beau Brummels 1960s 1967
The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes 1960s 1967
Headquarters The Monkees 1960s 1967
Groovin' The Young Rascals 1960s 1967
So, this is the second album from a memeber of Tuxedomoon that I have reivewed during this current batch of albums. The first was from Blaine Reininger. I enjoyed this album, Principle was the bass player for Tuxedomoon, but on this album he chose to remain in teh background as he has a group of soundscapes for listening on this album. This is a mostly ambient affair with some field recording and industrial edges thrown in.
Seth, many good ones there, I can't wait to rec Black Monk Time, but let's go Jazz Samba by Getz right now.
Josef Anton Riedl – Josef Anton Riedl
Vuemorph- In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe
Marble Sky- The Sad Return
Velehentor - Перевал Дятлова
Kenneth Gaburo- Music for Voices, Instruments & Electronic Sounds
Flëur - Прикосновение
Pale Cocoon - Cocoon (繭）
Papa M- Live From a Shark Cage
Prince Douglas - Dub roots
Vanilla - Sweet Talk
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
For some reason I really like the vocals from Deafheaven, whereas I usually find black metal vocals annoying. Maybe because they are a bit more screamo rather than growling? I'm not anti black metal at all, I rather enjoy it most of the time when I do listen to it, which admittedly isn't often, but Deafheaven just seem that level above the rest in terms of enjoyability. This album lacked the high points of Ordinary Corrupt Human Love though (Canary Yellow was one of my favourite songs of 2018), so I didn't like it as much as that great record, but it was still a very good fun, metal rockin' listen. Now I'm looking forward to hearing Sunbather one day. 8/10 and 36/81 for 1995.
Papa M is tempting Rocka but I haven't heard any Ukranian music that I'm aware of so Flëur - Прикосновение
Now to have a look at RoundTheBend's 90's chart, in which we share 28 albums in our 90's chart out of the at least 46 I've heard (there is some I haven't rated here so don't show as listened). Damn that's a high ratio!
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by RoundTheBend (5 picks)
5. Zooropa by U2
16. Hush by Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin
20. Original Soundtracks 1 by Passengers
21. Greatest Hits by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24. Pop by U2
25. One Hot Minute by Red Hot Chili Peppers
29. Mutations by Beck
30. The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite II
33. Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins
34. Metallica by Metallica
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Paul Simon likely lifted his Frank Lloyd Wright homage from Samba De Uma Nota So. This was excellent and enjoyable even if I felt a little like a white house wife in the early sixties enjoying something that sounds foreign, even though it's pretty vanilla jazz. Very good in spite of that feeling, hehe. Also I dug the mix of stan on the right and charlie on the left, but clearly live. A couple ok bass solos, although the register was low and the mix not great. Low end bass solos usually don't travel well/do much in the excitement world. Anyway, also getting a solid I like it but not soul inspiring, even if I jiggled my behind a little: 85/4.
2. PurplePash, thanks for choosing my chart :). I suppose I should just say take it from the top as to not give too much bias on the suggestion.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (530/1001)
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1950s 1957
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1950s 1958
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio 1960s 1961
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1960s 1965
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1960s 1966
Da Capo Love 1960s 1966
Midnight Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders 1960s 1966
Black Monk Time The Monks 1960s 1966
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds 1960s 1966Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto 1960s 1967Electric Music for the Mind and Body Country Joe & the Fish 1960s 1967Gris-Gris Dr. John 1960s 1967Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim 1960s 1967Fred Neil Fred Neil 1960s 1967Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard 1960s 1967Moby Grape Moby Grape 1960s 1967 Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma 1960s 1967 Triangle The Beau Brummels 1960s 1967 The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes 1960s 1967 Headquarters The Monkees 1960s 1967 Groovin' The Young Rascals 1960s 1967
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I've never been a fan of U2 but they have always had some songs I like and a couple of excellent songs I love. This album happens to have a couple I really liked at the time - Numb (with the nice touch of Edge singing instead and sounding like he is numb) and Lemon ( where Bono manages to sound to me like both Prince and David Byrne, two artists I love). I like that they tried something a bit different (for them) then what had come before. Apart from those two songs I only knew a couple of others but of the new songs I really dug the guitar and sound of Dirty Day. And I was not expecting to hear Johnny Cash! That was a pleasant surprise and the best song on the album after Numb and Lemon. So of the four U2 albums I've heard now this would be my favourite. Yes I liked this more than The Joshua Tree and Achting Baby. 8/10, and it comes in at 25/40 in my 1993 chart.
Da Capo by Love may not be as special as Forever Changes but it's still a very good album.
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by RoundTheBend (4 picks left)
16. Hush by Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin
20. Original Soundtracks 1 by Passengers
21. Greatest Hits by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24. Pop by U2
25. One Hot Minute by Red Hot Chili Peppers
29. Mutations by Beck
30. The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite II
33. Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins
34. Metallica by Metallica
44. There Is Nothing Left To Lose by Foo Fighters
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