Happy New Year people! Was in partying mode for a whole week so I had to do some extra work afterwards, but I'm back for good now I hope.
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Shields by Grizzly Bear
I've recently read an excerpt of an interview with Jeff Ament (bassist of Pearl Jam) where he was talking about his favourite music this decade (or rather 2010-2019). I was very positively surprised at how much different music he's listened to, seems he's not your typical old rock dad. He said Shields was his favourite album of the decade, in a strong contention (he mentioned Jack White, Tyler, Idles, Angel Olsen, Kendrick Lamar, Father John Misty, Nick Cave and some others). Off topic, but he said Jack White is his musician of the decade, and Nick Cave was the best concert of the decade.
So here I am listening to that old guy's favourite album of the decade, and it's pretty great. After 3-4 casual listens in the last 2 weeks, I can say that I prefer their upbeat, energetic indie songs over stuff like The Hunt, which was not that great. It's more experimental than your average indie album, but it's still very accessible. Inconsistent though, cause I've liked some songs a lot while others did little for me. Sleeping Ute is a great opener and maybe my fave, although A Simple Answer, Speak In Rounds and Gun-Shy are just as good. Based on inconsistency but great highlights, this is 8/10
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One Hot Minute is the most underrated RHCP album (maybe the only underrated now that I think of it)
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VanillaBean 2010s chart
Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
NieR: Automata - 岡部啓一 [Keiichi Okabe], 帆足圭吾 [Keigo Hoashi], 高橋邦幸 [Kuniyuki Takahashi] & 瀬尾祥太郎 [Syotarou Seo]
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Various Artists - Sinogaze Vol. 1
Eldamar - The Force Of The Ancient Land
My Bloody Valentine - mbv
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Jeff Rosenstock - We Cool?
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Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
Tokyo Shoegazer - Crystallize
Ghost (SE) - Meliora
Ambersmoke - Lay My Bones Beneath The Valley Oak
Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
Disclosure - Settle
PUP - The Dream Is Over _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
When I was going through the BEA list my first time playing this game I omitted this one from my list because it was a live album and I already knew most of the songs. I figured, even if it was well-regarded, it wouldn't wow me. I'm not sure why I thought this, since I saw David Byrne live a couple years ago and it was probably the best show I've ever been to. I've started to listen to more live albums recently so I threw it on my list this time, and it did not disappoint. I decided to listen to the recent deluxe version with the entire setlist, because I figured why not. My only complaint is that it doesn't get off to a very strong start; "Heaven" is one of my favorite Talking Heads songs but it seems too slow to start things off. After that things pick up, and I wasn't bored for the rest of the album. Bonus points for including the only three songs I like from More Songs About Buildings and Food. I'm not sure I would listen to it again without watching the concert film, since I feel like a lot of the energy would come from watching the performances, but nonetheless I'm glad I listened to it.
Give this one a listen LedZep. Nearly on par with Carrie and Lowell in my opinion, I'd call it underrated but that seems silly to say since it's fairly well regarded. The last song is my favorite Sufjan song.
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
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
557. Hemispheres by Rush _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
I added the album to the DB, but I can't link the artwork.
I had no idea what I was going to get from this; the genres range from Dream Pop, to Neoclassical Darkwave, and folk music, but what I got was something decent. All of those elements are present in this eclectic album that sounds unique on a first listen. It sounds modern even though the instrumentation is decidedly medieval with strings, flutes, and acoustic guitar being the main accompaniment to the two female singers in the group. I liked what I heard, but an hour was too much for their sound. Track 8 stood out in a strange way by sounding like some weird lounge/bossa nova thing and was one of the standout tracks. Track 11 also had a didgeridoo out of nowhere, which did not make much sense. 😁
Babyblue, I'd go with To Bring You My Love, which I think is the best PJ Harvey album.
