This is one of the OG Vaporwave releases, so if you want to know where the genre started, then look no further! He's also a dude from Kansas City, so that makes it even better!
It's only 20 minutes, so give it a listen if you're interested in that kind of thing. There are a few good tracks here.
Oh hell yeah, let's listen to some Spirit.
Heldon - Électronique Guerilla
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Robert John- Robert John
Justin Berkovi- After the Night
Benoit Widemann- Stress!
Benjamin Lew- Nebka
Murmuüre - Murmuüre
J・A・Seazer - Den'en ni Shisu - 田園に死す
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles
William Eaton- Music By William Eaton
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Yep, this is an Arctic Monkeys album. I don't know what all their albums are doing ranked this high - maybe I just don't get them because I'm not British? I had a thought while listening to this that the kind of debauched lifestyle portrayed on their early albums is kind of similar to what The Hold Steady portray, just much more British (whereas The Hold Steady feel about as American as a band can get). So maybe I'm just lacking some cultural perspective. In any case this is somewhere between their early sound and their more recent crooning stuff but probably closer to their origins. And it's strictly worse than the debut, with no songs even nearly as good as I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor.
I've been meaning to listen to this one for a while Chief. Let me know how it is.
BEA's top 1,000 albums:
524. Hysteria by Def Leppard
545. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
571. Making Movies by Dire Straits
576. Pure Heroine by Lorde
595. The Slim Shady LP by Eminem
599. Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers
607. Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory by Dream Theater
613. Permanent Waves by Rush
622. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
627. Dire Straits by Dire Straits _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
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Very hard to not like this album with such a surperb bassist/bass tone and it reminding me of a combination of early and late Steve Miller Band (a lost treasure imo). One could say this is just your typical dad rock, but I actually really liked it. Just like CCR could be dismissed, but that just means you have no soul or something ridiculous like that to prove I'm right on the internet even when I'm wrong... 🤣 4/85
2. Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers I guess is the one I'd pick out of those for myself. And yes AM aren't anything great, but they have some tunes. I think their 2006 effort being a pitchfork favorite or something (I have no real idea actually) gives them more clout than they probably deserve. Having said that there's plenty of stuff I'd chose AM over.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (579/1001)
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968 (needs rating)
Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968
Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969
Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969
Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970
Sweet Baby James James Taylor 1970s 1970
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970
The 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 1971Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972Transa Caetano Veloso 1972American Gothic David Ackles 1972Made in Japan Deep Purple 1972Eagles Eagles 1972Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1972Home Is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972Sail Away Randy Newman 1972Slayed? Slade 1972The Slider T. Rex 1972All Directions The Temptations 1972Greetings From LA Tim Buckley 1972Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972The World Is a Ghetto WAR 1972Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version Yasunori Mitsuda (1972) 1972Space Ritual Hawkwind 19733 + 3 Isley Brothers 1973Solid Air John Martyn 1973Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973Bongo Rock The Incredible Bongo Band 1973Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973American Graffiti Soundtrack Various Artists 1973Honky Tonk HeroesWaylon Jennings 1973Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973Sheet Music 10cc 1974Bad Company Bad Company 1974461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974No Other Gene Clark 1974The Grand Tour George Jones 1974Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron 1974Grievous Angel Gram Parsons 1974Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon 1974Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974I Want to See the Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 1974Country Life Roxy Music 1974Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1974Kimono My House Sparks 1974Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder1974Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison 1974Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1975There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975Young Americans David Bowie 1975Born to Be With You Dion 1975That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris 1975The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators 1975Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator (1975) 1975Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 1975Joan Armtrading Joan Armtrading 1976Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976Music From the Penguin Café Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton 1976Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1977New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury 1977One World John Martyn 1977Hard Again Muddy Waters 1977Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1977Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977Babylon By Bus Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978C'est Chic Chic 1978Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely 1978Real Life Magazine 1978Here, My DearMarvin Gaye 1978Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978Public Image Limited Public Image Limited 1978Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman 1978The Scream Siouxsie & The Banshees 1978Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts The Adverts 1978The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978Eternally Yours The Saints 1978Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1978Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risqué Chic 1979Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979GI Germs 1979Movies Holger Czukay 1979Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979Metal Box Public Image Limited 1979We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979Street Life The Crusaders 1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones 1979
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Great album! It really hits the sweet spot of my jazz taste, as I love avant-garde jazz and fusion. All the tracks are strong performances, although they don't cross over too often into revelatory territory, and I could do without the most abrasive section of the opening track. Feels like a potential grower too. 4/5.
