With the record starting out with The Girl from Ipanema, something I fondly remember playing standup bass on, it was like, well I guess this could be pretty good actually. And then I was like oh shit, Chief be right. My mom probably would love this record and she had this ability to accept terrible music like this as good. This was torture. 1/55
2. "Everything to love and hate about Free Improvisation on one record." - you have my attention... I love and hate it too! haha. Might just check that one out on my evergoing discovery on why I should listen to Free Jazz and actually enjoy it more than hey, I made some really annoying sounds, wanna here it - it's different and difficult, so of course it's better than anything else. Then some bullshit about how it represents a struggle of clean air vs pollution - I just had to represent it with the music man...
Anyway- Let's take Sturm und Drang for a spin (Storm & Stress - Storm & Stress)
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (546/1001)
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto 1960s 1967
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma 1960s 1967
Headquarters The Monkees 1960s 1967
Groovin' The Young Rascals 1960s 1967
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Scott 2 Scott Walker 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 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 1969Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970Sweet Baby James James Taylor 1970s 1970Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Spirit 1970s 1970Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970s 1970Close to You The Carpenters 1970s 1970Absolutely Live The Doors 1970s 1970John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970s 1970Trafalgar Bee Gees 1970s 1971If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby 1970s 1971Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1970s 1971Madman Across the Water Elton John 1970s 1971Tarkus Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1970s 1971A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces 1970s 1971Live! Fela Kuti & Africa 70 with Ginger Baker 1970s 1971Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies 1970s 1971White Light Gene Clark 1970s 1971Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack Isaac Hayes 1970s 1971John Prine John Prine 1970s 1971Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1970s 1971Manassas Manassas 1970s 1971Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1970s 1971
Little did RTB know that he gave the perfect follow up to the last album. This is another Free Improvisation album, but of a much different character. Ian Williams, of Don Caballero and Battles fame, fronts this Post/Math Rock Improvisational group. That is exactly what it sounds like. It's a bit of an oxymoron, since math rock relies on so much precision and tight songwriting, but it somehow makes sense. I wasn't blown away by much on the album, and it was longer than it should have been, but the organic formation of some of the better grooves on this album are truly inspiring. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but I was happy to hear a different take on the genre.
You're going to be getting into a lot of great albums at the end of the 60s, so there's better things on the horizon. That being said, listen to more bossa nova with Astrud Gilberto.
Vanilla - Sweet Talk
His Name Is Alive - 1985-1989 Early Works
Maggi Payne-Crystal
Yura Yura Teikokou- Me No Car
Flamingosis - Pleasure Palette
D.D.A.A- La Famille Des Saltimbanques
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
菊池ひみこ (Himiko Kikuchi)-All Right
Riccardo Sinigaglia- Riflessi
P-MODEL - P-MODEL
Indian Street Music- The Bauls Of Bengal
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
OMG, I think I was close to tears a few times during this. A very powerful, emotional listen...especially knowing the background of what he had recently gone through with the the deaths of his family members. I love the sound of his voice, and the clarity of both his vocals and the lyrics. There are some really interesting things musically going on for a singer/songwriter indie pop album...some jazz drumming, some backward music, some country twinges etc. Personally I relate much more to the content of Beautiful Freak, which is my favourite album of 1996, and is an old favourite in my top 100 of all time, but this is probably the second best of the handful of eels albums I've heard. 8.5/10, 9/35 for 1998, and scrapes into my top 100 for the '90s at 93.
Quite a few of this current selection of yours Rocka interest me. Let's try Yura Yura Teikokou- Me No Car
Top 17 Music Albums of the 1990s by Tilly (2 picks left)
1. Dopes To Infinity by Monster Magnet
2. Fly Me Courageous by Drivin' N' Cryin'
3. Les Plus Belles Valses De Klimperei by Klimperei
4. Blind by Corrosion Of Conformity
6. It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge by Percy Sledge
8. Something About Airplanes by Death Cab For Cutie
9. Ask Me Tomorrow by Mojave 3
10. Satie: Gnossiennes; Gymnopédies; Ogives; Trois Sarabandes; Petite Ouverture à Danser by Reinbert De Leeuw
13. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
14. March 16-20, 1992 by Uncle Tupelo
Syro by Aphex Twin
This was pretty good! Much more upbeat than the two Aphex Twin albums I've listened to before (Selected Ambient Works 1 and 2). Certainly gets you in the mood. I'm still not totally buying the Aphex Twin cult status, but I'm starting to love his music more and more. 7.5/10
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Listen to COC Blind. Their founding member and drummer Reed Mullin passed away a few days ago, so I've been listening to some of their stuff recently. He was only 53, pretty sad.
1/ These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
4/ Somi - Petite Afrique
8/ Autechre - NTS Session 2 (8 hours, oops)
15/ The Armed - Untitled
16/ Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
19/ The Field - Looping State of Mind
20/ Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
38/ Pinegrove- Cardinal
39/ Japandroids - Celebration Rock
40/ A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here ... Thank You 4 Your service
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41/ Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés
42/ Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
44/ Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
46/ Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
49/ Greg Ward - Touch my Beloved Thought
50/ Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
A fun and solid rock album with catchy riffs and singable songs. If you know Japanese that is. I wanted to hear more from this group, because Shintaro Sakamoto is involved, and he's a great songwriter.
Ledzep, it's gonna be ATCQ for you.