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
Pale Cocoon - Cocoon (繭）
Papa M- Live From a Shark Cage
Prince Douglas - Dub roots
Vanilla - Sweet Talk
Cardiacs - THE OBVIOUS IDENTITY
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Hmmm, wasn't as good as their gem everyone has on their lists, but the instrumentation was great. Even so I felt other artists do the baroque pop thing better. The jam at the end seemed to be more characteristic of them. Still solid if not great.
2. Off the top Chief and happy new year ledzep!
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
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 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 1967Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer 1960s 1968
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968Truth Jeff Beck 1960s 1968Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968 Scott 2 Scott Walker 1960s 1968Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band 1960s 1968Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968United States of America United States of America 1960s 1968Oar Alexandar Spence 1960s 1969
Odessa Bee Gees 1960s 1969Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969Songs from a Room Leonard Cohen 1960s 1969Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Bros 1960s 1969Cloud Nine The Temptations 1960s 1969Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods 1960s 1969Happy Sad Tim Buckley 1960s 1969Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
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The Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens
Well it's certainly better than Carrie & Lowell. I mean I like that album, but not nearly as much as some people, and it would never end up in my top 100 of the decade or anything. Age of Adz is, at least after the 1 listen I gave it, on par with Illinois (and maybe that Christmas album too) as the best thing I've heard from Sufjan. I guess I prefer his more diverse and crazy instrumentation over admittedly emotional indie folk. I liked all the songs, and although the refrains can get a bit repetitive, I still think this will only get better with future listens (like all Sufjan albums actually, I don't seek them often or even know them that well, but when I'm in mood it's excellent). It hits on all fronts, it's varied and yet so focused and compact, despite the long runtime. Impossible Soul was of course the highlight because of its length, but the rest of the record was just as quality. Top 10 of 2010 probably. 8.5 or 9/10
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Bill Evans, although there's a lot of cool stuff here
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VanillaBean 2010s chart
Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
NieR: Automata - 岡部啓一 [Keiichi Okabe], 帆足圭吾 [Keigo Hoashi], 高橋邦幸 [Kuniyuki Takahashi] & 瀬尾祥太郎 [Syotarou Seo]
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Various Artists - Sinogaze Vol. 1
Eldamar - The Force Of The Ancient Land
My Bloody Valentine - mbv
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Jeff Rosenstock - We Cool?
Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
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Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
Tokyo Shoegazer - Crystallize
Ghost (SE) - Meliora
Ambersmoke - Lay My Bones Beneath The Valley Oak
Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
Disclosure - Settle
PUP - The Dream Is Over _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Hell yes - this bassist is incredible. Dude sounds like he isn't on this massive instrument... I've played a double bass, it is difficult to sound so flowing and to be that all over and yet have your intonation correct... LIVE. There are guitarists who don't sound this good with tiny strings and an instrument an 1/8th of the size (roughly). Anyway, I look him up cuz I'm like WHO IS THIS... and dude dies like 2 weeks after this is recorded. Sad really. Anyway, I know very little about New York - I've been there once. This is pretty cool to hear this live recording like this. It feels warm and inviting to hear all these people talking and silverware and the such. Normally that'd be the worst for a live recording, but for this, it's like what makes it great. 4.5/95
2. I'd be very interested in your take on Have One On Me (my fav of hers), but since it's not there, I'll have you listen to Perfume Genius. I liked his/their 2017 thing, so who knows?
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
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 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 1967Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer 1960s 1968
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968Truth Jeff Beck 1960s 1968Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968 Scott 2 Scott Walker 1960s 1968Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band 1960s 1968Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968United States of America United States of America 1960s 1968Oar Alexandar Spence 1960s 1969
Odessa Bee Gees 1960s 1969Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969Songs from a Room Leonard Cohen 1960s 1969Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Bros 1960s 1969Cloud Nine The Temptations 1960s 1969Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods 1960s 1969Happy Sad Tim Buckley 1960s 1969Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
babyBlueSedanUsed to be sort of blind, now can sort of seeProfile
PJ Harvey has a few albums that I enjoy to an extent but which never really reach greatness for me. I like the energy and anger behind Rid of Me but I remember the production being so tinny that it's nearly unlistenable. I guess I had figured this one would be a similar 90s alt rock sound and had never bothered with it despite liking Stories From the City. I'm really glad I finally listened to it, because this is great. It's not at all what I expected; the first half of this is basically a blues album. The energy from Rid of Me is still there but it feels more focused and controlled. Because I'm a normie the three tracks that really stood out were the three that were rated highest here. There were a couple songs with bluesy riffs that felt a little too long and repetitive, but the second half more than makes up for them.