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2. I don't highly recommend this album, but it's the only one of those I've heard.
3. Now I'm going to go through the top-rated overall charts for albums I haven't heard by black artists.
Tilly:
37. The Two Sides Of Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke
Tap:
27. Looking (Berlin Version) - The Feel Trio
57. Sing Me A Song Of Songmy (A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape) - Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroğlu
65. Opening The Caravan Of Dreams - Ornette Coleman And Prime Time
75. Izipho Zam - Pharoah Sanders
79. Oleo - Joe McPhee Po Music
82. Jazz Giant - Bud Powell
88. Marzette And Company - Marzette Watts
93. Illusions - Arthur Blythe
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (579/1001)
The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1960s 1968
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Face 1960s 1968 (needs rating)
Traffic Traffic 1960s 1968
Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1960s 1969
Basket of Light Pentangle 1960s 1969
Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople 1960s 1969
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970s 1970
The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970s 1970 (don't get too excited for me, not a fan of the Syd Barrett days with Pink Floyd)
Close 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 1971Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972Transa Caetano Veloso 1972American Gothic David Ackles 1972Made in Japan Deep Purple 1972Eagles Eagles 1972Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1972Home Is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972Sail Away Randy Newman 1972Slayed? Slade 1972The Slider T. Rex 1972All Directions The Temptations 1972Greetings From LA Tim Buckley 1972Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972The World Is a Ghetto WAR 1972Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version Yasunori Mitsuda (1972) 1972Space Ritual Hawkwind 19733 + 3 Isley Brothers 1973Solid Air John Martyn 1973Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973Bongo Rock The Incredible Bongo Band 1973Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973American Graffiti Soundtrack Various Artists 1973Honky Tonk HeroesWaylon Jennings 1973Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973Sheet Music 10cc 1974Bad Company Bad Company 1974461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974No Other Gene Clark 1974The Grand Tour George Jones 1974Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron 1974Grievous Angel Gram Parsons 1974Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon 1974Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974I Want to See the Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 1974Country Life Roxy Music 1974Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1974Kimono My House Sparks 1974Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder1974Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison 1974Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1975There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975Young Americans David Bowie 1975Born to Be With You Dion 1975That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris 1975The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators 1975Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator (1975) 1975Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 1975Joan Armtrading Joan Armtrading 1976Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976Music From the Penguin Café Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton 1976Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1977New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury 1977One World John Martyn 1977Hard Again Muddy Waters 1977Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1977Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977Babylon By Bus Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978C'est Chic Chic 1978Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely 1978Real Life Magazine 1978Here, My DearMarvin Gaye 1978Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978Public Image Limited Public Image Limited 1978Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman 1978The Scream Siouxsie & The Banshees 1978Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts The Adverts 1978The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978Eternally Yours The Saints 1978Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1978Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risqué Chic 1979Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979GI Germs 1979Movies Holger Czukay 1979Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979Metal Box Public Image Limited 1979We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979Street LifeThe Crusaders1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones1979
This would have been up a lot earlier but I had work. But for Igor, I do think it was quite great. It had an ecosystem that I would call distinctly him and that is quite a plus. Love the synths on this album. Had an odd quality to them where it was both rough but also quite welcoming. Would say that the first half of the album had me more invested than the second half. Songs like the Intro, Earfquake and I Think were very nuance where I could pick out certain things that just hits me on a personal level. Like the vocal riff within a 1:20 of Earfquake or when Charlie Wilson pops up which is a bonus. Also need to give a shout out to the outro Are We Still Friends? where the no and the last third of the song is so good.
Now, with all of that, why am I not as invested to it as much as I should be? To go into a thought process, I would mention two things. For one I'd argue that while I don't hate any song, I'd say there are parts of the album that I feel could have been better. New Magic Wand is a prime example where I find the vibe and the subject matter being quite gripping but I feel the rough moments could have went further. I'm reminded to the live performance at the Grammy's where that sounded way wild compare to the album. And I would say those moments throughout the second half of the album while fascinating never went the full mile to go wild. And the reason I have this feeling would be that there was other albums that had a similar vibe that did this better. I think of albums like Slide by George Clanton on Safe In The Hands of Love by Yves Tumor that shared this dichotomy of being very welcoming but also having a rough demeanor due to there vocal performances or there production style. And while I am comparing apples to oranges, I feel more invested to those albums compared to Igor.