Vanilla - Sweet Talk
His Name Is Alive - 1985-1989 Early Works
Maggi Payne-Crystal
Flamingosis - Pleasure Palette
D.D.A.A- La Famille Des Saltimbanques
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
菊池ひみこ (Himiko Kikuchi)-All Right
Riccardo Sinigaglia- Riflessi
P-MODEL - P-MODEL
Indian Street Music- The Bauls Of Bengal
Heldon - Électronique Guerilla
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Ish from Digable Planets (one of my favorite hip-hop groups) makes much more experimental music with Shabazz Palaces. Lese Majesty is pretty good, but for some reason I hadn't gotten around to hearing this yet. It's definitely better. The beats and lyrics are creative and out-there, while the rhymes and flows are generally tight. It hasn't fully clicked with me after just one listen, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does with time. Starting it at a high 3.5/5.
21. Love Power Peace: Live At The Olympia, Paris, 1971 - James Brown
72. Red Burns - Standing On The Corner
78. It's Your World - Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson
85. Pangaea - Miles Davis
93. Just As I Am - Bill Withers
95. Parade: Music From The Motion Picture "Under The Cherry Moon" - Prince And The Revolution
97. Racional Vol. 1 - Tim Maia
98. Revolution Of The Mind - James Brown
101. Live In Europe - Otis Redding
103. The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
I'm torn here. My first impression was at least the music was ok, but the vocals/lyrics here are worse than Frank, and then even the music deteriorated. Sometimes you need a palette cleanser... 1/55.
2. Love Power Peace: Live At The Olympia, Paris, 1971 - James Brown
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (553/1001)
Night Life Ray Price 1960s 1963
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Loretta Lynn 1960s 1967
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma 1960s 1967
Headquarters The Monkees 1960s 1967
Groovin' The Young Rascals 1960s 1967
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1960s 1968
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1960s 1968
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Scott 2 Scott Walker 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968 (needs rating)
Traffic 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 1969Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970Sweet Baby James James Taylor 1970s 1970Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Spirit 1970s 1970Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970s 1970Close to You The Carpenters 1970s 1970Absolutely Live The Doors 1970s 1970John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970s 1970Trafalgar Bee Gees 1970s 1971If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby 1970s 1971Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1970s 1971Madman Across the Water Elton John 1970s 1971Tarkus Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1970s 1971A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces 1970s 1971Live! Fela Kuti & Africa 70 with Ginger Baker 1970s 1971Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies 1970s 1971White Light Gene Clark 1970s 1971Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack Isaac Hayes 1970s 1971John Prine John Prine 1970s 1971Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1970s 1971Manassas Manassas 1970s 1971Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1970s 1971
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I've always known about COC but never heard them before. This was not what I was expecting. For some reason I thought they were a fast thrashy band. This is some slow to mid tempo sludgy metal....and he sings...well shouty sings...but not the death growls I was expecting. Not bad, if not quite to my taste. So therefore without knowing the genre enough to have a discernible ear it was a bit too samish and long for me. 7/10, and 35/42 for 1991.
Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma next.
Top 17 Music Albums of the 1990s by Tilly (last pick)
1. Dopes To Infinity by Monster Magnet
2. Fly Me Courageous by Drivin' N' Cryin'
3. Les Plus Belles Valses De Klimperei by Klimperei
6. It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge by Percy Sledge
8. Something About Airplanes by Death Cab For Cutie
9. Ask Me Tomorrow by Mojave 3
10. Satie: Gnossiennes; Gymnopédies; Ogives; Trois Sarabandes; Petite Ouverture à Danser by Reinbert De Leeuw
13. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
14. March 16-20, 1992 by Uncle Tupelo
15. Heavenly Vs. Satan by Heavenly
I can appreciate this as the so-called first atonal or avant-garde opera of the 20th century, but this is my least enjoyed example of 12-tone technique I’ve heard. I think this more due to the opera format, which always feels a little like reading a movie. It’s probably better when seen, as well as heard.
I read that Berg used particular notes or triads as motifs signifying characters in the opera, within his atonal framework, which piqued my interest. But, these are probably easier to locate if you speak German...
...or maybe see the opera. I just had the thought (took me long enough) to look for it on video, and I’ve found a movie adaptation from 1970 (complete with English subtitles). I’ve never considered that movie adaptations of operas would exist, which now makes seeing one a must for me. Wozzeck will do nicely.
Tha1ChiefRocka's (former) 57 Greatest Music Albums (last pick)
5. Canto Ostinato /--/ Simeon Ten Holt
9. Arrange And Process Basic Channel Tracks /--/ Scion
15. Zwölftonspiele /--/ Josef Matthias Hauer / Ensemble Avantgarde
20. Tape Music - An Historic Concert /--/ Otto Luening / Vladimir Ussachevsky
22. Outside The Dream Syndicate /--/ Tony Conrad With Faust
24. Motore Immobile /--/ Giusto Pio
25. Jetsun Mila /--/ Eliane Radique
27. A New Way To Pay Old Debts /--/ Bill Orcutt
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
As expected, this is a great James Brown live album. He and the J.B.s are at the peak of their powers and bursting with funk energy. However, I'm not yet convinced that this is his best live album (the live half of Sex Machine is killer). The setlist is very solid, but it could have been stronger. Of course, that's just a minor quibble, as this really is fantastic listening. 4/5.
34. Mingus At Antibes - Charles Mingus
43. Live-Evil - Miles Davis
55. Live At The It Club - Thelonious Monk
56. Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time - Miles Davis
59. At Carnegie Hall - Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane
76. Concert In Japan - John Coltrane
78. Sleeping Beauty - Sun Ra And His Arkestra
83. Afro Blue Impressions - John Coltrane
85. Ask The Ages - Sonny Sharrock
86. Don Cherry - Don Cherry _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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