This is the only one I've heard off your list. I'm not a huge fan of it but I know a lot of people think it's great.
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
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
545. Hand. Cannot. Erase by Steven Wilson
552. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
557. Hemispheres by Rush
Somehow I left the Steven Wilson album off of my list last time. It wasn't intentional, but I still regret having noticed and putting it back. _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
Holy crap, now this is some weird and wacky stuff. Music made by the voice, music made with paper, improvised electronics, and found sounds. It's really one of the better Musique Concrete albums I've listened to in awhile, and it had one of the most shocking things I've heard in a long time. This track caught me so off guard that I had to pause and think about what life choices I've made up to this point. Enjoy!
Babyblue, see what you think of the prog on Hemispheres.
Vuemorph- In Expectancy of the Monumental Awe
Marble Sky- The Sad Return
Velehentor - Перевал Дятлова
Kenneth Gaburo- Music for Voices, Instruments & Electronic Sounds
Pale Cocoon - Cocoon (繭）
Papa M- Live From a Shark Cage
Prince Douglas - Dub roots
Vanilla - Sweet Talk
Cardiacs - The Obvious Identity
Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Well dude did have a mean pickin' streak. And while for the first half of the record I had just wished he pulled a Leo Kottke type thing and hadn't done the vocals and was worried the ruined the record with mediocre songwriting/singer-songwriter overdone a million times. But then there's Needle of Death which was actually pretty good as a song. Idk... I'd probably give a 3.75/83. But I also could see how this could be a grower that I like a lot.
2. Chief let's pull from the bottom this time and go with Celestial Clockwork.
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
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1960s 1964
Blues Breakers John Mayall with Eric Clapton 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 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 1967Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer 1960s 1968 Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968Truth Jeff Beck 1960s 1968Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968 Scott 2 Scott Walker 1960s 1968Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band 1960s 1968Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968United States of America United States of America 1960s 1968Oar Alexandar Spence 1960s 1969 Odessa Bee Gees 1960s 1969Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969Songs from a Room Leonard Cohen 1960s 1969Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Bros 1960s 1969Cloud Nine The Temptations 1960s 1969Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods 1960s 1969Happy Sad Tim Buckley 1960s 1969Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
After listening I'm pretty sure now I've heard this before...nearly all the songs were very familiar...but it would have been way back then. That's one of the things I love about this site - it acts as a replacement for my failing and fading memory - that's one of the reasons I try and rate every album I hear - there's no way I can remember them all and it's only going to get worse as time goes on. Flea's bass is easily the strongest thing about this album, and Dave Navarro when he is allowed to shine (I feel he was too restrained at times). I guess it's just a matter of taste but I am not too keen on Anthony Keidis's singing most of the time (although I have no issue with that on Blood Sugar Sex Magik). My other problem is Aeroplane. In the 70's here there was a ubiquitous annoying jingle for a brand of jelly called Aeroplane Jelly and the chorus has always reminded me of that from the very first time I heard it. The rest of the song is fine though. Warped is a great start to the album, and it ended strongly with the last two tracks as well. The rest of the album was fairly consistent. Of the 5 RHCP albums I've heard this would rank right in the middle. 7.5/10, and 21/35 for 1995.
Black Monk Time has been on my wishlist for a while.
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by RoundTheBend (3 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
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
46. Sublime by Sublime
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