To close this off, while I do find this album as a fascinating evolution throughout Tyler's career, I'd argue he made better albums. Flower Boy was the more consistent record of his big two albums from the tail end of the 2010's. Grade wise I'd give this an 85 but I think this might be more in the middle of an 80 to an 85. So decimal wise it is an 8.3. Maybe it could grow on future listens, but this is how I feel now.
(2)RoundTheBend listen to Fairport Convention
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Fantano's Top 100 of the 2010's
(2) Swans-To Be Kind
(6) Charli XCX-Charli
8 Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
(10) Danny Brown-Atrocity Exhibition
(11) Father John Misty-Pure Comedy
(13) Gorillaz-Plastic Beach
(15) Ondatropica-Self Titled
(16) Joanna Newsom-Have One On Me
(19) PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
(22) Richard Dawson-2020
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
As the cover suggests, this compilation has one side of gospel from The Soul Stirrers and one side of Cooke's early secular singles. I had heard 4/12 songs beforehand. The gospel side is consistently great, and makes me want to seek out more from that period. The secular b-side feels more slight, although there are a couple standout tracks. All told, the majority of this material is strong, and it compares favorably with his best LPs. 4/5.
27. Looking (Berlin Version) - The Feel Trio
57. Sing Me A Song Of Songmy (A Fantasy For Electromagnetic Tape) - Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroğlu
65. Opening The Caravan Of Dreams - Ornette Coleman And Prime Time
75. Izipho Zam - Pharoah Sanders
79. Oleo - Joe McPhee Po Music
82. Jazz Giant - Bud Powell
88. Marzette And Company - Marzette Watts
93. Illusions - Arthur Blythe
Wow, this is a really difficult album to pin down on an initial listen. So many different elements from different genres are being combined that it's hard to figure out how everything is working together. But I can say that it all works together well, and I wish that it were longer than it's 30 minute runtime.
Baystate, Blu & Exile is the next one.
Heldon - Électronique Guerilla
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Robert John- Robert John
Justin Berkovi- After the Night
Benoit Widemann- Stress!
Benjamin Lew- Nebka
J・A・Seazer - Den'en ni Shisu - 田園に死す
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles
William Eaton- Music By William Eaton
Brain Sounds - An Attempt to Record Coincidence
Ahhh. What a wonderful record. There is a part of me that could argue that this album is a 100. Like I can't think think of any song that I would hate or feel like it was middling where I want to go to the next song. Joanna kind shares the same quality as Joni Mitchell where the sound and her voice just hits me in a state of just being chilled and relaxes me. Also the whimsical tone and the lush instrumentation makes this comfy. But this makes me wonder, why isn't it a 100 to me? I think if there was a complaint I would say that this album, if this was trimmed down a bit to an 90 minute or one hour and forty five minute I would be more content and willing to give a 100. The caveat to that complaint would be, I just don't know what tracks I would take away from the track listing. Maybe the tracks that are just her and her harp? But I'd argue those tracks become palette cleansers for the more enveloping tracks.
If there was anything more substantial to my "complaint" it would be how an album like Ys is more digestible and knows how long it needs to stay. And when it is done, I feel like I would go back to more often. Otherwise, this was a welcoming album to me and a contender for one of the best albums for 2010 and the decade. I also need to give her other albums a revisit as well as listen to her debut from 2004. Grade wise it is a 95.
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Chief listen to Robert John. Also glad you pick Below The Heavens for Baystate. That would have been my choice.
(3)
Fantano's Top 100 of the 2010's
(2) Swans-To Be Kind
(6) Charli XCX-Charli
8 Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
(10) Danny Brown-Atrocity Exhibition
(11) Father John Misty-Pure Comedy
(13) Gorillaz-Plastic Beach
(15) Ondatropica-Self Titled
(19) PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
(22) Richard Dawson-2020
(23)The Books-The Way Out
This is prime white guy funk/soul/ yacht rock from the disco era. High-pitched men had about 3 year window when their music was at the top of the game, and this one fits firmly into the Daryl Hall, Christopher Cross, etc.
He also went to the Christopher Cross school of looking nothing like your voice sounded.
Luigii, Plastic Beach has some great tracks on it, but I'd be hesitant to rate it that highly.
Heldon - Électronique Guerilla
Cypher 7- Dead Drop
Justin Berkovi- After the Night
Benoit Widemann- Stress!
Benjamin Lew- Nebka
J・A・Seazer - Den'en ni Shisu - 田園に死す
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles
William Eaton- Music By William Eaton
Brain Sounds - An Attempt to Record Coincidence
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